0000899243-18-001596.txt : 20180122 0000899243-18-001596.hdr.sgml : 20180122 20180122154159 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000899243-18-001596 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180105 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180122 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180122 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Waite Carol Farmer CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001314571 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34249 FILM NUMBER: 18539805 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FARMER BROS CO STREET 2: 20333 S NORMANDIE AV CITY: TORRANCE STATE: CA ZIP: 90502 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: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 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 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2018-01-05 0 0000034563 FARMER BROTHERS CO FARM 0001314571 Waite Carol Farmer 660 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 1600 NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660 0 0 1 0 Common Stock 2018-01-05 4 J 0 1441653 0.00 D 1720605 I See footnotes Common Stock 2018-01-05 5 J 0 E 231187 0.00 D 1720605 I See footnotes Common Stock 2018-01-05 5 J 0 E 231187 0.00 A 1720605 I See footnotes Reflects the transactions described in footnote (2), below, which were effected pursuant to court order and completed on January 5, 2018, in connection with that certain Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release, effective November 21, 2017, by and among the reporting person, Richard Farmer, Jeanne Grossman, Jonathan M. Waite, Brett Matthew Grossman, Scott Michael Grossman and Brynn Grossman (the "Settlement Agreement") related to a number of family trusts for which the reporting person was (and in certain cases continues to be) the trustee or co-trustee and had (or continues to have) sole or shared voting and dispositive power over the shares. The transactions referenced in footnote (1), above, include: (a) Richard Farmer's resignation as co-trustee from certain of the family trusts of which the reporting person or Jeanne Grossman also served as co-trustee, upon which either the reporting person or Jeanne Grossman became sole trustee, as applicable, (b) the reporting person's resignation as co-trustee from certain other family trusts of which Richard Farmer or Jeanne Grossman also served as co-trustee, upon which either Richard Farmer or Jeanne Grossman became sole trustee, as applicable, and (c) the division of the assets of certain other family trusts of which the reporting person was co-trustee (collectively, the "GAP Trusts"), including the shares of Common Stock held by the GAP Trusts (collectively, the "Distributed Shares"), into three separate and equal parts, the distribution of such shares to each of the reporting person, Richard Farmer and Jeanne Grossman, and the subsequent dissolution of the GAP Trusts. Reflects the following transactions in connection with the Settlement Agreement: (a) the reporting person's resignation as co-trustee with respect to certain family trusts, resulting in the reporting person no longer having beneficial ownership of 979,280 shares held by such trusts, and (b) the distribution in three equal parts of the Distributed Shares, resulting in the reporting person no longer having beneficial ownership of two-thirds of the Distributed Shares, or 462,373 shares, previously held by the GAP Trusts. The various share transfers effected in connection with the Settlement Agreement were made for no consideration. Represents the one-third of the Distributed Shares that were distributed from the GAP trusts and subsequently transferred to the Carol L. Waite Trust. The number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned indirectly by the reporting person did not change as the result of this transfer. Following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Settlement Agreement, the reporting person serves as the co-trustee of each of the Farmer Insurance Trust and 1984 Jonathan Michael Waite Trust, and as sole trustee of the Carol L. Waite Trust, 1964 Carol Lynn Farmer Waite Trust, 1969 Carol Lynn Farmer Waite Trust, 1972 Carol Lynn Farmer Waite Trust, 1987 Roy F Farmer Trust I, 1988 Roy F Farmer Trust I, and 2012 Grossman Irrevocable Trust (collectively, the "Carol Waite Trusts") and has sole or shared voting and dispositive power over the shares of Common Stock held by the Carol Waite Trusts. At the option of the reporting person, the entire amount of the shares of Common Stock held by the Carol Waite Trusts is being reported. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of her pecuniary interest therein. /s/ Ryan C. Wilkins, as Attorney-In-Fact for Carol Lynn Farmer Waite 2018-01-22