---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-004069"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FARM"
cik: "0000034563"
company_name: "FARMER BROTHERS CO"
filed_at: "2024-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T16:47:55.503547+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Farmer Bros. shareholders elect all five director nominees at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- Five directors elected: Loretz-Congdon, Moore, Pace, Radoff, Zaman; each received >10M votes for, with 17.5M shares represented.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton as auditor for FY2024: 17.1M for, 190.7K against, 205.2K abstain.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 10.99M for, 843.6K against, 323K abstain; broker non-votes 5.35M.
- Total outstanding shares: 20,784,357; quorum achieved with 17,510,986 shares present.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-004069
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FARM
- cik: 0000034563
- company_name: FARMER BROTHERS CO
- filed_at: 2024-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000114036124004069/0001140361-24-004069-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000114036124004069/ef20019864_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  FARMER BROTHERS CO shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers at the 2024-01-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-24
  source text: Proposal No. 3 – Advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 10,992,376 843,587 322,987 5,352,036
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000114036124004069/0001140361-24-004069-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FARMER BROTHERS CO shareholders approved To elect five (5) directors to the Board for a one-year term of office expiring at the Company's annual meeting for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 and until their successors are elected and duly qualified at the 2024-01-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-24
  source text: Proposal No. 1 – To elect five (5) directors to the Board for a one-year term of office expiring at the Company’s annual meeting for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 and until their successors are elected and duly qualified: DIRECTOR NOMINEE FOR WITHHOLD BROKER NON-VOTES Stacy Loretz-Congdon 11,739,715 419,235 5,352,036 John E. Moore III 11,740,919 418,031 5,352,036 David A. Pace 10,397,974 1,760,976 5,352,036 Bradley L. Radoff 10,181,302 1,977,648 5,352,036 Waheed Zaman 11,197,916 961,034 5,352,036
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000114036124004069/0001140361-24-004069-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FARMER BROTHERS CO shareholders approved To ratify the selection of Grant Thornton as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 at the 2024-01-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-24
  source text: Proposal No. 2 – To ratify the selection of Grant Thornton as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 17,115,073 190,720 205,193 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34563/000114036124004069/0001140361-24-004069-index.htm

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