Company: IPST
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001788230-25-000003
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Company: Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 6, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “ Board”) of Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc. (the “ Company”) increased the size of the Board to eight directors and appointed Matthew J. Swann to serve as a director of the Company, effective immediately. In addition, Mr. Swann was appointed to serve as chairman of the newly-created Technology and Cryptocurrency Committee of the Board.

In accordance with the terms of the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation and its amended and restated bylaws, Mr. Swann was seated in Class II and will serve on the Board until his initial term expires at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company, at which time he is expected to stand for re-election.

Mr. Swann, age 54, is a Strategic Advisor and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with decades of experience in the technology industry, specializing in cloud computing, fintech and digital payments and technology transformation. Since January 2023, Mr. Swann has been the President of Foo Services, a technology consulting firm. From March 2021 to February 2023, he served as CTO at NuBank (NYSE: NU), one of the world's largest digital financial services platforms, where he drove innovation, growth and strategy across product and platform development. From 2018 to March 2021, he served as CTO of Booking. com (NASDAQ: BKNG), an online travel agency. Before Booking. com, he held senior-level technology positions with several international companies, including establishing and overseeing all international digital payment platforms as a Vice President at Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) for nearly a decade, serving as CTO for Stubhub, and serving as Chief Information Officer for Citibank (NYSE: C) overseeing its Global Consumer Bank, Cards, Payments and Digital divisions. Currently, Mr. Swann serves as a Director at Payfare Inc. (TSE: PAY), where he supports digital innovation and transformation strategies. He also serves as a non-executive Director at Thredd Payments, a London-based fintech firm. He received a Bachelor of Science degree, Computer Information Systems, from Arizona State University.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Swann and any other person or persons pursuant to which Mr. Swann was selected as a director