---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-070850"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WEST"
cik: "0001806347"
company_name: "Westrock Coffee Co"
filed_at: "2023-06-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T02:14:39.037825+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Westrock Coffee stockholders re-elect three directors, ratify PwC as auditor at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Directors elected: M. Edmunds (91.2M for, 0.97M against), J. Ford (92.0M for, 0.13M against), O. Umesiri (91.4M for, 0.70M against).
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditor approved: 95.2M for, 5,237 against, 7,681 abstained.
- Meeting held virtually on June 8, 2023; total shares represented approximately 95.2 million.
- Broker non-votes on director election: 3,042,600 shares.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-070850
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WEST
- cik: 0001806347
- company_name: Westrock Coffee Co
- filed_at: 2023-06-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465923070850/0001104659-23-070850-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465923070850/tm2318521d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Westrock Coffee Co shareholders approved Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accountant at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: 2. Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accountant.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465923070850/0001104659-23-070850-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Westrock Coffee Co shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: Oluwatoyin Umesiri 91,420,782 698,844 35,831 3,042,600
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465923070850/0001104659-23-070850-index.htm

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