UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 10-K ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 ☐ 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: 001-32491 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Nevada 11-2238111 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 3475 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, New York 10314 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (718) 832-0800 Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class: Trading Symbol Name of each exchange on which registered: Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share JVA NASDAQ Capital Market Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: None Indicate by check mark if registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒ Indicate by check mark if registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. 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(Check one): Large accelerated filer ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☒ 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 has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☒ The aggregate market value of the common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant, computed by reference to the closing price of the registrant’s common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market on April 30, 2024, was $8,185,554. As of January 22, 2025, the registrant had 5,708,599 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding. Documents incorporated by reference None. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PART I 1 ITEM 1. BUSINESS 1 ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS 8 ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS 18 ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY 18 ITEM 2. PROPERTIES 18 ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 19 ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES 19 PART II 19 ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES 19 ITEM 6. RESERVED 19 ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 19 ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK 24 ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA 24 ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE 24 ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES 24 ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION 26 ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURES REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS 26 PART III 26 ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 26 ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 31 ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS 37 ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE 38 ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES 38 PART IV 39 ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES 39 ITEM 16 FORM 10-K SUMMARY 41 SIGNATURES 42 INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS F-1 I PART I ITEM 1. BUSINESS General Overview Products and Operations. We are an integrated wholesale coffee roaster and dealer located in the United States. Our core products can be divided into three categories: ● Wholesale Green Coffee: unroasted raw beans imported from around the world and sold to large and small roasters and coffee shop operators; ● Private Label Coffee: coffee roasted, blended, packaged and sold under the specifications and names of others, including supermarkets that want to have their own brand name on coffee to compete with national brands; and ● Branded Coffee: coffee roasted and blended to our own specifications and packaged and sold under our eight proprietary and licensed brand names in different segments of the market. Our private label and branded coffee products are sold throughout the United States and certain countries in Asia to supermarkets, wholesalers, and individually owned and multi-unit retail customers. Our unprocessed green coffee, which includes over 90 specialty coffee offerings, is primarily sold to specialty gourmet roasters in the United States, Canada and multiple international countries. We conduct our operations in accordance with strict freshness and quality standards. All of our private label and branded coffees are produced from high quality coffee beans that are deep roasted for full flavor using a slow roasting process that has been perfected utilizing almost 50 years of experience in the coffee industry. In order to ensure freshness, our products are delivered to our customers within 72 hours of roasting. We believe that our long history has enabled us to develop a loyal customer base. We were incorporated on October 9, 1995 under the laws of the State of Nevada under the name Transpacific International Group Corp (“Transpacific”). On April 16, 1998, Transpacific completed a merger with Coffee Holding Co., Inc., a New York corporation. Upon the consummation of the merger, Coffee Holding Co., Inc. was merged into Transpacific and Transpacific changed its name to Coffee Holding Co., Inc. In June 2016, we acquired substantially all of the assets of Coffee Kinetics LLC (doing business as Sonofresco) through our wholly-owned subsidiary Sonofresco, LLC (“Sonofresco” or “SONO”), including equipment, inventory, customer lists, relationships and accounts payable. In addition to our wholesale green coffee, private label coffee and branded coffee product offerings, we currently sell tabletop coffee roasting equipment to our customers through Sonofresco. On February 23, 2017, we purchased all the outstanding common stock of Comfort Foods, Inc. (“CFI”). CFI is a medium sized regional roaster, manufacturing both branded and private label coffee for retail and foodservice customers located predominantly in the northeast United States marketplace. Our corporate offices are located at 3475 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, New York 10314. Our telephone number is (718) 832-0800 and our website address is www.coffeeholding.com. On our website, investors can obtain, free of charge, a copy of our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10- Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, Code of Conduct and Business Ethics, including disclosure related to any amendments or waivers thereto, other reports and any amendments thereto filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as soon as reasonably practicable after we file such material electronically with, or furnish it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. None of the information posted on our website is incorporated by reference into this Annual Report. The SEC also maintains a website at https://www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding us and other companies that file materials with the SEC electronically. All references in this Annual Report to “JVA,” the “Company,” “Coffee Holding,” “we,” “us,” or “our” mean Coffee Holding Co., Inc. and its subsidiaries unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise indicates. Recent Developments On November 11, 2024, the Company purchased all of the assets of Empire Coffee Company (“Empire Coffee”) for $825,000 in a Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) Chapter 9 sale (the “Second Empire acquisition”). The assets purchased consisted of accounts receivable, inventory, equipment, the customer list and all intellectual property. To facilitate the purchase, Coffee Holding created a new wholly owned subsidiary named Second Empire, LLC (“Second Empire”). Operations will be conducted by Second Empire. The operations of Second Empire will include roasting and packing for current Coffee Holding customers as well as customers of Empire Coffee. In connection with this transaction, the Company entered into a four-year lease with 21 Grace Church Street Realty LLC for the existing property at 21 Grace Church Street, Port Chester, NY 10573 where Empire Coffee had its offices and production facility. 1 Our Competitive Strengths To achieve our growth objectives described below, we intend to leverage the following competitive strengths: Positioned to Profitably Grow Through Varying Cycles of the Coffee Market. We believe that we are one of the few coffee companies to offer a broad array of branded and private label roasted ground coffees and wholesale green coffee across the spectrum of consumer tastes, preferences and price points. While many of our competitors engage in distinct segments of the coffee business, we sell products in each of the following areas: ● Retail branded coffee; ● Mainstream retail private label coffee; ● Specialty retail coffees both private label and branded; ● Wholesale specialty green and gourmet whole bean coffees; ● Single cup coffee pods; ● Food service; ● Instant coffees; ● Tea; and ● Tabletop coffee roasting equipment. Our branded and private label roasted ground coffees are sold at competitive and value price levels, while some of our other branded and specialty coffees are sold predominantly at premium price levels. Premium price level coffee is high-quality gourmet coffee, such as AA Arabica coffee, which sell at a substantial premium over traditional retail canned coffee, while competitive and value price level coffee is mainstream or traditional canned coffee. Because of this diversification, we believe that our profitability is not dependent on any one area of the coffee industry and, therefore, is less sensitive than our competition to potential coffee commodity price and overall economic volatility. Wholesale Green Coffee Market Presence. As a large roaster-dealer of green coffee, we believe that we are favorably positioned to increase our specialty coffee sales. Since 1998, we have increased the number of our wholesale green coffee customers, including coffee houses, single store operators, mall coffee stores and mail order sellers. We are a charter member of the Specialty Coffee Association of America and one of the largest distributors of Swiss Water Processed Decaffeinated Coffees and Dattera specialty Brazil coffees in the United States. Our almost 50 years of experience as a roaster and a dealer of green coffee allows us to provide our roasting experience as a value-added service to our gourmet roaster customers. The assistance we provide to our customers includes training, coffee blending and market identification. We believe that our relationships with wholesale green coffee customers and our focus on selling green coffee as a wholesaler has enabled us to participate in the growth of the specialty coffee market while mitigating the risks associated with the competitive retail specialty coffee environment. Diverse Portfolio of Differentiated Branded Coffees. We have amassed a portfolio of eight proprietary name brands that are sold to supermarkets, wholesalers and individually owned stores in the United States, including brands for specialty espresso, Latin espresso, Italian espresso, 100% Colombian coffee and blended and flavored coffees. In addition, we have entered into a licensing agreement with Del Monte Corporation for the exclusive right to use the S&W trademark in the United States and other countries approved by Del Monte Corporation in connection with the production, manufacture and sale of roasted whole bean and ground coffee for distribution to retail customers. Our existing portfolio of differentiated brands combined with our management expertise serve as a platform for us to add additional name brands through acquisition or licensing agreements, which target product niches and segments that do not compete with our existing brands. 2 Management Has Extensive Experience in the Coffee Industry. Andrew Gordon, our President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and David Gordon, our Executive Vice President – Operations, have worked with Coffee Holding for 43 and 45 years, respectively. During this period, the Company has successfully navigated varying cycles in both the coffee industry and macro economy. David Gordon is an original member of the Specialty Coffee Association of America. We believe that our employees and management are dedicated to our vision and mission, which is to produce high quality products, as well as to provide quality and responsive service to our customers. Our Growth Strategy We believe that significant growth opportunities exist by selectively pursuing strategic acquisitions and alliances, increasing penetration with existing customers by adding new products, developing our Harmony Bay brand and increasing the number of our wholesale green coffee customers. By capitalizing on this strategy, we hope to continue to grow our business with our commitment to quality and personalized service to our customers. We do not intend to compete on price alone, nor do we intend to expand sales at the expense of profitability. Selectively Pursue Strategic Acquisitions and Alliances. We have expanded our operations by acquiring coffee companies, entering into strategic alliances and acquiring or licensing brands, which complement our business objectives. We intend to continue to seek such opportunities. Grow Our Cafe Caribe and Cafe Supremo Products. We believe the Latin population in the United States is the fastest growing and now represents the largest minority demographic in the United States. We believe there is significant opportunity for our Café Caribe and Café Supremo brands to gain market share among Latin consumers in the United States. Café Caribe, which has historically been our leading brand by poundage, is a specialty espresso coffee that targets espresso coffee drinkers and, in particular, Latin consumers. Café Supremo is a specialty espresso coffee which is priced for the more price sensitive Latin espresso coffee drinker. Further Market Penetration of Our Niche Products. We intend to capture additional market share through our existing distribution channels by selectively adding or introducing new brand names and products across multiple price points, including: ● New licensing agreements; ● Specialty blends and foodservice opportunities; and ● Sales of our tabletop coffee roasting equipment. Our Core Products Our core products can be divided into three categories: ● Wholesale Green Coffee: unroasted raw beans imported from around the world and sold to large, medium and small roasters and coffee shop operators; ● Private Label Coffee: coffee roasted, blended, packaged and sold under the specifications and names of others, including supermarkets that want to have their own brand name on coffee to compete with national brands; and ● Branded Coffee: coffee roasted and blended to our own specifications and packaged and sold under our eight proprietary and licensed brand names in different segments of the market. 3 Wholesale Green Coffee. The specialty coffee market remains the fastest growing area of our industry. The number of gourmet coffee houses have been increasing in all areas of the United States. The growth in specialty coffee sales has created a marketplace for higher quality and differentiated products, which can be priced at a premium in the marketplace. As a large roaster-dealer of green coffee, we are favorably positioned to increase our specialty coffee sales. We sell green coffee beans to small roasters and coffee shop operators located throughout the United States and carry over approximately 90 different varieties. Specialty green coffee beans are sold unroasted, direct from warehouses to small roasters and gourmet coffee shop operators, which then roast the beans themselves. We sell from as little as one bag (132 pounds) to a full truckload (44,000 pounds) of specialty green coffee beans, depending on the size and need of the customer. We believe that we can increase sales of wholesale green coffee without an increase in infrastructure and without venturing into the highly competitive retail specialty coffee environment. We believe that by utilizing our current strategy we can be as profitable as, or more profitable than, our competitors in this segment by selling “one bag at a time” rather than “one cup at a time.” Private Label Coffee. We roast, blend, package and sell coffee under private labels for companies throughout the United States and Canada. Our private label coffee is sold in cans, brick packages and instants in a variety of sizes. We produce private label coffee for customers who desire to sell coffee under their own name but do not want to engage in the manufacturing process. Our private label customers seek a quality similar to the national brands at a lower cost, which represents a better value for the consumer. Branded Coffee. We roast and blend our branded coffee according to our own recipes and package the coffee at our facilities in La Junta, Colorado, and North Andover, Massachusetts. We then sell the packaged coffee under our brand labels to supermarkets, wholesalers and individually-owned stores throughout the United States. We hold trademarks for each of our proprietary name brands and have the exclusive right to use the S&W, IL CLASSICO brand names in the United States in connection with the production, manufacture and sale of roasted whole bean and ground coffee for distribution at the retail level. For further information regarding our trademark rights, see “Business—Trademarks.” Each of our name brands is directed at a particular segment of the coffee market. Our branded coffees are: Cafe Caribe, a specialty espresso coffee that targets espresso coffee drinkers and, in particular, the Latin consumer market; Don Manuel, is produced from the finest 100% Colombian coffee beans. Don Manuel is an upscale quality product which commands a substantial premium compared to the more traditional brown coffee blends. We also use this known trademark in our food service business because of the high brand quality; S&W, an upscale canned coffee established in 1921 and includes Premium, Premium Decaf, French Roast, Colombian, Colombian Decaf, Swiss Water Decaf, Kona, Mellow’d Roast and IL CLASSICO lines; Cafe Supremo, a specialty espresso that targets espresso drinkers of all backgrounds and tastes. It is designed to introduce coffee drinkers to the tastes of dark roasted coffee; Via Roma, an Italian espresso targeted at the more traditional espresso drinker; Premier Roasters, a line of high-quality Arabica coffees packed in composite cans and poly bags and single serve; Harmony Bay, an upscale line of flavored beans in 11oz and 40oz bags, along with single serve offerings in a multitude of unique flavor profiles; and Café Femenino Coffee, coffee beans produced from around the world from 100% women-owned coffee cooperative. 4 Other Products We also offer several niche products, including: ● tea; and ● table-top coffee roasters and grinders. Raw Materials Coffee is a commodity traded on the Commodities and Futures Exchange subject to price fluctuations. Over the past five years, the average price per pound of coffee beans ranged from approximately $0.9270 to $3.4835. The price for coffee beans on the commodities market as of October 31, 2024, and 2023 was $2.46 and $1.673 per pound, respectively. Specialty green coffee, unlike most coffee, is not tied directly to the commodities cash markets. Instead, it tends to trade on a negotiated basis at a substantial premium over commodity coffee pricing, depending on the origin, supply and demand at the time of purchase. We are a licensed Fair Trade dealer for Fair Trade certified coffee. Fair Trade certified coffee helps small coffee farmers to increase their incomes and improve the prospects of their communities and families by guaranteeing farmers a minimum price of ten cents above the current market price. Our North Andover plant that is operated by our Comfort Foods division is certified organic by the Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA). All of our specialty green coffees, as well as all of the other coffees we import for roasting, are subject to multiple levels of quality control. We purchase our green coffee from dealers located primarily within the United States. The dealers supply us with coffee beans from many countries, including Colombia, Mexico, Kenya, Indonesia, Brazil and Uganda. We do not have any formalized, material agreements or long-term contracts with any of these suppliers. Rather, our purchases are typically made pursuant to individual purchase orders. We do not believe that the loss of any one supplier would have a material adverse effect on our operations due to the availability of alternate suppliers. The supply and price of coffee beans are subject to volatility and are influenced by numerous factors which are beyond our control. Supply and price can be affected by factors such as weather, politics, currency fluctuations and economics within the countries that export coffee. Increases in the cost of coffee beans can, to a certain extent, be passed on to our customers in the form of higher prices for coffee beans and processed coffee. Drastic or prolonged increases in coffee prices may also adversely impact our business as it could lead to a decline in overall consumption of coffee. Similarly, rapid decreases in the cost of coffee beans may force us to lower our sale prices before realizing cost reductions in our purchases. We subject all of our private unroasted green coffee to both a pre-shipment sample approval and an additional sample approval upon arrival into the United States. Once the arrival sample is approved, we then bring the coffee to one of our facilities to roast and blend according to our own strict specifications. During the roasting and blending process, samples are pulled off the production line and tested on an hourly basis to ensure that each batch roasted is consistent with the others and meets the strict quality standards demanded by our customers and us. Our Use of Derivatives The supply and price of coffee beans are subject to volatility and are influenced by numerous factors which are beyond our control. Historically, we have used, and intend to continue to use in a limited capacity, short-term coffee futures and options contracts primarily for the purpose of partially hedging the effects of changing green coffee prices and to reduce our costs of sales. In addition, we acquired, and expect to continue to acquire, futures contracts with longer terms, generally three to four months, primarily for the purpose of guaranteeing an adequate supply of green coffee. Realized and unrealized gains or losses on options and futures contracts are reflected in our cost of sales. Gains on options and futures contracts reduce our cost of sales and losses on options and futures contracts increase our cost of sales. The use of these derivative financial instruments has generally enabled us to mitigate the effect of changing prices. We believe that, in normal economic times, our hedging policies remain a vital element of our business model not only in controlling our cost of sales, but also giving us the flexibility to obtain the inventory necessary to continue to grow our sales while trying to minimize margin compression during a time of high coffee prices. However, no strategy can entirely eliminate pricing risks and we generally remain exposed to losses on futures contracts when prices decline significantly in a short period of time, and we would generally remain exposed to supply risk in the event of non-performance by the counterparties in any one of our physical contracts. Although we have had net gains on options and futures contracts in the past, we have incurred significant losses on options and futures contracts during some reporting periods. In these cases, our cost of sales has increased, resulting in a decrease in our profitability or increase our losses. Such losses have and could in the future materially increase our cost of sales and materially decrease our profitability and adversely affect our stock price. See “Item 1A – Risk Factors - If our hedging policy is not effective, we may not be able to control our coffee costs, we may be forced to pay greater than market value for green coffee and our profitability may be reduced.” Failure to properly design and implement an effective hedging strategy may materially adversely affect our business and operating results. If the hedges that we enter do not adequately offset the risks of coffee bean price volatility or our hedges result in losses, our cost of sales may increase, resulting in a decrease in profitability or increased losses. As previously announced, as a result of the volatile nature of the commodities markets, we have and are continuing to scale back our use of hedging and short-term trading of coffee futures and options contracts, and intend to continue to use these practices in a limited capacity going forward. See “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk—Commodity Price Risks.” 5 Trademarks and Tradename We hold trademarks, registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, for all eight of our proprietary coffee brands and an exclusive license for S&W brands for sale in the United States. Trademark registrations are subject to periodic renewal and we anticipate maintaining our registrations. We believe that our brands are recognizable in the marketplace and that brand recognition is important to the success of our branded coffee business. Customers We sell our private label and our branded coffee to some of the largest retail and wholesale customers in the United States. Although our agreements with wholesale customers generally contain only pricing terms, our contracts with certain customers also contain minimum and maximum purchase obligations at fixed prices. Because our profits on a fixed-price contract could decline if coffee prices increased, we acquire futures contracts with longer terms (generally three to four months) primarily for the purpose of guaranteeing an adequate supply of green coffee at favorable prices. Although the use of these derivative financial instruments has generally enabled us to mitigate the effect of changing prices, no strategy can entirely eliminate pricing risks or increased losses and we generally remain exposed to losses on futures contracts when prices decline significantly in a short period of time, and we would generally remain exposed to supply risk in the event of non-performance by the counterparties to any futures contracts. See “Our Use of Derivatives.” Marketing We market our private label and wholesale coffee through trade shows, industry publications, face-to-face contact and through the use of our internal sales force and non-exclusive independent food and beverage sales brokers. We also use our web site (www.coffeeholding.com) as a method of marketing our coffee products and ourselves. For our private label and branded coffees, we will, from time to time in conjunction with retailers and with wholesalers, conduct in-store promotions, such as product demonstrations, coupons, price reductions, two-for-one sales and new product launches to capture changing consumer taste preferences for upscale canned, bagged and single cup coffees. We evaluate opportunities for growth consistent with our business objectives. In addition, we have established relationships with independent sales brokers to market our products across the United States, in areas of the country where we have not had a high penetration of sales, and in Canada. We utilize our in-house sales personnel to market our private label brands. We intend to capture additional market share in our existing distribution channels by selectively adding or introducing new brand names and products across multiple price points, including niche specialty blends, private label “value” blends and tea and our own brands, filter packages and peripheral products. 