Organization and Description of Business	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Organization and Description of Business
Organization and Description of Business	WESTROCK COFFEE COMPANY NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Note 1. Organization and Description of Business Westrock Coffee Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” “Westrock,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), is a leading integrated coffee, tea, flavors, extracts, and ingredients solutions provider in the United States, providing coffee sourcing, supply chain management, product development, roasting, packaging, and distribution services to the retail, food service and restaurant, convenience store and travel center, non-commercial account, consumer packaged goods (“CPG”), and hospitality industries around the world. We manage our business in two operating segments. Beverage Solutions: Through this segment, we combine our product innovation and customer insights to provide value-added beverage solutions, including coffee, tea, flavors, extracts and ingredients. We provide products in a variety of packaging, including branded and private label coffee in bags, fractional packs, single serve cups, multi-serve bottles and ready-to-drink bottles and cans, as well as extract solutions to be used in products such as cold brew and ready-to-drink offerings. Currently we serve customers in the United States, Europe and Asia, through the retail, food service and restaurant, convenience store and travel center, non-commercial account, CPG and hospitality industries. Sustainable Sourcing & Traceability: Through this segment, we utilize our proprietary technology and digitally traceable supply chain to directly impact and improve the lives of our farming partners, provide tangible economic empowerment and emphasize environmental accountability and farmer literacy. Revenues primarily consist of sales from commodity contracts related to forward sales of green coffee. The Company operates manufacturing and distribution facilities in Concord, North Carolina, North Little Rock, Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, and Johor Bahru, Malaysia. In addition, the Company operates Trading and Representative offices in Lewes, UK, Austin, Texas, Lima & Jaen, Peru, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, and Seoul, Korea, alongside a coffee milling and exporting facility in Kigali, Rwanda. On August 26, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Agreement, dated April 4, 2022, by and among the Company, Riverview Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition vehicle and a Delaware corporation (“Riverview”), Origin Merger Sub I, Inc. (“Merger Sub I”), and Origin Merger Sub II, LLC (“Merger Sub II”) (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Transaction Agreement”), the Company completed its de-SPAC merger transaction with Riverview (the “Transaction”). In connection with the closing of the Transaction (the “Closing”), the Company converted from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation (the “Conversion”) and changed its corporate name from “Westrock Coffee Holdings, LLC” (the “Converting Company”) to “Westrock Coffee Company.” Pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, Merger Sub I merged with and into Riverview, with Riverview surviving the merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (such merger, the “SPAC Merger”) and immediately following the consummation of the SPAC Merger, Riverview merged with and into Merger Sub II, with Merger Sub II surviving the merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “LLC Merger”, and together with the SPAC Merger, the “Mergers”). See Note 4 for additional disclosures related to the Transaction. On June 29, 2023, the Company entered into a subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) with HF Direct Investments Pool, LLC (the “HF Investor”), an affiliate of HF Capital, LLC, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue to the HF Investor and the HF Investor agreed to purchase from the Company 5,000,000 shares (the “HF Subscription Amount”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Shares”) at a purchase price per share of $10.00 for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $50.0 million (such transaction, the “HF Investment”). On August 3, 2023, the HF Investment closed after the expiration of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended. Additionally, on June 29, 2023 and July 18, 2023, the Company entered into definitive agreements with an affiliate of the Herbert Hunt family (the “Hunt Investor”) and the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (the “ARTRS” and together with the Hunt Investor, the “Investors”), respectively, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue to the Investors and the Investors agreed to purchase from the Company a total of 5,000,000 Common Shares of the Company at a purchase price per share of $10.00 for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $50.0 million (such transactions the “PIPE Investments”). On August 3, 2023, the Company closed on the PIPE Investments. On July 24, 2023, affiliates of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (the “BBH Investors”) exercised preemptive rights (the “BBH Preemptive Rights”) to purchase approximately 1.9 million Common Shares at a purchase price per share of $10.00, under the terms of that certain Investor Rights Agreement, dated April 4, 2022, by and among the Company, the BBH Investors, and the other parties thereto. On August 7, 2023, the Company sold and issued the Common Shares to the BBH Investors, receiving aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $18.8 million.

