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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
☒
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022
OR
☐
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _____ to _____.
Commission File Number: 001-41485
WESTROCK COFFEE COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
80-0977200
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
100 River Bluff Drive, Suite 210
Little Rock, Arkansas
72202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(501) 320-4880
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share
WEST
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share
WESTW
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ◻ No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ⌧ No ◻
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:
Large accelerated filer
◻
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ◻
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.) Yes ☐ No ⌧
As of November 8, 2022, the Registrant had 73,033,991 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On August 26, 2022, the registrant converted from a Delaware limited liability company, called Westrock Coffee Holdings, LLC, to a Delaware corporation called “Westrock Coffee Company” in connection with the closing of its de-SPAC merger transaction with Riverview Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition vehicle and a Delaware corporation. References to “Westrock,” “we,” “us,” and “our,” prior to the effective time of the conversion, refer to the registrant when it was a Delaware limited liability company called “Westrock Coffee Holdings, LLC” and such references following the effective time of the conversion, refer to the registrant in its current corporate form as a Delaware corporation called “Westrock Coffee Company.”
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements as defined under U.S. federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical statements of fact and statements regarding, but not limited to, our expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts, or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “would,” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and we assume no obligation and do not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
There are or will be important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated in these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, risk related to the following:
The foregoing factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read together with the other cautionary statements included in the Registration Statement or in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. If one or more events related to these or other risks or uncertainties materialize, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may differ materially from what we anticipate. Many of the important factors that will determine these results are beyond our ability to control or predict. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and, except as otherwise required by law, we do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict which will arise. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.
Westrock Coffee Company
September 30, 2022
Part I.
Financial Information
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Item 1.
Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
6
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
7
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit)
8
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
10
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
11
1. Organization and Description of Business
2. Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
12
4. De-SPAC Merger Transaction
14
5. Revenue
16
6. Inventories
18
7. Property, Plant and Equipment, Net
19
8. Goodwill
9. Intangible Assets, Net
20
10. Leases
11. Debt
22
12. Series A Preferred Shares
24
13. Derivatives
25
14. Fair Value Measurements
27
15. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
30
16. Equity-Based Compensation
17. Earnings per Share
31
18. Segment Information
32
19. Commitments and Contingencies
35
20. Related Party Transactions
21. Subsequent Events
36
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
37
Overview
Key Business Metrics
Significant Developments
40
Results of Operations
41
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
47
Liquidity and Capital Resources
48
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
51
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Market Risk
52
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
Part II.
Other Information
55
Legal Proceedings
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Mine Safety Disclosures
Item 5.
Item 6.
Exhibits
56
Signatures
58
Part I. Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(Thousands, except par value)
December 31, 2021
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
$
90,984
19,344
Restricted cash
4,562
3,526
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $2,747 and $3,749, respectively
98,380
85,795
Inventories
162,245
109,166
Derivative assets
13,696
13,765
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
10,238
6,410
Total current assets
380,105
238,006
Property, plant and equipment, net
134,131
127,613
Goodwill
97,053
Intangible assets, net
120,949
125,914
Other long-term assets
17,850
4,434
Total Assets
750,088
593,020
LIABILITIES, CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SHARES, REDEEMABLE UNITS, AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Current maturities of long-term debt
12,011
8,735
Short-term debt
61,806
4,510
Short-term related party debt
—
34,199
Accounts payable
110,651
80,405
Derivative liabilities
5,357
14,021
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
36,569
26,370
Total current liabilities
226,394
168,240
Long-term debt, net
164,671
277,064
Subordinated related party debt
13,300
Deferred income taxes
16,326
25,515
Warrant liabilities
32,333
Other long-term liabilities
11,217
3,028
Total liabilities
450,941
487,147
Commitments and contingencies (Note 19)
Series A Convertible Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value, 24,000 shares authorized, 23,588 shares issued and outstanding, $11.50 liquidation value
273,620
Series A Redeemable Common Equivalent Preferred Units: $0.00 par value, 222,150 units authorized, no units and 222,150 units issued and outstanding at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively
264,729
Series B Redeemable Common Equivalent Preferred Units: $0.00 par value, 17,000 units authorized, no units and 17,000 units issued and outstanding at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively
17,142
Shareholders' Equity (Deficit) (1)
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 26,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 300,000 shares authorized, 73,034 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2022; $0.00 par value, 39,389 shares authorized, 34,523 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021
730
345
Additional paid-in-capital
316,537
60,628
Accumulated deficit
(296,442)
(251,725)
Accumulated other comprehensive income
1,923
12,018
Total shareholders' equity (deficit) attributable to Westrock Coffee Company
22,748
(178,734)
Noncontrolling interest
2,779
2,736
Total shareholders' equity (deficit)
25,527
(175,998)
Total Liabilities, Convertible Preferred Shares, Redeemable Units and Shareholders' Equity (Deficit)
(1) Retroactively restated for de-SPAC merger transaction as described in Note 4.
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Thousands, except per share data)
2022
2021
Net sales
230,308
181,277
640,149
507,752
Costs of sales
189,169
142,993
521,681
401,980
Gross profit
41,139
38,284
118,468
105,772
Selling, general and administrative expense
31,223
32,803
101,332
96,309
Acquisition, restructuring and integration expense
3,959
1,829
8,746
3,772
Loss (gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment
459
(390)
748
(147)
Total operating expenses
35,641
34,242
110,826
99,934
Income from operations
5,498
4,042
7,642
5,838
Other (income) expense
Interest expense
13,404
8,614
30,265
24,283
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities
5,215
Other, net
325
114
(785)
(124)
Loss before income taxes
(13,446)
(4,686)
(27,053)
(18,321)
Income tax benefit
(428)
(796)
(3,511)
(2,239)
Net loss
(13,018)
(3,890)
(23,542)
(16,082)
Net (loss) income attributable to non-controlling interest
(22)
97
43
433
Net loss attributable to shareholders
(12,996)
(3,987)
(23,585)
(16,515)
Loss on extinguishment of Redeemable Common Equivalent Preferred Units, net
(2,870)
Common equivalent preferred dividends
(4,380)
Accumulating preferred dividends
(6,109)
(13,882)
(17,957)
Net loss attributable to common shareholders
(20,246)
(10,096)
(44,717)
(34,472)
Loss per common share(1):
Basic
(0.41)
(0.29)
(1.12)
(1.00)
Diluted
Weighted-average number of shares outstanding(1):
49,795
34,523
39,819
34,455
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(Thousands)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Unrealized (loss) gain on derivative instruments
(2,802)
2,372
(10,087)
5,882
Foreign currency translation adjustment
1
67
(8)
2
Total other comprehensive (loss) income
(2,801)
2,439
(10,095)
5,884
Comprehensive loss
(15,819)
(1,451)
(33,637)
(10,198)
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to non-controlling interests
Comprehensive loss attributable to shareholders
(15,797)
(1,548)
(33,680)
(10,631)
Comprehensive loss attributable to common shareholders
(23,047)
(7,657)
(54,812)
(28,588)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)(1)
Accumulated
Other
Common Stock
Additional
Comprehensive
Non-Controlling
Total
Shares
Amount
Paid-in Capital
Deficit
Income
Interest
Equity (Deficit)
Balance at June 30, 2021
60,017
(229,946)
7,265
2,433
(159,886)
Net income (loss)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Equity-based compensation
306
Balance at September 30, 2021
60,323
(240,042)
9,704
2,530
(167,140)
Balance at June 30, 2022
34,856
348
60,627
(276,196)
4,724
2,801
(207,696)
Issuance of common shares upon closing of de-SPAC merger transaction, net of issuance costs, net of $2,469 of taxes (see Note 4)
12,868
129
805
934
Issuance of common shares related to PIPE financing
20,590
206
205,694
205,900
Issuance of common shares related to conversion of debt to equity (see Note 11)
2,500
24,975
25,000
Issuance of common shares related to conversion of Common Equivalent Preferred Units (see Note 4)
2,220
23,731
23,753
Common Equivalent Preferred Unit dividends ($0.02 per unit)
Loss on extinguishment of Common Equivalent Preferred Units
705
Balance at September 30, 2022
73,034
Balance at December 31, 2020
34,202
342
59,570
(205,570)
3,820
2,097
(139,741)
Other comprehensive income
321
3
915
918
Net unit settlement
(162)
Balance at December 31, 2021
Loss on extinguishment of Common Equivalent Preferred units
333
1,181
1,184
(477)
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Cash flows from operating activities:
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
17,782
18,386
Paid-in-kind interest added to debt principal
295
1,452
Provision for credit losses
1,286
119
Amortization of deferred financing fees included in interest expense
1,350
1,361
Write-off of unamortized deferred financing fees
4,296
Loss on debt extinguishment
1,580
Mark-to-market adjustments
793
(1,979)
Foreign currency transactions
355
190
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
(13,891)
(16,622)
(61,180)
(20,548)
Derivative assets and liabilities
(14,661)
8,512
Prepaid expense and other assets
(14,944)
(1,301)
29,834
16,931
Accrued liabilities and other
7,477
2,867
Net cash used in operating activities
(59,534)
(8,182)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Additions to property, plant and equipment
(22,966)
(12,545)
Additions to intangible assets
(135)
(244)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
3,300
1,060
Net cash used in investing activities
(19,801)
(11,729)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments on debt
(407,384)
(74,881)
Proceeds from debt
319,100
90,980
Proceeds from related party debt
11,700
Debt extinguishment costs
(1,580)
Payment of debt issuance costs
(6,007)
(597)
Proceeds from de-SPAC merger and PIPE financing
255,737
Payment of common equity issuance costs
(24,220)
Payment of preferred equity issuance costs
(1,250)
Net proceeds from repurchase agreements
10,951
Net cash provided by financing activities
152,190
15,340
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
(179)
113
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash
72,676
(4,458)
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
22,870
18,652
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
95,546
14,194
Supplemental non-cash investing and financing activities:
Property, plant and equipment acquired but not yet paid
596
13,882
17,957
Exchange of Redeemable Common Equivalent Preferred Units for Series A Convertible Preferred Shares
271,539
Exchange of Redeemable Common Equivalent Preferred Units for common shares
24,214
Related party debt exchanged for common shares
2,870
The total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash is as follows:
September 30, 2021
12,596
1,598
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1. Organization and Description of Business
Westrock Coffee Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” “Westrock,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), is a leading integrated coffee, tea, flavors, extracts, and ingredients solutions provider in the United States, providing coffee sourcing, supply chain management, product development, roasting, packaging, and distribution services to the retail, food service and restaurant, convenience store and travel center, non-commercial account, CPG, and hospitality industries around the world.
The Company has an 85% ownership interest in Falcon Coffees Limited, which operates our trading business and is reported within our Sustainable Sourcing & Traceability segment. Equity interests not owned by us are reflected as non-controlling interests. In the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, we allocate net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest to arrive at net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders based on their proportionate share.
The Company operates seven manufacturing facilities, three of which are located in Concord, North Carolina, two in North Little Rock, Arkansas, one in Kigali, Rwanda, and one in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
On August 26, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Agreement, dated April 4, 2022, by and among the Company, Riverview Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition vehicle and a Delaware corporation (“Riverview”), Origin Merger Sub I, Inc. (“Merger Sub I”), and Origin Merger Sub II, LLC (“Merger Sub II”) (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “Transaction Agreement”), the Company completed its de-SPAC merger transaction with Riverview (the “Transaction”). In connection with the closing of the Transaction (the “Closing”), the Company converted from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation (the “Conversion”) and changed its corporate name from “Westrock Coffee Holdings, LLC” (the “Converting Company”) to “Westrock Coffee Company.” Pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, Merger Sub I merged with and into Riverview, with Riverview surviving the merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Westrock (such merger, the “SPAC Merger”) and immediately following the consummation of the SPAC Merger, Riverview merged with and into Merger Sub II, with Merger Sub II surviving the merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Westrock (the “LLC Merger”, and together with the SPAC Merger, the “Mergers”). See Note 4 for additional disclosures related to the Transaction.