6 Charitable Activities We are also a supporter of several coffee-oriented charitable organizations and during fiscal years 2024 and 2023, we donated approximately $55,000 and $24,000, respectively, to charities. ● For over 20 years, we have been members of Coffee Kids, an international non-profit organization that helps to improve the quality of life of children and their families in coffee-growing communities in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. ● We are a licensed Fair Trade dealer of Fair Trade certified coffee. Fair Trade certified coffee helps small coffee farmers to increase their incomes and improve the prospects of their communities and families. It guarantees farmers a minimum price of $1.40 per pound or fifteen cents above the current market price. Competition The coffee market is highly competitive. We compete in the following areas: Wholesale Green Coffee. There are many green coffee dealers throughout the United States. Many of these dealers have greater financial resources than we do. However, we believe that we have both the knowledge and the capability to assist small specialty gourmet coffee roasters with developing and growing their businesses. Our over 40 years of experience as a roaster and a dealer of green coffee allows us to provide our roasting experience as a value added service to our gourmet roaster customers. While other coffee merchants may be able to offer lower prices for coffee beans, we market ourselves as a value-added supplier to small roasters, with the ability to help them market their specialty coffee products and develop a customer base. The assistance we provide our customers includes training, coffee blending and market identification. Because specialty green coffee beans are sold unroasted to small coffee shops and roasters that market their products to local gourmet customers, we do not believe that our specialty green coffee customers compete with our private label or branded coffee lines of business. We believe that the addition of Organic Products Trading Company, LLC (“OPTCO”), Sonofresco, CFI as well as our external green coffee salespeople allows us to compete more effectively throughout the country and Canada. Private Label Competition. There are several major producers of coffee for private label sales in the United States. Many other companies produce coffee for sale on a regional basis. Our main competitor is the Massimo Zanetti Beverage Company. The Massimo Zanetti Beverage Company is larger and has more financial and other resources than we do and, therefore, is able to devote more resources to product development and marketing. We believe that we remain competitive by providing a higher level of quality and customer service. This service includes ensuring that the coffee produced for each label maintains a consistent taste and is delivered on time and in the proper quantities. Branded Competition. Our proprietary brand coffees compete with many other brands that are sold in supermarkets and specialty stores, primarily in the Northeastern United States. The branded coffee market in both the Northeast and elsewhere is dominated by two large companies: Kraft Foods, Inc. (owner of the Maxwell House brand), and J.M. Smucker Co. (owner of the Folgers and Café Bustelo brands). Our large competitors have greater access to capital and a greater ability to conduct marketing and promotions. We believe that, while our competitors’ brands may be more nationally recognizable, our Café Caribe and Café Supremo brands are competitive in the fast-growing Latin demographic, our Harmony Bay has a strong regional presence in the northeast and our S&W brand has been a recognizable brand on the west coast for over 80 years. Government Regulation Our coffee roasting operations are subject to various governmental laws and regulations, which require us to obtain licenses relating to customs, health and safety, building and land use and environmental protection. Our roasting facility is subject to state and local air-quality and emissions regulation. If we encounter difficulties in obtaining any necessary licenses or if we have difficulty complying with these laws and regulations, then we could be subject to fines and penalties, which could have a material adverse effect on our profitability. In addition, our product offerings could be limited, thereby reducing our revenues. We believe that we are in compliance in all material respects with all such laws and regulations and that we have obtained all material licenses and permits that are required for the operation of our business. We are not aware of any environmental regulations that have or that we believe will have a material adverse effect on our operations. 7 Employees We have 92 full-time employees. None of our employees are represented by unions or collective bargaining agreements. Our management believes that we maintain good working relationships with our employees. To supplement our internal sales staff, we sometimes engage independent national and regional sales brokers as independent contractors who work on a commission basis. ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS An investment in our common stock is subject to risks inherent in our business. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below together with all of the other information included in this Annual Report. In addition to the risks and uncertainties described below, other risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. The value or market price of our common stock could decline due to any of these identified or other risks, and you could lose all of your investment. Risks affecting our Company Because our business is highly dependent upon a single commodity, coffee, any decrease in demand for coffee could materially adversely affect our revenues and profitability. Our business is centered on essentially one commodity: coffee. Our operations have primarily focused on the following areas of the coffee industry: ● the roasting, blending, packaging and distribution of private label coffee; ● the roasting, blending, packaging and distribution of proprietary branded coffee; and ● the sale of wholesale specialty green coffee. Demand for our products is affected by: ● consumer tastes and preferences; ● global economic conditions; ● demographic trends; and ● the type, number and location of competing products. Because we rely on a single commodity, any decrease in demand for coffee would harm our business more than if we had more diversified product offerings and could materially adversely affect our revenues and operating results. Adverse global conditions, including economic uncertainty, may negatively impact our financial results. Global conditions, dislocations in the financial markets, any negative financial impacts affecting United States corporations operating on a global basis as a result of tax reform or changes to existing trade agreements or tax conventions, or inflation, could adversely impact our business in a number of ways, including longer sales cycles, lower prices for our products, reduced licensing renewals, customer disruption or foreign currency fluctuations. 8 In addition, the global macroeconomic environment could be negatively affected by, among other things, the COVID-19 pandemic or other epidemics, instability in global economic markets, increased U.S. trade tariffs and trade disputes with other countries, instability in the global credit markets, supply chain weaknesses, instability in the geopolitical environment as a result of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting prolonged conflict and other political tensions, and foreign governmental debt concerns. Such challenges have caused, and may continue to cause, uncertainty and instability in local economies and in global financial markets. If we are unable to geographically expand our branded and private label products, our growth will be impeded which could result in reduced sales and profitability. Our business strategy emphasizes, among other things, the geographic expansion of our branded and private label products as opportunities arise. We may not be able to implement successfully this portion of our business strategy. Our ability to implement this portion of our business strategy is dependent on our ability to: ● market our products on a national scale; ● increase our brand recognition on a national scale; ● enter into distribution and other strategic arrangements with third party retailers; and ● manage growth in administrative overhead and distribution costs likely to result from the planned expansion of our distribution channels. Our sales and profitability may be adversely affected if we fail to successfully expand the geographic distribution of our branded and private label products. In addition, our expenses could increase and our profits could decrease as we implement our growth strategy. If our hedging policy is not effective, we may not be able to control our coffee costs, we may be forced to pay greater than market value for green coffee and our profitability may be reduced. The supply and price of coffee beans are subject to volatility and are influenced by numerous factors which are beyond our control. We have used and expect to continue to use to a lesser extent short-term coffee futures and options contracts for the purpose of hedging the effects of changing green coffee prices. In addition, we have acquired and expect to continue to acquire to a lesser extent futures contracts with longer terms, generally three to four months, for the purpose of guaranteeing an adequate supply of green coffee. Realized and unrealized gains or losses on options and futures contracts are reflected in our cost of sales. Gains on options and futures contracts reduce our cost of sales and losses on options and futures contracts increase our cost of sales. The use of these derivative financial instruments has generally enabled us to mitigate the effect of changing prices. However, no strategy can entirely eliminate pricing risks and we generally remain exposed to losses on futures contracts when prices decline significantly in a short period of time, and we would generally remain exposed to supply risk in the event of non-performance by the counterparties in any one of our physical contracts. Historically, we generally have been able to pass green coffee price increases through to customers, thereby maintaining our gross profits, however, we may not be able to pass price increases through to our customers in the future. Failure to properly design and implement an effective hedging strategy may materially adversely affect our business and operating results. If the hedges that we enter do not adequately offset the risks of coffee bean price volatility or our hedging results in losses, our cost of sales may increase, resulting in a decrease in profitability or an increase in losses. Although we have had net gains on options and futures contracts in the past, we have incurred losses on options and futures contracts during some reporting periods. In these cases, our cost of sales has increased, resulting in a decrease in our profitability or an increase in losses. Such losses have and could in the future materially increase our cost of sales and materially decrease our profitability or increase losses and adversely affect our stock price. 9 Any inability to successfully implement our strategy of growth through selective acquisitions, licensing arrangements and other strategic alliances, including joint ventures, could materially affect our revenues and profitability. Part of our growth strategy utilizes the selective acquisition of coffee companies, the selective acquisition or licensing of additional coffee brands and other strategic alliances including joint ventures, presents risks that could result in increased expenditures and could materially adversely affect our revenues and profitability, including: ● such acquisitions, licensing arrangements or other strategic alliances may divert our management’s attention from our existing operations; ● we may not be able to successfully integrate any acquired coffee companies or new coffee brands into our existing business; ● we may not be able to manage the contingent risks associated with the past operations of, and other unanticipated problems arising in, any acquired coffee company; and ● we may not be able to control unanticipated costs associated with such acquisitions, licensing arrangements or strategic alliances. In addition, any such acquisitions, licensing arrangements or strategic alliances may result in: ● potentially dilutive issuances of our equity securities; ● the incurrence of additional debt; ● restructuring charges; and ● the recognition of significant charges for depreciation and amortization related to intangible assets. As has been our practice in the past, we will continuously evaluate any such acquisitions, licensing opportunities or strategic alliances as they arise. However, we have not reached any new agreements or arrangements with respect to any such acquisition, licensing opportunity or strategic alliance (other than those described herein) at this time and we may not be able to consummate any acquisitions, licensing arrangements or strategic alliances on terms favorable to us or at all. The failure to consummate any such acquisitions, licensing arrangements or strategic alliances may reduce our growth and expansion. In addition, if these acquisitions, licensing opportunities or strategic alliances are not successful, our earnings could be materially adversely affected by increased expenses and decreased revenues. Our revenues and profitability could be adversely affected if our joint ventures or acquisitions are not successful. We have historically utilized joint ventures and acquisitions to grow our business and we intend to continue to seek opportunities for new joint ventures and acquisitions that will be complimentary to our business. While we believe that our joint ventures will be successful, losses in our joint ventures or any future joint ventures would hurt our profitability. In addition, we generally will not be in a position to exercise sole decision-making authority regarding our joint ventures. Investments in joint ventures may, under certain circumstances, involve risks not present when a third party is not involved, including the possibility that joint venture partners might become bankrupt or fail to fund their share of the required capital contributions. Joint venture partners may also have business interests, strategies or goals that are inconsistent with our business interests, strategies or goals and may be, in cases where we have a minority interest, in a position to take actions contrary to our policies, strategies or objectives. Any disputes that may arise between us and our joint venture partners may result in litigation or arbitration that could increase our expenses and could prevent our officers and/or directors from focusing their time and effort exclusively on our business strategies. In addition, we may, in certain circumstances, be liable for the actions of our third-party joint venture partners. 10 Acquisitions including strategic investments or alliances entail numerous risks, which may include: ● difficulties in integrating acquired operations or products, including the loss of key employees from, or customers of, acquired businesses; ● diversion of management’s attention from our existing businesses; ● adverse effects on existing business relationships with suppliers and customers; ● adverse impacts of margin and product cost structures different from those of our current mix of business; and ● risks of entering distribution channels, categories or markets in which we have limited or no prior experience. Our failure to successfully complete the integration of any acquired business, and any adverse consequences associated with our acquisition activities, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results. The loss of any of our key customers, could negatively affect our revenues and decrease our earnings. We had one customer that accounted for greater than 10% of our net sales during our 2024 fiscal year. We generally do not enter long-term contracts with most of our customers. Accordingly, some of our customers can stop purchasing our products at any time without penalty and are free to purchase products from our competitors. The loss of, or reduction in sales to any of our customers to which we sell a significant amount of our products or any material adverse change in the financial condition of such customers would negatively affect our revenues and decrease our earnings. If we lose our key personnel, including Andrew Gordon and David Gordon, our revenues and profitability could suffer. Our success depends to a large degree upon the services of Andrew Gordon, our President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and David Gordon, our Executive Vice President – Operations and Secretary. We also depend to a large degree on the expertise of our coffee roasters. We do not have employment contracts with our coffee roasters. Our ability to source and purchase a sufficient supply of high quality coffee beans and to roast coffee beans consistent with our quality standards could suffer if we lose the services of any of these individuals. As a result, our business and operating results would be adversely affected. We may not be successful in obtaining and retaining a replacement for either Andrew Gordon or David Gordon if they elect to stop working for us. In addition, we do not have key-person insurance on the lives of Andrew Gordon or David Gordon. Our indebtedness may adversely affect our ability to obtain additional funds and may increase our vulnerability to economic or business downturns. From time to time, we utilize borrowings under our credit facility in connection with operations. All amounts under this line of credit will become due on June 30, 2025. There is no assurance that it will be renewed. Outstanding debt could have significant negative consequences to the holders of our securities, including the following: ● a portion of our cash flow from operations will be needed to pay debt service and will not be available to fund future operations; ● having increased vulnerability to adverse general economic and coffee industry conditions; ● we may be vulnerable to higher interest rates because interest expense on borrowings under our revolving line of credit is based on variable rates; and ● we may be subject to covenants that could restrict our operations. 11 Our ability to make payments on our indebtedness and to fund our operations depends on our ability to generate cash in the future. Our future operating performance is subject to market conditions and business factors that are beyond our control. If we are unable to make payments on our debt, we may have to reduce or delay capital expenditures, sell assets, seek additional capital or restructure or refinance our debt. There can be no assurance that we will be able to extend our line of credit or complete any financing transaction in a timely manner or on acceptable terms or otherwise. If we are not successful to extend our line of credit or to raise additional cash, we may be forced to suspend or curtail planned programs or cease operations altogether. If we fail to promote, enhance and maintain our brands, the value of our brands could decrease and our revenues and profitability could be adversely affected. We believe that promoting and enhancing our brands is critical to our success. If our brand-building strategy is unsuccessful, these expenses may never be recovered, and we may be unable to increase awareness of our brands or protect the value of our brands. If we are unable to achieve these goals, our revenues and ability to implement our business strategy could be adversely affected. Our success in promoting and enhancing our brands will also depend on our ability to provide customers with high quality products and service. Although we take measures to ensure that we sell only fresh roasted coffee, we have no control over our roasted coffee products once they are purchased by our customers. Accordingly, wholesale customers may store our coffee for longer periods of time or resell our coffee without our consent, in each case, potentially affecting the quality of the coffee prepared from our products. Although we believe we are less susceptible to quality control problems than many of our competitors because our products are processed in-house under strict quality control guidelines which have been in place for more than 40 years, if consumers do not perceive our products and service to be of high quality, then the value of our brands may be diminished and, consequently, our operating results and ability to implement our business strategy may be adversely affected. Our roasting methods are not proprietary, so competitors may be able to duplicate them, which could harm our competitive position. If our competitive position is weakened, our revenues and profitability could be materially adversely affected. We consider our roasting methods essential to the flavor and richness of our roasted coffee and, therefore, essential to our brands of coffee. Because we do not hold any patents for our roasting methods, it may be difficult for us to prevent competitors from copying our roasting methods if such methods become known. If our competitors copy our roasting methods, the value of our coffee brands may be diminished, and we may lose customers to our competitors. In addition, competitors may be able to develop roasting methods that are more advanced than our roasting methods, which may also harm our competitive position. The success of our brand also depends in part on our intellectual property. We rely on a combination of trademarks, copyrights, service marks, trade secrets and similar rights to protect our intellectual property. The success of our growth strategy depends on our continued ability to use our existing trademarks and service marks in order to increase brand awareness and further develop our brand in both domestic and international markets. If our efforts to protect our intellectual property are not adequate, or if any third party misappropriates or infringes on our intellectual property, the value of our brand may be harmed, which could have a material adverse effect on our business. We may become engaged in litigation to protect our intellectual property, which could result in substantial costs to us as well as diversion of management attention. Since we rely heavily on common carriers to ship our coffee on a daily basis, any disruption in their services or increase in shipping costs could adversely affect our relationship with our customers, which could result in reduced revenues, increased operating expenses, a loss of customers or reduced profitability. We rely on a number of common carriers to deliver coffee to our customers and to deliver coffee beans to us. We have no control over these common carriers and the services provided by them may be interrupted as a result of labor shortages, contract disputes and other factors. If we experience an interruption in these services, we may be unable to ship our coffee in a timely manner, which could reduce our revenues and adversely affect our relationship with our customers. In addition, a delay in shipping could require us to contract with alternative, and possibly more expensive, common carriers and could cause orders to be cancelled or receipt of goods to be refused. Any significant increase in shipping costs could lower our profit margins or force us to raise prices, which could cause our revenue and profits to suffer. 12 If there was a significant interruption in the operation of our Colorado or Massachusetts facilities, we may not have the capacity to service all of our customers and we may not be able to service our customers in a timely manner, thereby reducing our revenues and earnings. We are dependent on the continued operations of our Colorado and Massachusetts coffee roasting and distribution facilities. Our operations depend on our ability to maintain our computer and telecommunications equipment in effective working order and to protect against damage from fire, natural disaster, power loss, telecommunications failure or similar events. In addition, growth of our customer base may strain or exceed the capacity of our systems and lead to degradations in performance or systems failure. Although we continually review and consider upgrades to our order fulfillment infrastructure and provide for system redundancies to limit the likelihood of systems overload or failure, substantial damage to our systems or a systems failure that causes interruptions for a number of days could adversely affect our business. Additionally, if we are unsuccessful in updating and expanding our order fulfillment infrastructure, our ability to grow may be constrained. As a result, our revenues and earnings could be materially adversely affected. There may be limitations on the effectiveness of our internal controls, and a failure of our control systems to prevent error or fraud may materially harm our company. We are required, pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to furnish a report by our management on, among other things, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. This assessment includes disclosure of any material weaknesses identified by our management in our internal control over financial reporting. A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Effective internal control over financial reporting is necessary for us to provide reliable and timely financial reports and, together with adequate disclosure controls and procedures, are designed to reasonably detect and prevent fraud. Any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. Undetected material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting could lead to financial statement restatements and require us to incur the expense of remediation. Moreover, we do not expect that disclosure controls or internal control over financial reporting will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. Failure of our control systems to detect or prevent error or fraud could materially adversely impact us. The failure of our suppliers or customers to adhere to the quality standards that we set for our products could lead to investigations, litigation, write-offs, recalls or boycotts of our products, which could damage our reputation and our brand, increase our costs, and otherwise adversely affect our business. Unfavorable allegations, government investigations and legal actions surrounding our products and/or our business could harm our reputation, impair our ability to grow or sustain our business, and adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results. We do not control the operations of our suppliers or customers, and we cannot guarantee that our suppliers or customers will comply with applicable laws and regulations or operate in a legal, ethical and responsible manner. Additionally, it is possible that we may not be able to identify noncompliance by our suppliers or customers notwithstanding any precautionary measures we implement. Violation of applicable laws and regulations by our suppliers or customers, or their failure to operate in a legal, ethical or responsible manner, could expose us to legal risks, cause us to violate laws and regulations and reduce demand for our products if, as a result of such violation or failure, we attract negative publicity. In addition, the failure of our suppliers and customers to adhere to the quality standards that we set for our products could lead to government investigations, litigation, write-offs and recalls, which could damage our reputation and our brand, increase our costs, and otherwise adversely affect our business. 13 We rely on our reputation for offering great value, superior service and a broad assortment of high-quality, safe products. If we become subject to unfavorable allegations, government investigations or legal actions involving our products or us, such circumstances could harm our reputation and our brand and adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results. If this negative impact is significant, our ability to grow or sustain our business could be jeopardized. Negative publicity surrounding product matters, including publicity about other retailers, may harm our reputation and affect the demand for our products. In addition, if more stringent laws or regulations are adopted in the future, we may have difficulty complying with the new requirements imposed by such laws and regulations, and in turn, our business, financial condition, and operating results could be adversely affected. Moreover, regardless of whether any such changes are adopted, we may become subject to claims or governmental investigations alleging violations of applicable laws and regulations. Any such matter may subject us to fines, penalties, and/or litigation. Any one of these results could negatively affect our business, financial condition, and operating results and impair our ability to grow or sustain our business. Risks related to the Coffee Industry Increases in the cost of high quality Arabica or Robusta coffee beans could reduce our gross margin and profit. Green coffee is our largest single cost of sales. Coffee is a traded commodity and, in general, its price can fluctuate depending on: ● outside speculative influences such as indexed and algorithmic commodity funds; ● weather patterns in coffee-producing countries; ● economic and political conditions affecting coffee-producing countries, including acts of terrorism in such countries; ● foreign currency fluctuations; ● disruptions in our supply chain; and ● trade regulations and restrictions between coffee-producing countries and the United States. If the cost of wholesale green coffee increases due to any of these factors, our margins could decrease and our profitability could suffer accordingly. It is expected that coffee prices will remain volatile in the coming years. Although we have historically attempted to raise the selling prices of our products in response to increases in the price of wholesale green coffee, when wholesale green coffee prices increase rapidly or to significantly higher than normal levels, we are not always able to pass the price increases through to our customers on a timely basis, if at all, which adversely affects our operating margins and cash flow. We may not be able to recover any future increases in the cost of wholesale green coffee. Even if we are able to recover future increases, our operating margins and results of operations may still be materially and adversely affected by time delays in the implementation of price increases. Disruptions in the supply of green coffee could result in a deterioration of our relationship with our customers, decreased revenues or could impair our ability to grow our business. Green coffee is a commodity and its supply is subject to volatility beyond our control. Supply is affected by many factors in the coffee growing countries including weather, pest damage, economic conditions, acts of terrorism, as well as efforts by coffee growers to expand or form cartels or associations. In addition, the political situation in many of the Arabica coffee growing regions, including Africa, Indonesia, and Central and South America, can be unstable, and such instability could affect our ability to purchase coffee from those regions. If Arabica coffee beans from a region become unavailable or prohibitively expensive, we could be forced to discontinue particular coffee types and blends or substitute coffee beans from other regions in our blends. Frequent substitutions and changes in our coffee product lines could lead to cost increases, customer alienation and fluctuations in our gross margins. 