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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001788230-25-000168"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IPST"
cik: "0001788230"
company_name: "IP STRATEGY HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2025-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:08:17.914426+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IP Strategy announces 1-for-20 reverse stock split effective Nov 5 for Nasdaq compliance

## Summary
- Reverse split at 1:20 ratio expected effective 12:01 a.m. ET Nov 5, 2025; ticker IPST unchanged.
- Common stock will trade split-adjusted on Nasdaq Capital Market from market open Nov 5.
- No fractional shares; cash payment in lieu based on Nov 4 closing price.
- Pre-split shares outstanding ~183.5M; post-split ~9.17M; authorized shares unchanged.
- Action intended to meet Nasdaq minimum bid price rule and improve marketability.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001788230-25-000168
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IPST
- cik: 0001788230
- company_name: IP STRATEGY HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.03, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788230/000178823025000168/0001788230-25-000168-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788230/000178823025000168/cask-20251030.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  IP STRATEGY HOLDINGS, INC.: Filed a Third Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a 1-for-20 reverse stock split (effective 2025-11-05).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2025-11-05
  source text: On October 30, 2025, Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation doing business under the name IP Strategy (the “Company”), filed a Third Amendment to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Amendment”), with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect a 1-for-20 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788230/000178823025000168/0001788230-25-000168-index.htm

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