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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
The information included in Item 4.02 below is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4.02. Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.
Coffee Holding Co., Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), has determined that it made certain errors in the presentation of net sales and cost of sales in its consolidated statement of operations for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020. The Company will therefore restate its previously filed annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020, as described further below. The errors and the required restatement had no effect on the Company’s net income or earnings per share or other items in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended October 31, 2020 nor did it have any impact on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, consolidated statement of changes in stockholders’ equity, or consolidated statement of cash flows for the year ended October 31, 2020. The effect of these errors is expected to be an overstatement of net sales and cost of sales in the consolidated statement of operations of approximately $8.3 million.
Specifically, on January 24, 2023, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company concluded, after discussion with the Company’s management, that the Company inaccurately accounted for certain intercompany eliminations in its consolidated statement of operations for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020 (the “Non-Reliance Period”) included in the associated Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2021 filed with the Securities Exchange Commission, should no longer be relied upon due to errors in the presentation of net sales and cost of sales in the consolidated statement of operations, and will require restatement. As a result, the Company will file an amendment to its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2021 to restate the previously issued financial statements for the year ended October 31, 2020. The Company intends to restate the financial statements for the Non-Reliance Period as soon as practicable.
Investors and others should rely only on financial information and other disclosures regarding the Non-Reliance Period once the Company restates its financial statements for the Non-Reliance Period and not rely on any previously issued or filed earnings press releases, investor presentations or other communications related thereto covering the Non-Reliance Period.
The Company expects to report a material weakness in the amended Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2021. 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 a company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The existence of a material weakness precludes a conclusion by management that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting are effective. As a result of the material weakness, the Company believes that its internal control over financial reporting was not effective and its disclosure controls and procedures were not effective for the Non-Reliance Period.
The Company’s management and the Audit Committee have discussed the matters disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to this Item 4.02 with Marcum LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included or incorporated in this Current Report on Form 8-K are forward-looking statements. The words “believes,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “plans,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “potential,” “likely,” “projects,” “continue,” “will,” and “would” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These forward-looking statements include, among others, those statements regarding the Company’s expectations as to the causes of the errors described above, the scope and impact of the errors described above, the Company’s plans to amend its previously filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and restated financial statements and other disclosures contained therein and the timing of such amendment, the timing of the filing of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2022, and the ability of the Company to identify and remediate material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary materially from these forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause future results to differ materially from the Company’s current expectations include, among other things, the timing and nature of the resolution of the issues discussed in this Current Report on Form 8-K, any delay in the filing of required periodic reports, the timing and results of the Company’s review of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and related disclosure controls and procedures, whether a restatement of financial results will be required for other accounting issues, adverse effects on the Company’s business related to the disclosures made in this Current Report on Form 8-K or the reactions of customers or suppliers, the initiation of new legal proceedings, and volatility of the Company’s stock price.
The Company does not guarantee that it will actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in its forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those indicated or implied by its forward-looking statements, including those important factors set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended October 31, 2021. Although the Company may elect to do so at some point in the future, the Company does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements and it disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
SIGNATURES
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. | ||
| Dated: January 25, 2023 | By: | /s/ Andrew Gordon |
| Name: | Andrew Gordon | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
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| Document Period End Date | Jan. 24, 2023 |
| Entity File Number | 001-32491 |
| Entity Registrant Name | COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0001007019 |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 11-2238111 |
| Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | NV |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | 3475 Victory Boulevard |
| Entity Address, City or Town | Staten Island |
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| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 10314 |
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| Title of 12(b) Security | Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share |
| Trading Symbol | JVA |
| Security Exchange Name | NASDAQ |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |
| Entity Information, Former Legal or Registered Name | Not Applicable |