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Farmer Bros. Co.

FARM/Royal Cup, Inc.private

Farmer Bros. Co. to be acquired by Royal Cup, Inc. for $1.29/share

CashVote Scheduledhigh confidence

Merger Arbeconomics, downside, days

Deal value

cash

Per-share offer

Premium

Days to close

Term fee

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Offer
Gross spread
Spread %
Annualizedno close date
ConsiderationCash
AnnouncedApr 24, 2026
Days outstanding84d
Expected close
Termination fee
Reverse term fee
Go-shop period
Fiduciary out
Financing condition
Debt commitment
Insider lock-up

No structured deal economics extracted yet. Re-run the scanner or fall back to the source filing below.


Timelineannounced → close
  1. Announced

    Apr 24, 2026

  2. Preliminary Proxy

  3. Definitive Proxy

  4. Record date

  5. Shareholder vote

    May 1, 2026

  6. Expected close


Vote Mechanicsrecord / mailing / vote
Vote required77d post-vote
Vote dateMay 1, 2026
Record date
Mailing date
Record → vote
Thresholda majority of the outstanding shares
Min approvalparsed50.01% of outstanding
Shares outstanding
Insider lock-up

Regulatory & ConditionsHSR / EU / CFIUS / MAC

No regulatory or closing-conditions data extracted yet. The merger agreement Exhibit 10.1 contains this in the “Conditions to Closing” and “Regulatory Approvals” articles.


Closing Conditionsapprovals · vote · financing · lockups
0 done · 1 pending · 1 total
  • Shareholder approval· a majority of the outstanding shares

Interloper Riskcompeting bids, activist filers

No competing-bidder, activist, or dissident-proxy signals in the database for this target.


Advisors

No advisor data on record for this deal.


Filing Timelineevery filing on this issuer
  1. Apr 24, 2026this filing

    Farmer Bros. Co. to be acquired by Royal Cup, Inc. for $1.29/share


Sources

Farmer Bros. Co. has entered into a merger agreement with Royal Cup, Inc. (an affiliate of Braemont Capital Management LLC) whereby Farmer Bros. will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Cup. Each share of Farmer Bros. common stock will be converted into the right to receive $1.29 in cash without interest. The special shareholder meeting is scheduled for May 1, 2026, and stockholder approval requires a majority of outstanding shares to vote in favor.

Item id: 70ac9670-932e-4d23-b2d2-7e4c9c28cb12 · ingested Apr 24, 2026