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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) November 24, 2025
HERITAGE DISTILLING HOLDING COMPANY INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware 001-42411 83-4558219
(State or other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
9668 Bujacich Road
Gig Harbor, Washington
98332
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (zip code)
(253) 509-0008
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of registrant under any of the following provisions:
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share IPST The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company x



Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o On November 24, 2025, Heritage Distilling Holding Company Inc. d/b/a IP Strategy (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the webcast replay, investor presentation, and transcript from the Company’s inaugural Investor Day 2025 presentation are available on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at ipstrategy.co/investor-day. The virtual Investor Day 2025 event offered an overview of the Company’s evolution, growth strategy, and alignment with the Story network’s programmable intellectual property ecosystem. Leadership from both the Company and Story discussed how AI, blockchain, and intellectual property are converging to shape a new investable asset class.
A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01.
The information disclosed under this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 25, 2025 HERITAGE DISTILLING HOLDING COMPANY INC.
By: /s/ Justin Stiefel
Justin Stiefel
Chief Executive Officer
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EX-99.1 2 ipst-exx991xpressreleasex2.htm EX-99.1 Document

Exhibit 99.1
IP Strategy Announces Availability of Investor Day 2025 Materials
Gig Harbor, WA – November 24, 2025 – IP Strategy (Nasdaq: IPST) (the “Company”), the first Nasdaq-listed entity operating a digital asset treasury strategy centered on the $IP token, today announced that the webcast replay, investor presentation and transcript from its inaugural Investor Day 2025 are now available on the Investor Relations section of the company’s website.
The virtual event offered an overview of the company’s evolution, growth strategy, and alignment with the Story network’s programmable intellectual property ecosystem. Leadership from both IP Strategy and Story discussed how AI, blockchain and intellectual property are converging to shape a new investable asset class.
All event materials, including the recording and presentation, are available to access and download at ipstrategy.co/investor-day.
About IP Strategy
IP Strategy (Nasdaq: IPST) is the first Nasdaq-listed company to hold $IP tokens as a primary reserve asset and also operate a revenue-generating validator for the Story network. The Company provides public market investors with broad exposure to the $80 trillion programmable intellectual property economy in a regulated equity format. IP Strategy’s treasury reserve of $IP tokens provides direct participation in the Story ecosystem, which enables on-chain registration, licensing, and monetization of intellectual property.
Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc. is the registered corporate name of IP Strategy.
About Story
Story is the AI-native blockchain network powering the $IP token and making intellectual property programmable, traceable, and monetizable in real time. Backed by $136 million from a16z crypto, Polychain Capital, and Samsung Ventures, Story launched its mainnet in February 2025 and has rapidly become a leading infrastructure for tokenized intellectual property. Story allows creators and enterprises to turn media, data, and AI-generated content into legally enforceable digital assets with embedded rights, enabling automated licensing and new markets for intellectual property across AI and entertainment.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release and the Investor Day 2025 event materials referenced herein contain forward-looking statements, including statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified by words such as “aims,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “forecasts,” “goal,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “possible,” “potential,” “seeks,” “will,” and variations of these words or similar expressions that are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Any such statements in this press release or the Investor Day 2025 event materials referenced herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the potential for the Company’s validator business to be a source of recurring revenue, the Company’s position as both a participant in and supporter of the programmable IP economy, the Company’s ability to maintain complete control over security and performance of its $IP tokens, the expected profitability and gross margins for the Company’s validator business, the expected yield for the Company’s staked $IP tokens, the illustrative potential annualized revenues for the Company's validator business, the estimated fixed cost basis for the validator business, the Company’s balance sheet and growth prospects, future arrangements with third parties that may stake their $IP tokens on IP Strategy’s validator and any commissions to be earned thereon, the future expansion of the Company’s validator and staking activities, the Company’s plans to provide regular updates as additional $IP tokens and revenues are earned through its validator infrastructure and the Company’s ability to use net operating losses to offset future income tax obligations.
Any forward-looking statements in this press release or the Investor Day 2025 event materials referenced herein are based on IP Strategy’s current expectations, estimates and projections only as of the date of this release and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those set forth in or implied by such forward-looking statements.



These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks related to the Company’s digital asset treasury strategy and validator operations, the value of $IP tokens and $IP token price volatility, the legal, commercial, regulatory and technical uncertainty regarding digital assets generally and the $IP token in particular, the treatment of crypto assets for U.S. and foreign tax purposes, expectations with respect to the Company’s future performance, growth and anticipated acquisitions, any correlation between the Company’s stock price and the price of $IP tokens, the ability of the Company to execute on its treasury reserve and validator business plans, the Company’s yield and capital management strategies and the potential and acceptance of $IP tokens in the marketplace. These and other risks concerning IP Strategy are described in additional detail in its registration statement on Form S-1 initially filed with the SEC on August 26, 2025, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on October 16, 2025, its latest annual report on Form 10-K, subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual reports on Form 10-K, and any other subsequent filings with the SEC. IP Strategy explicitly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements except to the extent required by law.
Investor Contact
(800)595-3550
ir@ipstrategy.co