Company: IPST
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001788230-25-000148
Chunk: 4

Company: Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 4
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Our board of directors has fixed the close of business on July 23, 2025 as the record date for determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Special Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on that date will be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Special Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. The list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Special Meeting will be available for inspection at our principal executive offices, beginning ten days prior to the date of the Special Meeting and continuing through the Special Meeting, and any adjournments thereof. The list will also be available for inspection at the Special Meeting.

Please review the proxy statement accompanying this notice for more complete information regarding the matters to be considered at the Special Meeting. Please read the accompanying proxy statement and its appendices carefully and in their entirety.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

#### Jennifer D.H. Stiefel
President and Secretary

Gig Harbor, Washington
August 29, 2025

Table of Contents

| Questions and Answers                         |     |  1 |
| Ownership of Common Stock                     |     |  7 |
| Certain Beneficial Owners and Management      |     |  7 |
| Proposal One - Financing Proposal             |     |  9 |
| Proposal Two - Advisory Compensation Proposal |     | 14 |
| Proposal Three - Authorized Share Proposal    |     | 16 |
| Proposal Four - Stockholder Action Proposal   |     | 19 |
| Proposal Five - Reverse Stock Split Proposal  |     | 21 |
| Proposal Six - Incentive Plan Proposal        |     | 28 |
| Proposal Seven - Adjournment Proposal         |     | 35 |
| Executive Compensation                        |     | 36 |
| Equity Compensation Plan Information          |     | 38 |
| Director Compensation                         |     | 39 |
| Audit Committee Report                        |     | 41 |
| Householding                                  |     | 41 |
| Availability of Annual Report on Form 10-K    |     | 41 |
| Other Business                                |     | 42 |

Questions and Answers

Why am I receiving these materials?

The board of directors ("Board of Directors" or "Board") of Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc. ("Heritage" or "Company" or “we,” “us,” or “our”) has made these materials available to you via the internet or