14 Some of the Arabica coffee beans of the quality we purchase do not trade directly on the commodity markets. Rather, we purchase the high-end Arabica coffee beans that we use on a negotiated basis. We depend on our relationships with coffee brokers, exporters and growers for the supply of our primary raw material, high quality Arabica coffee beans. If any of our relationships with coffee brokers, exporters or growers deteriorate, we may be unable to procure a sufficient quantity of high quality coffee beans at prices acceptable to us or at all. In such case, we may not be able to fulfill the demand of our existing customers, supply new retail stores or expand other channels of distribution. A raw material shortage could result in a deterioration of our relationship with our customers, decreased revenues or could impair our ability to expand our business. Increases in shipping costs, long lead times, supply shortages, and supply changes could disrupt our supply chain and factors such as wage rate increases and inflation can have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and operating results. We may experience supply delays and shortages due to a variety of macroeconomic factors, including disruptions on the global supply chain. We have been able to make alternative delivery arrangements for limited quantities of goods, at increased cost. While we have not yet experienced material shortages in supply as a result of these disruptions and our alternative delivery arrangements, if they were to be prolonged or expanded in scope, there could be resulting supply shortages that could impact our ability to deliver our products to our customers. Accordingly, such supply shortages and delivery limitations could have and material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. Furthermore, increases in compensation, wage pressure, and other expenses for our employees and the employees of our suppliers, may adversely affect our profitability. These cost increases may be the result of inflationary pressures that could further reduce our sales or profitability. Increases in other operating costs, including changes in energy prices and lease and utility costs, may increase our cost of products sold or selling, general, and administrative expenses. Our competitive price model and pricing pressures in the industry may inhibit our ability to reflect these increased costs in the prices of our products, in which case such increased costs could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Increased severe weather patterns may increase commodity costs, damage our facilities and disrupt our production capabilities and supply chain. There is increasing concern that a gradual increase in global average temperatures due to increased concentration of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have caused and will continue to cause significant changes in weather patterns around the globe and an increase in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events. Major weather phenomena are dramatically affecting coffee growing countries. The wet and dry seasons are becoming unpredictable in timing and duration, causing improper development of the coffee cherries. Decreased agricultural productivity in certain regions as a result of changing weather patterns may affect the quality, limit the availability or increase the cost of key agricultural commodities, which are important ingredients for our business. Increased frequency or duration of extreme weather conditions could damage our facilities, impair production capabilities, disrupt our supply chain or impact demand for our products. As a result, the effects of climate change could have a long-term adverse impact on our business and results of operations. 15 The coffee industry is highly competitive and if we cannot compete successfully, we may lose our customers or experience reduced sales and profitability. The coffee markets in which we do business are highly competitive and competition in these markets could become increasingly more intense due to the increasing popularity and growth of the coffee industry. The industry in which we compete is particularly sensitive to price pressure, as well as quality, reputation and viability for wholesale and brand loyalty for retail. To the extent that one or more of our competitors becomes more successful with respect to any key competitive factor, our ability to attract and retain customers could be materially adversely affected. Our private label and branded coffee products compete with other manufacturers of private label coffee and branded coffees. These competitors, such as Kraft Foods, Inc. (owner of the Maxwell House brand), and J.M. Smucker Co. (owner of the Folgers and Café Bustelo brands), have much greater financial, marketing, distribution, management and other resources than we do for marketing, promotions and geographic and market expansion. In addition, there are a growing number of specialty coffee companies who provide specialty green coffee and roasted coffee for retail sale. If we are unable to compete successfully against existing and new competitors, we may lose our customers or experience reduced sales and profitability. Besides coffee, we face exposure to other commodity cost fluctuations, which could impair our profitability. In addition to the increase in coffee costs discussed in the risk factor above, we are exposed to cost fluctuation in other commodities, including, in particular, steel, natural gas and gasoline. In addition, an increase in the cost of fuel could indirectly lead to higher electricity costs, transportation costs and other commodity costs. Much like coffee costs, the costs of these commodities depend on various factors beyond our control, including economic and political conditions, foreign currency fluctuations, and global weather patterns. To the extent we are unable to pass along such costs to our customers through price increases, our margins and profitability will decrease. Adverse public or medical opinion about caffeine may harm our business. Coffee contains caffeine and other active compounds, the health effects of some of which are not fully understood. A number of research studies conclude or suggest that excessive consumption of caffeine may lead to increased heart rate, nausea and vomiting, restlessness and anxiety, depression, headaches, tremors, sleeplessness and other adverse health effects. An unfavorable report on the health effects of caffeine or other compounds present in coffee could significantly reduce the demand for coffee, which could harm our business and reduce our sales and profits. In addition, we could become subject to litigation relating to the existence of such compounds in our coffee; litigation that could be costly and could divert management attention. Risks Related to our Common Stock Our operating results may fluctuate significantly, which makes our results of operations difficult to predict and could cause our results of operations to fall short of expectations. Our operating results may fluctuate from quarter to quarter and year to year as a result of a number of factors, many of which are outside of our control. These fluctuations could be caused by a number of factors including: ● fluctuations in purchase prices and supply of green coffee; ● fluctuations in the selling prices of our products; ● the level of marketing and pricing competition from existing or new competitors in the coffee industry; ● the success of our hedging strategy; ● our ability to retain existing customers and attract new customers; and ● our ability to manage inventory and fulfillment operations and maintain gross margins. As a result of the foregoing, period-to-period comparisons of our operating results may not necessarily be meaningful and those comparisons should not be relied upon as indicators of future performance. Accordingly, our operating results in future quarters may be below market expectations. In this event, the price of our common stock may decline. 16 The Gordon family has the ability to influence action requiring stockholder approval. Members of the Gordon family, including Andrew Gordon, our President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and David Gordon, our Executive Vice President and Secretary, own, in the aggregate, approximately 23.1% of our outstanding shares of common stock. As a result, the Gordon family is able to influence the actions that require stockholder approval, including: ● the election of a majority of our directors; ● the amendment of our charter documents; and ● the approval of mergers, sales of assets or other corporate transactions or matters submitted for stockholder approval. As a result, our other stockholders may have reduced influence over matters submitted for stockholder approval. In addition, the Gordon family’s influence could preclude any unsolicited acquisition of us and consequently materially adversely affect the price of our common stock. The market price of our common stock has been volatile over the year and may continue to be volatile. The market price and trading volume of our common stock has been volatile over the past year, and it may continue to be volatile. Over the past fiscal year, our common stock has traded as low as $0.68 and as high as $3.88 per share. We cannot predict the price at which our common stock will trade in the future, and the price of our common stock may decline. The price at which our common stock trades may fluctuate significantly and may be influenced by many factors, including our financial results, developments generally affecting the coffee industry, general economic, industry and market conditions, the depth and liquidity of the market for our common stock, fluctuations in coffee prices, investor perceptions of our business, reports by industry analysts, negative announcements by our customers, competitors or suppliers regarding their own performances, and the impact of other “Risk Factors” discussed in this Annual Report. Provisions in our articles of incorporation, bylaws and of Nevada law have anti-takeover effects that could prevent a change in control that could be beneficial to our stockholders, which could depress the market price of shares of our common stock. Our articles of incorporation, bylaws and Nevada corporate law contain provisions that could delay, defer or prevent a change in control of us or our management that could be beneficial to our stockholders. These provisions could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for our stockholders to elect directors and take other corporate actions. These provisions might also discourage a potential acquisition proposal or tender offer, even if the acquisition proposal or tender offer is at a price above the then-current market price for shares of our common stock. These provisions: ● provide that directors may only be removed upon a vote of at least eighty percent of the shares outstanding; ● establish advance notice requirements for nominating directors and proposing matters to be voted on by stockholders at stockholder meetings; ● limit the right of our stockholders to call a special meeting of stockholders; ● authorize our board of directors to issue preferred stock and to determine the rights and preferences of those shares, which would be senior to our common stock, without prior stockholder approval; ● require amendments to our articles of incorporation to be approved by the holders of at least eighty percent of our outstanding shares of common stock; ● a classified board of directors with three-year staggered terms, which may delay the ability of stockholders to change the membership of a majority of our board of directors; and ● provide a prohibition on stockholder action by written consent, thereby only permitting stockholder action to be taken at an annual or special meeting of our stockholders. 17 We are also subject to certain anti-takeover provisions under Nevada law. Under Nevada law, a corporation may not, in general, engage in a business combination with any “interested stockholder” for two (2) years after the date the person first became an interested stockholder, unless the combination meets all of the requirements of our articles of incorporation and (i) the purchase of shares by the interested stockholder is approved by our board of directors before that date or (ii) the combination is approved by our board of directors and, at or after that time, the combination is approved at an annual or special meeting of our stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of the holders of stock representing at least sixty percent (60%) of our outstanding voting power not beneficially owned by the interested stockholder or the affiliates or associates of the interested stockholder. ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS None. ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY Cybersecurity risk management is part of the Company’s overall risk management. Our cybersecurity risk management is designed to provide a framework for handling cybersecurity threats and incidents, including threats and incidents associated with the use of services provided by third-party service provider. We rely on the cybersecurity protections of our third-party service provider. Our third-party service provider utilizes two (2) factor authorization as well as login and password protections with email verifications. Our Board has overall oversight responsibility for our risk management, including our cybersecurity risk management. Management is responsible for identifying, considering and assessing material cybersecurity risks on an ongoing basis, establishing processes to ensure that such potential cybersecurity risk exposures are monitored. We believe that we have not experienced any cybersecurity incidents in the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024. Despite our efforts, we cannot eliminate all risks from cybersecurity threats or provide assurances that we have not experienced an undetected cybersecurity incident. ITEM 2. PROPERTIES We are headquartered at 3475 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, New York, where we lease office and warehouse space. We pay annual rent ranging from $118,381 to $133,237 under the terms of the lease, which expires on April 30, 2029. We lease production, warehouse and office space in North Andover, MA. We pay an annual rent of $168,288 under the terms of a lease, which expires in May 2028. We lease production, warehouse and office space in Burlington, Washington. We pay an annual rent of $45,000 under the terms of a lease, which expires in December 2026. We own a 50,000 square foot facility located at 27700 Frontage Road in La Junta, Colorado used for office and warehouse space. In connection with the acquisition of Empire Coffee on November 6, 2024, we entered into a lease located at 21 Grace Church Street, Port Chester, New York. We pay an annual rent of approximately $600,000 under the terms of the lease which expires November 2028. We also use a variety of independent, bonded commercial warehouses to store our green coffee beans. The Company pays for these warehouses based on the specific square footage used and can adjust depending on storage needs. Our management believes that our facilities are adequate for our current operations and for our contemplated operations in the foreseeable future. 18 ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS None. ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES Not applicable. PART II ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES Our common stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “JVA.” We do not currently pay cash dividends on our common stock. Our board of directors does not have any intention of paying a dividend in the future. As of January 22, 2025, we had 170 holders of record. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities There were no sales of unregistered equity securities in the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024. Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans See “Item 11. Executive Compensation” for information regarding shares of our common stock authorized for issuance under our stock compensation plans, which information is incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 6. [RESERVED] ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements Some of the matters discussed under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation,” “Business,” “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this annual report include forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We have based these forward-looking statements upon information available to management as of the date of this Form 10-K and management’s expectations and projections about future events, including, among other things: ● our dependency on a single commodity could affect our revenues and profitability; ● our success in expanding our market presence in new geographic regions; ● the effectiveness of our hedging policy may impact our profitability; ● the success of our joint ventures; ● our success in implementing our business strategy or introducing new products; ● our ability to attract and retain customers; ● our ability to obtain additional financing; ● our ability to comply with the restrictive covenants we are subject to under our current financing; 19 ● the effects of competition from other coffee manufacturers and other beverage alternatives; ● the impact to the operations of our Colorado facility; ● general economic conditions and conditions which affect the market for coffee; ● the macro global economic environment; ● our ability to maintain and develop our brand recognition; ● the impact of rapid or persistent fluctuations in the price of coffee beans; ● fluctuations in the supply of coffee beans; ● the volatility of our common stock; and ● other risks which we identify in future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “future,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “estimate” and similar expressions (or the negative of such expressions). Any or all of our forward looking statements in this annual report and in any other public statements we make may turn out to be wrong. They can be affected by inaccurate assumptions we might make or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. In addition, we undertake no responsibility to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances, that occur after the date of this annual report. Overview We are an integrated wholesale coffee roaster and dealer in the United States and one of the few coffee companies that offers a broad array of coffee products across the entire spectrum of consumer tastes, preferences and price points. As a result, we believe that we are well-positioned to increase our profitability and endure potential coffee price volatility throughout varying cycles of the coffee market and economic conditions. Our operations have primarily focused on the following areas of the coffee industry: ● the sale of wholesale specialty green coffee; ● the roasting, blending, packaging and sale of private label coffee; and ● the roasting, blending, packaging and sale of our eight brands of coffee; and sales of our tabletop coffee roasting equipment. Our operating results are affected by a number of factors including: ● the level of marketing and pricing competition from existing or new competitors in the coffee industry; ● our ability to retain existing customers and attract new customers; ● our hedging policy; ● fluctuations in purchase prices and supply of green coffee and in the selling prices of our products; and ● our ability to manage inventory and fulfillment operations and maintain gross margins. Our net sales are driven primarily by the success of our sales and marketing efforts and our ability to retain existing customers and attract new customers. For this reason, we have made, and will continue to evaluate, strategic decisions to invest in measures that are expected to increase net sales. These transactions include our acquisition of Premier Roasters, LLC, including equipment and a roasting facility in La Junta, Colorado, the addition of a west coast sales manager to increase sales of our private label and branded coffees to new customers and the transaction with OPTCO. On June 29, 2016, we purchased substantially all the assets, including equipment, inventory, customer lists and relationships of Coffee Kinetics, LLC., a Washington limited liability company. On February 24, 2017, we acquired 100% of the capital stock of Comfort Foods, Inc. (“CFI”), a Massachusetts based medium sized coffee roaster, manufacturing both branded and private label coffee for retail and foodservice customers. On November 11, 2024, we acquired substantially all of the assets of Empire Coffee, a NY based long-running private-label roaster. 20 Our net sales are affected by the price of green coffee. We purchase our green coffee from dealers located primarily within the United States. The dealers supply us with coffee beans from many countries, including Colombia, Mexico, Kenya, Indonesia, Brazil and Uganda. The supply and price of coffee beans are subject to volatility and are influenced by numerous factors which are beyond our control. For example, in Brazil, which produces approximately 40% of the world’s green coffee, the coffee crops are historically susceptible to frost in June and July and drought in September, October and November. However, because we purchase coffee from a number of countries and are able to freely substitute one country’s coffee for another in our products, price fluctuations in one country generally have not had a material impact on the price we pay for coffee. Accordingly, price fluctuations in one country generally have not had a material effect on our results of operations, liquidity and capital resources. Historically, because we generally have been able to pass green coffee price increases through to customers, increased prices of green coffee generally result in increased net sales, irrespective of sales volume. The supply and price of coffee beans are subject to volatility and are influenced by numerous factors which are beyond our control. Historically, we have used, and intend to continue to use in a limited capacity, short-term coffee futures and options contracts primarily for the purpose of partially hedging the effects of changing green coffee prices, as further explained in Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in this Annual Report. In addition, we acquired, and expect to continue to acquire, futures contracts with longer terms, generally three to four months, primarily for the purpose of guaranteeing an adequate supply of green coffee. Realized and unrealized gains or losses on options and futures contracts are reflected in our cost of sales. Gains on options and futures contracts reduce our cost of sales and losses on options and futures contracts increase our cost of sales. The use of these derivative financial instruments has generally enabled us to mitigate the effect of changing prices. We believe that, in normal economic times, our hedging policies remain a vital element to our business model not only in controlling our cost of sales, but also giving us the flexibility to obtain the inventory necessary to continue to grow our sales while trying to minimize margin compression during a time of historically high coffee prices. However, no strategy can entirely eliminate pricing risks and we generally remain exposed to losses on futures contracts when prices decline significantly in a short period of time, and we would generally remain exposed to supply risk in the event of non-performance by the counterparties to any of our futures contracts. Although we have had net gains on options and futures contracts in the past, we have incurred significant losses on options and futures contracts during some recent reporting periods. In these cases, our cost of sales has increased, resulting in a decrease in our profitability or increase our losses. Such losses have and could in the future materially increase our cost of sales and materially decrease our profitability and adversely affect our stock price. See “Item 1A – Risk Factors - If our hedging policy is not effective, we may not be able to control our coffee costs, we may be forced to pay greater than market value for green coffee and our profitability may be reduced.” Failure to properly design and implement an effective hedging strategy may materially adversely affect our business and operating results. If the hedges that we enter do not adequately offset the risks of coffee bean price volatility or our hedges result in losses, our cost of sales may increase, resulting in a decrease in profitability or increased losses. As previously announced, as a result of the volatile nature of the commodities markets, we have and are continuing to scale back our use of hedging and short-term trading of coffee futures and options contracts, and intend to continue to use these practices in a limited capacity going forward. Recent Events See description of recent events of the Company in Item 1 – “Recent Developments”. Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates We prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to our consolidated financial statements attached hereto. We believe the following critical accounting policies involve the most significant judgements and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. We recognize revenue in accordance with the five-step model as prescribed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606 (“ASC 606”) in which we evaluate the transfer of promised goods or services and recognizes revenue when our customer obtains control of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration which we expect to be entitled to receive in exchange for those goods or services. To determine revenue recognition for the arrangements that we determine are within the scope of ASC 606, we perform the following five steps: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. 21 We have intangible assets consisting of our customer lists and relationships and trademarks acquired from Comfort Foods, OPTCO and SONO. At October 31, 2024 our balance sheet reflected intangible assets as set forth below: October 31, 2024 Customer list and relationships, net $ 154,250 Trademarks and tradenames 327,000 $ 481,250 The trademarks which are deemed to have indefinite lives are subject to annual impairment tests. We assess the potential impairment of indefinite lived intangible assets annually and on an interim basis whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Upon completion of such review, if impairment is found to have occurred, a corresponding charge will be recorded. The value assigned to the customer list and relationships is being amortized over a twenty-year period and a recoverability test is performed whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Because we are a single reporting unit, we used a hybrid approach to determine our fair market value, which included an income approach to conduct the annual impairment assessment. Indefinite lived intangible assets are tested annually at the end of each fiscal year to determine whether they have been impaired. Upon completion of each annual review, there can be no assurance that a material charge will not be recorded. Impairment testing is required more often than annually if an event or circumstance indicates that an impairment or decline in value may have occurred. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Year Ended October 31, 2024 (Fiscal Year 2024) Compared to the Year Ended October 31, 2023 (Fiscal Year 2023) Net Sales. Net sales totaled $78,562,298 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024, an increase of $10,388,894, or 15%, from $68,173,404 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023. The increase in net sales was due to an increase of sales to our legacy customers along with incremental sales to several significant new customers during the second half of the year. Cost of Sales. Cost of sales for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 was $62,520,529, or 80% of net sales, as compared to $57,214,382, or 84% of net sales, for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023. Cost of sales consists primarily of the cost of green coffee and packaging materials and realized and unrealized gains or losses on hedging activity. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024, the net result of our hedging activities resulted in a gain of approximately $1.6 million, and for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023, the net result of our hedging activities resulted in a loss of approximately $189,000. The increase in the cost of sales was due to higher sales volume, salaries and packaging materials offset by the hedging activities discussed above. Gross Profit. Gross profit for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 was $16,041,769 an increase of $5,082,747 from $10,959,022 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023. Gross profit as a percentage of net sales increased to 20% for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024, from 16% for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023. The increase in gross profit percentage was attributable to higher sales volume during the current year. Operating Expenses. Total operating expenses increased by $787,494 to $13,078,211 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024, from $12,290,717 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023. Selling and administrative expenses increased from $11,680,782 for the year ended October 31, 2023, to $12,457,268 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024. Officers’ salaries increased from $609,935 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023 to $620,943 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024. Operating expenses increased primarily due to an increase in freight charges relating to our increase in sales. 