---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-095720"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WEST"
cik: "0001806347"
company_name: "Westrock Coffee Co"
filed_at: "2022-08-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T19:39:15.200312+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Westrock Coffee completes business combination with Riverview Acquisition Corp., lists on Nasdaq

## Summary
- Business combination closed; common stock and warrants trade on Nasdaq under WEST and WESTW.
- Raised ~$300M in equity capital via PIPE financing; accessed $350M debt facilities ($175M term loan + $175M revolver).
- New board members appointed: Hugh McColl, R. Brad Martin, Mark Edmunds, Leslie Starr Keating, Oluwatoyin Umesiri; Witt Stephens and Matthew Salsbury left.
- Credit agreement includes financial covenants: total net leverage ratio ≤4.50x (stepdown to 4.00x) and interest coverage ≥1.50x.
- Scott Ford remains CEO; new employment agreements for CEO, CFO, and Group President.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-095720
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WEST
- cik: 0001806347
- company_name: Westrock Coffee Co
- filed_at: 2022-08-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.02, 3.02, 3.03, 5.03, 5.02, 5.05, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465922095720/0001104659-22-095720-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465922095720/tm2224642d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Hugh McColl, III was appointed as Director at Westrock Coffee Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: In connection with the Closing, Hugh McColl, III, R. Brad Martin, Mark Edmunds, Leslie Starr Keating and Oluwatoyin Umesiri were appointed to the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465922095720/0001104659-22-095720-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark Edmunds was appointed as Director at Westrock Coffee Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: In connection with the Closing, Hugh McColl, III, R. Brad Martin, Mark Edmunds, Leslie Starr Keating and Oluwatoyin Umesiri were appointed to the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465922095720/0001104659-22-095720-index.htm
- Executive change
  Leslie Starr Keating was appointed as Director at Westrock Coffee Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: In connection with the Closing, Hugh McColl, III, R. Brad Martin, Mark Edmunds, Leslie Starr Keating and Oluwatoyin Umesiri were appointed to the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465922095720/0001104659-22-095720-index.htm
- Executive change
  Witt Stephens departed as Director at Westrock Coffee Co.
  - Action: will not be continuing
  - Role: Director
  source text: Witt Stephens and Matthew Salsbury, who were members of the Board of Managers, will not be continuing as members of the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465922095720/0001104659-22-095720-index.htm
- Executive change
  R. Brad Martin was appointed as Director at Westrock Coffee Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: In connection with the Closing, Hugh McColl, III, R. Brad Martin, Mark Edmunds, Leslie Starr Keating and Oluwatoyin Umesiri were appointed to the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465922095720/0001104659-22-095720-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Salsbury departed as Director at Westrock Coffee Co.
  - Action: will not be continuing
  - Role: Director
  source text: Witt Stephens and Matthew Salsbury, who were members of the Board of Managers, will not be continuing as members of the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465922095720/0001104659-22-095720-index.htm
- Executive change
  Oluwatoyin Umesiri was appointed as Director at Westrock Coffee Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: In connection with the Closing, Hugh McColl, III, R. Brad Martin, Mark Edmunds, Leslie Starr Keating and Oluwatoyin Umesiri were appointed to the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465922095720/0001104659-22-095720-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.