Organization and Description of Business

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Organization and Description of Business

Organization and Description of Business

WESTROCK COFFEE COMPANY

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1. Organization and Description of Business

Westrock Coffee Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” “Westrock,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), is a leading integrated coffee, tea, flavors, extracts, and ingredients solutions provider in the United States, providing coffee sourcing, supply chain management, product development, roasting, packaging, and distribution services to the retail, food service and restaurant, convenience store and travel center, non-commercial account, consumer packaged goods (“CPG”), and hospitality industries around the world. We manage our business in two operating segments.

Beverage Solutions: Through this segment, we combine our product innovation and customer insights to provide value-added beverage solutions, including coffee, tea, flavors, extracts and ingredients. We provide products in a variety of packaging, including branded and private label coffee in bags, fractional packs, single serve cups, multi-serve bottles and ready-to-drink bottles and cans, as well as extract solutions to be used in products such as cold brew and ready-to-drink offerings. Currently we serve customers in the United States, Europe and Asia, through the retail, food service and restaurant, convenience store and travel center, non-commercial account, CPG and hospitality industries.

Sustainable Sourcing & Traceability: Through this segment, we utilize our proprietary technology and digitally traceable supply chain to directly impact and improve the lives of our farming partners, provide tangible economic empowerment and emphasize environmental accountability and farmer literacy. Revenues primarily consist of sales from commodity contracts related to forward sales of green coffee.

The Company operates manufacturing and distribution facilities in Concord, North Carolina, North Little Rock, Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, and Johor Bahru, Malaysia. In addition, the Company operates Trading and Representative offices in Lewes, UK, Austin, Texas, Lima & Jaen, Peru, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia, and Seoul, Korea, alongside a coffee milling and exporting facility in Kigali, Rwanda.

On August 26, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Agreement, dated April 4, 2022, by and among the Company, Riverview Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition vehicle and a Delaware corporation (“Riverview”), Origin Merger Sub I, Inc. (“Merger Sub I”), and Origin Merger Sub II, LLC (“Merger Sub II”) (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Transaction Agreement”), the Company completed its de-SPAC merger transaction with Riverview (the “Transaction”). In connection with the closing of the Transaction (the “Closing”), the Company converted from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation (the “Conversion”) and changed its corporate name from “Westrock Coffee Holdings, LLC” (the “Converting Company”) to “Westrock Coffee Company.” Pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, Merger Sub I merged with and into Riverview, with Riverview surviving the merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (such merger, the “SPAC Merger”) and immediately following the consummation of the SPAC Merger, Riverview merged with and into Merger Sub II, with Merger Sub II surviving the merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “LLC Merger”, and together with the SPAC Merger, the “Mergers”). See Note 4 for additional disclosures related to the Transaction.

On June 29, 2023, the Company entered into a subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) with HF Direct Investments Pool, LLC (the “HF Investor”), an affiliate of HF Capital, LLC, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue to the HF Investor and the HF Investor agreed to purchase from the Company 5,000,000 shares (the “HF Subscription Amount”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Shares”) at a purchase price per share of $10.00 for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $50.0 million (such transaction, the “HF Investment”). On August 3, 2023, the HF Investment closed after the expiration of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

Additionally, on June 29, 2023 and July 18, 2023, the Company entered into definitive agreements with an affiliate of the Herbert Hunt family (the “Hunt Investor”) and the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (the “ARTRS” and together with the Hunt Investor, the “Investors”), respectively, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell and issue to the Investors and the Investors agreed to purchase from the Company a total of 5,000,000 Common Shares of the Company

at a purchase price per share of $10.00 for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $50.0 million (such transactions the “PIPE Investments”). On August 3, 2023, the Company closed on the PIPE Investments.

On July 24, 2023, affiliates of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (the “BBH Investors”) exercised preemptive rights (the “BBH Preemptive Rights”) to purchase approximately 1.9 million Common Shares at a purchase price per share of $10.00, under the terms of that certain Investor Rights Agreement, dated April 4, 2022, by and among the Company, the BBH Investors, and the other parties thereto. On August 7, 2023, the Company sold and issued the Common Shares to the BBH Investors, receiving aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $18.8 million.