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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-19-059837
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DFAN14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191105
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191105
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20191105

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	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:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34249
		FILM NUMBER:		191191868

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1912 FARMER BROTHERS DRIVE
		CITY:			NORTHLAKE
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			76262
		BUSINESS PHONE:		888 998 2468

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 77057
		CITY:			FORT WORTH
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			76177

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Grossman Jeanne Farmer
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001315366

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FARMER BROS CO.
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 77057
		CITY:			FORT WORTH
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			76177
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        <div style="margin-top:8pt; text-align:center; width:541pt; line-height:12pt;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;">UNITED STATES <br >SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION <br ><font style="font-size:9pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div>
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          <font style="text-transform:uppercase;">JEANNE FARMER GROSSMAN</font> <br ><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Jeanne Grossman Living Trust</font> <br ><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">1964 Jeanne Ann Farmer Grossman Trust</font> <br ><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">1969 Jeanne Ann Farmer Grossman Trust</font> <br ><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">1972 Jeanne Ann Farmer Grossman Trust</font> <br ><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">1987 Roy F Farmer Trust II</font> <br ><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">1988 Roy F Farmer Trust II</font> <br ><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">1988 Roy F Farmer Trust III</font> <br ><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">1990 Brynn Elizabeth Grossman Trust</font> <br ><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">1992 Brynn Elizabeth Grossman Trust</font> <br ><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Thomas William Mortensen</font> <br ><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Jonathan Michael Waite</font></div>
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        <div style="text-align:center; width:456pt; line-height:19pt;font-weight:bold;">CONCERNED STOCKHOLDERS NOMINATE TWO HIGHLY QUALIFIED DIRECTORS <br >TO THE BOARD OF FARMER BROS. CO. <br >Concerned Stockholders Issue Open Letter Outlining Value Destruction Under Current Board <br >Director Nominees Bring Essential Experience and Knowledge of Company&#8217;s Core Values and Business <br >Farmer Bros. Stockholders Urged to Sign, Date and Return the <font style=" text-decoration:underline;">GOLD</font> Proxy Card </div>
        <div style="margin-top:12pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">LOS ANGELES, California, November&#160;5, 2019 &#8212; Jeanne Farmer Grossman (individually and as the sole trustee of certain trusts), Thomas William Mortensen, and Jonathan Michael Waite (collectively, the &#8220;<font style=" text-decoration:underline;">Concerned Stockholders</font>&#8221;), who together beneficially own approximately 4.9% of the outstanding common stock of Farmer Bros. Co. (&#8220;<font style=" text-decoration:underline;">Farmer Bros.</font>&#8221; or the &#8220;<font style=" text-decoration:underline;">Company</font>&#8221;), today announced they have filed definitive proxy materials, including a definitive proxy statement and proxy card, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the upcoming 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company (the &#8220;<font style=" text-decoration:underline;">Annual Meeting</font>&#8221;). The Annual Meeting has been set for 10:00&#160;a.m. Central Standard Time, on Tuesday, December&#160;10, 2019, with a record date of October&#160;18, 2019. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">In conjunction with the definitive proxy filing, the Concerned Stockholders issued an open letter to their fellow stockholders. The full text follows. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:12pt; text-align:right; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">November&#160;5, 2019&#8203;</div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">Dear Fellow Farmer Bros. Stockholder: </div>
        <div style="margin-top:12pt; text-align:center; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">YOUR VOTE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE &#8212; SIGN, DATE AND <br >RETURN THE <font style=" text-decoration:underline;">GOLD</font> PROXY CARD TODAY</div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">On behalf of a group of concerned stockholders of Farmer Bros. Co. (the &#8220;<font style=" text-decoration:underline;">Company</font>&#8221; or &#8220;<font style=" text-decoration:underline;">Farmer Bros.</font>&#8221;), who together beneficially own approximately 4.9% of the Company&#8217;s common stock, have long histories with the Company and deeply care about its future success, I am deeply concerned by the tremendous decline and value destruction at Farmer Bros. under the current Board of Directors (the &#8220;<font style=" text-decoration:underline;">Board</font>&#8221;). For that reason, I am asking for your support to elect two new highly qualified directors to the Board at the upcoming 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company (the &#8220;<font style=" text-decoration:underline;">Annual Meeting</font>&#8221;). Our nominees, Tom Mortensen and Jonathan Waite, bring the experience, foresight and trust of employees that the current Board lacks, but are necessary to turn this business around. