First Amendment to Employment Agreement between Farmer Bros. Co. and Employee

Summary

This amendment updates the employment agreement between Farmer Bros. Co. and the employee to clarify that nothing in the agreement prevents the employee from voluntarily communicating with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about possible legal violations or from accepting a whistleblower award. All other terms of the original employment agreement remain unchanged.

EX-10.25 3 farm-03312017xex1025xformo.htm EXHIBIT 10.25 Exhibit

Exhibit 10.25

[FORM OF]

FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

(Farmer Bros. Co. / [Employee Last Name])

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This First Amendment to Employment Agreement (“Amended Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 3, 2017 between FARMER BROS. CO., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [EMPLOYEE FULL NAME] (“[Employee Last Name]”), who agree as follows:

WHEREAS the Company and [Employee Last Name] are parties to an Employment Agreement (“Agreement”) dated [Date of Employment Agreement];

WHEREAS the parties desire to amend the Agreement to clarify certain rights and obligations of the parties to that Agreement;

The parties agree that the Agreement is amended to including the following paragraph:

Nothing contained in this Amended Agreement or the Agreement is intended to or shall be construed as prohibiting [Employee Last Name] from voluntarily communicating with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) about possible violations of law or from accepting a Commission whistleblower award.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

COMPANY: FARMER BROS. CO.,

a Delaware corporation

By:

Michael H. Keown

President and Chief Executive Officer

[EMPLOYEE FULL NAME]:

By:

[Employee Full Name]