FARMER BROTHERS CO — Director's Dealing 2011

May 23, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FARMER BROTHERS CO (FARM)
CIK: 0000034563
Period of Report: 2011-05-19

Reporting Person: Wahba Jeffrey A (INTERIM CO-CEO,TREASURER, CFO)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-05-19	Stock option (Right to Buy)	$9.63	A	50000	Disposed	2018-05-19	Common stock (50000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Grant of non-qualified stock option; 100% of shares issuable under the option becomes exercisable on the first anniversary of the date of the grant
on May 19, 2012, subject to the acceleration provisions of the 2007 Omnibus Plan and stock option agreement.