Company: IPST
Filing Date: 2025-05-30
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001788230-25-000100
Chunk: 33

Company: Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-30
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 33
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 on the preferred voting frequency by selecting the option of one year, two years or three years (or abstain).

Vote Required and Board’s Recommendation

Approval of the Advisory Vote Proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal at the Annual Meeting, provided a quorum is present. For this purpose, abstentions and broker non-votes will not be counted as votes cast and will therefore have no effect on the outcome of the vote. Only votes “FOR” and “AGAINST” the proposal will be considered in determining whether the proposal has received the requisite affirmative vote. Brokerage firms do not have discretionary authority to vote shares held in street name on this proposal. If you do not provide your broker with voting instructions, your shares will not be voted on this matter, resulting in a broker non-vote. You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST,” or “ABSTAIN” on this proposal.

| THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR “3 YEARS” FOR THE ADVISORY VOTE PROPOSAL |

| 2025 Proxy Statement |     | 22 |     | HERITAGE DISTILLING HOLDING COMPANY, INC. |

PROPOSAL 4 - ELOC SHARE ISSUANCE PROPOSAL

Approval, for Purposes of Complying With Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), of the Issuance of Shares of Common Stock Pursuant to the ELOC Securities Purchase Agreement Dated as of January 23, 2025

We are seeking approval for purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d) of our potential issuance of shares of our common stock under the Securities Purchase Agreement dated January 23, 2025 (the “ELOC Purchase Agreement”) between our Company and C/M Capital Master Fund, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ELOC Investor”).

The information set forth in this ELOC Share Issuance Proposal is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the ELOC Purchase Agreement attached as Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 24, 2025. Stockholders are urged to carefully read this document. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined have the meaning ascribed to them in the ELOC Purchase Agreement.

### Overview
On January 23, 2025, we entered into the ELOC Purchase Agreement with the ELOC Investor. Pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in the ELOC