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:12pt; text-align:center; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">WE HAVE LOST CONFIDENCE IN THE COMPANY&#8217;S CURRENT BOARD </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">While I served on the Company&#8217;s Board from December&#160;2009 until December&#160;2018, I witnessed firsthand the current Board abandon the values and dedication to customers and employees that once made the Company great. Instead, the Board has pursued short-sighted tactics and financial engineering, seemingly designed to boost quarterly results (albeit unsuccessfully) and to enrich management and insiders at the expense of stockholders and employees. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">The consequences of this lack of vision and strategy have been devastating to the Company. Over the past 12&#160;months, the stock price has collapsed and the Company has experienced relentless turnover in leadership&#8201;&#8212; seeing three different CEOs in the past year and the resignations of its Senior Vice President and General Manager, its Chief Legal Counsel and its Chief Operating Officer since just May of this year.<font style=" position:relative; bottom:4.25pt;font-size:7.5pt;">i</font> The financial results are even worse over the past three&#160;years. Despite (or we believe, as a result of) substantial employee layoffs (often without regard to talent or dedication) and moving the Company&#8217;s </div>
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        <div style=" margin-top:9.03pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:12pt; text-align:justify; margin-left:9pt;">See the Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May&#160;8, 2019, May&#160;21, 2019, July&#160;27, 2019 (as amended on August&#160;2, 2019), August&#160;21, 2019, September&#160;10, 2019, and October&#160;29, 2019. </div>
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        <div style="text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">headquarters from California to Texas, net income per share has swung from a profit of&#8201; $4.35 per share in fiscal 2016 to a loss of&#8201; $(4.36) per share in fiscal 2019.<font style=" position:relative; bottom:4.25pt;font-size:7.5pt;">ii</font> The Company&#8217;s shares have lost 59% of their value during that period, compared to a 45% rise in the S&amp;P 500.<font style=" position:relative; bottom:4.25pt;font-size:7.5pt;">iii</font></div>
        <div style="margin-top:12pt; text-align:center; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">TO SUCCEED AGAIN, FARMER BROS. MUST RETURN TO ITS ROOTS </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">The reason the current Board is unable to turn around the Company and stop these sad results is apparent to anyone on the outside: they do not understand Farmer Bros.&#8217; unique business model, customer focus and approach to high-quality service. They all share similar professional backgrounds and seem to share perspectives that prevent them from entertaining alternative solutions that could be beneficial to the Company. Despite mounting financial evidence that many mistakes have been made, they evidently do not understand what it actually takes to turn the now-flailing Company around to profitability. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">At the upcoming Annual Meeting, the Company has nominated the new CEO, D. Deverl Maserang, and renominated two current directors, Christopher P. Mottern and Charles Marcy, for election to the Board. We support Mr.&#160;Maserang and are hopeful that he can return Farmer Bros. to its core values, customer focus and winning strategy. But to succeed, he needs an active, experienced and committed Board. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">As such, we cannot support Mr.&#160;Mottern and Mr.&#160;Marcy, who we believe are emblematic of the problems at our Company. As the longest current serving Board members (both appointed in December&#160;2013) and despite their extensive resumes, they have overseen a steady erosion of the Company and a 35% net decline in the share price.<font style=" position:relative; bottom:4.25pt;font-size:7.5pt;">iv</font> In fact, during his just-ended four-month tenure as interim CEO, Mr.&#160;Mottern led the Company&#8217;s share price to a 41% decline.<font style=" position:relative; bottom:4.25pt;font-size:7.5pt;">v</font></div>
        <div style="margin-top:12pt; text-align:center; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">OUR NOMINEES BRING EXPERIENCE AND VALUES THAT THE CURRENT BOARD LACKS </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">As a result of the current situation and as concerned Farmer Bros. stockholders acting on behalf of all stockholders, we have nominated <font style="font-weight:bold;">Thomas William Mortensen</font> and <font style="font-weight:bold;">Jonathan Michael Waite</font>, two new director candidates who are deeply familiar with Farmer Bros., its core values and its business. They have seen the Company succeed in the past and can effectively oversee and support our new CEO as he executes a turn-around plan. </div>
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          <font style="font-weight:bold;">Tom Mortensen</font> contributed 37&#160;years of service to Farmer Bros., where he worked from 1978 to 2015. During his tenure at the Company, Tom occupied several positions including branch manager, sales promotion, division manager, regional sales manager, national sales manager, vice president (western region) and senior vice president of route sales. We believe that Tom&#8217;s extensive knowledge of coffee, tea and culinary product sales and distribution, long-term interest in the success of the Company, exemplary leadership and employee relationship skills, and process improvement would make him a valuable addition to the Board. </div>