22 Other Income (Expense). Other income for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 was $104,341, a decrease of $123,558 from other income of $227,899 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023. The decrease in other income of $123,558 was attributable to other income in the prior year of $634,181 due to an insurance claim and a $650,000 gain from the sale of an investment offset by a decrease of $322,961 of interest expense, decrease from a loss from equity method investments of $511,878, and an increase from the gain from an extinguishment of a lease of $210,567 in the current year. Income Before Provision For Income Taxes. We had an income of $3,135,145 before income taxes for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 compared to a loss of $1,103,796 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023, resulting in a net change of $4,238,941 for the year ended October 31, 2024. Income Taxes. Our expense for income taxes for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 totaled $849,885, compared to a benefit of $268,220 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023. The change was attributable to the difference in the income for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 versus the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023. Net Income (Loss). We had net income of $2.2 million, or $0.39 of per share basic and diluted, for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 compared to a net loss of ($835,576), or ($0.15) per share basic and diluted, for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023. The decrease in net loss was due to our results of operations as described above. Liquidity and Capital Resources As of October 31, 2024, we had working capital of $21,526,983, which represented a $2,926,721 increase from our working capital of $18,600,262 as of October 31, 2023. Our working capital increase was primarily due to the outstanding balance on our line of credit of $0 as of October 31, 2024, compared to $9,620,000 as of October 31, 2023. On April 25, 2017 we and OPTCO (together with us, collectively referred to herein as the “Borrowers”) entered into an Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “A&R Loan Agreement”) and Amended and Restated Loan Facility (the “A&R Loan Facility”) with Sterling National Bank (“Sterling”), which was later acquired by Webster Financial Corp. (“Webster”), which consolidated (i) the financing agreement between us and Sterling, dated February 17, 2009, as modified, (the “Company Financing Agreement”) and (ii) the financing agreement between us, as guarantor, OPTCO and Sterling, dated March 10, 2015 (the “OPTCO Financing Agreement”), amongst other things. On March 17, 2022, we reached an agreement for a new loan modification agreement and credit facility which extended the maturity date to June 29, 2022. All other terms of the A&R Loan Agreement and A&R Loan Facility remained the same. On June 28, 2022, we reached an agreement for a new loan modification agreement and credit facility with Webster. The terms of the new agreement, among other things: (i) provided for a new maturity date of June 30, 2024, and (ii) changed the interest rate per annum to SOFR plus 1.75% (with such interest rate not to be lower than 3.50%). All other terms of the A&R Loan Agreement and A&R Loan Facility remained the same. On June 27, 2024, we reached an agreement for a new loan modification agreement with Webster which (i) provided for a new loan maturity date of June 29, 2025, (ii) provided that the applicable margin requirement for any revolving loan outstanding under the A&R Loan Agreement to 2.25%, (iii) provided that the maximum facility amount shall be $10,000,000 and (iv) to adjusted certain definitions and terms related to the borrowing base and leverage ratios applicable to the A&R Loan Agreement. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024, our operating activities provided net cash of $5,431,211 as compared to the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023 when operating activities used net cash of $652,083. The increased cash flow from operations for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 was primarily due to our increased net income. 23 For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024, our investing activities provided net cash of $2,843,069 as compared to the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023 when net cash used by investing activities was $857,760. The increase in our uses of cash in investing activities was due to our proceeds from the sale of our investment during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 our financing activities had net cash used of $9,627,234 compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $423,781 for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023. The change in cash flow from financing activities for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 was primarily due to our pay down of our line of credit. We expect to fund our operations, including paying our liabilities, funding capital expenditures and making required payments on our indebtedness, through October 31, 2025 with cash provided by operating activities and the use of our credit facility. ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK Not applicable. ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA See pages F-1 through F-22 following the Exhibit Index of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE None. ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Management, which includes our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report. Based upon that evaluation, our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were not effective. We believe the financial information presented herein is materially correct and fairly presents the financial position and operating results of the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Management Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over our financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our executive management and effected by our board of directors, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparations of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Based on this assessment, our management has determined that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of October 31, 2024 and the periods covered under this Annual Report on Form 10-K due to the material weaknesses described below. A material weakness is a control deficiency or combination of deficiencies in internal control, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the entity’s financial statements will not be prevented or detected and corrected on a timely basis. 24 We determined that our controls were inadequate to prevent and detect misstatements of quantities of inventory at one of our subsidiaries. Accordingly, management has determined that this control deficiency constituted a material weakness. We determined that there were inappropriate system access controls over the financial reporting system. These controls were not designed to prevent or detect unauthorized changes to source information or implement an appropriate level of segregation of duties. Accordingly, management has determined that this control deficiency constituted a material weakness. We determined that we lacked adequate controls with respect to identifying and accounting for material contracts. This was evidenced by our failure to properly identify and account for a material lease amendment. Accordingly, management has determined that this was a control deficiency that constituted a material weakness. We determined that we lacked adequate controls with respect to physical custody of certain hardware, electronic and hard copy records of Generations Coffee and its component operation known as Steep and Brew following the Company relocation or vacating of certain premises used in the operations of that business unit. Accordingly, management has determined that this is a control deficiency that constituted a material weakness. We concluded that we lacked adequate controls with respect to the preparation and review of journal entries and account reconciliations during the year-end financial statement closing process. Accordingly, management has determined that this control deficiency constituted a material weakness. We concluded, after discussion with management, that our financial statements inaccurately accounted for certain intercompany eliminations in our consolidated statements of operations for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020. As a result, we determined that there was an overstatement of net sales and cost of sales in the consolidated statement of operations of approximately $8.3 million in our financial statements during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020, which required a restatement of the previously issued financial statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020. This was due to inadequate design and implementation of controls to evaluate and monitor the presentation and compliance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America related to the statement of operations. Accordingly, management has determined that this control deficiency constituted a material weakness. We concluded that we lacked adequate controls with respect to recording year end accruals for vendor liabilities and properly calculating required loan covenants. Accordingly, management has determined that this control deficiency constituted a material weakness. Notwithstanding these material weaknesses, management has concluded that our audited financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are fairly stated in all material respects in accordance with GAAP for each of the periods. Remediation Plan for the Material Weakness To remediate the material weaknesses identified above, we are initiating controls and procedures in order to: ● educating control owners concerning the principles and requirements of each control, with a focus on those related to user access to our financial reporting systems impacting financial reporting; 25 ● developing and maintaining documentation to promote knowledge transfer upon personnel and function changes; ● developing enhanced controls and reviews related to our financial reporting systems; ● performing an in-depth analysis of who should have access to perform key functions within our financial reporting system that impact financial reporting and redesigning aspects of the system to better allow the access rights to be implemented; ● cross referencing analysis to be completed on a quarterly basis; and ● implementing additional levels of internal review of financial statements and any adjustments made thereto. The material weaknesses identified above will not be considered remediated until our remediation efforts have been fully implemented and we have concluded that these controls are operating effectively. Management does not expect that our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control systems are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, no evaluation of internal control over financial reporting can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been or will be detected. Changes in Control Over Financial Reporting. Based on the evaluation of our management and except as described above, we believe that there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended October 31, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm. This annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Protection Act that permits us to provide only management’s report in this annual report. ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION None. ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURES REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS None. PART III ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Information About our Board of Directors and Management Name Age(1) Term Expires Position(s) Held With Coffee Holding Director Since Andrew Gordon 63 2027 President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director 1997 Daniel Dwyer 68 2027 Director 1998 Barry Knepper 74 2027 Director 2005 Gerard DeCapua 63 2025 Director 1997 George F. Thomas 76 2025 Director 2016 David Gordon 59 2026 Executive Vice President — Operations, Secretary and Director 1995 John Rotelli 66 2026 Director 2005 (1) As of January 22, 2025 26 The principal occupation and business experience of each director are set forth below. Unless otherwise indicated, each of the following persons has held his present position for at least the last five years. Andrew Gordon has been the Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and a director of Coffee Holding since 1997 and its Chief Financial Officer since November 2004. He is responsible for managing Coffee Holding’s overall business and has worked for Coffee Holding for over 37 years, previously as a Vice President from 1993 to 1997. Mr. Gordon has worked in all capacities of Coffee Holding’s business and serves as the direct contact with its major private label accounts. Mr. Gordon received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Emory University. He is the brother of David Gordon. Through his experience as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, as well as his over 35 years of service with the Company, Mr. Gordon has demonstrated the requisite qualifications and skills necessary to serve as an effective director. We believe Mr. Gordon’s extensive experience with, and institutional knowledge of, Coffee Holding and the industry is an integral contribution to Coffee Holding’s current successes and its ability to grow and flourish in the industry. Daniel Dwyer has served as a director of Coffee Holding since 1998. Mr. Dwyer was the Chief Executive Officer at Rothfos Corporation, a green coffee bean supplier, and prior to that, had been a senior coffee trader at Rothfos, since 1995. Mr. Dwyer was responsible for our account with Rothfos. We believe that Mr. Dwyer’s experience with the coffee industry will enable him to provide the Board with beneficial insight for Coffee Holding’s business development and strategy. Barry Knepper has served as a director of Coffee Holding since 2005. From July 2004 to the present, Mr. Knepper has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Royalty Recovery Group, Inc., management consultant and auditors. Mr. Knepper was the Chief Financial Officer for TruFoods Corporation, a growth oriented franchise management company from April 2001 through June 2004. From January 2000 through March 2001, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Offline Entertainment, an early stage television and motion picture production company. From 1982 through 1999, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Unitel Video, Inc., a formerly publicly-traded nationwide high tech service company in the television, film and new media fields. We believe that Mr. Knepper’s diversified financial, accounting and business expertise provide him with the qualifications and skills to serve as a director. Gerard DeCapua has served as a director of Coffee Holding since 1997. Mr. DeCapua has had his own law practice in Rockville Centre, New York since 1986. Mr. DeCapua received his law degree from Pace University. We believe that Mr. DeCapua’s legal experience brings significant knowledge regarding the legal issues Coffee Holding faces and provide him with the skills and qualifications to serve as a director. George F. Thomas has served as a director of Coffee Holding since February 2016. Mr. Thomas has over 38 years of domestic and international corporate business experience in top management positions. Since February 2007, Mr. Thomas has served as a Principal at Radix Consulting Corporation, a consulting firm which provides specialized advice in the field of electronic payments. From 1981 through 2007, Mr. Thomas served in a number of positions at The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C., a limited liability company which operates electronic payment systems, including such positions as Executive Vice President of the Payments Services Division, President of the Electronic Payments Network, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Information Technology and Vice President of Technical Services and Systems Development. Since 2007, Mr. Thomas has served as a director of eGistics, Inc., a provider of cloud-based document and data management solutions which was acquired by Top Image Systems, Ltd. in 2014. We believe that Mr. Thomas’ financial and business experience provide him with the qualifications and skills to serve as a director. David Gordon has been the Executive Vice President — Operations, Secretary and a director of Coffee Holding since 1995. He is responsible for managing all aspects of Coffee Holding’s roasting and blending operations, including quality control, and has worked for Coffee Holding for 39 years, previously as an Operating Manager from 1989 to 1995. He is a charter member of the Specialty Coffee Association of America, or SCAA. Mr. Gordon attended Baruch College in New York City. He is the brother of Andrew Gordon. Through his 38 years of service with the Company, Mr. Gordon has demonstrated the requisite qualifications and skills necessary to serve as an effective director. We believe Mr. Gordon’s extensive institutional knowledge and leadership are invaluable to Coffee Holding’s current and future successes. Mr. Gordon’s leadership, as demonstrated by the launch of the Specialty Green segment of the business as well as the founding of the SCAA, is a valuable resource for Coffee Holding’s business development and future strategy. 27 John Rotelli has served as a director of Coffee Holding since 2005. Mr. Rotelli has over 40 years of experience in the green coffee industry business consisting of procurement from growing countries, every aspect of traffic and warehousing, quality analysis, and knowledge of both suppliers and competitors. Mr. Rotelli is currently the Vice President of L.J. Cooper Company, one of the largest green coffee brokers and agents in North America. He also formerly served as a director of the Green Coffee Association. Mr. Rotelli’s industry and business experience provides the Board with valuable expertise within the coffee industry as well as beneficial relationships that can help form new beneficial relationships for Coffee Holding. Family Relationships Andrew Gordon and David Gordon are brothers. Other than Messrs. Gordon, there are no family relationships among any of the directors or executive officers. Corporate Governance The Board oversees our business and monitors the performance of our management. In accordance with our corporate governance procedures, the Board does not involve itself in the day-to-day operations of Coffee Holding. Our executive officers and management oversee our day-to-day operations. Our directors fulfill their duties and responsibilities by attending meetings of the Board, which are usually held on a quarterly basis. Our directors also discuss business and other matters with other key executives and our principal external advisers (legal counsel, auditors, financial advisors and other consultants). The Board held one meeting during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024. Except as set forth below, each director serving during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 attended at least 75 percent of the meetings of the Board, plus meetings of committees on which each such director served during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024. Barry Knepper did not attend at least 75 percent of the meetings of the Board during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024. Coffee Holding is committed to establishing and maintaining high standards of corporate governance. Our executive officers and the Board have worked together to construct a comprehensive set of corporate governance initiatives that we believe will serve the long-term interests of our stockholders and employees. We believe these initiatives comply fully with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the SEC adopted thereunder. In addition, we believe our corporate governance initiatives fully comply with the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”). The Board will continue to evaluate, and improve upon as appropriate, our corporate governance principles and policies. Board Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight Andrew Gordon serves as both our principal executive officer and chairman at the pleasure of the Board. The directors have determined that Mr. Gordon’s experience in our industry and in corporate transactions, and his personal commitment to Coffee Holding as an investor and employee, make him uniquely qualified to supervise our operations and to execute our business strategies. The Board is also cognizant of Coffee Holding’s relatively small size compared to its publicly traded competitors. We do not have a lead independent director. Management’s activities are monitored by standing committees of the Board, principally the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Each of these committees is comprised solely of independent directors. For these reasons, the Board deems this leadership structure appropriate for us. 28 Code of Ethics The Board has adopted a Code of Conduct and Ethics that applies to each of our directors, officers and employees. The Code of Conduct and Ethics sets forth our policies and expectations on a number of topics, including: ● Acceptance of gifts; ● Financial responsibility regarding both personal and business affairs, including transactions with Coffee Holding; ● Personal conduct, including ethical behavior and outside employment and other activities; ● Affiliated transactions, including separate identities and usurpation of corporate opportunities; ● Preservation and accuracy of Coffee Holding’s records; ● Compliance with laws, including insider trading compliance; ● Preservation of confidential information relating to our business and that of our clients; ● Conflicts of interest; ● The safeguarding and proper use of our assets and institutional property; ● Code administration and enforcement; ● Reporting, investigating and resolving of all code violations; and ● Code-related training, certification of compliance and maintenance of code-related records. The Audit Committee of our Board reviews the Code of Conduct and Ethics on a regular basis, and will propose or adopt additions or amendments to the Code of Conduct and Ethics as appropriate. The Code of Conduct and Ethics is available on our website at www.coffeeholding.com under “Investor Relations - Corporate Governance.” A copy of the Code of Conduct and Ethics may also be obtained free of charge by sending a written request to: David Gordon, Secretary Coffee Holding Co., Inc. 3475 Victory Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10314 We intend to satisfy the disclosure requirement under Section 5.05(c) of Form 8-K regarding an amendment to, or waiver from, a provision of our Code of Ethics by posting such information on our website. Independent Directors Our Board currently consists of seven directors, four of whom our Board has determined are independent directors. The standards relied on by the Board in affirmatively determining whether a director is “independent,” in compliance with Nasdaq’s rules, are comprised of those objective standards set forth in the rules promulgated by Nasdaq. The Board is responsible for ensuring that independent directors do not have a relationship that, in the opinion of the Board, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. The Board has determined that Gerard DeCapua, Barry Knepper, John Rotelli and George F. Thomas, comprising a majority of the Board, are “independent” directors under Nasdaq’s rules. Nasdaq’s rules, as well as SEC rules, impose additional independence requirements for all members of the Audit Committee. Specifically, in addition to the “independence” requirements discussed above, “independent” audit committee members must: (1) not accept, directly or indirectly, any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fees from Coffee Holding or any subsidiary of Coffee Holding other than in the member’s capacity as a member of the Board and any Board committee; (2) not be an affiliated person of Coffee Holding or any subsidiary of Coffee Holding; and (3) not have participated in the preparation of the financial statements of Coffee Holding or any current subsidiary of Coffee Holding at any time during the past three years. In addition, Nasdaq’s rules require that all audit committee members be able to read and understand fundamental financial statements, including Coffee Holding’s balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement. The Board believes that the current members of the Audit Committee meet these additional standards. 29 Furthermore, at least one member of the Audit Committee must be financially sophisticated, in that he or she has past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or any other comparable experience or background which results in the individual’s financial sophistication, including but not limited to being or having been a chief executive officer, chief financial officer, other senior officer with financial oversight responsibilities. Additionally, the SEC requires that Coffee Holding disclose whether the Audit Committee has, and will continue to have, at least one member who is a “financial expert.” The Board has determined that Barry Knepper meets the SEC’s definition of an audit committee financial expert. Committees of the Board The Board of Coffee Holding has established the following committees: Audit Committee. The Audit Committee oversees and monitors our financial reporting process and internal control system, reviews and evaluates the audit performed by our registered independent public accountants and reports to the Board any substantive issues found during the audit. The Audit Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of our registered independent public accountants. The Audit Committee reviews and approves all transactions with affiliated parties. The Board has adopted a written charter for the Audit Committee, which is available on our website at www.coffeeholding.com under “Investor Relations - Corporate Governance.” All members of the Audit Committee are independent directors as defined under Nasdaq’s listing standards. Gerard DeCapua, Barry Knepper and George F. Thomas serve as members of the Audit Committee with Barry Knepper serving as its chairman. The Board has determined that Barry Knepper qualifies as an audit committee financial expert as that term is defined by SEC regulations. The Audit Committee held four meetings during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024, and acted by written consent on two occasions. Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee provides advice and makes recommendations to the Board in the areas of employee salaries, benefit programs and director compensation. The Compensation Committee also reviews the compensation of the President and Chief Executive Officer of Coffee Holding and makes recommendations in that regard to the Board as a whole. The Board has adopted a written charter for the Compensation Committee, which is available on our website at www.coffeeholding.com under “Investor Relations - Corporate Governance.” All members of the Compensation Committee are independent directors as defined under Nasdaq’s listing standards. Barry Knepper, John Rotelli and George F. Thomas serve as members of the Compensation Committee, with John Rotelli serving as its chairman. The Compensation Committee held one meeting during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024, and acted by written consent once. Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee nominates individuals to be elected to the full Board by our stockholders. