---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-115327"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WEST"
cik: "0001806347"
company_name: "Westrock Coffee Co"
filed_at: "2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T03:44:57.991004+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Westrock Coffee expands board to 11, appoints Ken Parent as Vice Chairman

## Summary
- Board size increased from 10 to 11; Ken Parent appointed as Class I director and Vice Chairman.
- Parent receives $350,000 restricted stock grant vesting at 2025 annual meeting; annual $260,000 RSUs as Vice Chairman.
- HF Capital agrees not to exercise director designation rights while Parent serves on board.
- Amendment sets board at 11 directors, with five designated by Nominating Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-115327
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WEST
- cik: 0001806347
- company_name: Westrock Coffee Co
- filed_at: 2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465924115327/0001104659-24-115327-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465924115327/tm2427652d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-115327
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-115327.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-115327.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ken Parent was appointed as Vice Chairman at Westrock Coffee Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice Chairman
  source text: On November 5, 2024, the Board increased its size from ten to eleven directors and appointed Mr. Ken Parent to the resulting vacancy to serve as a Class I director of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465924115327/0001104659-24-115327-index.htm

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