Note 2. Basis of Presentation and Consolidation
The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) using the U.S. dollar as the reporting currency. They do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the activities of the Company and its wholly owned and/or controlled subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2021 was derived from the audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP.
The interim financial information is unaudited but, in the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for fair statement of results for the interim periods have been included. Operating results from any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full fiscal year. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the audited December 31, 2021 consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 20, 2022. Accordingly, certain significant accounting policies and other disclosures normally provided have been omitted from the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes since such items are disclosed in our audited financial statements.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to the allowance for credit losses, useful lives of property, equipment, incremental borrowing rates for lease liability measurement, fair values of forward purchase and sales contracts, green coffee associated with forward contracts, and warrant liabilities, share-based compensation, contingencies, and income taxes, among others. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from our estimates.
Note 3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses
Accounts receivable consists principally of amounts billed and currently due from customers and are generally unsecured and due within 30 to 60 days. A portion of our accounts receivable is not expected to be collected due to non-payment, bankruptcies and deductions. Our accounting policy for the allowance for credit losses requires us to reserve an amount based on the evaluation of the aging of accounts receivable, detailed analysis of high-risk customers’ accounts, and the overall market and economic conditions of our customers. This evaluation considers the customer demographic, such as large commercial customers as compared to small businesses or individual customers. We consider our accounts receivable delinquent or past due based on payment terms established with each customer. Accounts receivable are written off when the account is determined to be uncollectible.
Activity in the allowance for credit losses was as follows:
Balance at beginning of period
2,392
3,666
3,749
3,977
Charged to selling, general and administrative expense
364
Write-offs
(9)
(119)
(2,288)
(530)
2,747
3,566
Green coffee associated with our forward contracts is recorded at net realizable value, which approximates market price, within our Sustainable Sourcing & Traceability segment, consistent with our forward purchase contracts recorded at fair value in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). Green coffee is a commodity with quoted market prices in active markets, may be sold without significant further processing, has predictable and insignificant disposal costs and is available for immediate delivery. We estimate the fair value of green coffee based on the quoted market price at the end of each reporting period, with changes in fair value being reported as a component of costs of sales in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we recognized $0.6 million and $8.1 million, respectively, of unrealized losses on green coffee inventory associated with our forward sales and purchase contracts. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, we recognized $3.3 million and $5.9 million, respectively, of unrealized gains on green coffee inventory associated with our forward sales and purchase contracts.
Warrant Liabilities
We account for warrants assumed in connection with the Transaction (see Note 4) in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815, under which the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment and must be recorded as liabilities. Accordingly, we classify the warrants as liabilities at their fair value and adjust the warrants to fair value at each reporting period. This liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date until exercised, and any change in fair value is recognized in our statement of operations.
The Company remeasures the fair value of the Public Warrants (as defined in Note 4) based on the quoted market price of the Public Warrants. The Private Warrants (as defined in Note 4) are valued using a binomial lattice valuation model. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recognized $5.2 million of losses related to the change in fair value of warrant liabilities.
Recently issued accounting pronouncements
Update ASU 2016-02 – Leases (Topic 842) and Update ASU 2018-10 – Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases
Effective January 1, 2022, we account for leases in accordance with ASC 842, Leases (“ASC 842”). The standard establishes a right-of-use (ROU) model that requires a lessee to recognize a ROU asset and lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with a term longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern and classification of expense recognition in the statement of operations.
We adopted ASC 842 using a modified retrospective transition approach as permitted by the amendments of ASU 2018-11 Leases (Topic 842): Target Improvements, which provides an alternative modified retrospective transition method. As a result, we were not required to adjust our comparative period financial information for effects of the standard or make the new required lease disclosures for periods before the date of adoption (i.e., January 1, 2022). We have elected to adopt the package of transition practical expedients and, therefore, have not reassessed (i) whether existing or expired contracts contain a lease, (ii) lease classification for existing or expired leases, or (iii) the accounting for initial direct costs that were previously capitalized.
We determine if an arrangement is a lease at contract inception. A lease exists when a contract conveys to the customer the right to control the use of identified property, plant, or equipment for a period of time in exchange for consideration. The definition of a lease embodies two conditions: (i) there is an identified asset in the contract that is land or a depreciable asset, and (ii) the customer has a right to control the use of the identified asset. We enter into lease contracts for manufacturing and production facilities, warehouse facilities, vehicles and machinery and equipment. Upon adoption, we recognized $13.0 million of ROU assets and lease liabilities on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 10 for additional disclosures related to leases.
ROU assets are initially measured at cost, which comprises the initial amount of the lease liability adjusted for lease payments made at or before the lease commencement date, plus any initial direct costs incurred, less any lease incentives received. The lease liabilities are initially measured at the present value of the unpaid lease payments at the lease commencement date. Lease expense, for operating leases, is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Key estimates and judgements include the following:
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Variable lease payments associated with our leases are recognized when the event, activity, or circumstance in the lease agreement on which those payments are assessed occurs. Variable lease payments are included in both costs of sales and selling, general and administrative expense in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
We monitor for events or changes in circumstances that require a reassessment of a lease. When a reassessment results in the remeasurement of a lease liability, a corresponding adjustment is made to the carrying amount of the associated ROU asset, unless doing so would reduce the carrying amount of the ROU asset to an amount less than zero. In that case, the amount of the adjustment that would result in a negative ROU asset is recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
We have elected not to recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for all short-term leases that have a lease term of 12 months or less. We recognize the lease payments associated with our short-term leases as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Furthermore, we have elected to combine lease and non-lease components for all contracts. Non-lease components primarily relate to maintenance services related to the leased asset.
Note 4. De-SPAC Merger Transaction
On the Closing Date, the Company completed the Transaction with Riverview (“Closing”). At Closing, the Company issued 12,868,151 shares of common stock of the Company (“Common Shares”) to public and class B shareholders of Riverview, receiving $49.8 million of the cash held in the trust account of Riverview, which is net of $17.1 million of Riverview transaction expenses offset against proceeds received by the Company at Closing. The 12,868,151 shares include 1,910,000 shares issued to PIPE investors who elected to satisfy their PIPE commitments through the purchase of shares of Class A common stock of Riverview (“Riverview Class A Shares”) on the public market, pursuant to the terms of their respective subscription agreements.
Substantially concurrently with the Closing, the Company received $205.9 million in cash proceeds (which amount excludes contribution to the Company of certain related party notes as described in Note 11) from common stock PIPE investments (the “PIPE Financing”), issued 20,590,000 Common Shares to the PIPE investors (which share amount excludes the conversion of the related party notes as described in Note 11), and entered into a credit agreement that includes (a) a senior secured first lien revolving credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $175.0 million and (b) a senior secured first lien term loan facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $175.0 million. See Note 11 for additional disclosures regarding the new credit agreement.
Pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, (a) each issued and outstanding common unit of the Converting Company was automatically converted into 0.1049203474320 Common Shares, (b) each issued and outstanding common equivalent preferred unit of the Converting Company (the “Westrock Preferred Unit ”) for which the holder had not elected to convert such unit into shares of Series A convertible preferred stock of Westrock (the “Westrock Series A Preferred Shares”) (see Note 12), automatically converted into 0.1086138208640 Common Shares if such Westrock Preferred Unit was designated a Series A common equivalent preferred unit of the Converting Company (the “Westrock Series A Preferred Units”) or 0.1049203474320 Common Shares if such Westrock Preferred Unit was designated a Series B common equivalent preferred unit of the Converting Company (the “Westrock Series B Preferred Units”) and (c) each outstanding Westrock Preferred Unit, for which the holder thereof had made an election to convert such unit into Westrock Series A Preferred Shares, converted into 0.1086138208740 Westrock Series A Preferred Shares if such Westrock Preferred Unit was a Westrock Series A Preferred Unit or 0.0919280171940 Westrock Series A Preferred Shares if such Westrock Preferred Unit was a Westrock Series B Preferred Unit. In connection with the Closing, holders of Westrock Preferred Units were paid a cash dividend totaling $4.4 million, which is equal to the accreted liquidation preference of the Westrock Preferred Units from June 30, 2022 through the Closing Date.
As a result, we issued 34,855,535 Common Shares to common unitholders, 2,220,305 Common Shares to holders of Westrock Preferred Units who elected to convert their Westrock Preferred Units into Common Shares, and 23,587,952
Westrock Series A Preferred Shares to holders who elected to convert their Westrock Preferred Units into Westrock Series A Preferred Shares. The Company realized a net loss on extinguishment of the Westrock Preferred Units of $2.9 million, including the payment of approximately $1.3 million of issuance costs, which have been recorded within accumulated deficit on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and adjusts earnings attributable to common shareholders in computing basic and diluted earnings per share.
In addition, at Closing, (i) each outstanding share of class B common stock of Riverview (the “Riverview Class B Shares” together with the Riverview Class A Shares, the “Riverview Shares”) (other than the Riverview Class B Shares held as treasury stock, which were automatically cancelled and extinguished at Closing), automatically converted into one Riverview Class A Share, (ii) each outstanding Riverview Class A Share (including the Riverview Class A Shares resulting from the conversion of Riverview Class B Shares at Closing but excluding any Riverview Class A Shares held as treasury stock, which were automatically cancelled and extinguished at Closing) were exchanged for one Common Share, (iii) each outstanding warrant to purchase Riverview Class A Shares (the “Riverview Warrants”) was, by its terms, automatically converted into a comparable warrant to purchase Common Shares (the “Westrock Warrants”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the warrant agreement for the Riverview Warrants and the amended and restated warrant agreement for the Westrock Warrants, (iv) each Riverview Share held immediately prior to Closing by Riverview as treasury stock was automatically canceled and extinguished and (v) each share of capital stock of Merger Sub I issued and outstanding immediately prior to Closing was automatically canceled and extinguished and converted into one share of common stock, par value $0.01, of the surviving corporation in the SPAC Merger. In connection with obtaining the approval of the Mergers by Riverview’s stockholders, Riverview provided an opportunity for its stockholders to redeem all or a portion of their outstanding Riverview Class A Shares.
The Transaction is a capital transaction in substance and not a business combination under ASC 805, Business Combinations (“ASC 805”). As a result, Westrock is treated as the accounting acquirer and Riverview is treated as the acquired company for financial reporting purposes per ASC 805. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Transaction is treated similar to an equity contribution in exchange for the issuance of Common Shares.
Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the financial statements of the combined entity represent a continuation of the financial statements of Westrock, and the net assets of Riverview have been stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. The equity and net loss per unit attributable to common equityholders of the Company, prior to the Closing, have been retroactively restated as shares reflecting the common unit conversion ratio discussed above.
Proceeds from the Transaction and the $175.0 million term loan facility were used to pay off and terminate our then existing term loan and asset-based lending agreements, and to pay expenses related to the Transaction and the new credit agreement.
The Company and Riverview incurred $24.2 million and $17.1 million, respectively, of expenses related to the Transaction. These expenses consist of underwriting fees, professional services (legal, accounting, advisory, etc.) and other direct expenses associated with the Transaction. Costs incurred by Westrock were initially capitalized as incurred in the other assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. At Closing, $24.2 million of transaction costs incurred by the Company related to the issuance of shares were recognized in additional paid-in capital as a reduction of proceeds. The $17.1 million of expenses incurred by Riverview were either paid by Riverview prior to Closing or netted against proceeds received by the Company at Closing. There were no deferred transaction costs recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
Common Stock Warrants
The Company assumed 12,500,000 publicly-traded Riverview Warrants (“Public Warrants”) and 7,400,000 private placement Riverview Warrants (“Private Warrants”), which were originally issued by Riverview in connection with its initial public offering and, as a result of the assumption by the Company, became Westrock Warrants. The Public Warrants assumed by Westrock are referred to as the Westrock Public Warrants and the Private Warrants assumed by Westrock are referred to as the Westrock Private Warrants. The Westrock Warrants are included in warrant liabilities on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Westrock Warrants entitle the holder to purchase one share of Common Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share.
