Forum for Shareholders of Farmer Bros. Co.

Forum Home Page

2007 Conclusion

Forum activities relating to Farmer Bros. Co. were suspended in 2007, following the second year of new management.

Farmer Bros. Home Page

 

Farmer Bros. Reference

 

Letter to All Directors

(June 21, 2002)

Copied below is the text of a letter sent to the directors of Farmer Bros. Co. on June 21, 2002, asking each of them to respond to a June 11, 2002 letter inviting their participation in the Forum and requesting their answers to four questions.  In the absence of any response, the request was repeated in letters sent on June 27, 2002 to each director, individually.

 
[letterhead]
LUTIN & COMPANY
575 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Telephone (212) 605-0335
Facsimile (212) 605-0325

June 21, 2002

By telecopier: 310/320-2436

Messrs. John M. Anglin,
Guenter W. Berger,
Lewis A. Coffman,
Roy E. Farmer,
Roy F. Farmer, and
John H. Merrell
c/o Farmer Bros. Co.
20333 South Normandie Avenue
Torrance, California 90502

To the members of the board of directors of Farmer Bros. Co.:

   No response has been received, from any director or from any representative of the company, in relation to my June 11, 2002 letter. A duplicate of that communication accompanies this letter.

   Please let me know, individually, whether you have received this and the June 11th letters.

   It is my hope that each of you will also want to reply to the June 11th letter's questions and otherwise participate in the Forum. Most shareholders consider the views of directors to be an important factor in their investment decisions, and will appreciate your respect of their interest.

Very truly yours,
/S
Gary Lutin

 

 

The Forum is open to all Farmer Bros. shareholders, whether institutional or individual, and to professionals concerned with their investment decisions.  Its purpose is to provide shareholders with access to information and a free exchange of views on issues relating to their evaluations of alternatives.  As stated in the Forum's Conditions of Participation, participants are expected to make independent use of information obtained through the Forum, subject to the privacy rights of other participants.  It is a Forum rule that participants will not be identified or quoted without their explicit permission.

There is no charge for participation.  Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC, the manager of funds owning approximately 12.6% of Farmer Bros. shares, provided initial sponsorship for the Forum and arranged for it to be chaired by Gary Lutin.  Continuing support and guidance of the Forum is provided by an Advisory Panel of actively interested shareholders.

For additional information or to be included in an email distribution list, send an inquiry to farm@shareholderforum.com.