SEC Form 4 

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*
KEOWN MICHAEL H

(Last) | (First) | (Middle)
FARMER BROS. CO.
1912 FARMER BROTHERS DRIVE

(Street) 
NORTHLAKE | TX | 76262

(City) | (State) | (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 
FARMER BROTHERS CO [ FARM ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer 
(Check all applicable) 
X | Director | | 10% Owner
X | Officer (give title below) | | Other (specify below)
PRESIDENT, CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/09/2018

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) 
X | Form filed by One Reporting Person
| Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
| | | Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | | |
Common Stock, $1.00 par value | 03/09/2018 | | M^(1) | | 23,333 | A | $11.81 | 68,405 | D |
Common Stock, $1.00 par value | 03/09/2018 | | S^(2) | | 23,333 | D | $31.6963^(3) | 45,072 | D |
Common Stock, $1.00 par value | | | | | | | | 2,454 | I | By ESOP

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
| | | | Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | | | |
Stock Option (right to buy) | $11.81 | 03/09/2018 | | M | | | 23,333 | ^(1) | 12/07/2019 | Common Stock | 23,333 | $0 | 251,884 | D |
Explanation of Responses:
1. Exercise of non-qualified stock option granted on December 7, 2012 under the Farmer Bros. Co. 2007 Omnibus Plan prior to its amendment and restatement in the form of the Farmer Bros. Co. Amended and Restated 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan ("2007 Plan"). The option vested pursuant to a three year vesting schedule whereby one-third of the total number of shares issuable under the option became exercisable each year on 12/7/2013, 12/7/2014 and 12/7/2015.
2. This sale was made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan previously adopted by the Reporting Person.
3. Open market sale of shares from 3/9/2018 stock option exercise, with a portion of the proceeds delivered to the Issuer for payment of the exercise price of the option. This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $31.50 to $31.90; the price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The Reporting Person hereby undertakes to provide full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were effected upon request to the SEC staff, the Issuer, or a security holder of the Issuer. The Reporting Person continues to meet the Company's stock ownership guidelines.
Remarks:
| /s/ Thomas J. Mattei, Jr., Attorney-in-fact for Michael H. Keown | 03/13/2018
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date
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