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The Westrock Warrants will become exercisable upon the effectiveness of our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-267509) (“Warrant Registration Statement”) registering the Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Westrock Warrants. The Westrock Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares, and will expire on August 26, 2027 (i.e., five years following the Closing), or earlier upon redemption or liquidations. Once the Westrock Public Warrants become exercisable, Westrock may redeem the outstanding Westrock Public Warrants (i) in whole and not in part; (ii) at a price of $0.01 per warrant; (iii) upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and (iv) if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the Common Shares for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three business days before Westrock sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders equals or exceeds $18.00 per share. If the Warrant Registration Statement is not effective by November 25, 2022 (i.e., 60 business days after Closing), warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when Westrock will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise its Westrock Warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or another exemption.
If and when the Public Warrants become redeemable by Westrock, Westrock may exercise its redemption right even if Westrock is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
The Westrock Private Warrants, which became transferable, assignable and salable on September 26, 2022 (i.e., 30 days after the Closing), are currently held by the Riverview Sponsor, and are generally identical to the Westrock Public Warrants, except they will not be redeemable by Westrock so long as they are held by the Riverview Sponsor or its permitted transferees. The Riverview Sponsor, or its permitted transferees, have the option to exercise the Westrock Private Warrants on a cashless basis. If the Westrock Private Warrants are held by holders other than the Riverview Sponsor or its permitted transferees, the Westrock Private Warrants will be redeemable by Westrock and exercisable by the holders on the same basis as the Westrock Public Warrants.
Note 5. Revenue
Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606)
We measure revenue based on the consideration specified in the client arrangement, and revenue is recognized when the performance obligations in the client arrangement are satisfied in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”). Our principal source of revenue is from the procurement, trade, manufacture, and distribution of coffee, tea, flavors, extracts and ingredients to customers in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
The transaction price of a contract, net of discounts and expected returns, is allocated to each distinct performance obligation based on the relative standalone selling price of the obligation and is recognized as revenue when the performance obligation is satisfied. The standalone selling price is the estimated price we would charge for the good or service in a separate transaction with similar customers in similar circumstances. Identifying distinct performance obligations and determining the standalone selling price for each performance obligation within a contract requires management judgment.
Substantially all our client contracts require that we be compensated for services performed to date. This is upon shipment of goods or upon delivery to the customer, depending on contractual terms. Shipping and handling costs paid by the customer to us are included in revenue and costs incurred by us for shipping and handling activities that are performed after a customer obtains control of the product are accounted for as fulfillment costs. In addition, we exclude from net revenue and cost of sales taxes assessed by governmental authorities on revenue-producing transactions. Although we occasionally accept returns of products from our customers, historically returns have not been material.
At times, the Company may enter into agreements in which its Sustainable Sourcing & Traceability segment will sell inventory to a third party, from whom the Company’s Beverage Solutions segment has an obligation to repurchase. Such transactions are accounted for as financing transactions in accordance with ASC 606. At September 30, 2022, the Company has $11.0 million of such repurchase agreement obligations, collateralized by the corresponding
inventory, that are recorded within accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Net cash flows associated with these repurchase agreements are reported as financing activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
Revenue from Forward Contracts (ASC 815)
A portion of the Company’s revenues relate to the physical delivery and settlement of forward sales contracts for green coffee that are accounted for under ASC 815. These forward sales contracts meet the definition of a derivative under ASC 815 as they have an underlying, notional amount, no initial net investment and can be net settled since the commodity is readily converted to cash. The Company does not apply the normal purchase and normal sale exception under ASC 815 to these contracts.
Revenues from forward sales contracts are recognized for the contractually stated amount when the contracts are settled. Settlement generally occurs upon shipment or delivery of the product when title and risks and rewards of ownership transfers to the customer. Prior to settlement, these forward sales contracts are recognized at fair value with the unrealized gains or losses recorded within costs of sales in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we recorded a nominal amount and $7.3 million of net unrealized gains, respectively, within costs of sales. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, we recorded $3.3 million and $3.9 million of net unrealized losses, respectively, within costs of sales.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recognized $56.6 million and $147.0 million in revenues under ASC 815, respectively, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recognized $42.3 million and $106.2 million in revenues under ASC 815, respectively, which are reported within the Company’s Sustainable Sourcing & Traceability segment.
Contract Estimates
The nature of the Company’s contracts give rise to variable consideration including cash discounts, volume-based rebates, point of sale promotions, and other promotional discounts to certain customers. For all promotional programs and discounts, the Company estimates the rebate or discount that will be granted to the customer and records an accrual upon invoicing. These estimated rebates or discounts are included in the transaction price of the Company’s contracts with customers as a reduction to net revenues and are included as accrued sales incentives in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Accrued sales incentives were $1.3 million and $1.9 million at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.
We do not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts (i) with an original expected length of one year or less or (ii) for which the Company recognizes revenue at the amount in which it has the right to invoice as the product is delivered.
Contract Balances
Contract balances relate primarily to advances received from the Company’s customers before revenue is recognized. The Company does not have any material contract liabilities as of September 30, 2022 or December 31, 2021. Receivables from contracts with customers are included in accounts receivable, net on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, accounts receivable, net included $101.0 million and $89.0 million in receivables from contracts with customers, respectively.
Contract acquisition costs for obtaining contracts that are deemed recoverable are capitalized as contract costs. Such costs result from the payment of sales incentives and are amortized over the contract life. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, no costs were capitalized as all arrangements were less than a year.
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Disaggregated Revenue
In general, the Company’s business segmentation is aligned according to the nature and economic characteristics of its products and customer relationships and provides meaningful disaggregation of each business segment’s results of operations.
Further disaggregation of revenues from sales to external customers by type are presented below:
Coffee & tea
146,618
111,900
408,914
323,509
Flavors, extracts & ingredients
26,385
25,077
81,448
72,412
483
1,861
2,350
4,585
Green coffee
56,822
42,439
147,437
107,246
Note 6. Inventories
The following table summarizes inventories as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:
Raw materials
68,959
45,079
Finished goods
21,854
14,895
71,432
49,192
Total inventories
Green coffee inventories represent green coffee held for re-sale. At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, all green coffee held for resale was included within our Sustainable Sourcing & Traceability segment.
Note 7. Property, Plant and Equipment, Net
The following table summarizes property, plant and equipment, net:
Depreciable Lives
Land
9,092
9,150
Buildings
10-40 years
44,274
43,895
Leasehold improvements1
923
613
Plant equipment
3-15 years
90,912
88,155
Vehicles and transportation equipment
3-5 years
753
876
IT systems
3-7 years
2,475
2,453
Furniture and fixtures
3-10 years
2,890
2,746
Customer beverage equipment2
21,879
24,341
Lease right-of-use assets3
Construction in progress and equipment deposits
23,775
8,025
196,983
180,254
Less: accumulated depreciation
(62,852)
(52,641)
1 - Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or the related lease life.
2 - Customer beverage equipment consists of brewers held on site at customer locations.
3 - Lease right-of-use assets are amortized over the shorter of the useful life of the asset or the lease term.
Depreciation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $4.1 million and $12.7 million, respectively, and depreciation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 was $4.4 million and $13.4 million, respectively. Assets classified as construction in progress and equipment deposits are not depreciated, as they are not ready for production use. All assets classified as construction in progress and equipment deposits at September 30, 2022 are expected to be in production use.
Note 8. Goodwill
The following table reflects the carrying amount of goodwill:
Beverage
Solutions
173,936
Accumulated impairment loss
(76,883)
Balance at September 30, 2022, net
Note 9. Intangible Assets, Net
The following table summarizes intangible assets, net as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:
Cost
Amortization
Net
Customer relationships
137,500
(17,036)
120,464
Favorable lease asset
220
(112)
108
Software
890
(513)
377
138,610
(17,661)
(12,091)
125,409
(79)
141
758
(394)
138,478
(12,564)
Amortization expense of intangible assets was $1.7 million and $5.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, and amortization expense of intangible assets was $1.7 million and $5.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. As of September 30, 2022, the weighted average useful life for definite-lived intangibles is approximately 20 years.
Note 10. Leases
We have operating leases for manufacturing and production facilities, warehouse facilities, vehicles and machinery and equipment. The remaining non-cancelable terms on our leases range from 1 year to 22 years, some of which may include options to extend the leases generally between 1 and 10 years, and some of which may include options to terminate the leases within 1 year. We do not have any leases with material residual value guarantees or restrictive covenants.
The following table summarizes the amount of right-of-use lease assets and lease liabilities included in each respective line item on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:
Balance Sheet Location
Right-of-use operating lease assets
10,886
Operating lease liabilities - current
2,488
Operating lease liabilities - noncurrent
8,515
Depending on the nature of the lease, lease costs are classified within costs of sales or selling, general and administrative expense on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The components of lease costs are as follows:
Three Months Ended September 30, 2022
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
Operating lease cost
878
1,720
Short-term lease cost
219
443
1,097
2,163
The following table presents information about the Company’s weighted average discount rate and remaining lease term:
Weighted-average discount rate
8.5%
Weighted-average remaining lease term
5.0 years
Supplemental cash flow information about the Company’s leases is as follows:
Operating cash flows from operating leases
844
Finance lease assets are recorded in property, plant and equipment, net with the corresponding lease liabilities included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and long-term debt, net on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. There were no material finance leases as of September 30, 2022.
Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases as of September 30, 2022 are as follows:
Remainder of 2022
842
2023
3,283
2024
2,828
2025
2,048
2026
1,435
Thereafter
3,125
Total future minimum lease payments
13,561
Less: imputed interest
(2,558)
Present value of minimum lease payments
11,003
Disclosures related to periods prior to adoption of ASC 842
Rent expense for operating lease agreements under the previous lease guidance was $1.0 million and $3.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.
As previously reported in our audited Consolidated Financial Statements for year ended December 31, 2021, the minimum future lease payments under the previous lease guidance as of December 31, 2021 were as follows:
4,334
4,332
4,174
3,286
2,377
4,373
22,876
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Note 11. Debt
Our long-term debt was as follows:
Term loan facility
175,000
Prior term loan facility
235,668
Prior ABL facility
51,890
International trade finance lines
International notes payable
4,617
3,126
Other loans
Total debt
241,430
295,219
Unamortized debt costs
(2,942)
(4,910)
(12,011)
(8,735)
(61,806)
(4,510)
Credit Agreement
On August 29, 2022, the Company entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) among the Company, Westrock Beverage Solutions, LLC, as the borrower (the “Borrower”), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, collateral agent, and swingline lender, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as sustainability structuring agent, and each issuing bank and lender party thereto. The Credit Agreement includes (a) a senior secured first lien revolving credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $175.0 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and (b) a senior secured first lien term loan facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $175.0 million (the “Term Loan Facility”). Proceeds from the Term Loan Facility were used for paying off existing indebtedness. The Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan Facility will mature on August 29, 2027. All obligations under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by the Company and each of the Borrower’s domestic subsidiaries, which comprise our Beverage Solutions segment, and are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company’s assets.
Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan Facility will bear interest, at the Borrower’s option, initially at an annual rate equal to (i) Term SOFR plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.10% for loans with an interest period of one month, 0.15% for loans with an interest period of three months and 0.25% for loans with an interest period of six months, as applicable, (the “Adjusted Term SOFR Rate”) or (ii) the base rate (determined by reference to the greatest of (i) the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal in the U.S. as the prime rate in effect, (ii) the NYFRB Rate from time to time plus 0.50% and (iii) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for a one month interest period plus 1.00%, (the “Base Rate”)), in each case plus the Applicable Margin. The Applicable Margin ranges from 1.50% to 2.50% for Adjusted Term SOFR loans and from 0.50% to 1.50% for Base Rate loans, in each case depending on the total net leverage ratio. Commitment fees on the daily unused amount of commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility range from 0.20% to 0.35% depending on the total net leverage ratio. At September 30, 2022, the Revolving Credit Facility was undrawn (other than the standby letters of credit outstanding described below) and the interest rate applicable to our Term Loan Facility was 5.7%.
