Farmer Brothers Company

08/14/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/14/2025 14:27

Management Change/Compensation (Form 8-K)

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

Second Amended and Restated Severance Agreements

On August 12, 2025, Farmer Bros. Co. (the "Company") entered into a second amended and restated severance agreement (collectively, the "A&R Severance Agreements") with each of John Moore, President and Chief Executive Officer, Vance Fisher, Chief Financial Officer, and Jared Vitemb, Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary (collectively, the "Executives"). The A&R Severance Agreements amend and restate the amended and restated severance agreements (the "Prior Severance Agreements") that the Company previously entered into with the Executives to: (1) revise the definition of Good Reason to provide that a material reduction in an Executive's base salary would constitute Good Reason except for a reduction that occurred at any time other than the one-year period after a change in control (the "Change in Control Period") and that was applicable to all executives or employees of the Company and (2) provide that if a qualifying termination occurred during the Change in Control Period that the Executive would receive two times the Executive's annual target short-term incentive plan ("STIP") payment for the year of the qualifying termination instead of a prorated portion of the STIP award.

With the exception of the amendments described above, the terms of the A&R Severance Agreements remained the same as the Prior Severance Agreements. For additional information regarding the terms of the A&R Severance Agreements, see the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2023.

Bonus Pool Agreements

On August 12, 2025, the Company entered into Bonus Opportunities Letter Agreements with each of the Executives whereby (1) Mr. Moore, Mr. Fisher and Mr. Vitemb are eligible to receive $400,000, $350,000 and $200,000, respectively (the "Bonus Allocations") if the Company closes a change in control transaction (the "Performance Target") by January 1, 2026, (2) if the Performance Target is not met by January 1, 2026, the Bonus Allocations will be reduced in half and distributed to the Executives on the first payroll date after January 1, 2026 and (3) if the Performance Target is not met by January 1, 2026, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company will grant Mr. Moore $300,000 of performance-based restricted stock units ("PBRSUs"), Mr. Fisher $75,000 of PBRSUs and Mr. Vitemb $37,500 of PBRSUs, subject to the determination of the performance period and performance goals, on January 2, 2026.

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