<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-19-064339.txt : 20191114
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20191114171340
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-19-064339
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DFAN14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191114
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191114
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20191114

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:		191221566

	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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        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; width:541pt; line-height:13pt;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">FARMER BROS. CO.</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:11pt;font-weight:bold;">CONCERNED STOCKHOLDERS URGE FARMER BROS. STOCKHOLDERS TO BRING RENEWED PERSPECTIVE TO THE BOARD AND REINTRODUCE FARMERS&#8217; PROVEN <br >CLIENT- &amp; EMPLOYEE-DRIVEN CULTURE </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Over Past Three Years Company&#8217;s Shares Have Lost 59% of Value, Compared to 45% Rise in S&amp;P 500 </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Absence of Diversity of Experience on the Board Has Impeded Alternatives and Allowed Management To Make Disastrous Choices </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Significant Management Turnover, Including Three CEOs Since May, Continues to Hobble Company </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">LOS ANGELES, California, November&#160;14, 2019 - 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 issued an open letter to stockholders of Farmer Bros. Co. urging them to vote the <font style=" text-decoration:underline;font-weight:bold;">GOLD</font> proxy card to bring needed change and experience to the Farmer Bros. Board. The full text follows. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:right; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">November&#160;14, 2019&#8203;</div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">Dear Fellow Farmer Bros Co. Stockholders, </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">I am writing you on behalf of a group of concerned Farmer Bros. stockholders. Together we own 4.9% of the Company&#8217;s shares. Like you, our investment has suffered as a result of poor decisions, inept management, questionable governance and a complete lack of support for the culture and client-focused strategy that made Farmer Bros. a success. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">The reality is that this 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:12pt; text-align:center; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">STOCK PRICE COLLAPSE </div>
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        <div style=" margin-top:8.98pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:12pt; text-align:justify; margin-left:20pt;">Over the past three&#160;years the Company&#8217;s shares have lost 59% of their value compared to a 45% rise in the S&amp;P 500. </div>
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        <div style=" margin-top:9.97pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:12pt; text-align:left; margin-left:20pt;">Over the last five&#160;years the stock has fallen by 54% while the S&amp;P 500 is up 52%. </div>
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        <div style="margin-top:12pt; text-align:center; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">LACK OF VISION </div>
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        <div style=" margin-top:8.98pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:12pt; text-align:justify; margin-left:20pt;">An absence of diversity of experience on the Board has impeded alternatives and has allowed management to make disastrous choices. </div>
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        <div style=" margin-top:9.98pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:12pt; text-align:justify; margin-left:20pt;">Despite the financial evidence that many mistakes have been made, the Board does not understand what it actually takes to turn the now-flailing Company around to profitability. </div>
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        <div style="margin-top:12pt; text-align:center; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">MANAGEMENT TURNOVER </div>
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        <div style=" margin-top:8.98pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:12pt; text-align:justify; margin-left:20pt;">Since May&#160;2019, the company has had 3 CEOs and the Senior Vice President and General Manager, Chief Legal Counsel and Chief Operating Officer have resigned. </div>
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        <div style=" margin-top:9.97pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:12pt; text-align:left; margin-left:20pt;">Since 2017, 2 CFOs have left the company and the Company is currently operating without one. </div>
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        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">It is critical that at the upcoming Annual Meeting, stockholders make their voices heard by electing two new directors, Tom Mortensen and Jonathan Waite, who understand Farmer Bros. and know how to make it successful again. Once elected, they will work with the Board and new CEO Deverl Maserang to begin the process of returning Farmer Bros. to the values and principles upon which it was built. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:12pt; text-align:center; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">ELECT NEW DIRECTORS! </div>
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        <div style=" margin-top:8.98pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:12pt; text-align:justify; margin-left:20pt;">We have nominated Tom Mortensen and Jonathan Waite, two new director candidates who are deeply familiar with Farmer Bros., its core values and its business. </div>
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        <div style=" line-height:12pt; text-align:justify; margin-left:20pt;">Tom and Jonathan 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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        <div style=" margin-top:4.81pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:12pt; text-align:justify; margin-left:20pt;">In addition to Tom and Jonathan, we are supporting new CEO Deverl Maserang&#8217;s election as a director. </div>
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          <font style=" text-decoration:underline;">VOTE FOR OUR EXPERIENCED DIRECTORS TO TURN-AROUND FARMER BROS AND CREATE VALUE</font></div>
        <div style="margin-top:11.41pt; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">We urge you to vote using only your GOLD PROXY today. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:5.8pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">Your support is extremely important. If you have any questions, please call our proxy solicitor Okapi Partners toll-free at (877) 274-8654 or email <font style=" text-decoration:underline;">info@okapipartners.com</font>. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Please wait until you receive and review the Concerned Stockholders&#8217; proxy materials and <font style=" text-decoration:underline;">GOLD</font> proxy card before you cast your vote in connection with the Annual Meeting. </div>
        <div style="margin-top:6pt; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">Sincerely, <br >Jeanne Farmer Grossman </div>
        <div style="margin-top:12pt; width:456pt; line-height:11pt;font-weight:bold;">IMPORTANT </div>
        <div style="margin-top:5.8pt; 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 <font style=" text-decoration:underline;">info@okapipartners.com</font>. </div>
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          <font style="font-weight:bold;">INVESTOR CONTACT:</font> <br >Okapi Partners LLC <br >1212 Avenue of the Americas, 24<font style=" position:relative; bottom:4.25pt;font-size:7.5pt;">th</font> Floor <br >New York, NY 10036 <br >+1 877-796-5274 <br ><font style=" text-decoration:underline;">info@okapipartners.com</font></div>
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          <font style="font-weight:bold;">MEDIA CONTACT:</font> <br >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:5.81pt; text-align:justify; width:456pt; line-height:12pt;">The Concerned Stockholders have filed a definitive proxy statement and an accompanying GOLD proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#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 <font style=" text-decoration:underline;">WWW.SEC.GOV</font>. 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 <font style=" text-decoration:underline;">INFO@OKAPIPARTNERS.COM</font>. </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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