SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Parent Kenneth M. (Last) (First) (Middle) 4009 N. RODNEY PARHAM RD., 4TH FLOOR (Street) LITTLE ROCK AR 72212 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/05/2024	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Westrock Coffee Co [ WEST ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

No securities are beneficially owned.

	/s/ KENNETH M. PARENT	11/14/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints Robert P. McKinney, T.
Christopher Pledger and Blake Schuhmacher, or any one
of them acting singly and with full power of
substitution, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, for such period of time that the
undersigned is required to file reports pursuant to
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended ("Exchange Act"), with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by Westrock Coffee Company (the
"Company"), to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned
Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto),
and Form ID, if necessary, to obtain EDGAR codes and
related documentation for use in filing Forms 3, 4 and
5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable
to complete the execution of any such Form 3, 4, 5 or
Form ID (or any amendments thereto) and the filing of
such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, any stock exchange or similar
authority and any other authority as required by law;

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of or legally required by the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall
be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in its
discretion; and

(4)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's attorneys-
in-fact and on the undersigned behalf, information
regarding transactions in the Company's securities from
any third party, including brokers, employee benefit
plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned
hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to such attorneys-in-fact and approves and
ratifies any such release of such information.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorneys-in-
fact full  power and authority to do and perform all and
every act requisite, necessary and proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are
not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act or other
applicable securities laws or rules.

This Power of Attorney does not relieve the
undersigned from any responsibility for compliance with
the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act,
including, without limitation, the reporting
requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
Additionally, the Company does not represent or warrant
that it will be able to in all cases timely and
accurately file Section 16 reports on behalf of the
undersigned due to various factors and the
undersigned's and the Company's need to rely on others
for information, including the undersigned and brokers
of the undersigned.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of the 2nd day of
November, 2024.


/s/ Kenneth M. Parent
Kenneth M. Parent