Farmer Bros. (FARM) Form 3 FARMER BROTHERS / Steven R Monieson ownership change

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Trigran Investments, Inc.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

630 DUNDEE ROAD, SUITE 230

(Street)

NORTHBROOK IL 60062

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/30/2020

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
FARMER BROTHERS CO [ FARM ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

Director	X	10% Owner
Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

	Form filed by One Reporting Person
X	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	2,237,553(1)	I	See Footnote(1)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Trigran Investments, Inc.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

630 DUNDEE ROAD, SUITE 230

(Street)

NORTHBROOK IL 60062

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Oberman Lawrence A

(Last) (First) (Middle)

630 DUNDEE ROAD, SUITE 230

(Street)

NORTHBROOK IL 60062

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

GRANAT DOUGLAS

(Last) (First) (Middle)

630 DUNDEE ROAD, SUITE 230

(Street)

NORTHBROOK IL 60062

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Simon Steven G.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

630 DUNDEE ROAD, SUITE 230

(Street)

NORTHBROOK IL 60062

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Simon Bradley F.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

630 DUNDEE ROAD, SUITE 230

(Street)

NORTHBROOK IL 60062

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Monieson Steven R

(Last) (First) (Middle)

630 DUNDEE ROAD, SUITE 230

(Street)

NORTHBROOK IL 60062

(City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Trigran Investments, Inc. is the investment manager to Trigran Investments, L.P. and Trigran Investments, L.P. II, each of which is a private investment limited partnership, and the investment manager to a limited number of separately managed accounts. Douglas Granat, Lawrence A. Oberman, Steven G. Simon, Bradley F. Simon and Steven R. Monieson are the controlling shareholders and officers of Trigran Investments, Inc. Each member of the group disclaims beneficial ownership of the Common Stock except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. Each member of the group has the same address listed above for Trigran Investments, Inc.

	/s/ Lawrence A. Oberman, as Executive Vice President of Trigran Investments, Inc., individually and as attorney-in-fact on behalf of Douglas Granat, Steven G.Simon, Bradley F. Simon and Steven R. Monieson	04/09/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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