Westrock Coffee Co

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 December 31, 2024, the end of the period covered by this Annual Report. Based on this evaluation, our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level as of December 31, 2024.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management, with the participation of our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) inInternal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) (“COSO Framework”). Based on that assessment, management has concluded that, as of December 31, 2024, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective.

This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission for emerging growth companies.

Remediation of Material Weaknesses in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

As previously disclosed, 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 weakness:

Westrock did not design and maintain effective controls over the period-end financial reporting process to achieve complete and accurate financial accounting, reporting and disclosures, including the presentation and classification of various accounts and the recognition of operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities in the consolidated financial statements, which resulted in immaterial adjustments to certain interim and annual periods for the years ending December 31, 2020 through June 30, 2024, and material adjustments to the cash flow presentation of net repayments from repurchase agreements within financing activities within the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and to operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities within the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023.

To remediate the material weaknesses, management has taken certain measures including the following:

During the year ended December 31, 2024, management completed the testing necessary to conclude that the newly implemented and enhanced controls were appropriately designed, implemented and operating effectively as of December 31, 2024, and concluded that the material weaknesses related to the period-end financial reporting process and risk assessment have been remediated.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act, that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2024, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.