Company: IPST
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001788230-25-000183
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Company: Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form: S-8
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 for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

### EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) is being filed by Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc. (the “Registrant”), to register a total of 1,750,000 shares of its common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), issuable pursuant to the Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2024 Plan”).

# PART I
<div align='center'>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</div>

## Item 1.

#### Plan Information.*

## Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*

* The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to each participant in the 2024 Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Such documents are not required to be and are not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) either as part of this registration statement (this “Registration Statement”) or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. The Registrant will provide a written statement to participants advising them of the availability without charge, upon written or oral request, of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II hereof and including the statement in the preceding sentence. The written statement to all participants will indicate the availability without charge, upon written or oral request, of other documents required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 428(b), and will include the address and telephone number to which the request is to be directed.

# PART II

### INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

## Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

1. The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the Commission on April 28