{"url_path":"/sec/coco/8-k/2026-07-22/item-1-01","section_key":"item-1-01","section_title":"Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-22","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482981/0001482981-26-000167-index.html","accession_number":"0001482981-26-000167","cik":"0001482981","ticker":"COCO","issuer_name":"Vita Coco Company, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482981/0001482981-26-000167-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001482981","primary_entity_name":"Vita Coco Company, Inc."},"word_count":1465,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 1.01    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.\n\nOn July 22, 2026 (the “Closing Date”), The Vita Coco Company, Inc., a Delaware public benefit corporation (the “Company” or “Vita Coco”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Copra Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Copra”), Pinkco Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Copra, with Copra surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”). The Merger was completed on July 22, 2026, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement. The Merger was unanimously approved and adopted by the Board of Directors of each of Vita Coco and Copra and unanimously approved by the stockholders of Copra. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement.\n\nMerger; Merger Consideration\n\nAt the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share of Copra capital stock (meaning Copra common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Copra Common Stock”), and Copra preferred stock (the Series Seed Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Copra and the Series Seed-2 Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Copra (collectively, “Copra Preferred Stock”)) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than (i) shares held in Copra’s treasury, (ii) shares held by Vita Coco, Merger Sub, or any wholly-owned subsidiary of Vita Coco, and (iii) shares held by a holder who properly exercised dissenters’ rights under the Delaware General Corporation Law, was cancelled and converted into the right to receive (without interest and subject to any applicable tax withholding) the applicable Closing Per Share Consideration. Holders of Copra Preferred Stock received their applicable Closing Per Share Consideration entirely in cash ($108.61 per share) and will not be entitled to receive any Closing Stock Consideration, as defined below, or Earnout Stock Consideration. Holders of Copra Common Stock who are Eligible Recipients received their applicable Closing Per Share Consideration in cash and Closing Stock Consideration ($76.04 per share and 0.4346 shares of Vita Coco common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Vita Coco Common Stock”)), and will also be entitled to receive the applicable Earnout Per Share Consideration (including in Earnout Stock Consideration).\n\nThe Earnout Per Share Consideration will be based on the Gross Profit achieved by Copra during the Calculation Period. The Calculation Period is the period from January 1, 2028 to December 31, 2028, or, if accelerated as a result of a Change of Control of Vita Coco prior to the end of fiscal year 2028, then the period from January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2027. Holders of Copra Preferred Stock will receive their Earnout Per Share Consideration entirely in cash. Holders of Copra Common Stock who are Eligible Recipients are entitled to receive Earnout Stock Consideration, if any, as part of their Earnout Per Share Consideration. The aggregate Earnout Payment Amount payable will in no event (a) be less than $45,000,000 or (b) exceed $100,000,000, and, in each case, the Earnout Payment Amount shall be payable in cash, Vita Coco Common Stock, or any combination thereof, in each instance, as determined by Vita Coco in its sole discretion.\n\nImmediately prior to the Effective Time, each Copra Option, whether vested or unvested, automatically accelerated (to the extent unvested) and was cancelled and converted into the right to receive, without interest and subject to applicable Tax withholding, an amount of cash equal to (A) the number of shares of Copra Common Stock underlying such option multiplied by the Closing Per Share Consideration, minus (B) the aggregate exercise price of such option, pursuant to an Option Termination Agreement executed by the applicable Copra Optionholder. Certain former Copra Optionholders may also participate in an Earnout Bonus Pool, subject to continued employment with Copra or its Affiliates.\n\nThe aggregate merger consideration consisted of (i) closing consideration of $175 million, comprised of (a) 467,071 shares of Vita Coco Common Stock (the “Closing Stock Consideration”) and (b) $140,000,210.59 in cash, and (ii) the right to receive the Earnout Per Share Consideration (in each case, subject to customary adjustments).\n\nThe Closing Stock Consideration and any Earnout Stock Consideration will be issued in reliance upon exemptions from registration under Rule 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company will not issue to the holders of Copra Capital Stock more than an aggregate of 19.99% of the shares of Vita Coco Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the execution of the Merger Agreement (including both Closing Stock Consideration and any Earnout Stock Consideration) without seeking stockholder approval.\n\nThe foregoing description of the Merger Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.\n\nThe Merger Agreement has been included to provide investors with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company, Merger Sub, Copra, or their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, or to modify or supplement any factual disclosures about the Company that it includes in its public reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). The representations, warranties, and covenants contained in the Merger Agreement were made only for purposes of the Merger Agreement and as of specific dates, will not survive the consummation of the Merger (except in the case of Fraud), were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Merger Agreement, may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Merger Agreement instead of establishing these matters as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors are not third-party beneficiaries under the Merger Agreement and should not rely on the representations, warranties, and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the parties thereto or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates at the time they were made or at any other time. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of representations and warranties may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures. The Merger Agreement should not be read alone, but should instead be read in conjunction with the other reports and filings that the Company makes from time to time with the Commission.\n\nRegistration Rights Agreement\n\nAs a condition to the closing of the Merger, the Company and certain Copra stockholders entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), effective as of the Closing Date. The Registration Rights Agreement requires the Company to prepare and file a shelf registration statement covering the resale of all registrable securities within four (4) business days from the date of issuance of the Closing Stock Consideration. The Registration Rights Agreement also provides for the filing of a shelf registration statement covering all registrable securities held by the Copra stockholders within thirty (30) days of the final determination of the Earnout Stock Consideration if any, and use reasonable best efforts to cause such Earnout Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as practicable but no later than thirty (30) Business Days from its initial filing or one-hundred and twenty (120) Business Days from its initial filing if the Company is notified by the Commission that it will review the Earnout Registration Statement, subject to the terms and limitations therein.\n\nThe foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.\n\nJoinder Agreements\n\nConcurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company, Merger Sub, Copra, and the stockholders of Copra signed joinder agreements (the “Joinder Agreements”), binding the stockholders of Copra to certain terms set forth in the Merger Agreement, including the appointment of the Securityholder Representative, as well as certain customary covenants including confidentiality and non-disparagement covenants. Certain management stockholders signed Joinder Agreements that also include non-solicitation and non-competition covenants.\n\nThe foregoing description of the Joinder Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the actual agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibit 10.2 and Exhibit 10.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and incorporated herein by reference."}