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers recommendations from stockholders if submitted in a timely manner in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article II, Section 11 of our Bylaws and applies the same criteria to all persons being considered. All members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are independent directors as defined under the Nasdaq listing standards. Gerard DeCapua, John Rotelli and George F. Thomas serve as members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, with Gerard DeCapua serving as its chairman. The Board has adopted a written charter for the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, which is available on our website at www.coffeeholding.com under “Investor Relations – Corporate Governance.” The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee held one meeting during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024, and acted by written consent once. There are no minimum qualifications that must be met by a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee-recommended nominee. It is the policy of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to recommend individuals as director nominees who have the highest personal and professional integrity, who have demonstrated exceptional ability and judgment and who will be most effective, in conjunction with the other members of the Board, in collectively serving the long- term interests of our stockholders. Stockholder Communication with the Board of Directors and Attendance at Annual Meetings The Board maintains a process for stockholders to communicate with the Board and its committees. Stockholders of Coffee Holding and other interested persons may communicate with the Board or the chairperson of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee or Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee by writing to the Secretary of Coffee Holding at 3475 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10314. All communications that relate to matters that are within the scope of the responsibilities of the Board will be presented to the Board no later than the next regularly scheduled meeting. Communications that relate to matters that are within the responsibility of one of the Board committees will be forwarded to the chairperson of the appropriate committee. Communications that relate to ordinary business matters that are not within the scope of the Board’s responsibilities, such as customer complaints, will be forwarded to the appropriate officer. Solicitations, junk mail and obviously frivolous or inappropriate communications will not be forwarded, but will be made available to any director who wishes to review them. Directors are expected to prepare themselves for and attend all Board meetings, the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and the meetings of the committees on which they serve, with the understanding that, on occasion, a director may be unable to attend a meeting. All of our directors who served as directors during the 2024 fiscal year attended the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. 30 ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION The summary compensation table below summarizes information concerning compensation for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2024 and 2023 of the individuals who served as President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Andrew Gordon) and Executive Vice President — Operations and Secretary (David Gordon). We refer to these individuals as the “Named Executive Officers.” SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE The following table sets forth information with respect to the compensation of our Named Executive Officers for services in all capacities to us and our subsidiaries. Name and Principal Position Year Salary(1) ($) Bonus ($) Stock Option Awards ($) Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($) Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings ($) All Other Compensation(2) ($) Total ($) Andrew Gordon, 2024 288,000 20,000 0 0 0 36,432 344,432 President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 2023 304,535 20,000 0 0 0 55,111 379,646 David Gordon, Executive Vice President – 2024 268,000 15,000 0 0 0 69,684 352,684 Operations and Secretary 2023 270,400 0 0 0 0 73,138 358,538 (1) The figures shown represent amounts earned for the fiscal year, whether or not actually paid during such year. (2) The Named Executive Officers participate in certain group life, health, disability insurance and medical reimbursement plans, not disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table, that are generally available to salaried employees and do not discriminate in scope, terms and operation. The figures shown for Andrew Gordon include $10,996 and $10,279 in employer contributions to the 401(k) plan for 2024 and 2023, respectively; life insurance premiums of $0 and $0 for 2024 and 2023, respectively, business car expenses of $0 and $22,227 for 2024 and 2023, respectively, and health insurance premiums of $25,436 and $22,605 for 2024 and 2023, respectively. The figures shown for David Gordon include $9,554 and $14,256 for business car expenses in 2024 and 2023, respectively; $7,951 and $8,680 in employer contributions to the 401(k) plan for 2024 and 2023, respectively, life insurance premiums of $0 and $3,000 for 2024 and 2023, respectively, and health insurance premiums of $52,179 and $47,202 for 2024 and 2023, respectively. 31 Narrative to Summary Compensation Table Overview Our Compensation Committee has responsibility for establishing, implementing and monitoring adherence with our compensation philosophy. In that regard, the Compensation Committee provides advice and makes recommendations to the Board in the areas of employee salaries and benefit programs. The Compensation Committee ensures that the total compensation paid to our executive leadership team is fair and reasonable. Generally, the types of compensation and benefits provided to members of the executive leadership team, including the Named Executive Officers, are similar to those provided to our other officers and employees. Compensation Components Our compensation program for Named Executive Officers consists generally of base salary, annual bonuses and equity-based incentive compensation. These elements are intended to provide an overall compensation package that is commensurate with our financial resources, that is appropriate to assure the retention of experienced management personnel, and that aligns their financial interests with those of our stockholders. We pay our Named Executive Officers commensurate with their experience and responsibilities. Base Salary. Each of our Named Executive Officers receives a base salary to compensate him for services performed during the year. The base salaries of our Named Executive Officers are established annually by the Board upon recommendation by the Compensation Committee. When determining the base salary for each of our Named Executive Officers, the Compensation Committee considers the performance of the Named Executive Officer, the duties of the Named Executive Officer, the experience of the Named Executive Officer in his position and salary levels of the companies in our peer group. Salary levels are also intended to reflect our financial performance. We have entered into employment agreements with each of the Named Executive Officers that provide for minimum annual base salaries. The Named Executive Officers are eligible for annual increases in their base salaries as a result of company performance, individual performance and any added responsibility since their last salary increase. Annual Bonus. Our Named Executive Officers are eligible to receive annual cash bonuses. These bonuses are intended to reward the achievement of corporate goals and individual performance objectives. The bonus levels are intended to be competitive with those typically paid by the companies in our peer group and commensurate with the Named Executive Officers’ successful execution of duties and responsibilities. Equity Compensation. At the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, our stockholders approved the 2013 Equity Compensation Plan. Through the 2013 Equity Compensation Plan, we provide our employees, including our Named Executive Officers, with equity incentives that help align their interests with those of our stockholders by tying the value delivered to our Named Executive Officers to the value of our shares of common stock. We also believe that stock option grants to our Named Executive Officers provide them with long-term incentives that will aid in retaining executive talent by providing opportunities to be compensated through the Company’s performance and rewarding executives for creating shareholder value over the long-term. As the 2013 Equity Compensation Plan does not allow for grants to be made after the 10th anniversary of the plan, no new grants have been permitted since February 2023 and, therefore, during the years ended October 31, 2024, and October 31, 2023 we did not grant any stock option awards to the Named Executive Officers. 32 Implementation for Fiscal Year 2024 For the 2024 fiscal year, Andrew Gordon received a base salary of $288,000 and an annual bonus of $20,000. David Gordon received a base salary of $268,000 and an annual bonus of $15,000. Compensation Decision-Making Policies and Procedures Decision-Making and Policy-Making. As a Nasdaq listed company, we must observe governance standards that require executive officer compensation decisions to be made by the independent director members of our Board or by a committee of independent directors. Consistent with these requirements, our Board has established a Compensation Committee which is comprised entirely of independent directors. The Compensation Committee provides advice and makes recommendations to our Board in the areas of employee salaries and benefit programs. Compensation may consist of three components: (1) base salary; (2) bonuses; and (3) long-term incentives (e.g., deferred compensation and fringe benefits). The Compensation Committee generally meets at least once each year or acts by written consent. It considers the expectations of the Chief Executive Officer with respect to his own compensation and his recommendations with respect to the compensation of more junior executive officers, as well as empirical data on compensation practices at peer group companies. The Compensation Committee does not delegate its duties to others. Employment Agreements We have entered into employment agreements with Andrew Gordon to secure his continued service as President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (the “Andrew Gordon Employment Agreement”) and with David Gordon to secure his continued service as Executive Vice President — Operations and Secretary (the “David Gordon Employment Agreement”, and together with the Andrew Gordon Employment Agreement, the “Employment Agreements”). These Employment Agreements have rolling five-year terms that each began on May 6, 2005. The term of the Employment Agreements may be converted to a fixed five-year term by the decision of our Board or the applicable executive. The Employment Agreements provide for minimum annual salaries, discretionary cash bonuses, and participation on generally applicable terms and conditions in other compensation and fringe benefit plans for the executive. The Employment Agreements also guarantee customary corporate indemnification and errors and omissions insurance coverage for the executives throughout the employment term and thereafter for so long as the executives are subject to liability for such service as an executive, to the extent permissible by the Nevada Revised Statutes. The terms of the Employment Agreements provide that each executive will be entitled to severance benefits if his employment is terminated without “cause” or if he resigns for “good reason” or following a “change in control” (as such terms will be defined in the Employment Agreements) equal to the value of the cash compensation and fringe benefits that he would have received if he had continued working for the remaining unexpired term of the agreement. The Employment Agreements also provide the executives with uninsured disability benefits. During the term of the Employment Agreements and, in case of discharge of such executive with “cause” or resignation by such executive without “good reason,” for a period of one year thereafter, the executives are subject to (1) restrictions on competition with us; and (2) restrictions on the solicitation of our customers and employees. For all periods during and after the term of the employment agreements, the executives are subject to nondisclosure and restrictions relating to our confidential information and trade secrets. The Employment Agreements provide that in the event an executive’s employment is terminated in connection with a change in control under circumstances entitling him to severance benefits, and it is determined that the executive would be subject to a 20% excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code which applies to certain “excess parachute payments” (the “Excise Tax”), we will pay the executive a “Tax Indemnity Payment” such that the net amount received by the executive after payment of such Excise Tax, and any federal, Medicare and state and local income taxes and Excise Tax upon the Tax Indemnity Payment, will be equal to the payments the executive would have retained had there been no Excise Tax. The effect of this provision is that we, and not the executives, bear the financial cost of the Excise Tax. In accordance with Section 280G of the Code, we cannot claim a federal income tax deduction for payments subject to the Excise Tax, including the Tax Indemnity Payment. 33 Potential Payments Upon a Change of Control Under the 2013 Equity Compensation Plan, in the event of a change in control (as defined in the 2013 Equity Compensation Plan), the Compensation Committee may, at the time of the grant of an award provide for, among other things, the (i) accelerating or extending the time periods for exercising, vesting in, or realizing gain from any award, (ii) eliminating or modifying the performance or other conditions of an award, or (iii) providing for the cash settlement of an award for an equivalent cash value, as determined by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee may, in its discretion and without the need for the consent of any recipient of an award, also take one or more of the following actions contingent upon the occurrence of a change in control: (a) cause any or all outstanding options and stock appreciation rights to become immediately exercisable, in whole or in part; (b) cause any other awards to become non-forfeitable, in whole or in part; (c) cancel any option or stock appreciation right in exchange for a substitute option; (d) cancel any award of restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares or performance units in exchange for a similar award of the capital stock of any successor corporation; (e) redeem any restricted stock, restricted stock unit, performance share or performance unit for cash and/or other substitute consideration with a value equal to the fair market value of an unrestricted share of our common stock on the date of the change in control; (f) cancel any option or stock appreciation right in exchange for cash and/or other substitute consideration based on the value of our common stock on the date of the change in control, and cancel any option or stock appreciation right without any payment if its exercise price exceeds the value of our common stock on the date of the change in control; or (g) make such other modifications, adjustments or amendments to outstanding awards as the Compensation Committee deems necessary or appropriate. To date, there have been 689,000 options granted under the 2013 Equity Compensation Plan to the Named Executive Officers. Other than the severance benefits described under “Employment Agreements” and the potential payments described under “Potential Payments Upon a Change of Control” above, we do not maintain contracts, agreements, plans or arrangements that provide for payments to the Named Executive Officers at, following, or in connection with any termination of employment. Deferred Compensation Plan for Executive Officers In January 2005, we established the Coffee Holding Co., Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan for Named Executive Officers. Currently, Andrew Gordon is the only participant in the plan. Each Named Executive Officer who participates in the plan may defer receipt of all or a portion of his annual cash compensation received from Coffee Holding. The deferred amounts are allocated to a deferral account and credited with interest according to the investment classifications made available by the Board. The plan is an unfunded, non-qualified plan that provides for distribution of the amounts deferred to participants or their designated beneficiaries upon the occurrence of certain events. The amounts deferred, and related investment earnings, are held in a corporate account for the benefit of participating Named Executive Officers until such amounts are distributed pursuant to the terms of the plan. The deferred compensation payable represents the liability due to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The amounts were $121,386 and $120,523 as of October 31, 2024, and October 31, 2023, respectively, and are included in Deposits and other amounts in the accompanying balance sheets. 34 Other Compensation and Benefits Retirement Savings, Health, and Welfare Benefits The Company has a 401(k) Retirement Plan, which covers all the full-time employees who have completed one year of service and have reached their 21st birthday. The Company matches 100% of the aggregate salary reduction contribution up to the first 3% of compensation and 50% of aggregate contribution of the next 2% of compensation. Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End The following table sets forth information regarding outstanding stock options awarded to each of our Named Executive Officers as of October 31, 2024. Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Option exercise Option expiration Name Exercisable Unexercisable price ($) date Andrew Gordon 349,000(1) 0 $ 5.43 4/18/2029 David Gordon 281,000(1) 0 $ 5.43 4/18/2029 (1) Represents outstanding stock options granted to current or former employees and directors of the Company pursuant to its 2013 Equity Compensation Plan. Equity Compensation Plan Information The following table sets forth information regarding outstanding stock options and rights and shares reserved for future issuance under our existing equity compensation plans as of October 31, 2024. Plan Category Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column(a)) (a) (b) (c) Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders 921,000 $ 5.43 0 Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders — $ — — Total 921,000 $ 5.43 0 *During the year ended October 31, 2024, employees forfeited 79,000 stock options. 35 DIRECTOR COMPENSATION Non-employee directors receive $800 per Board meeting and committee meeting attended in person and $400 per each Board meeting and committee meeting attended telephonically. Non-employee directors are also reimbursed for travel expenses and other out-of-pocket costs incurred in connection with attendance at Board and committee meetings. Total directors’ meeting and committee fees for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024, were $13,600. We do not compensate our employee directors for service as directors. Directors are also entitled to the protection of certain indemnification provisions in our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. The following table sets forth information regarding compensation earned by our non-employee directors during the 2024 fiscal year. DIRECTOR COMPENSATION TABLE Name Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)(1) Stock Options(2) All Other Compensation ($) Total ($) Gerard DeCapua $ 3,600 $ 0 $ 0 $ 3,600 Daniel Dwyer $ 1,600 $ 0 $ 0 $ 1,600 Barry Knepper $ 3,600 $ 0 $ 0 $ 3,600 John Rotelli $ 1,600 $ 0 $ 0 $ 1,600 George F. Thomas $ 3,200 $ 0 $ 0 $ 3,200 (1) Meeting fees earned during the fiscal year, whether such fees were paid currently or deferred. (2) The total number of shares of common stock covered by stock options held by each non-employee director at October 31, 2024 were as follows: No. of Shares Gerard DeCapua 100 Daniel Dwyer 5,900 Barry Knepper 22,172 John Rotelli 6,548 George F. Thomas 4,000 36 ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management The following table shows the number of shares of Coffee Holding’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, beneficially owned by (i) each person known to be the owner of 5% or more of our common stock, (ii) each director, (iii) the Named Executive Officers and (iv) all directors and executive officers of Coffee Holding as a group, as of January 22, 2025. The percent of common stock outstanding was based on a total of 5,708,599 shares of Coffee Holding’s common stock outstanding as of January 22, 2025. Except as otherwise indicated, each person shown in the table has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares of common stock listed next to his name. The address for each person shown in the table is c/o Coffee Holding Co., Inc., 3475 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, New York 10314, unless otherwise indicated. Name Position Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership Percent of Common Stock Outstanding (%)(1) Directors and Executive Officers Andrew Gordon President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director 661,750(2) 11.6% David Gordon Executive Vice President — Operations, Secretary and Director 655,037(3) 11.5% Gerard DeCapua Director 14,100(4) * Daniel Dwyer Director 19,900(5) * Barry Knepper Director 36,172(6) * John Rotelli Director 20,548(7) * George F. Thomas Director 8,600(8) * All directors and executive officers as a group (7 persons) 1,391,107 24.4% 5% or More Holders Renaissance Technologies LLC 315,964(9) 5.5% * Less than 1% (1) Beneficial ownership includes shares of common stock as to which a person or group has sole or shared voting power or investment power. Shares of common stock subject to stock options that are exercisable currently or within 60 days of the January 22, 2025, are deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the number of shares beneficially owned and percentage ownership of the person or group holding such stock options, warrants or convertible securities, but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person. (2) Includes 39,000 shares owned by Mr. A. Gordon directly, a stock option to purchase 349,000 shares held directly by Mr. A Gordon, and 273,750 shares owned indirectly by Mr. A. Gordon through A. Gordon Family Ventures LLC. (3) Includes 374,037 shares of common stock owned by Mr. D. Gordon directly, and a stock option to purchase 281,000 shares of common stock owned directly by Mr. D. Gordon. (4) Includes 100 shares of common stock and an option to purchase 14,000 shares owned directly by Mr. DeCapua. (5) Includes 5,900 shares of common stock and an option to purchase 14,000 shares of common stock owned directly by Mr. Dwyer. (6) Includes 22,172 shares of common stock and an option to purchase 14,000 shares of common stock owned directly by Mr. Knepper. (7) Includes 6,548 shares of common stock and an option to purchase 14,000 shares of common stock owned directly by Mr. Rotelli. (8) Includes 5,000 shares of common stock owned by Mr. Thomas directly, an option to purchase 3,000 shares of common stock owned by Mr. Thomas directly, and 600 shares owned by Mr. Thomas’ wife. (9) Includes shares of common stock beneficially owned by Renaissance Technologies Holdings Corporation (“RTHC”) because of RTHC’s majority ownership of Renaissance Technologies LLC (“RTC”). The principal business address of both RTHC and RTC is 800 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022. All information regarding RTHC is based on information disclosed in a statement on Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 13, 2024. 37 ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE The following is a summary of transactions since November 1, 2022 and all currently proposed transactions, to which JVA has been a participant, in which: ● The amounts exceeded or will exceed the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of JVA’s total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years; and ● Any of the directors, executive officer or holders of more than 5% of our common capital stock, or any member of the immediate family of the foregoing persons, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest. JVA has engaged its 40% partner in Generations Coffee Company, LLC (“GCC”), with which JVA has a joint venture, as an outside contractor. JVA is the 60% equity owner of the joint venture and Caruso’s Coffee Company (“Caruso’s”) owns the other 40% equity interest. Payments to Caruso’s during the years ended October 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023 amounted to $0, and $56,851, respectively, for the processing of finished goods. As of the fiscal period ended January 31, 2022, the parties to the joint venture have agreed not to continue with this joint venture. Director Independence See Part III, Item 10. “Corporate Governance.” ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES Fees Billed to the Company in fiscal years 2024 and 2023 The following table summarizes the fees for professional services rendered by Marcum, our independent registered public accounting firm, for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2024 and 2023: Fiscal Year 2024 2023 Audit Fees (1) $ 265,000 $ 150,000 Tax Fees 40,000 - All Other Fees $ 50,000 - Total $ 355,000 $ 150,000 (1) Audit fees consisted of work performed in connection with the audit of the consolidated financial statements as well as work generally only the independent auditors can reasonably be expected to provide, such as quarterly reviews and review of our Annual Reports on Form 10-K. Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy The Audit Committee, or a designated member of the Audit Committee, shall preapprove all auditing services and permitted non-audit services (including the fees and terms) to be performed for Coffee Holding by our registered independent public accountants, subject to the de minimis exceptions for non-audit services that are approved by the Audit Committee prior to completion of the audit, provided that: (1) the aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than five percent of the total amount of revenues paid by Coffee Holding to its registered independent public accountant during the fiscal year in which the services are provided; (2) such services were not recognized by Coffee Holding at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (3) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Audit Committee and approved prior to the completion of the audit by the Audit Committee or by one or more members of the Audit Committee who are members of the Board to whom authority to grant such approvals has been delegated by the Audit Committee. All of the services set forth in the table above were preapproved by the Audit Committee. 38 PART IV ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES (a) List of Documents filed as part of this Annual Report (1) Financial Statements The financial statements and related notes, together with the report of Marcum LLP appear at pages F-1 through F-22 following the Exhibit List as required by Part II, Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K. (2) Financial Statement Schedules None. (3) List of Exhibits (a) Exhibits The Company has filed with this report or incorporated by reference herein certain exhibits as specified below pursuant to Rule 12b-32 under the Exchange Act. Exhibit No. Description 2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 31, 1997, by and among Transpacific International Group Corp. and Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed on November 10, 1997 (File No. 333-00588-NY)). 2.2 Asset Purchase Agreement, dated February 4, 2004, by and between Coffee Holding Co., Inc. and Premier Roasters LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 20, 2004 (File No. 333-00588-NY)). 3.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A the “2005 Registration Statement” filed on May 2, 2005 (File No. 001-32491)). 3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 20, 2023). 4.1 Form of Stock Certificate of the Company (incorporated herein by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed on June 24, 2004 (Registration No. 333-116838)). 4.2 Description of Capital Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 9, 2024). 39 10.1 Trademark License Agreement, dated February 4, 2004, between Del Monte Corporation and Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB/A for the quarter ended April 30, 2004 filed on August 26, 2004 (File No. 333-00588-NY)) as amended by that First Amendment to Trademark License Agreement, dated January 4, 2013. 10.2 First Amendment to Trademark License Agreement, dated January 4, 2013, by and between Del Monte Corporation and Coffee Holding Co., Inc. Certain portions of Exhibit 10.4 are omitted based upon approval of the Company’s request for confidential treatment through January 28, 2023. The omitted portions were filed separately with the SEC on a confidential basis (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2012 filed on January 28, 2013 (File No. 001-32491)). 10.3 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated April 11, 2008, by and between Coffee Holding Co., Inc. and Andrew Gordon (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.14 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2008 (File No. 001-32491)). 10.4 Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated April 11, 2008, by and between Coffee Holding Co., Inc. and David Gordon (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.15 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 16, 2008 (File No. 001-32491)). 10.5 Coffee Holding Co., Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.19 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed on June 14, 2005 (File No. 001-32491)). 10.6 Placement Agency Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2011, by and among Coffee Holding Co., Inc., the selling stockholders named therein, Roth Capital Partners, LLC and Maxim Group, LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K filed on September 27, 2011 (File No. 001-32491)). 10.7 Subscription Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2011, by and among Coffee Holding Co., Inc., the selling stockholders named therein and each of the purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8- K filed on September 27, 2011 (File No. 001-32491)). 