Company: IPST
Filing Date: 2025-06-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001788230-25-000111
Chunk: 11

Company: Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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 the Advisory Vote Proposal, the ELOC Share Issuance Proposal, the SPA Share Issuance Proposal, and the Incentive Plan Proposal) are considered “non-routine” under New York Stock Exchange rules such that your broker, bank or other agent may not vote your shares on those proposals in the absence of your voting instructions. Conversely, Proposals 6, 8, and 9 (the Authorized Share Proposal, the Auditor Proposal, and the Adjournment Proposal) are considered “routine” under New York Stock Exchange rules and thus, if you do not return voting instructions to your broker, your shares may be voted by your broker in its discretion on such proposals.

What is the impact of abstentions, withhold votes and broker non-votes?

If you submit a proxy or voting instructions but do not indicate your specific voting instructions on one or more of the proposals to be presented at the Annual Meeting, your shares will be voted as recommended by our Board of Directors on those proposals if using the form of proxy included with the proxy materials and as the proxyholders may determine with respect to any other matter properly presented for a vote at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions will not be considered as votes cast. Accordingly, abstentions will have no impact upon the any of the proposals to be voted. Broker non-votes will have no effect on the Director Proposal, the Adjournment Proposal, the ELOC Share Issuance Proposal, the SPA Share Issuance Proposal, the Authorized Share Proposal or the Incentive Plan Proposal.

Who pays for the cost of this proxy solicitation?

We will pay all the costs of soliciting these proxies. In addition to soliciting proxies by distributing these proxy materials, our officers and employees may also solicit proxies by telephone, by fax, by mail, via the internet or other electronic means of communication, or in person. No additional compensation will be paid to officers or employees for their assistance in soliciting proxies. We will reimburse brokers, banks, and other similar organizations for the expenses they incur in forwarding the proxy materials to you.

### Where can I find the voting results of the Annual Meeting?
The voting results will be announced at the Annual Meeting. We will also report the voting results in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC within four business days after the end of the Annual Meeting.

How do I submit a stockholder proposal for consideration at next year's annual meeting of stockholders?

For a stockholder proposal to be considered for inclusion in our proxy statement for the annual