SEC Form 4 · accession 0001209191-15-084488

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

Dec 8, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Dec 10, 2015 · 4:29 pm EST

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 value^F1,F2	Dec 8, 2015	S	100	$31.96	D	3,349,579	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 8, 2015	S	100	$32.055	D	3,349,479	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 8, 2015	S	100	$32.06	D	3,349,379	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 8, 2015	S	200	$32.05	D	3,349,179	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 8, 2015	S	521	$32.10	D	3,348,658	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 8, 2015	S	300	$32.01	D	3,348,358	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 8, 2015	S	348	$32.02	D	3,348,010	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 8, 2015	S	292	$32.03	D	3,347,718	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 8, 2015	S	329	$31.99	D	3,347,389	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 8, 2015	S	500	$32.00	D	3,346,889	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 8, 2015	S	160	$31.97	D	3,346,729	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 8, 2015	S	15,487	$31.95	D	3,331,242	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 8, 2015	S	107	$31.98	D	3,331,135	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 9, 2015	S	100	$31.955	D	3,331,035	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 9, 2015	S	100	$31.995	D	3,330,935	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 9, 2015	S	100	$32.025	D	3,330,835	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 9, 2015	S	100	$32.01	D	3,330,735	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 9, 2015	S	200	$32.02	D	3,330,535	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 9, 2015	S	200	$32.05	D	3,330,335	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 9, 2015	S	100	$32.25	D	3,330,235	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 9, 2015	S	100	$32.19	D	3,330,135	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 9, 2015	S	200	$32.07	D	3,329,935	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 9, 2015	S	100	$32.03	D	3,329,835	I	Trustee
Common Stock, $1.00 par value^F1,F2	Dec 9, 2015	S	156	$31.95	D	3,329,679	I	Trustee

Table II — derivative securities

No Table II lines on this filing.

Explanation of responses

F1Reflects 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.
F2The shares of Common Stock were sold directly by a trust of which the Reporting Person is the sole settlor, trustee and beneficiary. This sale was made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan previously adopted by the Reporting Person.