---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001482981-22-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COCO"
cik: "0001482981"
company_name: "Vita Coco Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-06-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T00:49:24.464589+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vita Coco CFO Kevin Benmoussa to step down Aug 31, 2022; search underway

## Summary
- CFO Kevin Benmoussa resigns effective August 31, 2022 to pursue a role outside the beverage industry.
- Benmoussa will remain through Q2 reporting to ensure transition; company initiated formal CEO search.
- Benmoussa joined Vita Coco in 2018 and led finance, accounting, and IPO preparation in 2021.
- Executive Chairman Mike Kirban thanked Benmoussa for guiding growth and the IPO process.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001482981-22-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COCO
- cik: 0001482981
- company_name: Vita Coco Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-06-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482981/000148298122000053/0001482981-22-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482981/000148298122000053/coco-20220613.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001482981-22-000053
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001482981-22-000053.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001482981-22-000053.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kevin Benmoussa resigned as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Vita Coco Company, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: On June 13, 2022, Kevin Benmoussa submitted his resignation as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of The Vita Coco Company, Inc. (the “Company”), effective August 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482981/000148298122000053/0001482981-22-000053-index.htm

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