Company: IPST
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001788230-25-000148
Chunk: 72

Company: Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 72
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 have been combined, subject to the treatment of fractional shares as described above.”

2. Pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, the special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation was duly called and held upon notice in accordance with Section 222 of the DGCL, at which meeting the necessary number of shares as required by the DGCL were voted in favor of the amendment.

3. This foregoing amendment was duly and validly adopted in accordance with Section 242 of the DGCL.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this [Fourth] Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be duly executed by an authorized officer this ____ day of _________, 2025.

HERITAGE DISTILLING HOLDING COMPANY, INC.

By: ________________________________

Name: Justin Stiefel

Title: Chief Executive Officer

Appendix D

#### HERITAGE DISTILLING HOLDING COMPANY, INC.

### SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE

#### 2024 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
This Second Amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to the Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”) is hereby adopted, subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company, pursuant to the recommendation of the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) and the approval of the Board of Directors (the “Board”). This Second Amendment shall become effective as of the date of stockholder approval (the “Effective Date”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.

#### WHEREAS
, the Plan, as adopted by the Board, was ratified and approved by the stockholders of the Company, became effective on November 25, 2024; and

#### WHEREAS
, the Plan was previously amended by the First Amendment to the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan dated May 30, 2025, and approved by the stockholders on June 24, 2025, increasing the shares available for issuance to 5,000,000 shares;

#### WHEREAS
, the Committee has determined that it is in the best interest of the Company to further amend the Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan by 30,000,000 additional shares of Common Stock, for a total of 35,000,000 shares.

#### NOW, THEREFORE
, as