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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-010937"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FARM"
cik: "0000034563"
company_name: "FARMER BROTHERS CO"
filed_at: "2025-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T00:34:59.760426+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmer Brothers holds annual meeting, elects six directors; adopts federal forum bylaw

## Summary
- Stockholders elected Shaun Mara, John E. Moore III, David A. Pace, Terence C. O'Brien, Bradley L. Radoff and Waheed Zaman as directors for one-year term.
- Ratified Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 (16,910,025 for, 512,067 against).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved (10,176,156 for, 1,525,624 against); one-year frequency for future say-on-pay votes approved.
- Board adopted Second Amended and Restated Bylaws adding federal district court as exclusive forum for Securities Act claims.
- No changes to fiscal year or capital structure reported.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-010937
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FARM
- cik: 0000034563
- company_name: FARMER BROTHERS CO
- filed_at: 2025-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000110465925010937/0001104659-25-010937-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000110465925010937/tm255784d1_8k.htm

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