Company: IPST
Filing Date: 2025-08-26
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001213900-25-080839
Chunk: 127

Company: Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-26
Form: S-1
Chunk 127
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, and rent and associated costs for running each tasting room. The expenses include our personnel responsible for managing our e -commerceplatform, wages, commissions and bonuses for our outside sales team members who market and sell our products to distributors and retail end users and the associated costs of such sales. Sales and marketing expenses also include the costs of sports and venue sponsorships, radio, television, social media, influencers, direct mail and other traditional marketing costs, costs related to trade shows and events and an allocated portion of overhead costs. We expect our sales and marketing costs will increase as we expand our headcount, open new locations in partnership with tribes, expand our wholesale distribution footprint and initiate new marketing campaigns. General and Administrative General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel -relatedexpenses associated with our executive, finance, legal, insurance, information technology and human resources functions, as well as professional fees for legal, audit, accounting and other consulting services, and an allocated portion of overhead costs. We expect our general and administrative expenses will increase on an absolute dollar basis as a result of operating as a public company, including expenses necessary to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to companies listed on a national securities exchange and related to compliance and reporting obligations pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC, as well as increased expenses for general and director and officer insurance, investor relations, directors fees and other administrative and professional services. In addition, we expect to incur additional costs as we hire additional personnel and enhance our infrastructure to support the anticipated growth of our business. We expect that the one -timelarge costs associated with preparing our initial public offering will not need to be recurring expenses, allowing us to focus on baseline costs. As of June 30, 2025, all restricted stock units (“RSUs”) had settled on the six month anniversary of our initial public offering, which was completed in November 2024, leaving zero outstanding. We recognized an aggregate of $2,684,395 of previously -unrecognizedcompensation expense for RSU awards upon completion of our 74 IPO. Included above are an aggregate of 234,525 RSUs to employees, directors and consultants that the Board of Directors approved in May 2024, with a fair grant value of $4.00 per unit. These RSUs contained a double trigger and, upon grant, were deemed to have met their time -basedservice requirements for vesting. Interest Expense Interest expenses include cash interest accrued on our secured debt, cash interest and non -cashinterest paid or accrued on our notes payable