The Term Loan Facility requires quarterly principal payments during the first three years of approximately $2.2 million (1.25% of the original principal balance beginning December 31, 2022). Quarterly payments increase to approximately $3.3 million and $4.4 million (1.875% and 2.5% of the original principal balance) during the fourth and fifth years, respectively.
We incurred $6.0 million of financing fees in connection with the Credit Agreement. $3.0 million of the fees were allocated to the Term Loan Facility and are being amortized utilizing the frozen effective yield method based on the interest rate in place at the issuance of the Term Loan Facility. $3.0 million of the fees were allocated to the Revolving Credit Facility, are reported within other long-term assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and are being amortized ratably over the term of the Revolving Credit Facility.
We had $2.6 million of standby letters of credit outstanding at September 30, 2022.
The Credit Agreement contains two financial covenants requiring maintenance of a total net leverage ratio not to exceed 4.50 to 1.00, with a stepdown to 4.00 to 1.00 on the 18-month anniversary of the closing date of Credit Agreement (with an option to increase to 4.50 to 1.00 following certain permitted acquisitions), and an interest coverage ratio of at least 1.50 to 1.00 (the “Financial Covenants”). As of September 30, 2022, the Company was in compliance with the Financial Covenants.
Prior Term Loan Facility
On February 28, 2020, Westrock Beverage Solutions, LLC, as borrower, borrowed $240.0 million of term loans from various financial institutions pursuant to a loan and security agreement (the “Prior Term Loan Agreement”) (such term loans, the “Prior Term Loan Facility”). In connection with the Closing, all outstanding Prior Term Loan Facility balances were repaid, and the associated Prior Term Loan Agreement was terminated. The Company paid a $1.6 million early termination fee, and wrote off $4.0 million of unamortized deferred financing fees associated with the termination of the Prior Term Loan Facility, which are recorded within interest expense on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Prior ABL Facility
On February 28, 2020, Westrock Beverage Solutions, LLC, as borrower, entered into a loan and security agreement with Bank of America as administrative agent (the “Prior ABL Credit Agreement”) that created an asset-based loan of $90.0 million (the “Prior ABL Facility”). In connection with the Closing, all outstanding Prior ABL Facility balances were repaid, and the associated Prior ABL Credit Agreement was terminated. Upon termination, we wrote off $0.3 million of the $1.3 million unamortized deferred financing fees associated with the Prior ABL Facility, which are recorded within interest expense on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. The remaining unamortized deferred financing fees were allocated to the new Revolving Credit Facility and will be amortized over the life of the Revolving Credit Facility. Outstanding letters of credit under the Prior ABL Facility were replaced by letters of credit under the Credit Agreement.
International Debt and Lending Facilities
At September 30, 2022, Westrock Coffee International, LLC, an Arkansas limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, through its subsidiary Falcon Coffees Limited (“Falcon”) had a $0.7 million promissory note payable with responsAbility SICAV (Lux). Proceeds from the note are restricted for the sole purpose of financing Falcon’s trading activities. Borrowings on the note bear interest at a fixed rate of 9.5% and mature on December 31, 2022. Westrock Coffee International, LLC, through its subsidiary Rwanda Trading Company, maintains two mortgage-backed lending facilities with a local bank in Rwanda: a short-term trade finance facility with a balance of $9.1 million at September 30, 2022 and a long-term note payable with a balance of $1.9 million at September 30, 2022. The short-term trade finance facility and the long-term note payable bear interest at a rate of 6.5% and 7.0%, respectively.
Falcon maintains a working capital trade finance facility with multiple financial institutions, which prior to March 16, 2022, was agented by Brown Brothers Harriman (“BBH”), a related party of the Company through its equity interests in the Company, and was reported as short-term related party debt on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. On March 16, 2022, Falcon refinanced its working capital trade finance facility, and the facility was transferred to different lenders with the same terms as the previous facility. At the time of refinance, there was $49.3 million outstanding under the facility. The new facility is uncommitted, repayable on demand and secured by Falcon’s assets. The facility is renewable on an annual basis beginning in March 2023. On April 29, 2022, the facility size increased from $50 million to $55 million and subsequently, on June 16, 2022, the facility size increased to $62.5 million. At September 30, 2022, there was $49.6 million outstanding under the facility, which is recorded in short-term debt in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Interest is payable monthly at the U.S. Prime Rate plus 1.50%, subject to a minimum rate of 5.00%. The facility carries an agent fee of 0.25% of total available capital. Availability under the facility is subject to a borrowing base calculation. The credit facility is secured by substantially all liquid assets of Falcon. Falcon’s facility
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contains certain restrictive financial covenants which require Falcon to maintain certain levels of working capital, debt, and net worth. Falcon was in compliance with these financial covenants as of September 30, 2022.
Subordinated Related Party Debt
On February 28, 2020, we issued $13.3 million of subordinated debt (the “Subordinated Notes”) to Wooster Capital, LLC (“Wooster”) and Jo Ellen Ford, related parties of the Company through their equity ownership and relation with Joe Ford, the chairman of our board of directors. The Subordinated Notes provided for maturity on the earlier of (i) six months after the Prior Term Loan Facility due in 2025 was paid in full or (ii) 10 years from the date of issuance (February 2030). Interest was payable quarterly at the end of each calendar quarter at a rate of 6% per annum.
Substantially concurrently with the Closing and pursuant to the terms of their respective subscription agreements with the Company, Wooster and Jo Ellen Ford contributed their respective Subordinated Notes to the Company and in exchange for such contribution, the Company issued Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share, to Wooster and Jo Ellen Ford. The Company issued a total of 1,330,000 Common Shares in exchange for the contribution of the Subordinated Notes, which were subsequently extinguished.
In connection with the Transaction, on July 14, 2022, pursuant to the terms of the subscription agreement entered into between the Company and Wooster, in which Wooster agreed to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company agreed to issue and sell to Wooster, prior to and substantially concurrently with the Closing, an aggregate of 2,150,000 Common Shares at a purchase price of $10.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $21,500,000 to the Company, Wooster pre-funded $11.7 million of its commitment (the “Wooster Pre-fund”) and in exchange thereof was issued a subordinated convertible note by the Company (the “Convertible Note”). The Convertible Note had a principal amount of $11.7 million, a maturity of one year and an interest rate of 8% per annum which was payable quarterly on the last business day of each quarter. On August 26, 2022, in connection with the Closing, the Convertible Note automatically converted, in accordance with its terms, into 1,170,000 Common Shares.
Note 12. Series A Preferred Shares
In connection with the Transaction, the Company issued 23,587,952 Westrock Series A Preferred Shares, which rank senior to the Common Shares with respect to dividend rights and/or distribution rights upon the liquidation, winding up or dissolution, as applicable, of Westrock. Each holder of Westrock Series A Preferred Shares is entitled to vote, on an as-converted basis, as a single class with the holders of Common Shares and the holders of any other class or series of capital stock of Westrock then entitled to vote with the Common Shares on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of Common Shares.
The initial liquidation preference of Westrock Series A Preferred Shares is $11.50 per share, plus any declared but unpaid dividends and subject to accretion under certain circumstances. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of Westrock Series A Preferred Shares are entitled to receive, per Westrock Series A Preferred Share, the greater of (a) the liquidation preference and (b) the amount such holder would have received had they converted their Westrock Series A Preferred Shares into Common Shares immediately prior to such liquidation event.
Holders of Westrock Series A Preferred Shares may voluntarily convert their Westrock Series A Preferred Shares into a whole number of Common Shares at any time at a rate equal to the quotient of (a) the liquidation preference as of the applicable conversion date, divided by (b) the conversion price as of the applicable conversion date, which is currently $11.50 per Westrock Series A Preferred Share, plus cash in lieu of fractional shares. The initial conversion price of $11.50 per Westrock Series A Preferred Share is subject to customary adjustments for the issuance of Common Shares as a dividend or distribution to the holders of Common Shares, a subdivision or combination of the Common Shares, reclassification of the Common Shares into a greater or lesser number of Common Shares, certain tender or exchange offers for the Common Shares, and issuances of Common Shares below a specified price.
After February 26, 2028 (i.e., the five and a half year anniversary of the Closing), any holder of Westrock Series A Preferred Shares may require Westrock to redeem all or any whole number of such holder’s Westrock Series A Preferred Shares in cash, subject to applicable law and the terms of any credit agreement or similar arrangement pursuant to which
a third-party lender provides debt financing to Westrock or its subsidiaries, at a redemption price per share equal to the greater of (a) the liquidation preference and (b) the product of (i) the number of Common Shares that would have been obtained from converting one Westrock Series A Preferred Share on the redemption notice date and (ii) the simple average of the daily volume weighted average price per Common Share for the ten trading days ending on and including the trading day immediately preceding the redemption notice date.
At any time after February 26, 2028 (i.e., the five and a half year anniversary of the date of Closing), Westrock may redeem, ratably, in whole or, from time to time in part, the Westrock Series A Preferred Shares of any holder then outstanding at the redemption price in cash, equal to the greater of (i) the liquidation preference and (ii) the product of (x) the number of Common Shares that would have been obtained from converting one Westrock Series A Preferred Share on the date of the exercise of such call is notified by Westrock (including fractional shares for this purpose) and (y) the simple average of the daily volume weighted average price per Common Share for the ten trading days ending on and including the trading day immediately preceding the date of the exercise of such call by Westrock. The redemption price for the Westrock Series A Preferred Shares held by controlled affiliates of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (“BBH Investors”) may not be less than the $18.50 per Westrock Series A Preferred Share (subject to adjustments); provided that, Westrock may redeem such shares in such a case if it pays an incremental price per share on the redemption date to the BBH Investors equal to the difference between $18.50 (subject to adjustments) and the redemption price otherwise.
Upon issuance, the Westrock Series A Preferred Shares were recorded on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value. Subsequently, the Company will accrete changes in the redemption value from the date of issuance to the earliest redemption date (i.e., the five and a half year anniversary of the date of Closing) using the effective interest rate method. The accretion will be recorded as a deemed dividend, which adjusts retained earnings (or in the absence of retained earnings, additional paid-in capital) and earnings attributable to common shareholders in computing basic and diluted earnings per share. However, at no time will the Westrock Series A Preferred Shares be reported at a value less than its initial carrying value. At September 30, 2022 the redemption value of the Westrock Series A Preferred Shares was less than its initial carrying value, as a result, no accretion was recorded for the three months ended September 30, 2022.
Note 13. Derivatives
We record all derivatives, whether designated in a hedging relationship or not, at fair value on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. We use various types of derivative instruments including, but not limited to, forward contracts, futures contracts, and options contracts for certain commodities. Forward and futures contracts are agreements to buy or sell a quantity of a commodity at a predetermined future date, and at a predetermined rate or price. Forward contracts are traded over the counter whereas future contracts are traded on an exchange. Option contracts are agreements to facilitate a potential transaction involving the commodity at a preset price and date.
The accounting for gains and losses that result from changes in the fair values of derivative instruments depends on whether the derivatives have been designated and qualify as hedging instruments and the types of hedging relationships. Derivatives can be designated as fair value hedges, cash flow hedges or hedges of net investments in foreign operations. The changes in the fair values of derivatives that have not been designated and for which hedge accounting is not applied, are recorded in the same line item in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as the changes in the fair value of the hedged items attributable to the risk being hedged. The changes in fair values of derivatives that have been designated and qualify as cash flow hedges are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) and are reclassified into the line item in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in which the hedged items are recorded in the same period the hedged items affect earnings.
