Response to New CEO Following Reported Intent to Provide Information Requested by Shareholder Delegate

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Response to New CEO Following Reported Intent to Provide Information Requested by Shareholder Delegate

(March 24, 2003)

Copied below is the text of a letter sent to Roy E. Farmer following reports that he had replaced his father as CEO of Farmer Bros. Co. The letter also addresses a news report in the March 24, 2003 edition of the Los Angeles Business Journal that the company had issued a statement of its intent to provide the information requested in a shareholder Delegate's March 13, 2003 letter.

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LUTIN & COMPANY

575 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Telephone (212) 605-0335

Facsimile (212) 605-0325

March 24, 2003

By telecopier: 310/320-2436

Mr. Roy E. Farmer

Chief Executive Officer

Farmer Bros. Co.

20333 South Normandie Avenue

Torrance, California 90502

Dear Mr. Farmer:

I congratulate you on your recently announced new responsibilities as chief executive officer of Farmer Bros. Co., and also welcome your reported intention to provide the information requested by the shareholder Delegate.

Referring to today's news report of your intended response, the article cited a prepared statement issued by the company. However, the statement had not been received by the shareholder Delegate and could not be found in searches of news and press release databases. Will you please arrange to have a copy sent to me so that it can be distributed to participants in the Forum for Farmer Bros. shareholders?

I wish you success in your new duties, and hope you will find the Forum helpful in your efforts to understand and respond to the interests of the company's shareholders.

Sincerely yours,

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.

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