---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000034563-22-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FARM"
cik: "0000034563"
company_name: "FARMER BROTHERS CO"
filed_at: "2022-01-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T17:20:50.936973+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmer Bros. principal accounting officer Scott Lyon resigns; CFO Drake interim

## Summary
- Scott Lyon, VP/Controller/Treasurer and principal accounting officer, resigned effective Jan 14, 2022 to pursue another opportunity.
- CFO Scott R. Drake will assume the role of principal accounting officer on an interim basis.
- Lyon notified the Company of his resignation on December 23, 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000034563-22-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FARM
- cik: 0000034563
- company_name: FARMER BROTHERS CO
- filed_at: 2022-01-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000003456322000002/0000034563-22-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000003456322000002/farm-20220119.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000034563-22-000002
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000034563-22-000002.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000034563-22-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Lyon resigned as Vice President, Controller and Treasurer at FARMER BROTHERS CO.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Vice President, Controller and Treasurer
  source text: On December 23, 2021, Scott Lyon, Vice President, Controller and Treasurer of Farmer Bros. Co. (the “Company”), who served as the Company’s principal accounting officer, notified the Company of his resignation, effective January 14, 2022, to pursue another opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000003456322000002/0000034563-22-000002-index.htm
- Executive change
  Scott R. Drake was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and interim principal accounting officer at FARMER BROTHERS CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and interim principal accounting officer
  source text: Following Mr. Lyon’s resignation, Scott R. Drake, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, will serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer in the interim.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000003456322000002/0000034563-22-000002-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.