UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 29, 2011

Farmer Bros. Co.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

(310) 787-5200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(c) On August 30, 2011, the Board of Directors of Farmer Bros. Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), appointed Jeffrey A. Wahba as a Class I director on the Company’s Board of Directors to fill the vacancy left by the Company’s former director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Roger M. Laverty III, who stepped down on June 30, 2011 while Mr. Wahba is serving as Interim Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company. In connection with such appointment, the Company and Mr. Wahba entered into an amendment to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, effective as of April 19, 2011 (the “Wahba Employment Agreement”), between the Company and Mr. Wahba, to provide that the appointment of someone other than Mr. Wahba to the position of permanent sole Chief Executive Officer or Mr. Wahba’s ceasing to serve as co-Chief Executive Officer will constitute Mr. Wahba’s resignation from the Board of Directors of the Company. The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2011, between the Company and Mr. Wahba, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the press release relating to Mr. Wahba’s appointment to the Board of Directors is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Other than as set forth in the Wahba Employment Agreement, as amended, Mr. Wahba presently does not have a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed transaction in which the Company is or is to be a party in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000. Mr. Wahba will not serve on any committees of the Board of Directors. As an employee director, Mr. Wahba will not be entitled to any compensation in connection with his service as a director.

(e) On August 29, 2011, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved base salaries for the Company’s executive officers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, as follows:

Item 8.01. Other Events.

Director Compensation

On August 30, 2011, the Board of Directors approved the following fiscal 2012 non-employee director compensation:

Each non-employee director also will receive: (i) a fee of $1,500 for each meeting of the Board attended; (ii) a fee of $2,500 for each meeting of the Compensation Committee or Audit Committee attended; and (iii) a fee of $1,500 for each meeting of the Nominating Committee or Search Committee attended; provided, if more than one meeting (Board or committee) is held and attended on the same day, the maximum meeting fees are $4,000. In addition, the Chairman of the Audit Committee will receive an additional annual retainer of $15,000, and the Chairman of the Compensation Committee will receive an additional annual retainer of $7,500.

The annual grant of restricted stock pursuant to the compensation arrangements described above will be made each year on the date on which the Company holds its annual meeting of stockholders or such other date as the Board may determine. The number of shares of Common Stock to be received in the grant of restricted stock will be based on the closing price per share of the Company’s Common Stock on the date such grant is made.

The Company also reimburses all directors for reasonable travel expenses from outside the greater Los Angeles area, in accordance with Company policy, incurred in connection with attendance at Board and committee meetings.

Nominating Committee Chairman

On August 30, 2011, the Board appointed James J. McGarry as Chairman of the Nominating Committee.

Omission of Quarterly Dividend

On August 30, 2011, the Board of Directors omitted the payment of a quarterly dividend in the upcoming second quarter of fiscal 2012. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

On September 2, 2011, the Company issued a press release announcing that the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders has been scheduled for December 8, 2011, at which meeting stockholders of record as of October 17, 2011 would be eligible to vote. The meeting will be held at the Company’s headquarters in Torrance, California. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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.

Dated: September 2, 2011

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