Note: The newswire report
accessible from the link below is based on an
August 10, 2004 SEC filing by Franklin Mutual disclosing recent
purchases of Farmer Bros. stock, increasing their holdings to 2,026,104
shares (12.6% of the total outstanding) from the 1,849,940 shares (11.5%
of total) they have held since 2002. (These percentages are based on the
company's currently reported total of 16,075,080 shares outstanding.
Prior to this year, there had been 19,264,140 split-adjusted shares
outstanding, and Franklin Mutual's 1,849,940 split-adjusted shares were
9.6% of that larger total.) |