<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000034563-19-000162.txt : 20191218
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20191218160715
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000034563-19-000162
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191216
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191218
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191218

FILER:

	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:		8-K/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34249
		FILM NUMBER:		191292590

	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
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Co., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#8220;Annual Meeting&#8221;).   </font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">At the Annual Meeting, based on the final report of the Inspector of Election, the stockholders of the Company: (i) elected Charles F. Marcy, D. Deverl Maserang II and Christopher P. Mottern to serve as Class I directors of the Company for a three-year term of office expiring at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected and duly qualified; (ii) ratified the selection of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP as the Company&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020; (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company&#8217;s named executive officers; (iv) approved a management proposal to amend the Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for the phased-in declassification of the Board of Directors, beginning at the 2020 annual meeting; and (v) approved the consideration of a non-binding stockholder proposal urging the Board of Directors to provide for the phased-in declassification of the Board of Directors, beginning at the 2020 annual meeting. There were 17,148,790 shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, entitled to 17,148,790 votes, and 14,700 shares of Series A Convertible Participating Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value, entitled to 411,271 votes, for a total of 17,560,061 votes, outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, and a total of 14,722,489 votes (83.84%) were represented at the Annual Meeting. </font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Set forth below, with respect to each such proposal, are the number of votes reported in the final report of the Inspector of Election cast for, against or withheld, and the number of abstentions.</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Proposal No. 1</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#8211; To elect three Class&#160;I directors to the Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) of the Company for a three-year term of office expiring at the Company&#8217;s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected and duly qualified:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:99.35897435897436%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:34%;"></td><td style="width:33%;"></td><td style="width:33%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">DIRECTOR NOMINEE</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">FOR</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">WITHHOLD</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Charles F. Marcy</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">12,921,145</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">104,550</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">D. Deverl Maserang II</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">14,271,011</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">91,360</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Christopher P. Mottern</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">12,938,687</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">87,008</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Thomas William Mortensen</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1,679,055</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">17,740</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Jonathan Michael Waite</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1,677,809</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">18,986</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;padding-top:13px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Proposal No. 2</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#8211; To ratify the selection of Deloitte&#160;&amp; Touche LLP as the Company&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June&#160;30, 2020:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:99.35897435897436%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:34%;"></td><td style="width:33%;"></td><td style="width:33%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">FOR</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">AGAINST</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">ABSTAIN</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">14,577,749</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">58,118</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">86,622</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;padding-top:13px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;padding-top:13px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Proposal No. 3</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#8211; To hold an advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company&#8217;s Named Executive Officers:</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:99.35897435897436%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:34%;"></td><td style="width:33%;"></td><td style="width:33%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">FOR</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">AGAINST</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">ABSTAIN</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">12,650,918</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">1,421,227</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">650,344</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;padding-top:13px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Proposal No. 4</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#8211; To approve a management proposal to amend the Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for the phased-in declassification of the Board, beginning at the 2020 annual meeting:</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:99.35897435897436%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:34%;"></td><td style="width:33%;"></td><td style="width:33%;"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">FOR</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">AGAINST</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">ABSTAIN</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">14,603,573</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">60,498</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;padding-left:2px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">58,418</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:13px;padding-top:13px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">Proposal No. 5</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#8211; 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