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): November 9, 2009

 

Farmer Bros. Co.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-1375

 

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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

o            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 November 9, 2009 Farmer Bros. Co. issued an earnings release announcing its financial results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009.  A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

The information in Item 2.02 of this Report and the Exhibit attached hereto shall be deemed “furnished” and not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in Item 2.02 of this Report and the Exhibit attached hereto may only be incorporated by reference in another filing under the Exchange Act or under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, if such subsequent filing specifically references and incorporates the information in Item 2.02 of this Report or the Exhibit attached hereto.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                               Exhibits.

 

99.1         Earnings Release of Farmer Bros. Co. dated November 9, 2009

 

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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:  November 12, 2009

 

 

FARMER BROS. CO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/S/ JOHN E. SIMMONS

 

Name: John E. Simmons

 

Title: Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Earnings Release of Farmer Bros. Co. dated November 9, 2009

 

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