For derivatives that will be accounted for as hedging instruments, we formally designate and document, at inception, the financial instrument as a hedge of a specific underlying exposure, the risk management objective and the strategy for undertaking the hedge transaction. In addition, we formally assess both at the inception and at least quarterly thereafter, whether the financial instruments used in hedging transactions are highly effective at offsetting changes in either the fair values or cash flows of the related underlying exposures.
We use cash flow hedges to minimize the variability in cash flows of assets or liabilities or forecasted transactions caused by fluctuations in commodity prices. The changes in fair values of hedges that are determined to be ineffective are immediately reclassified from AOCI into earnings. We did not discontinue any cash flow hedging relationships during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 or 2021.
Within our Beverage Solutions segment, we have entered into coffee futures and options contracts to hedge our exposure to price fluctuations on green coffee associated with certain price-to-be-fixed purchase contracts, which generally range from three to twelve months in length. These derivative instruments have been designated and qualified as a part of our commodity cash flow hedging program. The objective of this hedging program is to reduce the variability of cash flows associated with future purchases of green coffee.
The notional amount for the coffee futures contracts that were designated and qualified for our commodity cash flow hedging program was 11.4 million pounds and 7.9 million pounds as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company purchased coffee futures contracts and coffee options contracts under our cash flow hedging program with aggregate notional amounts of 8.8 million pounds and 57.0 million pounds, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company purchased coffee futures contracts and coffee options contracts under our cash flow hedging program with aggregate notional amounts of 26.5 million pounds and 75.1 million pounds, respectively.
Approximately $4.3 million and $11.1 million of net realized gains, representing the effective portion of the cash flow hedge, were subsequently reclassified from AOCI to earnings and recognized in costs of sales in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively. Approximately $1.7 million and $3.6 million of net realized gains, representing the effective portion of the cash flow hedge, were subsequently reclassified from AOCI to earnings and recognized in costs of sales in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. As of September 30, 2022, the estimated amount of net losses reported in AOCI that is expected to be reclassified to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations within the next twelve months is $1.6 million.
Within our Sustainable Sourcing & Traceability segment, the Company’s forward sales and forward purchase contracts are for physical delivery of green coffee in a future period. While the Company considers these contracts to be effective economic hedges, the Company does not designate or account for forward sales or forward purchase contracts as hedges as defined under current accounting standards. See Note 5 for a description of the treatment of realized and unrealized gains and losses on forward sales and forward purchase contracts.
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The fair value of our derivative assets and liabilities included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets are set forth below:
Derivative assets designated as cash flow hedging instruments:
Coffee futures contracts1
172
Coffee options
303
Derivative assets not designated as cash flow hedging instruments:
Forward purchase and sales contracts
13,393
13,593
Total derivative assets
Derivative liabilities designated as cash flow hedging instruments:
703
Derivative liabilities not designated as cash flow hedging instruments:
4,654
Total derivative liabilities
1 - The fair value of coffee futures excludes amounts related to margin accounts.
The following table presents the pre-tax net gains and losses for our derivative instruments:
Statement of Operations Location
Net realized gains (losses) on coffee derivatives
4,267
1,680
11,098
3,580
Derivative assets and liabilities not designated as cash flow hedging instruments:
Net unrealized gains (losses) on forward sales and purchase contracts
29
(3,329)
7,266
(3,910)
Note 14. Fair Value Measurements
ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements, defines fair value at the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Additionally, the inputs used to measure fair value are
prioritized based on a three-level hierarchy. This hierarchy requires entities to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
The Company groups its assets and liabilities at fair value in three levels, based on the markets in which the assets and liabilities are traded, and the reliability of the assumptions used to determine fair value. These levels are:
The following table summarizes the fair value of financial instruments at September 30, 2022:
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Assets:
Green coffee associated with forward contracts
51,323
Coffee futures contracts
64,716
65,019
Liabilities:
Westrock Public Warrants
18,125
Westrock Private Warrants
14,208
18,828
37,690
The following table presents the change in the fair value of Level 3 Westrock Private Warrant liabilities:
Fair value as of January 1, 2022
Assumption of warrants
11,618
Change in fair value
2,590
Fair value as of September 30, 2022
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The following table summarizes the fair value of financial instruments at December 31, 2021:
47,845
61,438
61,610
Coffee futures contracts and coffee options are valued based on quoted market prices. The estimated fair value for green coffee inventories associated with forward contracts and forward sales and purchase contracts are based on exchange-quoted prices, adjusted for differences in origin, quantity, quality, and future delivery period, as the exchange quoted prices represent standardized terms for the commodity. These adjustments are generally determined using broker or dealer quotes or based upon observable market transactions. As a result, green coffee associated with forward contracts and forward sales and purchase contracts are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
Westrock Public Warrants are valued based on their quoted market price of $1.45 per warrant as of September 30, 2022. Westrock Private Warrants price of $1.92 per warrant are valued using a binomial lattice valuation model, which is considered to be a Level 3 fair value measurement. The primary unobservable inputs were as follows:
Stock price
10.33
Exercise price
11.50
Expected term (years)
5.00
Expected volatility
16.50%
Risk-free rate of return
4.03%
Dividend yield
0.00%
Financial instruments consist primarily of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and long-term debt. The carrying amount of cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable was estimated by management to approximate fair value due to the relatively short period of time to maturity for those instruments. On August 29, 2022, the Company entered into the Credit Agreement, which includes the Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility. The Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility are carried on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at amortized cost. In November 2021, we amended our Prior Term Loan Agreement and our Prior ABL Credit Agreement, which comprised our material long-term debt obligations at December 31, 2021. As there was no re-pricing of those obligations in connection with the amendments, the carrying amount of these obligations was estimated by management to approximate fair value as of December 31, 2021. The Prior Term Loan Facility and the Prior ABL Facility were carried on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at amortized cost. The fair value of the Term Loan Facility, Revolving Credit Facility, Prior Term Loan Facility and the Prior ABL Facility was determined based on Level 2 inputs under the fair value hierarchy.
Non-financial assets and liabilities, including property, plant and equipment, goodwill, and intangible assets are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis. No events occurred during the three or nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, requiring these non-financial assets and liabilities to be subsequently recognized at fair value.
Note 15. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax by component is as follows:
Cash flow hedge changes in fair value gain (loss):
4,474
7,091
11,759
3,581
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
555
4,824
(2,245)
11,369
Amounts reclassified from accumulated comprehensive income
(4,267)
(1,680)
(11,098)
(3,580)
Tax effect
910
(772)
3,256
(1,907)
Net other comprehensive income
1,672
9,463
Less: Other comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
Balance at end of period
Foreign currency translation gain
250
174
259
239
251
241
Accumulated other comprehensive income at end of period
Note 16. Equity-Based Compensation
In August 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted the Westrock Coffee Company 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (“2022 Equity Plan”), which is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Awards issuable under the 2022 Equity Plan include restricted stock, restricted stock units, incentive stock options, “non-qualified” stock options, stock appreciation rights and performance shares.
Restricted Stock Unit Awards
During the quarter ended September 30, 2022, the Company granted 1.1 million restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to employees, which had a grant date fair value of $12.8 million. We calculate the grant date fair value of non-vested RSUs using the closing price of the Company’s Common Shares on the day of the grant. The RSUs are amortized on a straight-line basis to expense over the vesting period, which is generally three years. As of September 30, 2022, there were 3.5 million shares available for future issuance under the 2022 Equity Plan.
The following table sets forth the number of unvested RSUs and the weighted-average fair value of these awards at the date of grant.
Average Fair
Units
Market Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2021
Granted
1,109,000
11.51
Forfeited
(4,000)
Vested
Outstanding at September 30, 2022
1,105,000
Furthermore, in August 2022, in connection with the Transaction, unit option awards issued under the Company’s 2020 Unit Option Incentive Plan, were equitably converted in accordance with the terms of the 2020 Unit Option Incentive Plan and the Transaction Agreement. Each outstanding option to purchase units of Westrock Coffee Holdings, LLC, whether vested or unvested, was converted into an option to purchase Common Shares based on an exchange ratio (the “Exchange Ratio”) defined in the Transaction Agreement. The per unit exercise price of unit options was converted to a per share exercise price based on the Exchange Ratio, and with respect to performance-based options, such options converted into performance-based options to purchase Common Shares that vest once the simple average of the daily volume weighted average price per share of Common Shares for 10 trading days in any consecutive 30-day period is $18.50 per share. These changes were deemed to be Type I modifications under ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation; however, these modifications did not result in any additional compensation expense to be recognized by the Company.
Note 17. Earnings per Share
Prior to the Conversion, the Company’s ownership interests consisted of two classes of equity units, referred to as Common Units and Common Equivalent Preferred Units (“CEP Units”), which have been retroactively restated as shares reflecting the conversion ratios discussed in Note 4.
Our Series A Preferred Shares and RSUs issued under our 2022 Equity Incentive Plan are considered participating securities as they receive non-forfeitable rights to dividends at the same rate as Common Shares. As participating securities, we include these instruments in the computation of earnings per share under the two-class method described in ASC 260, Earnings per Share.
Prior to the Conversion, the dilutive effect of CEP Units is calculated by using the “if-converted” method. This assumes an add-back of dividends on the CEP Units to net income attributable to unitholders as if the securities were converted to common shares at the beginning of the reporting period (or at the time of issuance, if later), and the resulting common shares are included in the number of weighted-average units outstanding.
The dilutive effect of time-based option awards and RSUs is calculated using the treasury stock method, while performance-based awards are treated as contingently issuable.
We have excluded from the computation of diluted shares the effect of Warrants, time-based options awards and RSUs because their inclusion would have an anti-dilutive effect due to our reported net loss. We had 19.9 million warrants, 1.6 million time-based options awards, and 1.1 million RSUs outstanding at September 30, 2022, and 15.3 million, 9.1 million and 222.2 million unit options, restricted Common Units, and CEP Units outstanding, respectively, at September 30, 2021, which if converted into common shares would yield 1.6 million, 1.0 million, and 23.3 million common shares, respectively.
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share under the two-class method.
(Thousands, except per unit data)
Basic Earnings per Common Share
Numerator:
Denominator:
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding
Basic Loss per common share
Diluted Earnings per Common Share
Impact of non-participating securities
Net loss attributable to common shareholders - diluted
Impact of dilutive non-participating securities
Impact of if-converted securities
Weighted-average shares for dilutive earnings per common share
Dilutive loss per common share
Note 18. Segment Information
Management, including our chief executive officer, who is our chief operating decision maker, manages our business in two operating segments.
Beverage Solutions: Through this segment, we combine our product innovation and customer insights to provide value-added beverage solutions, including coffee, tea, juices, flavors, extracts and ingredients. We provide products in a variety of packaging, including branded and private label coffee in bags, fractional packs, and single serve cups, as well as extract solutions to be used in products such as cold brew and ready-to-drink offerings. Currently we serve customers in the United States, Europe and Asia, through the retail, food service and restaurant, convenience store and travel center, non-commercial account, CPG, and hospitality industries.
Sustainable Sourcing & Traceability: Through this segment, we utilize our proprietary technology and digitally traceable supply chain to directly impact and improve the lives of our farming partners, tangible economic empowerment and an emphasis on environmental accountability and farmer literacy. Revenues primarily relate to the physical delivery and settlement of forward sales contracts for green coffee.
Management evaluates the performance of each segment using Adjusted EBITDA, which is a segment performance measure we define as net income determined in accordance with GAAP, before interest expense, provision for income taxes, depreciation and amortization, equity-based compensation expense and the impact, which may be recurring in nature, of acquisition, transaction and integrations costs, including management services and consulting agreements entered into in connection with the acquisition of S&D Coffee, Inc. (“S&D”), impairment charges, changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities, non-cash mark-to-market adjustments, certain costs specifically excluded from the calculation of EBITDA under our material debt agreements, such as facility start-up costs, and other similar or infrequent items (although we may not have had such charges in the periods presented).
