Company: IPST
Filing Date: 2025-08-14
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001788230-25-000126
Chunk: 268

Company: Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-14
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part II, Item 8
Chunk 268
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 Foundation, the entity behind the Story Network (“Story Foundation”), which has agreed to purchase 9,295,141 Shares and Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase 85,000,000 shares of Common Stock; Justin Stiefel, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, who has agreed to purchase 3,309,614 Shares; and Andrew Varga, a director of the Company, who has agreed to purchase 300,000 Shares.

Of the total $223,819,964 purchase price for the Shares and the Pre-Funded Warrants, $50,862,166 is expected to be paid in cash, $49,137,833 is expected to be paid in the cryptocurrency stablecoin commonly referred to as USDC (“USDC”), based on a purchase price of $1.00 per USDC, and $123,819,949 is expected to be paid in the native cryptocurrency of the Story Network, referred to as $IP Tokens (“$IP Tokens”), which will be valued for purpose of the Subscription Agreement at (i) $5.2413 (representing a 20% discount from the closing price of $IP Tokens on August 8, 2025 as reported by CoinMarketCap.com) in the case of the Story Core Contributors (as defined in the Subscription Agreements), (ii) $3.40 (representing an approximate 48% discount from the closing price of $IP Tokens on August 8, 2025 as reported by CoinMarketCap.com) in the case of Story Foundation, or (iii) $6.5516 (the reported closing price of $IP Tokens on August 8, 2025 as reported by CoinMarketCap.com) in the case of all other Investors.

The Offering is anticipated to close in August, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, and subject to shareholder approval of specific parts of the transaction. We intend to use (a) up to $4.0 million of the net proceeds from the Offering for general corporate purposes initiated after the closing, (b) up to $0.6 million for pre-existing working capital commitments or obligations, and (c) at least $80.0 million to purchase $IP Tokens from Story Foundation at a price per $IP Token of $3.40. The balance of the net proceeds will be used to purchase or otherwise acquire $IP Tokens and for the establishment of our cryptocurrency treasury operations to the extent consistent with our investment policy as amended or otherwise modified from