---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-098666"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FARM"
cik: "0000034563"
company_name: "FARMER BROTHERS CO"
filed_at: "2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T23:39:49.884684+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmer Bros. CEO Deverl Maserang Departs; John Moore Interim CEO and Brad Bollner Interim CFO

## Summary
- CEO Deverl Maserang terminated without cause, effective Sept 30, 2023; will receive severance per his 2019 employment agreement.
- John Moore, previously Head of Coffee since July 2023, appointed interim CEO effective Oct 1, 2023.
- Brad Bollner, previously VP of Finance since Oct 2022, appointed interim CFO effective Oct 1, 2023.
- Departure not due to any disagreement with the Company on operations, policies, or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-098666
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FARM
- cik: 0000034563
- company_name: FARMER BROTHERS CO
- filed_at: 2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000110465923098666/0001104659-23-098666-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000110465923098666/tm2325572d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brad Bollner was appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer at FARMER BROTHERS CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Board has appointed Brad Bollner, the Company’s Vice President of Finance, as interim Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000110465923098666/0001104659-23-098666-index.htm
- Executive change
  Deverl Maserang was terminated as President and Chief Executive Officer at FARMER BROTHERS CO.
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On August 30, 2023, Farmer Bros. Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Deverl Maserang, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, agreed that Mr. Maserang’s employment with the Company will be terminated, without cause, effective September 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000110465923098666/0001104659-23-098666-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Moore was appointed as interim Chief Executive Officer at FARMER BROTHERS CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: The Board has appointed John Moore, the Company’s Head of Coffee, as interim Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000110465923098666/0001104659-23-098666-index.htm

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