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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) On December
15, 2016, Isaac N. Johnston, Jr., notified the Board of Directors of Farmer Bros. Co., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), of his intention to resign as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective January 6, 2016 to pursue another opportunity. The Board of Directors has formed a search committee to identify a successor Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
