0001104659-06-012575.txt : 20060228 0001104659-06-012575.hdr.sgml : 20060228 20060228142236 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-06-012575 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060227 ITEM INFORMATION: Results of Operations and Financial Condition ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060228 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060228 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: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-01375 FILM NUMBER: 06650222 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 20333 S NORMANDIE AVE CITY: TORRANCE STATE: CA ZIP: 90502 BUSINESS PHONE: 3107875200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 20333 SOUTH NORMANDIE AVENUE CITY: TORRANCE STATE: CA ZIP: 90502 8-K 1 a06-5907_18k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

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 27, 2006

Farmer Bros. Co.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	0-1375	95-0725980
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)		Identification No.)

20333 South Normandie Avenue, Torrance, California		90502
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(310) 787-5200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On February 27, 2006 Farmer Bros. Co. issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors declared a dividend at a regular board meeting on February 23, 2006. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press release of Farmer Bros Co. dated February 27, 2005.

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 27, 2006


	FARMER BROS. CO.

	By:	/S/ JOHN E. SIMMONS

	Name: John E. Simmons
	Title: Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1 2 a06-5907_1ex99d1.htm EXHIBIT 99

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE

February 27, 2006

FARM - NASDAQ NATIONAL MARKET SYSTEM

Farmer Bros. Board Declares Dividend

TORRANCE, CALIF. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Feb. 27, 2006 — Farmer Bros. Co. (Nasdaq: FARM) announced that its Board of Directors declared a regular dividend of $0.105 per share, payable on May 8, 2006 to shareholders of record on April 21, 2006.

“We take pride in our continuing ability to reward our long-term shareholders as we prepare the Company for its second century,” said Guenter Berger, Chairman and CEO. “We continue to make steady progress on the initiatives we designed to improve our sales and extend our operating efficiencies.”

Farmer Bros. Co. is an institutional coffee roaster that sells a variety of coffee and allied products to the food service industry. The Company’s signature trucks and vans bearing the “Consistently Good” logo are seen throughout Farmer Brothers’ 28-state service area. Farmer Brothers has paid a dividend for 52 consecutive years, increased the dividend in each of the last seven consecutive years, and its stock price has grown on a split-adjusted basis from $1.80 a share in 1980.

Contacts:

Jim Lucas / Marissa Petri

Abernathy MacGregor Group 213-630-6550