FARMER BROTHERS CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 15, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FARMER BROTHERS CO (FARM)
CIK: 0000034563
Period of Report: 2012-02-13

Reporting Person: HARDING MARK A (SR. V.P. OPERATIONS)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-02-13	Stock option (right to buy)	$10.82	A	20000	Acquired	2019-02-13	Common stock (20000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Grant of non-qualified stock option; one hundred percent (100%) of the total number of shares subject to the option vest on the first anniversary of the grant date, subject to the acceleration provisions of that certain Letter Agreement, dated April 19, 2011, between the Company and Mark Harding, as the same may be amended, and the stock option award agreement.