Company: IPST
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001213900-25-123872
Chunk: 360

Company: Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 360
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 it enters into contractual relationships, including customers, lessors, and parties to other transactions with the Company, with respect to certain matters. The Company has agreed, under certain conditions, to hold these third parties harmless against specified losses, such as those arising from a breach of representations or covenants, other third -partyclaims that the Company’s products when used for their intended purposes infringe the intellectual property rights of such other third parties, or other claims made against certain parties. It is not possible to determine the maximum potential amount of liability under these indemnification obligations due to the Company’s limited history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts and circumstances that are likely to be involved in each claim.

F-45 Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited) NOTE 11 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (cont.) Litigation — CFGI— On January 31, 2025, CFGI, LLC (“CFGI”) commenced a litigation against the Company in the Superior Court, Suffolk County, Massachusetts asserting claims arising under a November 1, 2022 written engagement letter agreement whereby CFGI agreed to provide financial, accounting and tax consulting services to the Company. CFGI alleged that, while the Company made some payments under the amended agreement, CFGI was then owed approximately $ 730,000, plus interest. On July 30, 2025, the parties entered into a settlement agreement whereby the Company paid $ 500,000in full settlement of all amounts claimed by the plaintiff in the litigation and the litigation was terminated. Litigation — Thinking Tree Dissenter— On April 16, 2025, Kaylon McAlister, a former co -founderof Thinking Tree Spirits, filed suit in the Circuit Court of Oregon against Thinking Tree Spirits and the Company seeking $ 470,000under the Oregon dissenter rights statute, plus interest. The parties reached agreement on August 8, 2025 whereby the dissenter relinquished his claims in exchange for $ 140,000, ending the matter. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company has not been subject to any other pending litigation claims. Notice from Nasdaq— On April 14, 2025, the Company received a notice (the “Notice”) from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”), which indicated that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2)