---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001788230-26-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IPST"
cik: "0001788230"
company_name: "IP STRATEGY HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:08:26.380695+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Heritage Distilling Holding Co. changes name to IP Strategy Holdings, underscores IP and AI focus

## Summary
- Name changed from Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc. to IP Strategy Holdings, Inc., effective Feb 18, 2026.
- Ticker symbol IPST and CUSIP unchanged; Nasdaq expected to reflect new name on Feb 19, 2026.
- Strategic focus on programmable IP, AI-native data networks, $IP token treasury, and validator operations on Story network.
- Board also approved Second Amended and Restated Bylaws to reflect name change.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001788230-26-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IPST
- cik: 0001788230
- company_name: IP STRATEGY HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788230/000178823026000012/0001788230-26-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788230/000178823026000012/ipst-20260217.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001788230-26-000012.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 8982cea31df0874ea44ef33d54ef7475cdede0c7
  claim: IP STRATEGY HOLDINGS, INC.: Company changed its name from Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc. to IP Strategy Holdings, Inc. via a Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (effective 2026-02-18).
  evidence_excerpt: On February 17, 2026, IP Strategy Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc.) (the “Company”) filed a Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Third A&R Charter”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to change the Company’s name from “Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc.” to “IP Strategy Holdings, Inc.”, effective on February 18, 2026 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788230/000178823026000012/0001788230-26-000012-index.htm
- claim_id: d72096643086968cb4851825fd1de9d31521f554
  claim: IP STRATEGY HOLDINGS, INC.: Company adopted Second Amended and Restated Bylaws to reflect the name change to IP Strategy Holdings, Inc (effective 2026-02-18).
  evidence_excerpt: the Company’s Board of Directors approved the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Second A&R Bylaws”), effective upon the effectiveness of the Third A&R Charter, to reflect the change of the Company’s name from Heritage Distilling Holding Company Inc. to IP Strategy Holdings, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788230/000178823026000012/0001788230-26-000012-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.