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 3, 2022
Farmer Bros. Co.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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| | | Delaware | | 001-34249 | | 95-0725980 |
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of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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| | | 1912 Farmer Brothers Drive, | Northlake, | Texas | 76262 | | |
| | (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) | |
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| | | | 682 | 549-6600 | | | |
| | (Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) | |
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| | None | |
| | (Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) | |
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| | 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: | |
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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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 | |
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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 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On November 3, 2022, Farmer Bros. Co., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), issued an earnings release announcing its financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2022. A copy of the earnings release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The Company will host an investor conference call at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time (3:00 pm Central time) on November 3, 2022 to review the Company’s results for its third fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2022. The call will be open to all interested investors through a live audio web broadcast via the Internet at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/wxx2skrz and at the Company’s website www.farmerbros.com under “Investor Relations.” The call also will be available by phone to investors and analysts through pre-registration. Callers who pre-register will be given dial-in details and a unique PIN via email to gain immediate access to the call and bypass the live operator. To pre-register, please go here.
The webcast replay will be available approximately two hours after the end of the live webcast and will be available for at least 30 days on the Investor Relations section of the Farmer Bros. Co. website.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
The information set forth in Item 2.02 above is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
As provided in General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information and exhibit furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and 7.01 of this report are 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, 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 Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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| Exhibit No. | | Description |
| 99.1 | | |
| 104 | | Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document |
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 3, 2022
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| FARMER BROS. CO. |
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| By: | /s/ Scott R. Drake |
| | Scott R. Drake |
| | Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
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