<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001181431-12-050415.txt : 20120913
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20120913193714
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-12-050415
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20111230
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120913
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120913

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FARMER BROTHERS CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000034563
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATIONS & KINDRED PRODUCTS [2090]
		IRS NUMBER:				950725980
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		20333 S NORMANDIE AVE
		CITY:			TORRANCE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90502
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3107875200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		20333 SOUTH NORMANDIE AVENUE
		CITY:			TORRANCE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90502

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Farmer Equities, LP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001343907
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34249
		FILM NUMBER:		121091120

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2532 DUPONT DRIVE
		CITY:			IRVINE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92612
		BUSINESS PHONE:		310-787-5241

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		20333 S. NORMANDIE AVE
		CITY:			TORRANCE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90502
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>rrd329962.xml
<DESCRIPTION>DECEMBER 2011 UPDATE - DISSOLUTION/DISTRIBUTION
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    <periodOfReport>2011-12-30</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000034563</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>FARMER BROTHERS CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FARM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001343907</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Farmer Equities, LP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>20333 S. NORMANDIE AVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TORRANCE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>90502</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Farmer Bros. Co. Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2011-12-30</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate>
                <value>2011-12-30</value>
            </deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2617530</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This Form 4 is being filed late due to an inadvertent administrative error.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">On December 30, 2011, in connection with its dissolution, Farmer Equities, LP distributed all shares of Farmer Brothers Co. common stock held by it to various Farmer family trusts for which Carol Farmer Waite, Jeanne Farmer Grossman and Richard F. Farmer serve as trustees, including the trusts that were the general partners of Farmer Equities, LP. No shares were purchased or sold.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Farmer Equities, L.P., by:Carol L. Waite Trust dated August 26,1997, its General Partner, by: Carol L. Waite, Trustee</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-09-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>by: Jeanne F. Grossman Trust, dated August 22, 1997, its General Partner, by: Carol L. Waite, Attorney-In-Fact for Jeanne F. Grossman, Trustee</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-09-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>by: Richard F. Farmer Revocable Living Trust, dated December 29, 1995, its General Partner, by: Carol L. Waite, Attorney-In-Fact for Richard F. Farmer, Trustee</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-09-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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