---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000034563-22-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FARM"
cik: "0000034563"
company_name: "FARMER BROTHERS CO"
filed_at: "2022-04-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T06:39:19.703865+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmer Bros. raises CFO salary to $450k, grants $400k RSU; appoints new Controller and GC

## Summary
- CFO Scott Drake salary increased from $390k to $450k, effective Apr 18, 2022; $400k RSU award vests over 3 years.
- Matthew Coffman appointed VP & Controller (principal accounting officer); salary $220k, bonus target $77k, $50k RSU.
- Jared Vitemb appointed VP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary, effective Apr 18, 2022.
- Amber D. Jefferson remains CHRO; no longer serves as Chief Compliance Officer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000034563-22-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FARM
- cik: 0000034563
- company_name: FARMER BROTHERS CO
- filed_at: 2022-04-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000003456322000026/0000034563-22-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000003456322000026/farm-20220414.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000034563-22-000026
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000034563-22-000026.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000034563-22-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Coffman was appointed as Vice President and Controller at FARMER BROTHERS CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President and Controller
  source text: On April 18, 2022, the Company appointed Matthew Coffman, age 42, as the Company’s Vice President and Controller, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000003456322000026/0000034563-22-000026-index.htm

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