SEC Form 4 · accession 0000899243-16-020631
FARMER BROTHERS CO · FARM
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Richard F Farmer
10% Owner
Period of report
May 19, 2016
Accepted (ET)
May 20, 2016 · 5:37 pm EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0000034563
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Stock, $1.00 par valueF1,F2,F3 | May 19, 2016 | S | 600,000 | $25.00 | D | 2,709,674 | I | Trustee |
Table II — derivative securities
No Table II lines on this filing.
Explanation of responses
- F1The shares of Common Stock were sold in a private sale to four institutional investors.
- F2Reflects the Reporting Person's beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock as a member of the Farmer Group (as defined in Schedule 13D/A filed with the SEC on September 21, 2006), as reported in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on October 28, 2015, after giving effect to the reported transaction and the sale transactions reported by the Reporting Person in his Form 4s relating to the Common Stock filed with the SEC on December 10, 2015, December 17, 2015, December 28, 2015 and April 13, 2016.
- F3The shares of Common Stock were sold directly by a trust of which the Reporting Person is the sole settlor, trustee and beneficiary.