10.8 2013 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex A of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on February 28, 2013 (File No. 13653320)). 10.9 Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated April 25, 2017, by and among Coffee Holding Co., Inc., Organic Products Trading Company LLC and Sterling National Bank (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 28, 2017). 10.10 Guaranty Agreement, dated April 25, 2017, made by each of Sonofresco, LLC and Comfort Foods, Inc in favor of Sterling National Bank (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 28, 2017). 10.11 Lease, dated December 6, 2000, by and between Comfort Foods, Inc. and One Clark Street North Andover LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed January 29, 2018). 10.12 Second Amendment to Lease, dated March 23, 2017, by and between Coffee Holding Co., Inc. and 25 COMM NAM, LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed January 29, 2018). 40 10.13 Loan Modification Agreement and Waiver, dated March 23, 2018, by and among Coffee Holding Co., Inc., Organic Products Trading Company LLC and Sterling National Bank (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 27, 2018). 10.14 Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement to the Company’s 2013 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on June 29, 2019). 10.15 Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement to the Company’s 2013 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on June 29, 2019). 10.16 Loan Modification Agreement and Waiver, dated March 13, 2020, by and among Coffee Holding Co., Inc., Organic Products Trading Company LLC and Sterling National Bank (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on March 16, 2020). 10.17 Lease, dated September 22, 2021, by and among Coffee Holding Co., Inc. and Our Two Buddies, LLC, TANJ Properties, LLC and VGM Realty Services, LLC (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.26 (listed as Exhibit 10.6) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on January 31, 2022). 10.18 Loan Modification Agreement, dated June 28, 2022, by and among Coffee Holding Co., Inc., Organic Products Trading Company LLC and Webster Bank (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 9, 2024). 10.19 Loan Modification Agreement, dated March 15, 2023, by and among Coffee Holding Co., Inc., Organic Products Trading Company LLC and Webster Bank (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 9, 2024). 10.20 Loan Modification Agreement, dated June 27, 2024, by and among Coffee Holding Co., Inc., Organic Products Trading Company LLC and Webster Bank (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 2, 2024). 10.21 Lease, dated November 7, 2024, by and between Coffee Holding Co., Inc. and 21 Grace Church Street Realty LLC.* 10.22 Commencement Date Agreement, dated November 7, 2024, by and between Coffee Holding Co., Inc. and 21 Grace Church Street Realty LLC.* 10.23 Secured Creditor Sale Agreement, dated November 6, 2024, by and between Second Empire, LLC and Bridge Business Credit, LLC.* 21.1 List of Significant Subsidiaries.* 23.1 Consent of Marcum LLP.* 31.1 Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer’s Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.* 32.1 Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer’s Certification furnished pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.** 97 Coffee Holding Co., Inc. Compensation Recovery Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 97 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 9, 2024). 101.INS Inline XBRL Instance Document. 101.SCH Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. 101.CAL Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. 101.LAB Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. 101.PRE Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. 101.DEF Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) * Filed herewith **Furnished herewith ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY None. 41 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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 on January 31, 2025. COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. By: /s/ Andrew Gordon Andrew Gordon President, Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date /s/ Andrew Gordon President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director January 31, 2025 Andrew Gordon (principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer) /s/ David Gordon Executive Vice President – Operations, Secretary and Director January 31, 2025 David Gordon /s/ Gerard DeCapua Director January 31, 2025 Gerard DeCapua /s/ Daniel Dwyer Director January 31, 2025 Daniel Dwyer /s/ Barry Knepper Director January 31, 2025 Barry Knepper /s/ John Rotelli Director January 31, 2025 John Rotelli /s/ George Thomas Director January 31, 2025 George Thomas 42 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PAGE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM PCAOB ID No. 688 F-2 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 F-3 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 F-4 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY - YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 F-5 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 F-6 NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS F-7 F-1 REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Coffee Holding Co, Inc. Opinion on the Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (the “Company”) as of October 31, 2024 and 2023, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2024, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of October 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2024, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Basis for Opinion These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. Critical Audit Matters Critical audit matters are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. We determined that there are no critical audit matters. /s/ Marcum llp Marcum llp We have served as the Company’s auditor from 2013 to 2021 and subsequently reappointed as the Company’s auditor in 2022. New York, New York January 31, 2025 F-2 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 2024 2023 - ASSETS - CURRENT ASSETS: Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,381,023 $ 2,733,977 Accounts receivable, net of allowances for credit losses of $144,000 for 2024 and 2023 9,367,338 7,983,032 Receivable from sale of investment - 3,150,000 Inventories 15,705,984 18,986,539 Due from broker 1,466,059 345,760 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 167,207 413,752 Prepaid and refundable income taxes 285,439 365,876 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 28,373,050 33,978,936 Building, machinery and equipment, net 3,221,865 3,494,450 Customer list and relationships, net of accumulated amortization of $285,750 and $255,250 for 2024 and 2023, respectively 154,250 184,750 Trademarks and tradenames 327,000 327,000 Equity method investments 39,651 39,676 Right of use asset 1,166,537 2,696,159 Deferred income tax assets – net 592,398 1,341,407 Deposits and other assets 135,937 129,523 TOTAL ASSETS $ 34,010,688 $ 42,191,901 - LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY - CURRENT LIABILITIES: Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 5,743,899 $ 5,206,442 Line of credit - 9,620,000 Due to broker 794,804 292,407 Note payable – current portion - 4,200 Lease liability – current portion 307,364 255,625 TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 6,846,067 15,378,674 Lease liabilities – long term 865,668 2,974,579 Note payable – long term - 3,034 Deferred compensation payable 121,386 120,523 TOTAL LIABILITIES 7,833,121 18,476,810 Commitments and Contingencies (Note 8) STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY: Coffee Holding Co., Inc. stockholders’ equity: Preferred stock, par value $.001 per share; 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued - - Common stock, par value $.001 per share; 30,000,000 shares authorized, 6,633,930 shares issued for 2024 and 2023; 5,708,599 shares outstanding for 2024 and 2023 6,634 6,634 Additional paid-in capital 19,094,618 19,094,618 Retained earnings 11,709,875 9,491,861 Less: Treasury stock, 925,331 common shares, at cost for 2024 and 2023 (4,633,560) (4,633,560) Total Coffee Holding Co., Inc. stockholders’ equity 26,177,567 23,959,553 Non-controlling interest - (244,462) TOTAL EQUITY 26,177,567 23,715,091 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY $ 34,010,688 $ 42,191,901 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-3 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 2024 2023 NET SALES $ 78,562,298 $ 68,173,404 COST OF SALES 62,520,529 57,214,382 GROSS PROFIT 16,041,769 10,959,022 OPERATING EXPENSES: Selling and administrative 12,457,268 11,680,782 Officers’ salaries 620,943 609,935 TOTAL 13,078,211 12,290,717 INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS 2,963,558 (1,331,695) OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE): Interest income 34,430 18,947 Loss from equity method investment - (511,878) Gain on sale of investment - 650,000 Gain on extinguishment of lease 210,567 - Other income 99,734 634,181 Interest expense (240,390) (563,351) TOTAL 104,341 227,899 INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAX (BENEFIT) 3,067,899 (1,103,796) Income Provision (benefit) 849,885 (268,220) NET INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE ADJUSTMENT 2,218,014 (835,576) NET INCOME (LOSS) $ 2,218,014 $ (835,576) Basic and diluted income (loss) per share $ 0.39 $ (0.15) Weighted average common shares outstanding: Basic and diluted 5,708,599 5,708,599 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-4 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 Common Stock Treasury Stock Additional Paid-in Retained Non- Controlling Shares Amount Shares Amount Capital Earnings Interest Total Balance, November 1, 2022 5,708,599 $ 6,634 925,331 $(4,633,560) $18,688,797 $14,471,222 $ 837,226 $29,370,319 Net loss (835,576) (835,576) Balance, October 31, 2023 5,708,599 $ 6,634 925,331 $(4,633,560) $19,094,618 $ 9,491,861 $ (244,462) $23,715,091 Write-off of investments in Generations 244,462 244,462 Net income 2,218,014 2,218,014 Balance, October 31, 2024 5,708,599 $ 6,634 925,331 $(4,633,560) $19,094,618 $11,709,875 $ - $26,177,567 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-5 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 2024 2023 OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Net income (loss) $ 2,218,014 $ (835,576) Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 610,016 593,600 Unrealized gain on commodities – net (617,902) (758,024) Loss on equity method investments 25 314,768 Gain on sale of investment - (650,000) Gain on extinguishment of lease liability (210,567) - Amortization of right of use asset 315,414 322,030 Write off in investment of Generations (99,734) - Deferred income taxes 749,009 (268,220) Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable (1,384,306) (166,559) Inventories 3,280,555 265,675 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 246,545 18,374 Prepaid and refundable income taxes 80,437 500,279 Deposits and other assets (6,414) 197,110 Accounts payable and accrued expenses 538,321 1,391,578 Change in lease liability (288,202) (272,952) Net cash provided by operating activities 5,431,211 652,083 INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Purchases of building, machinery and equipment (306,931) (857,760) Proceeds from sale of investment 3,150,000 - Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 2,843,069 (857,760) FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Advances under bank line of credit - 3,034,783 Cash overdraft - (876,148) Principal payment on note payable (7,234) (6,071) Principal payments under bank line of credit (9,620,000) (1,728,783) Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (9,627,234) 423,781 NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH (1,352,954) 218,104 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF YEAR 2,733,977 2,515,873 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF YEAR $ 1,381,023 $ 2,733,977 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-6 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2024, AND 2023 2024 2023 SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW DATA: Cash paid for income taxes $ 112,294 $ - Interest paid $ 286,754 $ 538,363 SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Initial recognition of operating lease right of use asset $ 633,824 $ 146,416 Initial recognition of operating lease liabilities $ 632,490 $ 146,416 Sale of investment $ - $ 3,150,000 See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-7 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 NOTE 1 - BUSINESS ACTIVITIES: Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (the “Company”) conducts wholesale coffee operations, including manufacturing, roasting, packaging, marketing and distributing roasted and blended coffees for private labeled accounts and its own brands, and it sells green coffee. The Company also manufactures and sells coffee roasters. The Company’s core product, coffee, can be summarized and divided into three product categories (“product lines”) as follows: Wholesale Green Coffee: unroasted raw beans imported from around the world and sold to large and small roasters and coffee shop operators; Private Label Coffee: coffee roasted, blended, packaged and sold under the specifications and names of others, including supermarkets that want to have their own brand name on coffee to compete with national brands; and, Branded Coffee: coffee roasted and blended to the Company’s own specifications and packaged and sold under the Company’s eight proprietary and licensed brand names in different segments of the market. The Company’s private label and branded coffee sales are primarily to customers that are located throughout the United States with limited sales in Canada and certain countries in Asia. Such customers include supermarkets, wholesalers, and individually-owned and multi-unit retailers. The Company’s unprocessed green coffee, which includes over 90 specialty coffee offerings, is sold primarily to specialty gourmet roasters and to coffee shop operators in the United States with limited sales in Australia, Canada, England and China. The Company’s wholesale green, private label, and branded coffee product categories generate revenues and cost of sales individually but incur selling, general and administrative expenses in the aggregate. There are no individual product managers and discrete financial information is not available for any of the product lines. The Company’s product portfolio is used in one business and it operates and competes in one business activity and economic environment. In addition, the three product lines share customers, manufacturing resources, sales channels, and marketing support. Thus, the Company considers the three product lines to be one single reporting segment. On September 29, 2022, the Company entered into a Merger and Share Exchange Agreement (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Delta Corp Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Pubco”), Delta Corp Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales (“Delta”), CHC Merger Sub Inc., a Nevada corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”), and each of the holders of ordinary shares of Delta as named therein. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub would merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco (the “Merger”). As a result of the Merger, each issued and outstanding share of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share, would be cancelled and converted for the right of the holder thereof to receive one ordinary share, par value $0.0001 of Pubco. There was a shareholder vote in April 2024 on the Merger Agreement that did not pass. On June 21, 2024, the Company terminated the Merger Agreement. No early termination penalties were payable by the Company upon termination of the Merger Agreement. Going Concern and Liquidity The Company’s line of credit will become due June 29, 2025 (see Note 6). The agreement requires the Company to maintain compliance with certain financial covenants computed on a quarterly and annual basis. In previous periods, the Company was not in compliance with these requirements. However, a waiver of all past defaults was received on May 24, 2024. As of October 31, 2024, the Company is in compliance with those financial covenants. The Company has paid down the full balance of the line of credit as of October 31, 2024. Additionally, the Company is in a net income position for the year ended October 31, 2024 of $2.2 million, cash from operating activities of $5.4 million, and a net working capital surplus of $21.5 million. As a result, the Company does not believe that substantial doubt is raised regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and the ability to meet its obligations as they become due within the twelve months from the date the condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. F-8 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES: BASIS OF PRESENTATION: The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, Organic Products Trading Company, LLC (“OPTCO”), Sonofresco LLC (“SONO”), and Comfort Foods, Inc. (“CFI”). All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and comply with SEC reporting requirements. USE OF ESTIMATES: The preparation of the Company’s financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Significant estimates include depreciable lives for long-lived assets, and valuation of indefinitely lived intangible assets impairment testing. These estimates may be adjusted as more current information becomes available, and any adjustment could have a significant impact on recorded amounts. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS: Cash and cash equivalents consists primarily of unrestricted cash on deposit and securities with an original maturity of 3 months or less at financial institutions and brokerage firms. F-9 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (cont’d): ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE: Trade accounts receivable are stated at the amount the Company expects to collect. The Company maintains allowances for credit losses for estimated losses resulting from the inability of its customers to make required payments. Management considers the following factors when determining the collectability of specific customer accounts: customer credit-worthiness, past transaction history with the customer, current customer conditions, reasonable forecasts, current economic industry trends, and changes in customer payment terms. Past due balances over 60 days and other higher risk amounts are reviewed individually for collectability. If the financial condition of the Company’s customers were to deteriorate, adversely affecting their ability to make payments, additional allowances would be required. Based on management’s assessment, the Company provides for estimated credit losses through a charge to earnings and a credit to a valuation allowance. Balances that remain outstanding after the Company has used reasonable collection efforts are written off through a charge to the valuation allowance and a credit to accounts receivable. The reserve for sales discounts represents the estimated discount that customers will take upon payment. The reserve for other allowances represents the estimated amount of returns, slotting fees and volume based discounts estimated to be incurred by the Company from its customers. The allowances are summarized as follows: 2024 2023 Allowance for credit losses $ 65,000 $ 65,000 Reserve for other allowances 35,000 35,000 Reserve for sales discounts 44,000 44,000 Totals $ 144,000 $ 144,000 INVENTORIES: Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first in, first out basis) or net realizable value, including provisions for obsolescence commensurate with known or estimated exposures. There are no reserves for obsolescence as of October 31, 2024, and 2023. BUILDING, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT: Building, machinery and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Purchases of buildings, machinery and equipment and additions and betterments which substantially extend the useful life of an asset are capitalized at cost. Expenditures which do not materially prolong the normal useful life of an asset are charged to operations as incurred. The Company also provides for amortization of leasehold improvements which are depreciated over the shorter of the useful life of the improvement or the lease term. F-10 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (cont’d): COMMODITIES HELD BY BROKER: The commodities held at broker represent the market value of the Company’s trading account, which consists of option and future contracts for coffee held with a brokerage firm. The Company uses options and futures contracts, which are not designated or qualifying as hedging instruments, to partially hedge the effects of fluctuations in the price of green coffee beans. Options and futures contracts are level 1 investments recognized at fair value in the consolidated financial statements with current recognition of gains and losses on such positions. The Company’s accounting for options and futures contracts may impact earnings volatility in any particular period. We record all open contract positions on our consolidated balance sheets at fair value in the due from and due to broker line items and typically do not offset these assets and liabilities. The Company classifies its options and future contracts as trading securities and accordingly, unrealized holding gains and losses are included in the statement of operations as a component of cost of sales. The Company recorded realized and unrealized gains and losses on these contracts as follows: Year Ended October 31, 2024 2023 Gross realized gains $ 1,968,168 $ 1,034,966 Gross realized (losses) (1,005,616) (1,603,746) Unrealized gains (losses) 617,902 758,024 Total $ 1,580,454 $ 189,244 CUSTOMER LIST AND RELATIONSHIPS: Customer list and relationships consist of a specific customer lists and customer contracts obtained by the Company in the acquisition of OPTCO, Comfort Foods and Sonofresco which are being amortized on the straight-line method over their estimated useful life of twenty years. Amortization expense for the years ended October 31, 2024, and 2023 was $30,500. TRADEMARKS: The Company has determined that its trademarks, which consist of product lines, trade names and packaging designs have indefinite useful lives. Trademarks are tested for impairment at least annually or when circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the trademarks exceed fair value. The Company performs its annual impairment test on October 31 of each year by first performing a qualitative assessment to determine if it is more likely than not that the carrying amounts exceed the fair values. Depending on the outcome of our qualitative assessment, we may perform a quantitative assessment to determine if the carrying amounts exceed the fair values on the assessment date. F-11 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (cont’d): During the years ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company’s management concluded that no impairment charge was necessary during the years then ended. IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS: The Company assesses the impairment of long-lived assets used in operations, primarily buildings, machinery and equipment as well as intangible assets subject to amortization, when events and circumstances indicate that the carrying value amounts of these assets might not be recoverable. For purposes of evaluating the recoverability of buildings, machinery and equipment and amortizable intangible assets, the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are compared to the carrying amounts of those assets. If and when the carrying amounts of the assets exceed the undiscounted cashflows, then the related assets will be written down to fair value, if less. During the years ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded no impairment charges of its amortizable intangible assets, buildings, machinery and equipment. ADVERTISING: The Company expenses the cost of advertising and promotion as incurred. Advertising costs charged to operations totaled $32,455 and $35,369 for the years ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. INCOME TAXES: The Company accounts for income taxes pursuant to the asset and liability method which requires deferred income tax assets and liabilities to be computed for temporary differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities that will result in taxable or deductible amounts in the future based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The income tax provision or benefit is the tax incurred for the period plus or minus the change during the period in deferred tax assets and liabilities. F-12 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (cont’d): (LOSS) EARNINGS PER SHARE: Basic (loss) earnings per common share was computed by dividing net (loss) income by the sum of the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted (loss) earnings per common share is computed by dividing the net (loss) income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding plus the dilutive effect of common shares issuable upon exercise of potential sources of dilution. The Company has 921,000 options outstanding which have not been included in the calculation of diluted (loss) earnings per share because they are anti-dilutive. The weighted average common shares outstanding used in the computation of basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share were 5,708,599 for the years ended October 31, 2024 and 2023. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS: The carrying amounts of cash, accounts receivable, notes due to/(from) broker and accounts payable approximate fair value because of the short-term nature of these instruments. The carrying amount of the bank line of credit approximates fair value because the debt is based on current rates at which the Company could borrow funds with similar remaining maturities. Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant market information about the financial instruments when available. These estimates are subjective in nature and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment and therefore, cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect the estimates. The Company measures fair value as required by Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC Topic 820”). ASC Topic 820 defines fair value, establishes a framework and gives guidance regarding the methods used for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. ASC Topic 820 clarifies that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, there exists a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows: A) Level 1 – unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access as of the measurement date. B) Level 2 – inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are directly observable for the asset or liability or indirectly observable through corroboration with observable market data. C) Level 3 – unobservable inputs for the asset or liability only used when there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date. The hierarchy requires the Company to use observable market data, when available, and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs when determining fair value. F-13 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (cont’d): REVENUE RECOGNITION: The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with the five-step model as prescribed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606 (“ASC 606”) in which the Company evaluates the transfer of promised goods or services and recognizes revenue when its customer obtains control of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration which the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for those goods or services. To determine revenue recognition for the arrangements that the Company determines are within the scope of ASC 606, the Company performs the following five steps: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The following table presents revenues by product line for the years ended October 31, 2024 and 2023. 