Company: IPST
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001788230-25-000148
Chunk: 5

Company: Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 5
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 has delivered printed versions of these materials to you by mail on or about August 29, 2025, in connection with its solicitation of proxies for use at a special meeting of stockholders (the "Special Meeting"). The Special Meeting will take place on Thursday, September 18, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time, in the Barrel Room at our corporate headquarters located at 9668 Bujacich Road, Gig Harbor, WA 98332.

While we have included links to our website, the contents of our website are not incorporated by reference into this Proxy Statement or our other SEC reports and filings.

What is included in these materials?

These materials include:

• Our Notice of Special Meeting of Stockholders and our Proxy Statement for Special Meeting of Stockholders (the "Proxy Statement"), which summarize the information regarding the matters to be voted on at the Special Meeting;

• Our Annual Report on Form 10-K and audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024; and

• A proxy card.

What is the purpose of the Special Meeting?

There are seven known matters that will come before the stockholders at the Special Meeting:

• For purposes of complying with the applicable provisions of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635, the approval of the issuance of pre-funded warrants and shares of common stock upon the exercise of pre-funded warrants issued pursuant to subscription agreements between certain accredited or institutional investors and us related to the issuance of such securities (the "Financing Proposal");

• For purposes of complying with the applicable provisions of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c), the approval of the issuance of shares of our common stock, restricted stock unit awards, and shares of common stock upon the exercise of warrants issued pursuant to advisory agreements between certain advisors and us related to the issuance of such securities (the “Advisory Compensation Proposal”);

• The approval of an amendment to our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended (the "Certificate of Incorporation"), to increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock from 495,000,000 shares to 995,000,000 shares (the "Authorized Share Proposal");

• The approval of an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, to remove the prohibition against stockholder action by written consent (the “Stockholder Action Proposal”);

• The approval of an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of our common stock at a reverse stock split ratio ranging from 1:5 to 1