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Exhibit

Exhibit 10.7
EXECUTION VERSION

JOINDER TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS JOINDER TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 29, 2017, is entered into by and among FARMER BROS. CO., a Delaware corporation, COFFEE BEAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.  an Oregon corporation, FBC FINANCE COMPANY, a
California corporation, COFFEE BEAN HOLDING CO., INC., a Delaware corporation and CHINA MIST BRANDS, INC., a Delaware corporation (each individually  an  “Existing  Grantor”,  and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, the “Existing Grantors”), BOYD ASSETS CO., a Delaware  corporation  (“New  Grantor”,  and  together  with  Existing  Grantors,  each  a  “Grantor”  and collectively, the “Grantors”) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for the below defined Lenders (the “Administrative Agent”) to join New Grantor to that certain Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2015, by and among Existing Grantors and the Administrative Agent (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement and First Amendment to Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2017, (the “First Amendment”), and as further amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”).

RECITAL

A.The Existing Grantors, the Administrative Agent and the lenders party thereto as “Lenders” (each individually, a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”) have previously entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2015 (as amended by the First Amendment, and as further amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain loans and financial accommodations available to the Borrowers. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Credit Agreement.

B.Existing Grantors, Administrative Agent and New Grantor are simultaneously herewith entering into that certain Joinder Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, pursuant to which New Grantor has been added as a “Borrower” under the Credit Agreement.

AGREEMENT

The Grantors and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, hereby agree as follows:

1.    New Grantor hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this Agreement, New Grantor will be deemed to be a “Grantor” for all purposes of the Security Agreement with the same force and effect as if New Grantor had duly executed and delivered the Security Agreement as a Grantor thereunder in addition to the Existing Grantors, and shall have all of the obligations of a Grantor thereunder. Each reference to a “Grantor” or “Grantors” in the Security 

Agreement shall be deemed to include New Grantor in addition to Existing Grantors. The Security Agreement is incorporated herein by reference.

2.    New Grantor hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the Security Agreement applicable to it as a “Grantor” thereunder, including without limitation all of the covenants set forth in Articles IV and VII of the Security Agreement. New Grantor hereby makes the representations and warranties as a “Grantor” contained in the Security Agreement in Article III and agrees that such representations and warranties by it as a “Grantor” are true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall

not  be  applicable  to  any  representations  and  warranties  that  are  already  qualified  or  modified  by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date hereof.

3.    To secure the prompt and complete payment and performance of all Secured Obligations, New Grantor does hereby pledge, collaterally assign and grant to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of New Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral including, without limitation, the personal property and other assets described in items (i) through (xv) of Article II of the Security Agreement; provided, however, that “Collateral” (and each defined term used in the definition of Collateral) shall not include any Excluded Collateral; and provided, further, that if and when any property shall cease to be Excluded Collateral, such property shall be deemed at all times from and after such date to constitute Collateral.

4.    The information set forth in Exhibits A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H of Annex A attached hereto supplements the information set forth in Exhibits A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, respectively, to the Security Agreement and shall be deemed a part thereof for all purposes of the Security Agreement; provided, however, that with respect to the representations and warranties by New Grantor made as of the date of the Security Agreement which incorporate such exhibits by reference as of such date, such representations and warranties by New Grantor shall be deemed to be made as of the date hereof.

5.    New Grantor hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file, and if requested will deliver to the Administrative Agent, all financing statements and other documents and take such other actions as may from time to time be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order to maintain a first priority perfected security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) in and, if applicable, Control of, the Collateral owned by New Grantor. Any financing statement filed by the Administrative Agent may be filed in any filing office in any UCC jurisdiction and may (a) indicate New Grantor’s Collateral (i) as all assets of New Grantor or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC of such jurisdiction, or (ii) by any other description which reasonably approximates the description contained in this Agreement and the Security Agreement, and (b) contain any other information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including (i) whether New Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organization identification number issued to New Grantor, and (ii) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or indicating New Grantor’s Collateral as as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of real property to which the Collateral relates. New Grantor also agrees to furnish any such information described in the foregoing sentence to the Administrative Agent promptly upon request. New Grantor also ratifies its authorization for the Administrative Agent to have filed in any UCC jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof.

6.    New Grantor represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and the Lenders that as of the date hereof:

(a)    New Grantor has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, and to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Loan Documents (as modified hereby) to which it is a party. The execution, delivery, and performance by New Grantor of this Agreement have been duly approved by all necessary corporate action.

