---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-003035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FARM"
cik: "0000034563"
company_name: "FARMER BROTHERS CO"
filed_at: "2025-01-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T04:06:38.621289+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmer Bros. names Brian Miller VP Sales, Tom Bauer as Chief Field Operations Officer

## Summary
- Brian Miller appointed Vice President of Sales, effective January 13, 2025.
- Tom Bauer transitions from VP Chief Commercial Officer to VP Chief Field Operations Officer.
- Bauer will lead DSD, logistics, planning, and procurement operations.
- Miller brings 25+ years of CPG experience, most recently at Custom Ink.
- Company aims to drive top-line growth and enhance customer base for sustainable profitability.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-003035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FARM
- cik: 0000034563
- company_name: FARMER BROTHERS CO
- filed_at: 2025-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000110465925003035/0001104659-25-003035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000110465925003035/tm252951d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-003035
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-003035.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-003035.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 998f8687ca
  claim: Thomas E. Bauer was appointed as Vice President, Chief Field Operations Officer at FARMER BROTHERS CO.
  evidence_excerpt: On January 13, 2025, Farmer Bros. Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), announced that Thomas E. Bauer, the Company’s current Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer, has been appointed as Vice President, Chief Field Operations Officer of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000110465925003035/0001104659-25-003035-index.htm

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