2024 2023 Green $ 31,177,003 $ 30,582,179 Packaged 47,385,295 37,591,225 Totals $ 78,562,298 $ 68,173,404 Revenue for these product lines is recognized upon shipment to the customer. SHIPPING AND HANDLING FEES AND COSTS: Revenue earned from shipping and handling fees is reflected in net sales. Costs associated with shipping product to customers aggregating approximately $2,700,000 and $2,539,000 for the years ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, is included in cost of sales. CONCENTRATION OF RISK: Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash deposits at financial institutions and brokerage firms. Accounts at each institution are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) up to certain limits. At October 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company had approximately $780,000 and $2,092,000 in excess of FDIC insured limits, respectively. The accounts at the brokerage firm contain cash and securities. Balances are insured up to $500,000, with a limit of $100,000 for cash, by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). F-14 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (cont’d): EQUITY METHOD OF ACCOUNTING: Investee companies that are not consolidated, but over which the Company exercises significant influence, are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Whether or not the Company exercises significant influence with respect to an Investee depends on an evaluation of several factors including, among others, representation on the Investee company’s board of directors and ownership level, which is generally a 20% to 50% interest in the voting securities of the Investee company. Under the equity method of accounting, an Investee company’s accounts are not reflected within the Company’s consolidated Balance Sheets and consolidated Statements of Operations; however, the Company’s share of the earnings or losses of the Investee company is reflected in the caption “Loss from equity method investments” in the consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company’s carrying value in an equity method Investee company is reflected in the caption “Equity method investments” in the Company’s consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company’s equity method investments consist of the following: (1) 20% interest in Healthwise Gourmet Coffees, LLC, a distributor of low acidity coffees. The initial investment in this company amounted to $100,000. The loss recognized amounted to $25 and $16,925 for the years ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The carrying amount of this investment as presented on the consolidated balance sheet at October 31, 2024 and 2023 was $39,651 and $39,676, respectively. INVESTMENTS - OTHER: Investment – other represent investments made by the Company that do not qualify as equity method investments as the Company cannot exercise significant influence over the target. The Company accounts for these investments in accordance with ASC Topic 321 “Investments – Equity Securities” (“ASC 321”). In August 2021, the Company made an investment of $2,500,000 in an entity that hold investments in the plant-based protein drink manufacturing industry. The Company has determined they do not have significant influence over the investee. Pursuant to ASC 321, the Company has elected an alternate measurement to account for this investment at cost less any impairment with adjustments to fair value if there are observable price changes. This investment was sold in October 2023. The sale price was $3,150,000, which is presented as a receivable on our balance sheet as of October 31, 2023. We also reported the gain of $650,000 on our statement of operations for the year ended October 31, 2023. F-15 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (cont’d): LEASES: Leases are accounted for under ASC 842. The Company determines if an arrangement is or contains a lease at inception. The Company’s operating lease arrangements are comprised of real estate and facility leases. Right of use assets represent the Company’s right to use the underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Right of use assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of the lease payments over the lease term. As the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate and the implicit rate is not readily determinable, the Company estimates its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the measurement date in determining the present value of the lease payments. Right of use assets also exclude lease incentives. ACCOUNTING PRONOUCEMENTS ADOPTED The Company follows the FASB Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326).” This guidance requires entities to use a current expected credit loss impairment model rather than incurred losses. The Company considers factors such as credit quality, age of balances, historical experience and current and future economic conditions that may affect the Company’s expectation of collectability in determining the allowance for credit losses. The standard became effective for the Company on November 1, 2023. The adoption of this new guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. ACCOUNTING PRONOUCEMENTS NOT YET ADOPTED: In October 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-06, “Disclosure Improvements – Codification Amendments in Response to the SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative.” This standard affects a wide variety of Topics in the Codification. The effective date for each amendment will be the date on which the SEC’s removal of that related disclosure from Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K becomes effective. Early adoption is prohibited. The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting – Improving Reportable Segment Disclosures (Topic 280).” The standard is intended to improve reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant expenses. The standard requires disclosure to include significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), a description of other segment items by reportable segment, and any additional measures of a segment’s profit or loss used by the CODM when deciding how to allocate resources. The standard also requires all annual disclosures currently required by ASC Topic 280 to be included in interim periods. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted, and requires retrospective application to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures,” a final standard on improvements to income tax disclosures, The standard requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as information on income taxes paid. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted and should be applied prospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. NOTE 3 - INVENTORIES: Inventories at October 31, 2024, and 2023 consisted of the following: 2024 2023 Packed coffee $ 2,025,335 $ 3,582,935 Green coffee 11,252,118 13,151,993 Roaster parts 469,849 537,108 Packaging supplies 1,685,682 1,714,503 Totals $ 15,705,984 $ 18,986,539 F-16 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 NOTE 4 – BUILDING, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT: Building machinery and equipment at October 31, 2024, and 2023 consisted of the following: Estimated Useful Life 2024 2023 Improvements 15-30 years $ 279,813 $ 233,766 Building 31 years 900,321 900,321 Machinery and equipment 7 years 8,673,925 8,587,858 Furniture and fixtures 7 years 1,359,203 1,184,387 11,213,262 10,906,332 Less, accumulated depreciation 7,991,397 7,411,882 $ 3,221,865 $ 3,494,450 Depreciation expense totaled $579,515 and $563,100 for the years ended October 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. NOTE 5 – ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES: Accounts payable and accrued expenses at October 31, 2024, and 2023 consisted of the following: 2024 2023 Accounts payable $ 2,944,905 $ 3,681,123 Purchase accruals 2,408,749 1,051,685 Other accruals 390,245 473,634 Totals $ 5,743,899 $ 5,206,442 NOTE 6 - LINE OF CREDIT: On April 25, 2017 the Company and OPTCO (collectively referred to herein as the “Borrowers”) entered into an Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “A&R Loan Agreement”) and Amended and Restated Loan Facility (the “A&R Loan Facility”) with Sterling National Bank (“Sterling”), which consolidated (i) the financing agreement between the Company and Sterling, dated February 17, 2009, as modified, (the “Company Financing Agreement”) and (ii) the financing agreement between Company, as guarantor, OPTCO and Sterling, dated March 10, 2015 (the “OPTCO Financing Agreement”), amongst other things. On March 17, 2022, the Company reached an agreement for a new loan modification agreement and credit facility which extended the maturity date to June 29, 2022. The facility was then approved for a two-year extension. All other terms of the A&R Loan Agreement and A&R Loan Facility remain the same. F-17 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 NOTE 6 - LINE OF CREDIT (cont’d): On June 28, 2022, the Company reached an agreement for a new loan modification agreement and credit facility with Webster. The terms of the new agreement, among other things: (i) provided for a new maturity date of June 30, 2024, and (ii) changed the interest rate per annum to SOFR plus 1.75% (with such an interest rate not to be lower than 3.50%). Interest rate at October 31, 2024, was 7.02%. All other terms of the A&R Loan Agreement and A&R Loan Facility remained the same. The credit facility is $14,000,000. The unused line of credit as of October 31, 2024, was $14,000,000. The collateral related to the outstanding debt is all assets of the company. The Company is required to maintain certain financial covenants with respect to the A&R Loan Agreement. The Company was not in compliance with such requirements as of October 31, 2023. The Company received a waiver from the lender on May 24, 2024 for all past defaults. The A&R Loan Agreement was also modified on March 15, 2023 to, among other things: (i) provide for a requirement for subordination agreements, if necessary, (ii) change the terms of transactions with affiliates from a dollar limitation to allowable in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) established a new covenant for a fixed charge coverage ratio. On June 27, 2024, the Borrowers entered into the Tenth Loan Modification Agreement with Webster which amended the A&R Loan Agreement to, among other things: (i) provide for a new loan maturity date of June 29, 2025, (ii) provide that the applicable margin requirement for any revolving loan outstanding under the A&R Loan Agreement to 2.25%, (iii) provide that the maximum facility amount shall be $10,000,000 and (iv) to adjust certain definitions and terms related to the borrowing base and leverage ratios applicable to the A&R Loan Agreement. Each of the A&R Loan Facility and A&R Loan Agreement contains covenants, subject to certain exceptions, that place annual restrictions on the Borrowers’ operations, including covenants relating to debt restrictions, capital expenditures, indebtedness, minimum deposit restrictions, tangible net worth, net profit, leverage, employee loan restrictions, dividend and repurchase restrictions (common stock and preferred stock), and restrictions on intercompany transactions. The outstanding balance on the Company’s line of credit was $0 and $9,620,000 as of October 31, 2024, and October 31, 2023, respectively. NOTE 7 - INCOME TAXES: The Company’s provision (benefit) for income taxes in 2024 and 2023 consisted of the following: 2024 2023 Current Federal $ 82,332 $ - State and local 18,544 - 100,876 - Deferred Federal 611,317 (223,120) State and local 137,692 (45,100) 749,009 (268,220) Provision (benefit) for income taxes $ 849,885 $ (268,220) F-18 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 NOTE 7 - INCOME TAXES (cont’d): A reconciliation of the difference between the expected income tax rate using the statutory U.S. federal tax rate and the Company’s effective tax rate is as follows: 2024 2023 Expense (Benefit) from for tax at the federal statutory rate $ 644,259 $ (231,797) Goodwill impairment - - Other permanent differences 23,718 (51,500 Return to provision 29,959 51,500 Deferred Tax change in effective rate 6,838 State and local tax, net of federal 145,112 (36,423) Expense (Benefit from) income taxes $ 849,885 $ (268,220) Effective income tax rate 28% 25% The tax effects of the temporary differences that give rise to the deferred tax assets and liabilities as of October 31, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: 2024 2023 Deferred tax assets: Accounts receivable $ 37,051 $ 34,539 Unrealized loss - - Deferred rent 942 28,483 Deferred compensation 31,233 28,908 Net operating loss 503,413 1,039,047 Stock-based compensation 645,892 602,107 Inventory 93,879 105,794 Total deferred tax asset 1,312,410 1,838,878 Deferred tax liabilities: Intangible assets acquired 95,347 70,021 Unrealized gain 132,625 - Buildings, machinery and equipment 492,040 427,450 Total deferred tax liabilities 720,012 497,471 Net deferred tax asset $ 592,398 $ 1,341,407 A valuation allowance was not provided at October 31, 2024 or 2023. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. F-19 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 NOTE 7 - INCOME TAXES (cont’d): Based upon the level of historical taxable income and projections for future taxable income over the periods in which the deferred tax assets are expected to be deductible, management believes it is more likely than not the Company will realize the benefits of these deductible differences. The amount of the deferred tax asset considered realizable, however, could be reduced in the near term if estimates of future taxable income are reduced. As of October 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not have any unrecognized tax benefits or open tax positions. The Company’s practice is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. As of October 31, 2024, and 2023, the Company had no accrued interest or penalties related to income taxes. The Company currently has no federal or state tax examinations in progress. The Company files a U.S. federal income tax return and California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, New York, New York City, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia state tax returns. The Company’s federal income tax return is no longer subject to examination by the federal taxing authority for years before fiscal 2021. The Company’s California, Colorado and New Jersey and Texas income tax returns are no longer subject to examination by their respective taxing authorities for the years before fiscal 2021. The Company’s Oregon, New York, Kansas, South Carolina, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Michigan income tax returns are no longer subject to examination by their respective taxing authorities for the years before fiscal 2021. As of October 31, 2024, and 2023, the Company had cumulative net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $1,956,523 and $3,524,744 respectively, $153,235 of which begin to expire in 2038 and $1,803,288 of the net operating loss carryforwards that do not expire. In accordance with Section 382 of the Internal Revenue code, the usage of $153,235 of the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards is subject to an annual limitation of $60,469, the remaining operating loss carryforwards of $1,803,288 have no such limitations. These net operating loss carryforwards may be further limited in the event of a change in ownership. F-20 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 NOTE 8 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES: The Company has a 401(k) Retirement Plan, which covers all the full-time employees who have completed one year of service and have reached their 21st birthday. The Company matches 100% of the aggregate salary reduction contribution up to the first 3% of compensation and 50% of aggregate contribution of the next 2% of compensation. Contributions to the plan aggregated $63,095 and $80,994 for the years ended October 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. NOTE 9 - LEASES: The following summarizes the Company’s operating leases: 2024 2023 Right-of-use operating lease assets $ 1,166,537 $ 2,696,159 Current lease liability 307,364 255,625 Non-current lease liability 865,668 2,974,579 Total lease liability $ 1,173,032 $ 3,230,204 The amortization of the right-of-use asset for the years ended October 31, 2024 and 2023 was $315,414 and $322,030, respectively. Weighted average remaining lease term 3.76 Weighted average discount rate 6.4% F-21 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023 NOTE 9 – LEASES (cont’d): Maturities of lease liabilities by year for our operating leases are as follows: 2025 $ 371,784 2026 355,024 2027 303,562 2028 226,990 2029 66,619 Thereafter - Total lease payments $ 1,323,979 Less: imputed interest (150,947) Present value of operating lease liabilities $ 1,173,032 The aggregate cash payments under these leasing agreements were $288,202 and $429,027 for the years ended October 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Variable lease payments were $131,490 and $105,568 during the years ended October 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Operating lease costs were $426,200 and $475,346 for the years ended October 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. In May 2024, the Company modified its existing lease agreement pertaining to a portion of its office facility. The Company wrote off $1,848,032 in right-of- use assets and $2,058,599 lease liability associated with this agreement, resulting in a gain on extinguishment of lease of $210,567. On May 1, 2024, the Company entered into an amended lease agreement for the remaining portion of its office facility in Staten Island, NY, which changed the lease modification date to April 30, 2029. The amended lease commenced on May 1, 2024. The Company recognized a right-of-use asset and lease liability associated with this modified agreement of $547,975. As a result of the modification, the Company decreased its right-of-use asset by $1,300,057 and lease liability by $1,510,624 as of July 31, 2024. As of October 31, 2024, the Company was reasonably certain that the option to extend the Sonofresco lease would be exercised through December 2026. As a result, the Company increased its right-of-use asset and lease liability by approximately $85,000 as of October 31, 2024. NOTE 10 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: In January 2005, the Company established the “Coffee Holding Co., Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan.” Currently, there is only one participant in the plan: the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Within the plan guidelines, this employee is deferring a portion of his current salary and bonus. The assets are held in a separate trust. The deferred compensation payable represents the liability due to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The assets were $121,386 and $120,523 as of October 31, 2024, and October 31, 2023, respectively, and are included in Deposits and other assets in the accompanying balance sheets. The deferred compensation liability at October 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023 was $121,386 and $120,523, respectively. NOTE 11 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY: a. Treasury Stock. The Company utilizes the cost method of accounting for treasury stock. The cost of reissued shares is determined under the last-in, first- out method. The Company did not purchase any shares during the years ended October 31, 2024 and 2023. b. Stock Options. The Company has an incentive stock plan, the 2013 Equity Compensation Plan (the “2013 Plan”), and on April 19, 2019, has granted 1,000,000 stock options to employees, officers and non-employee directors from the 2013 Plan each with an exercise price of $5.43. Options granted under the 2013 Plan may be Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options, as determined by the Administrator at the time of grant. During the year ended October 31, 2024, 79,000 stock options were forfeited. No options were granted or expired during the years ended October 31, 2024. No options were granted, forfeited or expired during the years ended October 31, 2023. As of October 31, 2024, and October 31, 2023, 921,000 and 1,000,000, were exercisable, respectively. The Company recorded no stock-based compensation expense for the year ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, as all stock option awards were fully vested as of the beginning of the reporting period. NOTE 12 – CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK The Company had one customer in fiscal year 2024 that individually exceeded 10% of consolidated net sales. Net sales to this one customer were approximately 12% of consolidated net sales or $9.2 million. NOTE 13 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS: The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the financial statements were issued. Other than as described below, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements. In November 2024, the Company purchased the remaining assets of Empire Coffee Company for $825,000 in a Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) Chapter 9 sale (“Second Empire” acquisition). The assets purchased consisted of accounts receivable, inventories and equipment. Second Empire will operate as a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of Coffee Holding. In connection with this transaction, Coffee Holding entered into a four-year lease with 21 Grace Church Street Realty LLC for the existing property at 21 Grace Church Street, Port Chester, NY 10573 where Empire Coffee has its offices and production facility. Operations of Second Empire will include roasting and packing for current Coffee Holding customers as well as customers of Empire Coffee. F-22 Exhibit 10.21 Exhibit 10.22 Exhibit 10.23 SECURED CREDITOR SALE AGREEMENT by and between BRIDGE BUSINESS CREDIT, LLC, as secured party in possession, As “Seller” and SECOND EMPIRE, LLC As “Buyer” November 6, 2024 SECURED CREDITOR SALE AGREEMENT THIS SECURED CREDITOR SALE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into effective as of November 6, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), by and between BRIDGE BUSINESS CREDIT, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, as secured party in possession (“Seller”) and SECOND EMPIRE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Buyer”). WHEREAS, M&T Bank, successor by merger to People’s United Bank, National Association, (the “Bank”) extended loans to Empire Coffee Company, Inc., a New York corporation (the “Borrower”), pursuant to Loan and Security Agreement dated October 23, 2015 (the “Loan and Security Agreement”), a Revolving Note and a Term Note; WHEREAS, in order to secure payment and performance of any and all Obligations (as defined in the Loan and Security Agreement) of Borrower to Bank, including those arising under the Revolving Note, the Term Note, and the Loan and Security Agreement, Borrower granted to Bank security interests and liens upon certain property including, but not limited to, the Purchased Assets (as defined herein), (the “Collateral”) pursuant to the terms of the Loan and Security Agreement, as well as certain other documents, instruments, guaranties, security agreements, pledge agreement, and other agreements executed and/or delivered by Borrower and the guarantors a party thereto pursuant to the Loan Agreement or in connection therewith (together with the Loan and Security Agreement, collectively, the “Bank Loan Documents”); WHEREAS, Bank sold and assigned to Seller the Bank Loan Documents; WHEREAS, Seller and Borrower amended and restated the Loan and Security Agreement pursuant to the terms of that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of May 10, 2024 (the “Loan Agreement”) and an Amended and Restated Promissory Note dated May 10, 2024 (the “Note”); WHEREAS, Borrower also executed and delivered to Seller a Security Agreement (All Assets) dated as of May 10, 2024 (the “Security Agreement”), as well as certain other documents, instruments, guaranties, security agreements, pledge agreement, and other agreements executed and/or delivered by Borrower and the guarantors a party thereto pursuant to the Loan Agreement or in connection therewith (together with the Loan Agreement, the Note and the Security Agreement, collectively, the “Loan Documents”); WHEREAS, Borrower is in default under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents; and WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the effectiveness of this Agreement, Borrower has agreed to provide Seller with peaceful possession of the Purchased Assets in accordance with that certain Collateral Surrender and Sale Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2024, by and between Seller and Borrower (the “Surrender Agreement”), a copy of which is annexed hereto as Exhibit A; and 2 WHEREAS, in accordance with its rights as a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York or such other jurisdiction as is applicable (the “UCC”) and the rights granted to Seller under the Loan Documents, and subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, (i) the Seller, as secured party in possession, desires to sell the Borrower’s right, title, and interest in and to the assets which constitute Collateral on an “AS IS, WHERE IS” basis, with no representations or warranties of any kind, expressly disclaiming warranty of title, except as expressly set forth in Article IV of this Agreement, and (ii) the Buyer desires to pay for and accept such assets, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein (the “Proposed Transaction”). NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, representations, warranties and covenants made herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each of the signatories hereto hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE I CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 1.1 Definitions. For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth below: “Affiliate” of any particular Person means any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. “Cash Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4. “Claims” means any and all demands, actions, causes of action, suits, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, sums of money, accounts, bills, reckonings, damages and any and all other claims, counterclaims, defenses, rights of set-off, demands and liabilities. “Collection Account” means that certain lockbox maintained by the Seller for the account of the Borrower at JPMorgan Chase, account number ending 8272. “Governing Authority” means any: (i) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government; (ii) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal); or (iii) body exercising, or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature, including any arbitral tribunal. 3 “Intellectual Property” means any and all intellectual property or similar proprietary rights in, arising from or associated with the following, whether protected, created or arising under the laws of the United States or any other jurisdiction or under any international convention, whether registered or unregistered: patents, and equivalent or similar rights anywhere in the world in inventions and discoveries including rights in invention disclosures, copyrights, trademarks, software, mask-work registrations, inventions, proprietary data, domain names, social media accounts, trade secrets, databases, and design rights; any service mark, trade dress or similar rights arising from artwork, packaging, labeling, designs, publicity, advertising copy, and promotional materials; rights of publicity, rights of privacy, and any rights arising from a person’s picture, photograph, image, name, nickname, signature, likeness, biographical details, performances, characteristics, endorsements, voice, and/or other indicia of identity, and all ownership and exploitation rights in such persona, including production, reproduction, distribution, adaptation, performance, display, fixation, exhibition, broadcast, merchandising, and all other rights of communication to the public, and the right to exploit such persona throughout the universe in perpetuity in all media, markets, and languages and in any manner now known or hereafter devised, including moral rights or droit moral; and all registrations, applications, recordings, and common-law rights relating to any of the foregoing, all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereto, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom, and all rights to obtain renewals, continuations, divisions or other extensions of legal protections pertaining thereto. “Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, charge, hypothecation, lien (statutory or otherwise), preference, priority, security interest, tax owed, security agreement, easement, covenant, encroachment, condition, covenant, claim, exception, option, equity, right, restrictions on transfer or other encumbrance of any kind or nature whatsoever (whether absolute, accrued, disputed, contingent or otherwise). “Lockbox” means that certain lockbox maintained by the Seller for the account of the Borrower, account number ending 8636. “Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated association, corporation, limited liability company, entity or Governing Authority. “Purchased Assets” means, the following assets of the Borrower, which were surrendered to Seller pursuant to the Surrender Agreement, (i) all accounts receivables (the “Accounts Receivable”); (ii) all packaging inventory; (iii) all green coffee inventory; (iv) all machinery and equipment, (v) all assets used or held for use by the Borrower and used or usable in connection with the operation of the Borrower’s business, including, without limitation, all Intellectual Property, (vi) all purchase orders relating to the foregoing, (vii) all customer lists, email lists and all other digital material that is related to, or used by, the Borrower’s business, (viii) all books and records and historical data of the Borrower, including supplier customer history and vendor history, and (ix) all products and proceeds of the foregoing. ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE OF ASSETS 2.1 Purchase and Sale of Purchased Assets. a. