Company: IPST
Filing Date: 2025-08-26
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001213900-25-080839
Chunk: 62

Company: Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-26
Form: S-1
Chunk 62
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, influencers or other party or affiliate associated with our company saying something offensive, hurtful, defamatory, or otherwise designed in such a way as to harm our reputation or the reputation of our brands. In such cases, the resulting public backlash or boycotts of our products, the potential for cancelled partnerships, or the removal of our products or brands from distribution, bars, restaurants, retail shelves or other locations where they are sold and served, could cause us to lose sales and revenue and impact our operations or business prospects. Such actions could also cause reputational harm to our company and our brands that cannot be overcome, thereby impacting our ability to conduct business or to generate sales or profits, and ultimately negatively impact the value of our common stock. 34 There is also a risk that social media influencers, pundits or public personalities who may be viewed as controversial by some group or community attempt to align themselves with our company or our brands that causes a backlash among consumers or specific groups or communities. These people, acting on their own or in concert with others, could feel they are making positive posts about us or our brands, but communities or groups with opposing viewpoints from those posting about us could attempt to create a backlash against our company or our brands due to the appearance of the association with such people. If we or our brands were to get swept up in a backlash or boycott of our products, goods or services simply because of the public comments made by others, even if we are not involved and do not condone or sanction such comments, our sales, revenue and profits could be impacted, and it could ultimately negatively impact the value of our common stock. There is a risk that the Cryptocurrency Treasury Reserve Policy we adopted, as it may be amended from time to time, does not adequately address risks regarding the acceptance, acquisition, handling, storage, use and disposition of cryptocurrencies, which could create a number of risks for us and our stockholders. We adopted a formal Cryptocurrency Treasury Reserve Policy. As we accumulate and use cryptocurrencies, there are risks associated with the volatility, stability, price, utilization, adoption, recognition, regulation, taxation, storage, handling and security of transacting, holding or using such cryptocurrencies in our business which could impact our balance sheet, liquidity and profitability. Such risks include, but are not limited to: •continued worldwide growth in the adoption and use of cryptocurrencies; •government and quasi -governmentregulation of cryptocurrencies and their use, or restrictions on or regulation of access to and operation of cryptocurrency systems; •the maintenance and development of