---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-100989"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FARM"
cik: "0000034563"
company_name: "FARMER BROTHERS CO"
filed_at: "2023-09-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T16:52:24.802665+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmer Bros grants $100k RSU to interim CEO, retention bonuses to CFO and GC

## Summary
- John Moore named interim CEO (effective Oct 1, 2023); receives RSUs valued at $100,000 vesting over three years.
- Moore's base salary raised to $400,000 for the interim CEO role.
- Brad Bollner (interim CFO) gets $50,000 retention bonus paid $25,000 each on Mar 15, 2024 and Sep 13, 2024.
- Jared Vitemb (VP, GC) receives one-time $157,500 cash retention payment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-100989
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FARM
- cik: 0000034563
- company_name: FARMER BROTHERS CO
- filed_at: 2023-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000110465923100989/0001104659-23-100989-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000110465923100989/tm2325914d2_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-100989.txt

## 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 Company entered into a Retention Agreement with Brad Bollner, the Company's Vice President of Finance and, effective October 1, 2023, the Company's interim Chief Financial Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000110465923100989/0001104659-23-100989-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: approved the grant to John Moore, the Company's Head of Coffee and, effective October 1, 2023, the interim Chief Executive Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000110465923100989/0001104659-23-100989-index.htm

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