Selected financial data related to our segments is presented below:
Sustainable
Total of
Sourcing &
Intersegment
Reportable
Traceability
Revenues
Segments
173,486
62,809
(5,987)
Adjusted EBITDA
15,885
2,028
n/a
17,913
Less:
5,816
Change in fair value of warrants
Management and consulting fees (S&D Coffee, Inc. acquisition)
834
543
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
424
Total assets
638,160
111,928
Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
138,838
47,529
(5,090)
11,462
2,017
13,479
6,072
1,591
(4)
Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment
147
497,219
85,275
582,494
33
492,712
169,041
(21,604)
38,776
3,824
42,600
Interest expense, net
3,035
1,885
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
400,506
121,550
(14,304)
29,924
3,047
32,971
4,791
1,268
The following table presents net sales information by geographic area. Net sales are attributed to countries based on the customer invoice location.
United States
181,789
146,642
515,742
423,524
All other countries
48,519
34,635
124,407
84,228
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Note 19. Commitments and Contingencies
We are subject to various claims and legal proceedings with respect to matters such as governmental regulations, and other actions arising out of the ordinary course of business. Management believes that the resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flow.
We have future purchase obligations of $284.6 million as of September 30, 2022 that consist of commitments for the purchase of inventory over the next 12 months. These obligations represent the minimum contractual obligations expected under the normal course of business.
Note 20. Related Party Transactions
The Company transacts with certain entities or persons that have ownership in the Company, and/or for which our co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Scott Ford, our co-founder and Chairman, Joe Ford, or close family members of the Fords, have ownership interests in. As such, these persons and entities are deemed related parties.
In connection with the acquisition of S&D on February 28, 2020, certain affiliates of BBH were issued equity of the Company at which time BBH became a related party.
The consolidated financial statements reflect the following transactions with related parties:
Short-term related party debt:
Brown Brothers Harriman(1)
Subordinated related party debt:
Wooster Capital(2)
9,800
Jo Ellen Ford(1)
3,500
Interest expense, net:
358
541
936
207
152
503
449
54
139
160
Westrock Finance, LLC(2)
98
290
240
662
1,183
1,835
1 – Related through common ownership
2 – Related through common ownership and management
In connection with the acquisition of S&D in February 2020, the Company entered into a Management Services Agreement with Westrock Group, LLC (“Westrock Group”), which expires February 2023. Under the terms of the agreement Westrock Group will be paid $10.0 million in return for financial, managerial, operational, and strategic services. The associated expense is recorded within selling, general and administrative expense in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company recognized $0.8 million and $2.5 million of such expenses during the three and nine months ended, respectively, for both September 30, 2022 and 2021. In addition, the Company reimburses Westrock Group for the usage of a corporate aircraft, and its portion of shared office space. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company incurred expenses of $0.3 million and $1.0 million, respectively, for such items, which are recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company incurred expenses of $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively, for such items. At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we had
payables to Westrock Group of $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, reported within accrued expenses and other current liabilities on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Note 21. Subsequent Events
On November 14, 2022, Westrock Beverage Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired one hundred percent (100%) of the equity securities of Kohana Coffee, LLC (“Kohana Coffee”), a Texas limited liability company. Kohana Coffee is an extract and ready-to-drink focused business, based in Richmond, California, serving customers in the retail and CPG industries. Aggregate consideration paid for Kohana Coffee included 1,852,608 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, and approximately $15.5 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments.
We expect the business combination to be accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting under ASC 805. However, due to the timing of the acquisitions subsequent to our September 30, 2022 reporting date, the initial accounting, including the allocation of purchase price and related supplemental pro form information, is incomplete as of the filing date. As a result, applicable disclosures related to the acquisition of Kohana Coffee are not included herein.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations describes the principal factors affecting the results of operations, financial condition, and changes in financial condition for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, and the notes thereto set forth in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our December 31, 2021 Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 20, 2022.
Westrock Coffee Company (the “Company,” “Westrock,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a leading integrated coffee, tea, flavors, extracts, and ingredients solutions provider in the United States, providing coffee sourcing, supply chain management, product development, roasting, packaging, and distribution to the retail, food service and restaurant, convenience store and travel center, non-commercial account, CPG, and hospitality industries around the world. We supply the world’s most iconic brands with the world’s most innovative coffee, tea, flavors, extracts, and ingredients products.
In connection with the closing of our previously announced de-SPAC merger transaction (the “Transaction”) with Riverview Acquisition Corp. (“Riverview”), the Company converted (the “Conversion”) from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation and changed its name from “Westrock Coffee Holdings, LLC” (the “Converting Company”) to “Westrock Coffee Company.”
Our platform is built upon four fundamental pillars that enable us to positively impact the coffee, tea, flavors, extracts, and ingredients ecosystems from crop to cup: (i) we operate a fully transparent supply chain, (ii) we develop innovative beverage solutions tailored to our customers’ specific needs, (iii) we deliver a high quality and comprehensive set of products to our customers, and (iv) we leverage our scaled international presence to serve our blue-chip customer base. These four tenets comprise the backbone of our platform and position us as a leading provider of value-added beverage solutions. By partnering with Westrock, our customers also benefit from the benchmark-setting responsible sourcing policies and strong Environmental, Social, and Governance focus surrounding our products, top tier consumer insights, and a differentiated product ideation process. Leading brands choose us because we are singularly positioned to meet their needs, while simultaneously driving a new standard for sustainably and responsibly sourced products.
We operate our business in two segments: Beverage Solutions and Sustainable Sourcing & Traceability (“SS&T”).
Beverage Solutions: Through this segment, we combine our product innovation and customer insights to provide value-added beverage solutions, including coffee, tea, juices, flavors, extracts, and ingredients. We provide products in a variety of packaging, including branded and private label coffee in bags, fractional packs, and single serve cups, as well as extract solutions to be used in products such as cold brew and ready-to-drink offerings. Currently, we serve customers in the United States, Europe, and Asia through the retail, food service and restaurant, convenience store and travel center, non-commercial account, CPG and hospitality industries.
We use Adjusted EBITDA to evaluate our performance, identify trends, formulate financial projections, and to make strategic decisions.
We refer to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA in our analysis of our results of operations, which are not required by, or presented in accordance with, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). While we believe that net (loss) income, as defined by GAAP, is the most appropriate earnings measure, we also believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are important non-GAAP supplemental measures of operating performance as they contribute to a meaningful evaluation of the Company’s future operating performance and comparisons to the Company’s past operating performance. Additionally, we use these non-GAAP financial measures in evaluating the performance of our segments, to make operational and financial decisions and in our budgeting and planning process. The Company believes that providing these non-GAAP financial measures to investors helps investors evaluate the Company’s operating performance, profitability and business trends in a way that is consistent with how management evaluates such performance.
We define “EBITDA” as net (loss) income, as defined by GAAP, before interest expense, provision for income taxes and depreciation and amortization. We define “Adjusted EBITDA” as EBITDA before equity-based compensation expense and the impact, which may be recurring in nature, of acquisition, restructuring and integration related costs, including management services and consulting agreements entered into in connection with the acquisition of S&D Coffee, Inc., impairment charges, changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities, non-cash mark-to-market adjustments, certain costs specifically excluded from the calculation of EBITDA under our material debt agreements, such as facility start-up costs, the write off of unamortized deferred financing costs, costs incurred as a result of the early repayment of debt, gains or losses on dispositions, and other similar or infrequent items (although we may not have had such charges in the periods presented). We believe EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are important supplemental measures to net (loss) income because they provide additional information to evaluate our operating performance on an unleveraged basis. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA is calculated similar to defined terms in our material debt agreements used to determine compliance with specific financial covenants.
Since EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, they should be viewed in addition to, and not be considered as alternatives for, net (loss) income determined in accordance with GAAP. Further, our computations of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to that reported by other companies that define EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do.
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The reconciliation of our net loss to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 is as follows:
EBITDA
5,774
10,000
20,994
24,348
Beverage Solutions
Sustainable Sourcing & Traceability
Total of Reportable Segments
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Merger with Riverview Acquisition Corp.
On August 26, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), the Company completed the Transaction with Riverview (“Closing”). At Closing, the Company issued 12,868,151 shares of common stock of the Company (“Common Shares”) to public and class B shareholders of Riverview, receiving $49.8 million of the cash held in the trust account of Riverview, which is net of $17.1 million of Riverview transaction expenses offset against proceeds received by the Company at Closing. The 12,868,151 shares include 1,910,000 shares issued to PIPE investors who elected to satisfy their PIPE commitments through the purchase of Riverview Class A Shares on the public market, pursuant to the terms of their respective subscription agreements.
Substantially concurrently with the Closing, the Company received $205.9 million in cash proceeds (which amount excludes contribution to the Company of certain related party notes as described in Note 11 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements) from common stock PIPE investments (the “PIPE Financing”), issued 20,590,000 Common Shares to the PIPE investors (which share amount excludes the conversion of the related party notes as described in Note 11 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements), and entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) that includes (a) a senior secured first lien revolving credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $175.0 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and (b) a senior secured first lien term loan facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $175.0 million (the “Term Loan Facility”). Proceeds from the Transaction and the Term Loan Facility were used to pay off and terminate our then existing term loan and asset-based lending agreements, and to pay expenses related to the Transaction and new credit agreement.
PIPE Pre-Funding
In connection with the Transaction, on July 14, 2022, pursuant to the terms of the subscription agreement entered into between the Company and Wooster Capital, LLC (“Wooster”), in which Wooster agreed to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company agreed to issue and sell to Wooster, prior to and substantially concurrently with the Closing, an aggregate of 2,150,000 Common Shares at a purchase price of $10.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $21,500,000 to the Company, Wooster pre-funded $11.7 million of its commitment (the “Wooster Pre-fund”) and in exchange thereof was issued a subordinated convertible note by the Company (the “Convertible Note”). The Convertible Note had a principal amount of $11.7 million, a maturity of one year and an interest rate of 8% per annum that was payable quarterly on the last business day of each quarter. On August 26, 2022, in connection with the Closing, the Convertible Note automatically converted, in accordance with its terms, into 1,170,000 Common Shares.
Acquisition of Kohana Coffee, LLC
On November 14, 2022, Westrock Beverage Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired one hundred percent (100%) of the equity securities of Richmond, California-based Kohana Coffee, LLC (“Kohana Coffee”), a Texas limited liability company. The acquisition of Kohana Coffee allows Westrock to accelerate the development, production and distribution of ready-to-drink products in cans and multi-serve bottles to meet increasing customer demand and expands the Company’s extraction and packaging capabilities.
Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 and 2021
The following table sets forth our results of operations expressed as dollars and as a percentage of total revenues for the periods indicated:
Three Months
Ended
% of
100.0
%
82.1
78.9
17.9
21.1
13.6
18.1
1.7
1.0
0.2
(0.2)
15.5
18.9
2.4
2.2
5.8
4.8
2.3
0.0
0.1
(5.8)
(2.6)
(0.4)
(5.7)
(2.1)
(0.0)
(5.6)
(2.2)
(1.2)
(1.9)
(3.4)
(8.8)
The following table sets forth selected financial information of our reportable segments for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021:
Revenues(1)
Segment Revenues:
Segment Costs of Sales:
136,366
52,803
104,835
38,158
Segment Gross Profit:
37,120
4,019
34,003
4,281
Segment Adjusted EBITDA:
Segment Adjusted EBITDA Margin:
9.2
3.6
7.8
8.3
7.4
(1)
Intersegment revenues represent sales of green coffee from our SS&T segment to our Beverage Solutions Segment.
Net Sales
Net Sales from our Beverage Solutions segment were $173.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $138.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021, an increase of approximately 25%. The increase was due to a $34.7 million increase in the sale of coffee & tea products, driven by a 59% increase in single serve cup volumes compared to the three months ended September 30, 2021, and an increase in underlying green coffee prices quarter over quarter. These increases were partially offset by a 9% decrease in roast and ground coffee products, driven in part by higher inflation impacting end-consumer demand.
