secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FARMER BROTHERS CO (FARM)
CIK:        0000034563
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-055386
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 1.00
Item codes: 1.02, 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Farmer Brothers taken private by Royal Cup for $1.29/share; merger closes May 5, 2026
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- Royal Cup acquired all outstanding FARM shares for $1.29 cash per share; total consideration ~$28.3M.
- Stockholders approved transaction at special meeting on May 1, 2026.
- Company will delist from Nasdaq and deregister under the Exchange Act.
- CEO John Moore, CFO Vance Fisher, GC Jared Vitemb exit; new CEO Chip Wann and CFO Tiffany Moseley appointed.
- All prior directors replaced; company becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Cup.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000110465926055386/0001104659-26-055386-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000110465926055386/tm2612899d9_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-055386

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