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          <font style="font-weight:bold;">Jonathan Waite</font> spent 13&#160;years with Farmer Bros., where he worked from 2004 to 2017. During his time at Farmer Bros., Jonathan held various positions including special projects manager, director of green coffee operations, vice president of coffee and vice president of construction development. In 2005, after the loss of the Company&#8217;s then CEO, Jonathan was solely responsible for building the Company&#8217;s green coffee division. We believe that Jonathan&#8217;s extensive knowledge of the Company&#8217;s products, operations, quality assurance, vendors and customers and long-term interest in the success of the Company would make him a valuable addition to the Board.</div>
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        <div style=" margin-top:9.03pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:12pt; text-align:justify; margin-left:9pt;">See Part&#160;II, Item&#160;6 of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September&#160;11, 2019. </div>
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        <div style=" margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:12pt; text-align:justify; margin-left:9pt;">Based on closing prices of the Company&#8217;s stock and the S&amp;P 500 between November&#160;1, 2016, and November&#160;1, 2019. </div>
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          <font style="font-size:10pt;">Based on closing prices of the Company&#8217;s stock between December&#160;5, 2013, and November&#160;1, 2019. </font>
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          <font style="font-size:10pt;">Based on closing prices of the Company&#8217;s stock between May&#160;7, 2019, and September&#160;12, 2019. </font>
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        <div style="text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">After the failures of a previous management team, both Tom Mortensen and Jonathan Waite were instrumental in helping turn the Company around under the direction of two former CEOs, Jeffrey Wahba and Patrick Critzer. They helped make changes in policies, programs, pricing, product and personnel that brought the Company back to a profitable and growing position. Just as important, Tom and Jonathan have the trust, support and loyalty of Farmer Bros. employees. We are confident that giving them a seat on the Board will promote rapid improvements and the reemergence of a strong culture and pride at Farmer Bros. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">The need for change at Farmer Bros. has never been more acute in our 107-year history. For our new CEO to be successful, the Company also needs change in the composition of its Board. Long-tenured directors cannot be allowed to continuously make mistakes and neglect their oversight duties at the expense of the Company&#8217;s stockholders and other stakeholders. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">We urge you to vote today to bring relevant knowledge, experience and the Company&#8217;s core values back to the boardroom. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:12pt; text-align:center; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">VOTE FOR OUR KNOWLEDGEABLE, EXPERIENCED AND HIGHLY QUALIFIED DIRECTORS TO TURN-AROUND AND CREATE VALUE AT FARMER BROS. CO. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;font-weight:bold;">PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND MAIL THE ENCLOSED <font style=" text-decoration:underline;">GOLD</font> PROXY CARD TODAY </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">Thank you to all stockholders who support positive change, </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">Jeanne Farmer Grossman </div>
        <div style="margin-top:12pt; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">IMPORTANT </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">If your shares are held in street name, your bank or broker can vote your shares only upon receipt of your specific instructions. Please contact the person responsible for your account and instruct them that you only wish to vote the <font style=" text-decoration:underline;font-weight:bold;">GOLD</font> proxy card. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact Okapi Partners at (877) 274-8654 or by e-mail at info@okapipartners.com. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:12pt; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">MEDIA CONTACT: </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">Dan Gagnier / Jeffrey Mathews <br >Gagnier Communications <br >+1 646-569-5897 <br ><font style=" text-decoration:underline;">farmerbros@gagnierfc.com</font></div>
        <div style="margin-top:12pt; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">The Concerned Stockholders have filed a definitive proxy statement and an accompanying <font style=" text-decoration:underline;font-weight:bold;">GOLD</font> proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<font style=" text-decoration:underline;">SEC</font>&#8221;) to be used to solicit votes for the election of its nominees at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Farmer Bros. Co. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">THE CONCERNED STOCKHOLDERS STRONGLY ADVISE ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THEIR PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC&#8217;S WEB SITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, THE CONCERNED STOCKHOLDERS WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THEIR PROXY STATEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE CONCERNED STOCKHOLDERS&#8217; PROXY SOLICITOR, OKAPI PARTNERS, AT ITS TOLL-FREE NUMBER: (877) 274-8654 OR AT INFO@OKAPIPARTNERS.COM. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">The participants in the proxy solicitation are: Jeanne Farmer Grossman, the Jeanne Grossman Living Trust, the 1964 Jeanne Ann Farmer Grossman Trust, the 1969 Jeanne Ann Farmer Grossman Trust, the 1972 Jeanne Ann Farmer Grossman Trust, the 1987 Roy F Farmer Trust II, the 1988 Roy F Farmer Trust II, the 1988 Roy F Farmer Trust III, the 1990 Brynn Elizabeth Grossman Trust, and the 1992 Brynn Elizabeth Grossman Trust, Thomas William Mortensen, and Jonathan Michael Waite. </div>
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