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Buyer shall purchase from the Seller, and the Seller, as holder of a security interest in, among other things, the Purchased Assets, in accordance with Sections 9-610 and 9-617(a) of the UCC, shall, through a secured creditor’s private sale, sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to the Buyer on the “Closing Date” (as that term is defined below), all right, title and interest in and to the Purchased Assets on an “AS IS, WHERE IS” basis, with no representations or warranties, express or implied, including no warranty of title, except as expressly set forth in Article IV of this Agreement. 4 b. At the Closing, except as otherwise set forth herein, Seller shall deliver to Buyer an Article Nine Secured Party’s Bill of Sale with respect to the Purchased Assets in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Secured Party’s Bill of Sale”), free and clear of Liens of Seller. c. For clarity, Buyer does not assume any of the liabilities of Seller in connection with its purchase hereunder. 2.2 Closing Transactions. a. The closing of the Proposed Transaction (the “Closing”), shall occur promptly upon the expiration of notices hereof to be given to lien holders or others entitled to receive notice of the sale, but in no event later than November 6, 2024 (“Closing Date”), subject to the Seller Deliveries and the Buyer Deliveries. b. At the Closing: i. The Seller shall deliver to the Buyer the following (collectively, the “Seller Deliveries”). A. a duly executed copy of the Surrender Agreement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto; B. a duly executed copy of this Agreement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto; C. a duly executed Secured Party’s Bill of Sale executed by the Seller in its capacity as secured party in possession of the Purchased Assets; and D. satisfactory documentation that addresses the forwarding of collected proceeds received in the Lockbox and/or Collection Account from the Closing Date to and including ninety (90) days after the Closing Date to an account under the control of Buyer, executed by Seller in favor of Buyer; and ii. The Buyer shall deliver to the Seller the following (collectively, the “Buyer Deliveries”): A. a duly executed copy of this Agreement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto; and B. a cash payment in the amount of the Cash Purchase Price, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the deposit account of Seller listed on Exhibit C, 2.3 Possession of the Assets. Following the Closing, Buyer will have the right to immediate possession of the Purchased Assets. 2.4 Purchase Price. The aggregate consideration to be paid by the Buyer for the Purchased Assets shall be a cash payment by Buyer to Seller on the Closing Date in an amount equal to $800,000 (the “Cash Purchase Price”). 5 ARTICLE III CONDITIONS TO CLOSING 3.1 Conditions to the Buyer’s Obligations. The obligation of the Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to: a. The receipt by Buyer, in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer, of the Seller Deliveries, any of which the Buyer shall have the right to waive and proceed to the Closing; b. The representations, warranties, and covenants of Seller made herein shall have been true as of Closing Date; c. As of the Closing Date, the sale of the Purchased Assets by Seller or any of the transactions contemplated hereby are not prohibited by any stay or injunction in any litigation, governmental action, or other proceeding, including the “automatic stay” under 11 U.S.C. §362 in any pending case under Title 11 of the United States Code by or against Borrower. No litigation shall have been filed that would prevent closing or subject Buyer to a claim for damages as a result of the consummation of the Proposed Transaction; d. Satisfactory completion of confirmatory due diligence, including a field audit of all inventory to be acquired, at Buyer’s sole cost and expense; e. Receipt of accounts receivable agings as of the Closing Date, in form and substance acceptable to Buyer together with copies of all invoices related to all Accounts Receivable created during the Interim Period; f. Buyer shall have entered into a satisfactory lease with the landlord of the manufacturing facility located at 106 Purdy Avenue, Port Chester, NY, which lease shall not require Buyer to assume any past due amounts owed by the Borrower; g. Borrower, Robert A. Richter, and Deborah F. Richter, shall execute and deliver the Consent attached hereto; h. Confirmation that the Company has maintained its operations during the Interim Period and has continued to employ essential employees; and i. The delivery of notice from the Seller that all of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2 hereafter are satisfied or waived. 3.2 Conditions to the Seller’s Obligations. The obligation of the Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the receipt by Seller, in form and substance satisfactory to Seller, of the Buyer Deliveries and the items listed below, any of which the Seller shall have the right to waive and proceed to the Closing: a. The expiration of the 10-day notice period set forth in the notices of secured party private sale issued by Seller to the parties listed on Exhibit E hereto; 6 b. The expiration of the 25-day notice period set forth in the notices of secured party private sale issued by Seller to the parties listed on Exhibit F hereto; c. The absence of any prohibition, stay, condition, limitation or impediment to Closing issued, ordered or imposed by any Governing Authority; d. Borrower, Robert A. Richter, and Deborah F. Richter, shall execute and deliver the Consent attached hereto; and e. The delivery of notice from the Buyer that all of the conditions set forth in Section 3.1 above are satisfied or waived. ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER As a material inducement to the Buyer to enter into this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, the Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Buyer that the following are true and correct: 4.1 Title to Loan Documents. Seller is the holder of the of the Bank Loan Documents and of the Loan Documents. 4.2 Default, Valid Lien and No Discharge. Borrower is in default of its obligations under the Loan Documents and other obligations owing to Seller and Seller has validly exercised its rights under the Loan Documents and applicable law in foreclosing on the Purchased Assets. Seller has a valid and perfected first- priority Lien upon and security interest in the Purchased Assets, and Seller has not amended or modified the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents so as to limits its right to enter into this Agreement with Buyer. Seller has not discharged in whole or in part its security interest and Lien in the Purchased Assets. 4.3 Organization and Power. The Seller is limited liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Michigan, with full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. 4.4 Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by the Seller and no other requisite act or proceeding on the part of the Seller, or its governing body is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy laws, other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity affecting the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies. 4.5 Purchased Assets. a. Seller makes no representation or warranties regarding the scope and/or extent of the Purchased Assets; 7 b. Upon execution of this Agreement and receipt by the Seller of the Buyer Deliverables, including the Cash Purchase Price at Closing, all Liens that Seller may have in or to the Purchased Assets shall, and shall be deemed, discharged in accordance with Section 9-617(a) of the UCC and Seller shall, in accordance with Section 3.2 of this Agreement, execute and deliver in favor of Buyer such other and further documents and instruments, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, in order to evidence the transfer of the Purchased Assets by Seller to Buyer; c. Seller has complied with all applicable provisions of the UCC in order to effectuate the Proposed Transaction, including, without limitation, providing notice of the Proposed Transaction to all secured creditors of Borrower as required under the UCC; d. To the best of its knowledge following diligent inquiry, the sale of the Purchased Assets by the Seller or any of the transactions contemplated hereby are not prohibited by any stay or injunction in any litigation, governmental action, or other proceeding, including the “automatic stay” under 11 U.S.C. §362 in any pending case under Title 11 of the United States Code by or against Borrower; and e. Seller has not conveyed, assigned, transferred or otherwise encumbered its Lien on the Purchased Assets or transferred any of its rights under the Bank Loan Documents or the Loan Documents. 4.6 Governmental Authorities and Consents. The Seller is not required to submit any notice, report or other filing with any Governing Authority in order for Seller to execute and deliver this Agreement, consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or deliver to the Buyer all of Seller’s right, title and interest in the Purchased Assets subject to the terms hereof. No consent, approval or authorization of any Governing Authority is required to be obtained by the Seller in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. 4.7 Brokerage. There are no claims for brokerage commissions, employee bonuses, finders’ fees or similar compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based on any arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the Seller that would be binding upon any other Party hereto. ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER As an inducement to the Seller and Borrower to enter into this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, the Buyer hereby represents and warrants to the Seller and Borrower that the following are true and correct: 5.1 Recitals. The matters and facts set forth in the Recitals above are true and correct. 5.2 Organization and Power. The Buyer is a limited liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. 8 5.3 Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by the Buyer of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by the Buyer and no other requisite act or proceeding on the part of the Buyer, its board of directors or governing body is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Buyer and, assuming that this Agreement is the valid and binding obligation of the Seller and the Borrower, this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Buyer, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy laws, other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity affecting the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies. 5.4 Governmental Authorities and Consents. The Buyer is not required to submit any notice, report or other filing with any Governing Authority in connection with the execution or delivery by it of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. No consent, approval or authorization of any Governing Authority is required to be obtained by the Buyer in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. 5.5 Brokerage. There are no claims for brokerage commissions, finders’ fees or similar compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based on any arrangement or agreement made by or on behalf of the Buyer that would be binding upon any other Party hereto. 5.6 Purchased Assets. Buyer has inspected the Purchased Assets, is satisfied with their condition, and assumes all risk of the quality, condition, location and extent of the Purchased Assets. 5.7 Waiver of Certain Warranties. The Seller is selling the Purchased Assets to Buyer “AS IS, WHERE IS.” SELLER DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE. SELLER ALSO DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF TITLE. BUYER AGREES TO TAKE THE PURCHASED ASSETS ON THAT BASIS. ARTICLE VI COVENANTS 6.1 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Agreement shall survive the Closing. 6.2 Collections. During the 90-day period following the Closing, if Seller receives payment on any Accounts Receivable consisting of the Purchased Assets, Seller shall remit payment of such collected amounts to Buyer, and shall hold such payments in trust for the benefit of Buyer until such amounts are remitted to Buyer. Buyer immediately after Closing shall take steps to notify account obligors to make payment to a lockbox and collection account established by Buyer. 9 6.3 Press Release and Announcements. Unless required by law (in which case each of the Parties agrees to use reasonable efforts to consult with the other Parties prior to any such disclosure as to the form and content of such disclosure), after the date hereof and through and including the Closing Date, no press releases, announcements or other public releases of information related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby will be issued or released without the consent of each of all of the Parties, except that no Party shall be under any restriction with respect to the disclosure of information which it, in its sole and absolute discretion, deems necessary or appropriate to the exercise and enforcement of its rights and interests including those acquired or sold, or to be acquired or sold, hereunder. 6.4 Further Assurances. From time to time, as and when requested by any Party hereto and at such Party’s out-of-pocket reasonable expense, any other Party shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such documents and instruments and shall take, or cause to be taken, all such further actions as the requesting Party may reasonably deem necessary or desirable to evidence and effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition to the foregoing, the Seller and/or the Borrower shall take such actions as may be reasonably requested by the Buyer to permit the Buyer to take delivery of and to transport the Purchased Assets, if applicable. 6.5 Sales and Transfer Taxes. All sales, use, excise, value-added, goods and services, transfer, recording, documentary, registration, conveyancing and similar taxes that may be imposed on the sale and transfer of the Purchased Assets (including any stamp, duty or other tax chargeable in respect of any instrument transferring property be paid), together with any and all penalties, interest and additions to tax with respect thereto, shall be paid by the Buyer. The Buyer and the Seller shall cooperate in timely making all filings, returns, reports and forms as may be required to comply with the provisions of applicable law in connection with the payment of any such taxes described in the immediately preceding sentence. 6.6 Mutual Assistance. The Buyer and the Seller agree that they will mutually cooperate in the expeditious filing of any notices, reports and other filings with any governmental authority required to be submitted jointly by the Buyer and the Seller in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Proposed Transactions. The Buyer and Seller agree to execute and deliver to the other party any other documentation reasonably required or requested by the other party (at the requesting party’s expense) to effectuate the intent of the parties to this Agreement, including documentation required in connection with recording in the public record Buyer’s acquisition of the Purchased Assets (and otherwise consistent with Article 9 of the UCC) necessary to implement a proper chain of title in connection with the assignment to and ownership of the Purchased Assets. 6.7 Term. Unless the Proposed Transaction closes or this Agreement is extended in writing by the Buyer and the Seller, this Agreement will terminate at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) on November 6, 2024. 10 ARTICLE VII ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS 7.1 Acknowledgment by the Buyer. BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT SELLER (A) MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE CONCERNING THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE PURCHASED ASSETS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WITH RESPECT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL OR PHYSICAL CONDITION THEREOF, THE COMPLIANCE OF THE PURCHASED ASSETS WITH ANY LAWS, RULES OR REGULATIONS, THE MERCHANTABILITY OR SUITABILITY OF THE PURCHASED ASSETS FOR CURRENT USE OR BUYER’S PROPOSED USE, OR WITH RESPECT TO THE QUALITY OR VALUE OF THE PURCHASED ASSETS AND (B) MAKES NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, INLCUDING WARRANTY OF TITLE, OF ANY KIND OR NATURE EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT FOR WHICH BUYER MAY SEEK RECOURSE UPON A BREACH BY SELLER THEREOF. Rather, the only representations and warranties made by Seller are as set forth in Article IV. 7.2 Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement may be amended, and any provision of this Agreement may be waived; provided that any such amendment or waiver will be binding upon the Seller or the Buyer only if such amendment or waiver is set forth in a writing executed by the Seller or the Buyer, as the case may be. No course of dealing between or among any Persons having any interest in this Agreement shall be deemed effective to modify, amend or discharge any part of this Agreement or any rights or obligations of any Person under or by reason of this Agreement. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions, whether or not similar, nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver. 7.3 Notices. All notices, demands and other communications to be given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (i) when delivered by hand or sent by telecopy (with hard copy to follow); (ii) one day after being sent by reputable overnight express courier (charges prepaid), or (iii) five days following mailing by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested. Unless another address is specified in writing, notices, demands and communications to the Seller and the Buyer shall be sent to the addresses indicated below: Notices to Buyer: SECOND EMPIRE, LLC c/o Coffee Holding Co., Inc. 3475 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10314 with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice to the Buyer): Lowenstein Sandler LLP One Lowenstein Drive Roseland, NJ 07068 Attention: Steven Skolnik, Esq. E-mail: sskolnick@lowenstein.com 11 Notices to the Seller: Bridge Business Credit, LLC 900 Wilshire Dr., Suite 305 Troy, MI 48084 Attention: James Campbell E-mail: jcampbell@bridgebusinesscredit.com With a copy to: Miller Canfield PLC 150 West Jefferson, Suite 2500 Detroit, MI 48226 Attention: Steven Roach, Esq. E-mail: roach@millercanfield.com 7.4 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and all of the covenants and agreements contained herein and rights, interests or obligations hereunder, by or on behalf of any of the Parties hereto, shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective heirs, successors and assigns of the Parties hereto whether so expressed or not, except that neither this Agreement nor any of the covenants and agreements herein or rights, interests or obligations hereunder may be assigned or delegated by the Seller or the Buyer, as the case may be, without the other Party’s prior written consent. 7.5 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision will be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement. 7.6 Interpretation. The headings and captions used in this Agreement, in any Schedule or Exhibit hereto, in the table of contents or in any index hereto are for convenience of reference only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit, characterize or in any way affect any provision of this Agreement or any Schedule or Exhibit hereto, and all provisions of this Agreement and the Schedules and Exhibits hereto shall be enforced and construed as if no caption or heading had been used herein or therein. Any capitalized terms used in any Addendum or Schedule attached hereto and not otherwise defined therein shall have the meanings set forth in this Agreement. Each defined term used in this Agreement shall have a comparable meaning when used in its plural or singular form. The use of the word “including” herein shall mean “including without limitation” and shall not be deemed to be limiting, unless the context otherwise requires, “neither,” “nor,” “any,” “either” and “or” shall not be exclusive. The Parties hereto intend that each representation, warranty and covenant contained herein shall have independent significance. If any Party has breached any representation, warranty or covenant contained herein in any respect, the fact that there exists another representation, warranty or covenant relating to the same subject matter (regardless of the relative levels of specificity) which such Party has not breached shall not detract from or mitigate the fact that such Party is in breach of the first representation, warranty or covenant. The Parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement. 12 7.7 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give to any Person other than the Parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement, such third parties specifically including employees and creditors of the Borrowers, the Buyer and their Affiliates. 7.8 Complete Agreement. This Agreement and the agreements and documents referred to herein contain the entire agreement and understanding between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, whether written or oral, relating to such subject matter in any way. 7.9 Delivery by Facsimile or Electronic Transmission. This Agreement and any notices delivered under this Amendment, may be executed by means of (a) an electronic signature that complies with the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, state enactments of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, or any other relevant and applicable electronic signatures law; (b) an original manual signature; or (c) a faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature. Each electronic signature or faxed, scanned, or photocopied manual signature shall for all purposes have the same validity, legal effect, and admissibility in evidence as an original manual signature. This Agreement and any notices delivered under this Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but such counterparts shall, together, constitute only one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement and any notices as set forth herein will be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment or notice. At the request of any party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument, each other party hereto or thereto shall re-execute original forms thereof and deliver them to all other parties. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument shall raise the use of a facsimile machine or electronic transmission in PDF to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine or electronic transmission in PDF as a defense to the formation of a contract and each such Party forever waives any such defense. 7.10 Governing Law. ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISION OR RULE (WHETHER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS) THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTIONS OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 13 7.11 Jurisdiction. Anything in Section 7.10 to the contrary notwithstanding, each of Buyer and Seller hereby irrevocably consent to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the state of New York, County of New York and of any federal court located therein in connection with any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. 7.12 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF BUYER AND SELLER HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION (i) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR (ii) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE. EITHER PARTY MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. 7.13 Schedules. All Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto are incorporated herein and expressly made a part of this Agreement as though completely set forth herein. All references to this Agreement herein or in any of the Exhibits or Schedules shall be deemed to refer to this entire Agreement, including all Exhibits and Schedules. [SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGES] 14 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above. SELLER: BRIDGE BUSINESS CREDIT, LLC By: /s/ James Campbell Name: James Campbell Title: Chief Credit Officer BUYER: SECOND EMPIRE, LLC By: /s/ Andrew Gordon Name: Andrew Gordon Title: President 15 Consent ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED: By its respective signature below, each of the undersigned acknowledges and agrees to the terms of this Purchase Agreement and hereby releases Buyer from any and all liabilities, claims and demands, actions and causes of action, damages, costs, payments and expenses of every kind, nature or description, in all domestic and foreign legal jurisdictions, arising from any event or transaction occurring in connection with, or arising out of, this Purchase Agreement. Each of the undersigned agrees that Buyer shall be entitled to rely on the representations and warranties made by Borrower in the Surrender Agreement as a third-party beneficiary thereof. The undersigned represent and warrant to Buyer that the following are true and accurate: 1. As of September 30, 2024, the Indebtedness includes the sum of $1,347,976.44 in principal plus $25,251.34 in accrued interest. The foregoing amounts are exclusive of interest that continues to accrue on and after September 30, 2024, and all other costs fees and expenses of Lender, including reasonable attorney fees. 2. The only Liens on the Purchased Assets are the Liens of the Seller and of the U.S. Small Business Administration in existence immediately prior to the consummation of the Proposed Transaction. 3. The Lien of Seller on the Purchased Assets is a first priority Lien. 4. Borrower has good title to the Purchased Assets, including the machinery and equipment identified in the Secured Party’s Bill or Sale, subject solely to the Liens of the Seller and of the U.S. Small Business Administration immediately prior to the consummation of the Proposed Transaction. 5. Borrower does not own any Intellectual Property that has been registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. 6. The recitals set forth in this Purchase Agreement are true and accurate in all respects. 7. The recitals set forth in the Collateral Surrender and Sale Agreement are true and accurate in all respects. 8. The Accounts Receivable and inventory reports delivered to the Buyer as of the Closing Date are true and correct in all respects. 16 This consent does not modify or expand the limited obligations of Deborah F. Richter under the Guaranty dated October 23, 2015, as amended by the Amendment to Guaranty dated as of May 10, 2024. EMPIRE COFFEE CO., INC. By: /s/ Robert A. Richter Name: Robert A. Richter Title: President /s/ Robert A. Richter /s/ Deborah F. Richter Robert A. Richter, as guarantor Deborah F. Richter, as limited guarantor 17 EXHIBIT 21.1 COFFEE HOLDING CO., INC. Significant Subsidiaries Name of Entity Jurisdiction Organic Products Trading Company, LLC United States, Delaware Second Empire, LLC United States, Delaware Exhibit 23.1 INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM’S CONSENT We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of Coffee Holding Co., Inc. on Form S-8 (FILE No. 333-233065) of our report dated January 31, 2025, with respect to our audits of the consolidated financial statements of Coffee Holding Co., Inc. as of October 31, 2024 and 2023 and for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2024, which report is included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Coffee Holding Co., Inc. for the year ended October 31, 2024. /s/ Marcum llp Marcum llp New York, New York January 31, 2025 EXHIBIT 31.1 Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 I, Andrew Gordon, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended October 31, 2024 of Coffee Holding Co., Inc.; 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the 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 registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; (b) Designed such internal controls over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, 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; (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and 5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. Date: January 31, 2025 /s/ Andrew Gordon Andrew Gordon President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer) EXHIBIT 32.1 Statement Furnished Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 The undersigned, Andrew Gordon, is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (the “Company”). This statement is being furnished in connection with the filing by the Company of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended October 31, 2024 (the “Report”). By execution of this statement, I certify that: A) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a) or 78o(d)); and B) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods covered by the Report. This statement is authorized to be attached as an exhibit to the Report so that this statement will accompany the Report at such time as the Report is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. It is not intended that this statement be deemed to be filed for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Coffee Holding Co., Inc. and will be retained by Coffee Holding Co., Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. Date: January 31, 2025 /s/ Andrew Gordon Andrew Gordon President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer)