farm-20220825

Delaware

001-34249

95-0725980

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

1912 Farmer Brothers Drive, Northlake, Texas 76262

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

888-301-04898

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

None

(Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, $1.00 par value

FARM

NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐

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Effective August 25, 2022, 12,964 shares of Series A Convertible Participating Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), of Farmer Bros. Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), were converted into 399,208 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $1.00 per share (“Common Stock”), at a conversion price of $38.32, in accordance with the terms of the Company’s Designation of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”). The terms of the Series A Preferred Stock are disclosed in Note 19 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2021, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 10, 2021, and incorporated herein by reference.

The shares of Series A Preferred Stock were originally issued to Boyd Coffee Company (now known as BCC Newco, Inc.) (“BCC”), on October 2, 2017 (the “Issuance Date”), pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 18, 2017 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, Boyd Assets Co., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, BCC and each of the parties set forth on Exhibit A thereto. 1,736 shares of Series A Preferred Stock originally issued to BCC in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement were previously reacquired and cancelled by the Company. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock converted represented all of the issued and outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.


			FARMER BROS. CO.

			By:			/s/ Scott R. Drake
						Scott R. Drake
						Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)