---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-070974"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WEST"
cik: "0001806347"
company_name: "Westrock Coffee Co"
filed_at: "2026-06-05T20:14:54+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T20:23:59.905458+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Westrock Coffee stockholders elect four Class I directors, ratify PwC as auditor

## Summary
- Mark A. Edmunds, Joe T. Ford, Kenneth M. Parent, and Oluwatoyin Umesiri elected as Class I directors for terms expiring at 2027 annual meeting.
- Each director nominee received >90 million votes for, with approximately 10.3 million broker non-votes.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for FY 2026 passed with 103.0 million votes for, 2.5 million against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-070974
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WEST
- cik: 0001806347
- company_name: Westrock Coffee Co
- filed_at: 2026-06-05T20:14:54+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/1806347/000110465926070974/0001104659-26-070974-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465926070974/tm2617031d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-070974
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-070974.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-070974.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Westrock Coffee Co shareholders approved Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountant at the 2026-06-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-05
  source text: 2. Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accountant . The stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountant for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, by the following votes: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained 103,048,722 2,549,953 62,045
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465926070974/0001104659-26-070974-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Westrock Coffee Co shareholders approved Election of four Class I directors: Mark A. Edmunds, Joe T. Ford, Kenneth M. Parent, Oluwatoyin Umesiri at the 2026-06-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-05
  source text: 1. Election of Directors . The four Class I director nominees named in the Proxy Statement were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors for one-year terms expiring at the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders by the following votes: Name Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes Mark A. Edmunds 90,920,385 4,310,215 154,150 10,275,970 Joe T. Ford 90,430,336 4,945,279 9,135 10,275,970 Kenneth M. Parent 93,526,065 1,843,362 15,323 10,275,970 Oluwatoyin Umesiri 90,394,354 4,820,981 169,415 10,275,970
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1806347/000110465926070974/0001104659-26-070974-index.htm

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