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



(e)  On March 26, 2020, in response to the potential effect of the COVID-19
pandemic on revenue, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Farmer Bros. Co.
(the "Company") approved the implementation of a 15-percent salary reduction for
all of the Company's named executive officers, starting April 1, 2020. The
salary reduction will be reviewed periodically for reinstatement. In addition,
the Board approved that it will forego its quarterly compensation payable in
April 2020.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On March 30, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the executive
and Board compensation adjustment, which is being furnished herewith as Exhibit
99.1.
As provided in General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information and exhibit
furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of this report are being furnished and shall not
be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section,
shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other
document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regardless of any general
incorporation language in such filing. In addition, the exhibit furnished
herewith contains statements intended as "forward-looking statements" that are
subject to the cautionary statements about forward-looking statements set forth
in such exhibit.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)  Exhibits
Exhibit No.                 Description
99.1            Press release dated March 30, 2020.

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