Sec Form 4 Filing - Grossman Jeanne Farmer @ FARMER BROTHERS CO - 2017-12-13

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Grossman Jeanne Farmer 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FARMER BROTHERS CO [ FARM] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X __ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) FARMER BROS. CO., 1912 FARMER BROTHERS DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 12/13/2017 (Street) NORTHLAKE, TX76262 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock, $1.00 par value 12/13/2017 G( 1 ) V 50,008 D $ 0 1,169,236 ( 2 ) I Trusts ( 3 ) Common Stock, $1.00 par value 18,874 D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Repor ting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Grossman Jeanne Farmer FARMER BROS. CO. 1912 FARMER BROTHERS DRIVE NORTHLAKE, TX76262 X Signatures /s/ Thomas J. Mattei Jr., Attorney-In-Fact for Jeanne Farmer Grossman 12/15/2017 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )These shares were transferred in a bona fide gift transaction from a trust of which the Reporting Person is the sole trustee and the sole beneficiary to a trust of which the Reporting Person is the sole trustee and a member of her immediate family is the sole beneficiary. ( 2 )Conformably with Rule 16a-8 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned indirectly by the Reporting Person did not change as the result of this bona fide gift transaction. ( 3 )Reflects the Reporting Person's beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock held in various family trusts of which the Reporting Person is the sole trustee, co-trustee, beneficiary, and/or settlor, as reported in the Issuer's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on October 27, 2017, after giving effect to subsequent transactions by the Reporting Person (including the subject transaction).

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