8-K 1 form8k-q2fy2017results.htm 8-K Q2 FISCAL 2017 RESULTS
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): February 7, 2017
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) |
13601 North Freeway, Suite 200, Fort Worth, Texas 76177 |
(Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) |

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It em 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On February 7, 2017, Farmer Bros. Co., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), issued an earnings release announcing its financial results for its second quarter ended December 31, 2016. 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 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (4:00 p.m. Central) on February 7, 2017 to review the Company’s results for the second quarter ended December 31, 2016. The call will be open to all interested investors through a live audio web broadcast via the Internet at— http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/3n2y54st—and at the Company’s website www.farmerbros.com under “Investor Relations.” The webcast replay will be available approximately two hours after the end of the live webcast and will be available for approximately 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

Exhibit No. | Description
99.1 | Earnings Release of Farmer Bros. Co. dated February 7, 2017.

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: February 7, 2017

| FARMER BROS. CO.
| By: | /s/ Rene E. Peth
|  | Rene E. Peth
|  | Vice President, Corporate Controller (Interim Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No. | Description
99.1 | Earnings Release of Farmer Bros. Co. dated February 7, 2017.