Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 10, 2010

 

 

Farmer Bros. Co.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34249   95-0725980

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

20333 South Normandie Avenue, Torrance, California   90502
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(310) 787-5200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On May 10, 2010, Farmer Bros. Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued an earnings release announcing its financial results for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2010. A copy of the earnings release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

The information in this Current Report, including the accompanying exhibit, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Earnings Release of Farmer Bros. Co. dated May 10, 2010

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: May 11, 2010

 

FARMER BROS. CO.
By:  

/s/    PETER B. KNEPPER        

Name:   Peter B. Knepper
Title:   Chief Financial Officer (Interim)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Earnings Release of Farmer Bros. Co. dated May 10, 2010

 

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