Net Sales from our SS&T segment totaled $56.8 million, net of intersegment revenues, during the three months ended September 30, 2022, increasing 34% compared to $42.4 million during the three months ended September 30, 2021. The increase is driven by an increase in the average sales price per pound, which increased 36% for the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2021. The increase in the average sales price per pound is directly correlated to the global commodities price. SS&T sales volume decreased approximately 3% for the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2021.
Costs of Sales
In our Beverage Solutions segment, costs of sales increased to $136.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, from $104.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021. The increase in costs of sales was driven by an increase in materials costs of approximately $29.5 million driven by increased sales volume, specifically in single serve cups, an increase in underlying commodities pricing impacting the cost of green coffee, inflationary increases on other material costs, as well as a $2.0 million increases in manufacturing costs for the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2021, primarily due to wage inflation.
In our SS&T segment, costs of sales increased $14.6 million to $52.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2021. This increase is primarily due to an increase in green coffee costs driven by an increase in underlying commodities pricings. Costs of sales for the three months ended September 30, 2022 included $0.5 million of net unrealized losses on forward sales and purchase contracts and mark-to-market adjustment on green coffee inventory compared to no such costs for the three months ended September 30, 2021.
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Selling, General and Administrative Expense
% of Segment
28,823
16.6
30,559
22.0
2,400
4.2
2,244
5.3
Total selling, general and administrative expense
Total selling, general and administrative expenses in our Beverage Solutions segment decreased $1.7 million to $28.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2021. The decrease is primarily due to an approximately $2.2 million decrease in personnel-related expenses, a $0.9 million decrease in equipment and service costs and a $0.5 million decrease in insurance costs, partially offset by a $1.0 million increase in depreciation expense and a $0.9 million increase in legal and professional fees for the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2021. In our SS&T segment, selling, general and administrative costs increased $0.1 million due to increased personnel costs.
Acquisition, Restructuring and Integration Expense
Acquisition, restructuring and integration expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2022 were $4.0 million, $1.3 million of which related to the integration of our new enterprise resource planning system, $1.2 million of which related to public-company preparedness costs and $0.9 million of which related to startup costs for our Conway, Arkansas manufacturing facility. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, we incurred $1.8 million of acquisition, restructuring and integration expenses, approximately $1.2 million of which relates to salesforce restructuring and $0.5 million of which related to integration costs related to the acquired S&D business.
Interest Expense
Cash:
1,020
3,215
6,057
Prior term loan facility early termination fee
966
533
304
1,065
230
260
146
455
Total cash interest
8,802
7,695
Non-cash:
Amortization of deferred financing costs
458
Write-off of deferred financing costs
Payments-in-kind interest
461
Total non-cash interest
4,602
919
Total interest expense, net
Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was $13.4 million compared to $8.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021. The increase is primarily due to the write off of $4.3 million of unamortized deferred financing fees associated with the termination of the Prior Term Loan Facility and Prior ABL Facility compared, and $1.6 million of early termination payments associated with the Prior Term Loan Facility. No such costs
were incurred in the three months ended September 30, 2021. These increases were partially offset by approximately $1.4 million of cash interest savings as a result of the entry into the Credit Agreement.
Income Tax Benefit
Income tax benefit for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was $0.4 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of 3.2%, compared to an income tax benefit for the three months ended September 30, 2021 of $0.8 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of 17.0%. The effective tax rates differ primarily due to the increase in discrete items, namely the write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs associated with the termination of the Prior Term Loan Facility and Prior ABL Facility.
Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 and 2021
Nine Months Ended
81.5
79.2
18.5
20.8
15.8
19.0
1.4
0.7
17.3
19.7
1.2
1.1
4.7
0.8
(0.1)
(4.2)
(3.6)
Income tax (benefit)
(0.5)
(3.7)
(3.2)
(3.3)
(0.7)
(3.5)
(7.0)
(6.8)
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The following table sets forth selected financial information of our reportable segments for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021.
384,317
137,364
305,978
96,002
108,395
10,073
94,528
11,244
7.9
2.6
6.7
7.5
2.8
6.5
Intersegment revenues represent sales of green coffee from our SS&T segment to our Beverage Solutions segment.
Net sales from our Beverage Solutions segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 were $492.7 million, compared to $400.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, an increase of approximately 23%. The increase is due to a $85.4 million increase in the sale of coffee & tea products, driven by a 48% increase in single serve cup volumes, partially offset by a 7% decrease in roast and ground coffee products, driven in part by higher inflation impacting end-consumer demand, and an increase in underlying green coffee prices compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2021. In addition, flavors, extracts and ingredients volumes increased 9% increase, contributing $9.0 million of the increase in sales year over year.
Net sales from our SS&T segment totaled $147.4 million, net of intersegment revenues, for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, increasing 37% compared to $107.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The increase is driven by an increase in the average sales price per pound, which increased 37% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The increase in the average sales price per pound is directly correlated to the global commodities price. SS&T sales volume decreased approximately 2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
In our Beverage Solutions segment, costs of sales increased to $384.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $306.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The increase in costs of sales is primarily due to a $78.9 million increase in green coffee, tea and liquid extracts costs, driven by higher single serve cup sales volumes and commodity price increases, specifically related to green coffee.
In our SS&T segment, costs of sales were $137.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $41.4 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2021. This increase is primarily due to an increase in green coffee cost driven by an increase in underlying commodities pricings, as volume of green coffee sold was essentially flat year-over-year. Costs of sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 included $0.8 million of net unrealized losses on forward sales and purchase contracts and mark-to-market adjustment on green coffee inventory compared to $2.0 million of net unrealized gains on forward sales and purchase contracts and mark-to-market adjustment on green coffee inventory for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
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93,754
89,928
22.5
7,578
5.1
6,381
5.9
Total selling, general and administrative expenses in our Beverage Solutions segment increased $3.8 million to $93.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The increase is primarily due to an approximately $2.5 million increase in legal and professional fees, a $1.9 million increase in freight costs and a $1.3 million increase in bad debt expense, partially offset by an approximately $1.1 million decrease in equipment, service and fleet costs and a $0.7 million decrease in depreciation expense. In our SS&T segment, selling, general and administrative costs increased $1.2 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2021, approximately $0.6 million of which related to increased personnel costs.
Acquisition, restructuring and integration expense totaled $8.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, approximately $3.7 million of which related to public-company preparedness costs, $2.9 million of which related to the integration of our new enterprise resource planning system and $1.6 million of which related to equity-funded startup costs. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we incurred $3.8 million of acquisition, restructuring and integration expenses, approximately $1.2 million of which were related to salesforce restructuring and $1.0 million of which were integration costs related to the acquired S&D business.
14,735
17,057
2,414
1,429
428
642
899
2,253
480
468
398
784
271
24,324
21,470
5,941
2,813
Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 increased by $6.0 million to $30.3 million. The increase is primarily due to the write off of $4.3 million of unamortized deferred financing fees associated with the termination of the Prior Term Loan Facility and Prior ABL Facility, and $1.6 million of early termination payments associated with the
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Prior Term Loan Facility. No such costs were incurred in the nine months ended September 30, 2021. In addition, cash interest related to our international trade finance lines increased due to increased utilization of Falcon’s working capital trade finance facility during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
Income tax benefit for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $3.5 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of 13.0%, compared to an income tax benefit for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 of $2.2 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of 12.2%. The effective tax rates differ primarily due to the increase in discrete items, namely the write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs associated with the termination of the Prior Term Loan Facility and Prior ABL Facility.
We make certain judgements and use certain estimates and assumptions when applying accounting principles in the preparation of our financial statements. The nature of those estimates and assumptions are material due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment necessary to account for highly uncertain factors or the susceptibility of such factors to change.
We believe the current assumptions and other considerations used to estimate amounts reflected in our financial statements are appropriate. However, if actual experience differs from the assumptions and other considerations used in estimating amounts reflected in our financial statements, the resulting changes could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and, in certain situations, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.
We account for warrants assumed in connection with the Transaction (see Note 4 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements) in accordance with the guidance contained in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 815, Derivatives and Hedging, under which the warrants do not meet the criteria for equity treatment and must be recorded as liabilities. Accordingly, we classify the warrants as liabilities at their fair value and adjust the warrants to fair value at each reporting period. This liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date until exercised, and any change in fair value is recognized in our statement of operations.
The Company remeasures the fair value of the Westrock Public Warrants (as defined in Note 4 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements) based on the quoted market price of the Westrock Public Warrants. The Westrock Private Warrants (as defined in Note 4 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements) are valued a binomial lattice valuation model. The primary unobservable input utilized in determining the fair value of the Westrock Private Warrants is the expected volatility of the stock price, which is determined by use of an option pricing model. A 10% increase to the volatility input at September 30, 2022 would increase the fair value of the Private Warrants by approximately $1.1 million. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recognized $5.2 million of losses related to the change in fair value of warrant liabilities.
For further information on our critical accounting policies and estimates, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the notes to our audited financial statements included in our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on September 20, 2022. As of September 30, 2022, there have been no material changes to these estimates.
Our principal liquidity needs are to fund operating expenses, meet debt service obligations, and fund investment activities, which include capital expenditures. Our primary sources of liquidity and capital resources are cash on hand, cash provided by operating activities, and available borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility.
As of September 30, 2022, we had unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $91.0 million and $175.0 million of undrawn borrowings available under our Revolving Credit Facility (other than $2.6 million of standby letters of credit outstanding described below). Subsequent to September 30, 2022, there have been no material outlays of funds outside of our budgeted capital expenditures. We used proceeds from the Transaction and the Term Loan Facility to pay off and terminate our then existing term loan and asset-based lending arrangements, and to pay expenses related to the Transaction and the new Credit Agreement. We believe we have sufficient liquidity to fund our operations for the foreseeable future, meet our debt obligations, and to comply with our new debt covenants, however; if there was a sudden or prolonged negative change in our expectations regarding our liquidity, we may be forced to cease investments in our growth.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, net cash used in operating activities was $59.5 million compared to $8.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The change is primarily attributable to increased working capital needs, primarily related to increases in inventory levels to meet anticipated customer demand.
Net cash used in investing activities was $19.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $11.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The increase was primarily driven by an increase of $10.4 million in growth capital expenditures for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, net cash provided by financing activities was $152.2 million, compared to $15.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The increase is primarily related to an increase in net proceeds received from the de-SPAC merger and PIPE financing of approximately $255.7 million, partially offset by an increase in debt repayments, net of increases in debt proceeds of approximately $92.7 million.
On August 29, 2022, the Company entered into the Credit Agreement among the Company, Westrock Beverage Solutions, LLC, as the borrower (the “Borrower”), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, collateral agent, and swingline lender, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as sustainability structuring agent, and each issuing bank and lender party thereto. The Credit Agreement includes a $175.0 million Revolving Credit Facility and a $175.0 million Term Loan Facility. Proceeds from the Term Loan Facility were used for paying off existing indebtedness. The Credit Agreement matures on August 29, 2027. All obligations under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by the Company and each of the Borrower’s domestic subsidiaries, which comprise our Beverage Solutions segment, and are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company’s assets.
Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan Facility will bear interest, at the Borrower’s option, initially at an annual rate equal to (i) Term SOFR plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.10% for loans with an interest period of one month, 0.15% for loans with an interest period of three months and 0.25% for loans with an interest period of six months, as applicable, (the “Adjusted Term SOFR Rate”) or (ii) the base rate (determined by reference to the greatest of (i) the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal in the U.S. as the prime rate in effect, (ii) the NYFRB Rate from time to time plus 0.50% and (iii) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for a one month interest period plus 1.00%, (the “Base Rate”)), in each case plus the Applicable Margin. The Applicable Margin ranges from 1.50% to
2.50% for Adjusted Term SOFR loans and from 0.50% to 1.50% for Base Rate loans, in each case depending on the total net leverage ratio. Commitment fees on the daily unused amount of commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility range from 0.20% to 0.35% depending on the total net leverage ratio. At September 30, 2022, the Revolving Credit Facility was undrawn (other than the standby letters of credit outstanding described below) and the interest rate applicable to our Term Loan Facility was 5.7%.
