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LUTIN & COMPANY
575 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Telephone (212) 605-0335
Facsimile (212) 605-0325
December 30,
2003
By telecopier: 310/320-2436
Messrs. Guenter W. Berger,
Lewis A. Coffman,
Roy E. Farmer,
Roy F. Farmer,
Thomas Maloof,
John H. Merrell, and
John Samore, Jr.
c/o Farmer Bros. Co.
20333 South Normandie Avenue
Torrance, California 90502
To the members of the board of directors of Farmer Bros. Co.:
On December 24th the company announced several developments
which are of great interest to investors, including the Crowe family
settlement and associated stock transactions, changes in ESOP governance, an
investment banking engagement, and revisions of management's proposal for
reincorporation. Unfortunately, as of 3:00PM this afternoon, there have
been no disclosures of documents or detailed reports which would allow your
public shareholders to understand how any of these developments should
influence their investment decisions.
Some of these investment decisions will involve voting for
matters to be presented at the annual meeting of shareholders now scheduled
for January 21, 2003, only three weeks from tomorrow. If shareholders are
to have time for reasonable consideration of the new information, you must
make the required disclosures immediately.
Sincerely yours,
Gary Lutin
cc: John M. Anglin, Esquire
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