Edgar Filing: FARMER BROTHERS CO

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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): March 12, 2018

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.)

1912 Farmer Brothers Drive, Northlake, Texas 76262
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

888-998-2468
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

None
(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)

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

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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 ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

As of March 12, 2018, representatives of Farmer Bros. Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), will begin making presentations using slides containing the information attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 (the “Investor Presentation”). The Company expects to use the Investor Presentation, including on the Company’s website, in whole or in part, and possibly with modifications, in connection with presentations to investors, analysts and others. The information contained in the Investor Presentation is summary information that is intended to be considered in the context of the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings and other public announcements that the Company may make, by press release or otherwise, from time to time. The Company undertakes no duty or obligation to publicly update or revise the information contained in the Investor Presentation, although it may do so from time to time as its management believes is warranted. Any such updating may be made through the filing of other reports or documents with the SEC, through press releases or through other public disclosure.

By filing this report on Form 8-K and furnishing this information, the Company makes no admission as to the materiality of any information in this report that is required to be disclosed solely by reason of Regulation FD.

As provided in General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, 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 Exchange Act regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing. In addition, the exhibit furnished herewith contains statements intended as “forward-looking statements” that are subject to the cautionary statements about forward-looking statements set forth in such exhibit.

Use of Company Website to Distribute Material Company Information

The Company’s website address is www.farmerbros.com. The Company uses its website as a channel of distribution of important company information. Important information, including press releases and financial information regarding the Company, is routinely posted on and accessible on the Investor Relations subpage of the Company’s website, which is accessible by clicking on “Investor Relations” on the website home page. The Company also uses its website to expedite public access to time-critical information regarding the Company in advance of or in lieu of distributing a press release or a filing with the SEC disclosing the same information. Therefore, investors should look to the Investor Relations subpage of the Company’s website for important and time-critical information. Visitors to the Company’s website can also register to receive automatic e-mail notifications alerting them to new information made available on the Investor Relations subpage of the Company’s website.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits



Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Investor Presentation Slideshow in use beginning March 12, 2018.

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: March 12, 2018



	FARMER BROS. CO.


	By:	/s/ David G. Robson
		David G. Robson
		Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Investor Presentation Slideshow in use beginning March 12, 2018.