(b)    This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by New Grantor and constitutes its valid and legally binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium, or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

7.    This Agreement is a Loan Document. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.

8.    THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS REGARDING CHOICE OF LAW, CONSENT TO JURISDICTION, AND WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 8.16, 8.17, AND 8.18 OF THE SECURITY AGREEMENT, AND SUCH PROVISIONS ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY THIS REFERENCE, MUTATIS MUTANDIS.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
                    
BOYD ASSETS CO.

By: /s/ David G. Robson
Name: David G. Robson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
    

Acknowledged and agreed to as of the date set forth above:

FARMER BROS CO.

By: /s/ David G. Robson
Name: David G. Robson
Title: Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

COFFEE BEAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.

By: /s/ David G. Robson
Name: David G. Robson
Title: Chief Financial Officer

FBC FINANCE COMPANY

By: /s/ David G. Robson
Name: David G. Robson
Title: Treasurer

COFFEE BEAN HOLDING CO., INC.

By: /s/ David G. Robson
Name: David G. Robson
Title: Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

CHINA MIST BRANDS, INC.

By: /s/ David G. Robson
Name: David G. Robson
Title: Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Joinder to Pledge and Security Agreement

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent

By: /s/ Rose Gilbert
Name: Rose Gilbert 
    Title: Authorized Officer 

Signature Page to Joinder to Pledge and Security AgreementExhibit

Exhibit 10.18
ACTION OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FARMER BROS. CO.
QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS

Farmer Bros. Co. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Ownership Plan

The undersigned members of the Administrative Committee, having the authority to act on the matter set forth below, hereby approve the following:

WHEREAS, Section 12.01 of the Farmer Bros. Co. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the “Plan”) permits amendments to the Plan from time to time; and

WHEREAS, this Committee now deems it appropriate to amend Section 6.01 of the Plan to revise subsection (d) to provide for full vesting of the Accounts of Plan Members who are terminated from employment in connection with certain reductions-in-force that occurred during 2017.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Section 6.01 of the Plan is hereby amended effective as of January 1, 2017, to read as follows:

“6.01    Vesting

		
	(a)
	A Member shall be fully vested in, and have a nonforfeitable right to, his/her Account upon completion of five years of Vesting Service; 

		
	(b)
	A Member shall be fully vested in, and have a nonforfeitable right to, his/her Account upon death, Disability, or the later of the attainment of his/her 55th birthday or the tenth anniversary of the date he/she becomes a Member; 

		
	(c)
	A Member (1) whose Severance Date occurs on or after January 1, 2015, in connection with the Company’s closure of its corporate headquarters and manufacturing/distribution facilities located in Torrance, California, and (2) who works with the Company until the termination date for the Member set by the Company, shall be fully vested in, and have a nonforfeitable right to, his/her Account as of his/her Severance Date; 

		
	(d)
	A Member (1) whose Severance Date occurs on or after January 1, 2015, in connection with a reduction-in-force at a Company facility which reduction-in-force has been designated by the Committee as eligible for the accelerated vesting provided under this Section 6.01(d), (2) for whom such reduction-in-force is the sole cause of his/her termination of employment, and (3) who works at such facility until the termination date for the Member set by the Company, shall be fully vested in, and have a 

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nonforfeitable right to, his/her Account as of his/her Severance Date.  Such reductions-in-force shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (A) the reduction-in-force at the Company’s distribution facility located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that occurred in February of 2017, (B) the elimination of the positions of Director of Regional Sales, Regional Sales Manager, DSD National Account Manager, Senior National Account Manager, Foodservice Sales Representative, Key Account Manager, and Key Account Manager Sales Director that occurred in February of 2017, and (C) the termination of the employment of certain service technicians that occurred in 2017.”

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the appropriate officers of the Company, and the individuals who have been properly delegated authority for the administration of the Plan, are hereby authorized to do such other things as may be necessary or advisable to give effect to the foregoing resolution.

Dated: December 7, 2017
	
		
	

/s/ David Robson_
Title: ____________________________
	

/s/ Thomas Mattei, Jr.
Title: ____________________________

	

/s/ Brent Hollingsworth
Title: ____________________________
	

/s/ Rene Peth
Title: ____________________________

	

/s/ Suzanne Gargis
Title: ___________________________
	

_______________________________
Title: ___________________________

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