At September 30, 2022, Westrock Coffee International, LLC, an Arkansas limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, through its subsidiary Falcon Coffees Limited (“Falcon”) had a $0.7 million promissory note payable with responsAbility SICAV (Lux). Proceeds from the note are restricted for the sole purpose of financing Falcon’s trading activities. Borrowings on the note bear interest at a fixed rate of 9.5% and mature on December 31, 2022. Westrock Coffee International, LLC, through its subsidiary Rwanda Trading Company, maintains two mortgage-
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backed lending facilities with a local bank in Rwanda: a short-term trade finance facility with a balance of $9.1 million at September 30, 2022 and a long-term note payable with a balance of $1.9 million at September 30, 2022. The short-term trade finance facility and the long-term note payable bear interest at a rate of 6.5% and 7.0%, respectively.
Falcon maintains a working capital trade finance facility with multiple financial institutions, which prior to March 16, 2022, was agented by Brown Brothers Harriman (“BBH”), a related party of the Company through its equity interests in the Company, and was reported as short-term related party debt on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. On March 16, 2022, Falcon refinanced its working capital trade finance facility, and the facility was transferred to different lenders with the same terms as the previous facility. At the time of refinance, there was $49.3 million outstanding under the facility. The new facility is uncommitted, repayable on demand and secured by Falcon’s assets. The facility is renewable on an annual basis beginning in March 2023. On April 29, 2022, the facility size increased from $50 million to $55 million and subsequently, on June 16, 2022, the facility size increased to $62.5 million. At September 30, 2022, there was $49.6 million outstanding under the facility, which is recorded in short-term debt in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Interest is payable monthly at the U.S. Prime Rate plus 1.50%, subject to a minimum rate of 5.00%. The facility carries an agent fee of 0.25% of total available capital. Availability under the facility is subject to a borrowing base calculation. The credit facility is secured by substantially all liquid assets of Falcon. Falcon’s facility contains certain restrictive financial covenants which require Falcon to maintain certain levels of working capital, debt, and net worth. Falcon was in compliance with these financial covenants as of September 30, 2022.
On February 28, 2020, we issued $13.3 million of subordinated debt (the “Subordinated Notes”) to Wooster and Jo Ellen Ford, related parties of the Company through their equity ownership and relation with Joe Ford, the chairman of our board of directors. The Subordinated Notes provided for maturity on the earlier of (i) six months after the Prior Term Loan Facility due in 2025 was paid in full or (ii) 10 years from the date of issuance (February 2030). Interest was payable quarterly at the end of each calendar quarter at a rate of 6% per annum. Substantially concurrently with the Closing and pursuant to the terms of their respective subscription agreements with the Company, Wooster and Jo Ellen Ford contributed their respective Subordinated Notes to the Company and in exchange for such contribution, the Company issued Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share, to Wooster and Jo Ellen Ford. The Company issued a total of 1,330,000 Common Shares in exchange for the contribution of the Subordinated Notes, which were subsequently extinguished.
Current and Long-Term Liquidity
Our liquidity needs are to fund operating expenses, meet debt service obligations, and fund both current and long-term investment activities, which include capital expenditures. Proceeds from the Transaction and the Term Loan Facility were used to repay outstanding borrowings under our Prior Term Loan Facility and Prior ABL Facility. In addition, we expect to use proceeds to fund our near-term growth strategies, which include, (i) extending and enhancing product offerings through innovation, (ii) expanding our customer base, (iii) expanding geographically, (iv) funding accretive acquisitions, and (v) continuing to drive margin expansion. As of September 30, 2022, we had no borrowings outstanding under our Revolving Credit Facility.
A key component of our long-term growth strategy will be to complete the build-out of our extract and ready-to-drink manufacturing facility in Conway, Arkansas, which will utilize state-of-the-art equipment specifically designed to efficiently manufacture and package a wide range of beverages, such as canned or bottled cold brew coffees, lattes, assorted teas, and juice-based products. We initially planned to complete the build-out in phases; however, the Company is accelerating capital spending that was originally slated for Phase II of the project into Phase I. The Company will now be adding a state-of-the-art extraction technology system, a multi-serve bottling line, a specialty canning line and Bag-in-a-Box packaging lines to its Phase I projects that previously included a standard extraction system and high-speed glass bottling and canning lines. The Company now expects to incur approximately $275.0 million of capital expenditures over the next three (3) years to complete the enhanced build-out of Phase I and Phase II.
We believe proceeds from the Transaction, available borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility, and more efficient use of our working capital will provide sufficient cash on-hand to complete the build-out. However, the Company will
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continuously evaluate its liquidity needs, and may seek to opportunistically access additional liquidity, including through either the debt or equity capital markets. If it is determined that we have insufficient liquidity to fund the Conway build-out or fund our acquisition strategy, we may delay the build-out of the Conway facility and/or modify the scope of the build-out and we may reprioritize our strategy to focus on organic growth opportunities, which may have an adverse impact on our ability to achieve our growth objectives.
Contractual Obligations
Our material contractual obligations include the payment of principal and interest under our debt obligations. Our Term Loan Facility requires quarterly principal payments during the first three years of approximately $2.2 million (1.25% of the original principal balance beginning December 31, 2022. Quarterly payments increase to approximately $3.3 million and $4.4 million (1.875% and 2.5% of the original principal balance) during the fourth and fifth years, respectively. We have no other material obligations to pay principal amounts of our long-term debt obligations prior to their maturity.
Future purchase obligations of $284.6 million as of September 30, 2022 consist of commitments for the purchase of inventory over the next 12 months. These obligations represent the minimum contractual obligations expected under the normal course of business. There are no material purchase obligations beyond 12 months.
Capital Expenditures
We categorize our capital expenditures as (i) growth, (ii) maintenance, (iii) customer beverage equipment or (iv) other.
We define growth capital expenditures as investments in our manufacturing facilities that will contribute to revenue growth by increasing production capacity, improving production efficiencies, or related to production of new products. Maintenance capital expenditures are those necessary to keep our existing manufacturing equipment fully operational. Customer beverage equipment represents Company-owned equipment that is deployed in our customers’ locations.
Capital expenditures for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:
Customer
Growth
Maintenance
Equipment
Nine months ended September 30, 2022
15,779
2,099
3,544
1,544
22,966
Nine months ended September 30, 2021
6,870
833
1,704
3,138
12,545
We expect to invest to expand our extract and ready-to-drink product manufacturing capacity in Conway, Arkansas, for which we currently expect to spend approximately $275 million over the next 3 years.
If circumstances warrant, we may need to take measures to conserve cash, which may include a suspension, delay, or reduction in growth and/or maintenance capital expenditures. We continually assess our capital expenditure plans in light of developments impacting our business, including the needs of our customers.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
See Note 3, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item I of Part 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a detailed discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Market Risk
Inflation Risk
During 2022, the Company has been impacted by negative effects of inflation on both our customers and our costs, including materials and labor costs. We attempt to mitigate the impacts of inflation wherever possible. Our mitigation strategies, including working with our vendors and suppliers to ensure that we have adequate access to raw materials to reliably provide our customers with the high-quality products they expect. In addition, where possible, we seek to recover inflation impacted costs by passing these costs onto our customers through periodic pricing increases. However, our pricing increases often lag our cost increases, including increases in commodity costs. At this time, it is too early to determine what impact these inflationary pressures and supply chain disruptions will have on our long-term growth strategies, as there is uncertainty in how long these risks may persist, and to what level we will be successful in passing these increased costs to our customers.
There has been no material change in the commodities price risk, interest rate risk or risk associated with the Russia/Ukraine conflict discussed in the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in the Registration Statement.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”) that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and to ensure that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Our management, with the participation of our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2022, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report. Based on this evaluation, our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of September 30, 2022 due to the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, described below.
Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. We have identified the following material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, which remain outstanding as of September 30, 2022.
Westrock did not design and maintain effective controls in response to the risks of material misstatement as changes to existing controls or the implementation of new controls were not sufficient to respond to changes to the risks of material misstatement to financial reporting. This material weakness in risk assessment contributed to the following material weaknesses:
Additionally, each of these material weaknesses could result in a misstatement of substantially all of Westrock’s accounts or disclosures that would result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected.
Management believes that our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been prepared in accordance with US GAAP. Our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have certified that, based on such officer’s knowledge, the condensed consolidated financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report.
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Remediation Plans
Westrock has taken and is taking certain measures to remediate the material weaknesses described above, including the following:
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Other than the implementation of controls related to the accounting for non-routine, unusual or complex transactions described above, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act, that occurred during the three months ended September 30, 2022 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Part II. Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
We are subject to various claims and legal proceedings with respect to matters such as governmental regulations, and other actions arising out of the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
In addition to the information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the risks described under the subsection titled “Risks Related to Westrock’s Business and Industry”, “Risks Related to Westrock Following the Consummation of the Business Combination”, and “Risks Related to the Ownership of Westrock Common Shares Following the Business Combination” discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Registration Statement. There have been no material changes to the risk factors subsequent to that filing.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
On November 14, 2022, Westrock Beverage Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired one hundred percent (100%) of the equity securities of Kohana Coffee, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, for aggregate consideration of 1,852,608 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Company Common Shares”), and approximately $15.5 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments. The issuance of the Company Common Shares to the seller was not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Company Common Shares were issued in reliance upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, pursuant to the seller’s status as an “accredited investor,” as such term is defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit
Index
Incorporated by Reference
ExhibitNumber
Exhibit Description
Form
File No.
FilingDate
FiledHerewith
2.1
Transaction Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2022, by and among Riverview Acquisition Corp., Westrock Coffee Holdings, LLC, Origin Merger Sub I, Inc. and Origin Merger Sub II, LLC
S-4
333-264464
August 3, 2022
3.1
Certificate of Incorporation of Westrock Coffee Company
10-Q
001-41485
August 29, 2022
3.2
Bylaws of Westrock Coffee Company
4.1
Amended and Restated Warrant Agreement by and among Westrock Coffee Company, Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Westrock Coffee Company
4.5
4.3
Specimen Warrant Certificate of Westrock Coffee Company
4.6
4.4
Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2022, by and among Westrock Coffee Company, Westrock Group, LLC, The Stephens Group, LLC, Sowell Westrock, L.P., BBH Capital Partners V, L.P., BBH Capital Partners V-A, L.P., BBH CPV WCC Co-Investment LLC and Riverview Sponsor Partners, LLC
10.1
Credit Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2022, among Westrock Beverage Solutions, LLC, as the borrower, Westrock Coffee Company, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, collateral agent, and swingline lender, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as sustainability structuring agent, and each issuing bank and lender party thereto.
10.3
10.2
Employment Agreement, dated August 26, 2022, by and between Westrock Coffee Company and Scott T. Ford
10.4
Employment Agreement, dated August 26, 2022, by and between Westrock Coffee Company and T. Christopher Pledger
10.5
Employment Agreement, dated August 26, 2022, by and between Westrock Coffee Company and William A. Ford
10.6
Westrock Coffee Company 2022 Equity Incentive Plan
10.7
Westrock Coffee Company Annual Cash Incentive Plan
10.8
Amended and Restated Westrock Coffee Company 2020 Stock Option Incentive Plan
10.9
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
*
31.1
Chief Executive Officer—Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2
Chief Financial Officer—Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1
Chief Executive Officer—Certification pursuant to Rule13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
**
32.2
Chief Financial Officer—Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF
XBRL Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document.
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File – The Cover page interactive data file does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
* Filed herewith.
** Furnished herewith.
57
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 14, 2022
By:
/s/ T. Christopher Pledger
Name:
T. Christopher Pledger
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Blake Schuhmacher
Blake Schuhmacher
Senior Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)