UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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)        December 30, 2016

 

EASTSIDE DISTILLING, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Nevada
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-34719 27-1275784
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

7108 North Fresno Street, Suite 380  
Fresno, CA 93720
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(559) 884-2535
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ 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))

 

 
 

 

Item 1.01      Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On December 30, 2016, Eastside Distilling, Inc. (the “Company”), closed a private placement in which it issued an aggregate of 800,000 units (the “Units”) at a per unit price of $1.30, each Unit consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Common Stock”) and a three-year warrant to acquire one share of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $2.50 per share. The Units were sold to 30 accredited investors for aggregate gross cash proceeds of $1,040,000 pursuant to separate Subscription Agreements entered into with each investor (the “Subscription Agreements”). The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the financing for inventory purchases and for working capital and general corporate purposes. The Company conducted the “best efforts” financing without the assistance of any underwriter, placement agent or selling agent.

Each investor also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Company under which the Company is obligated to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering the Common Stock and shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants as soon as reasonably practicable following the closing of the financing.

The foregoing descriptions of the Warrants, the Subscription Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the forms of Warrant, Subscription Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement filed herewith as Items 4.1, 10.1 and 10.2, respectively.

Item 3.02      Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The shares of Common Stock and Warrants sold in the Units Offering described in Item 1.01 above were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any state, and were offered and sold in reliance on the exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, which exempt transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering. The investors are “accredited investors” as such term is defined in Regulation D. The securities are non-transferable in the absence of an effective registration statement under the Act or an available exemption therefrom, and all certificates are imprinted with a restrictive legend to that effect. 

Effective December 30, 2016, the Company issued 428,846 shares of its Common Stock to five accredited investors upon exercise of outstanding warrants, raising $557,499.70 in cash proceeds. The warrants’ original exercise price of $2.00 per share had been temporarily reduced to $1.30 per share through December 31, 2016 to induce holders to exercise their outstanding warrants. The issuance was exempt pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The securities are non-transferable in the absence of an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or an available exemption therefrom, and all certificates are imprinted with a restrictive legend to that effect. 

Effective December 30, 2016, the Company issued 886,538 shares of its Common Stock to 10 accredited investors upon exercise of outstanding warrants in exchange for principal reduction in the Company’s outstanding promissory notes issued to investors between June 2016 and October 2016. The warrant exercise resulted in a reduction in the principal amount of promissory notes of $1,152,498.90. The warrants’ original exercise price of $2.00 per share had been temporarily reduced to $1.30 per share through December 31, 2016 to induce holders to exercise their outstanding warrants. The securities are non-transferable in the absence of an effective registration statement under the Act or an available exemption therefrom, and all certificates are imprinted with a restrictive legend to that effect. 

 

Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)     Exhibits

4.01       Form of Warrant

10.1       Form of Subscription Agreement

10.2       Form of Registration Rights Agreement

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

  EASTSIDE DISTILLING, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Grover T. Wickersham
    Grover T. Wickersham
    Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

 

Date: January 6, 2017

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.01

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN A SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT DATED AS OF ___________, 2016, NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR ANY OF SUCH SHARES MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR SUCH SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT OR, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE, CUSTOMARY FOR OPINIONS OF COUNSEL IN COMPARABLE TRANSACTIONS, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SUCH ACT OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR REGULATION S UNDER SUCH ACT.

 

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

EASTSIDE DISTILLING, INC.

 

Right to Purchase __________ Shares of Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT , for value received_______________ or its registered assigns, is entitled to purchase from Eastside Distilling, Inc. , a Nevada corporation whose shares of Common Stock (defined below) (the “ Company ”), at any time or from time to time during the period specified in Paragraph 2 hereof, _______________ (________) fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), at an exercise price per whole share equal to $2.50 (the “ Exercise Price ”). The term “ Warrant Shares ,” as used herein, refers to the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder. The Warrant Shares and the Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided in Paragraph 4 hereof. The term “ Warrants ” means this Warrant and the other warrants issued pursuant to that certain Subscription Agreement(s), by and among the Company and the Buyers listed on the execution pages thereto.

 

This Warrant is subject to the following terms, provisions, and conditions:

 

1.      Manner of Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Payment for Shares. Subject to the provisions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the holder hereof, in whole or in part, by the surrender of this Warrant, together with a completed exercise agreement in the form attached hereto (the “ Exercise Agreement ”), to the Company during normal business hours on any business day at the Company’s principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the holder hereof), and upon payment to the Company in cash, by certified or official bank check or by wire transfer for the account of the Company of the Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the Exercise Agreement. The Warrant Shares so purchased shall be deemed to be issued to the holder hereof or such holder’s designee, as the record owner of such shares, as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered, the completed Exercise Agreement shall have been delivered, and payment shall have been made for such shares as set forth above. Certificates for the Warrant Shares so purchased, representing the aggregate number of shares specified in the Exercise Agreement, shall be delivered to the holder hereof within a reasonable time, not exceeding five (5) business days, after this Warrant shall have been so exercised. The certificates so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be requested by the holder hereof and shall be registered in the name of such holder or such other name as shall be designated by such holder. If this Warrant shall have been exercised only in part, then, unless this Warrant has expired, the Company shall, at its expense, at the time of delivery of such certificates, deliver to the holder a new Warrant representing the number of shares with respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised.

 

 

 

 

2.       Period of Exercise

 

(a)       This Warrant is exercisable at any time or from time to time on or after the date on which this Warrant is issued and delivered pursuant to the terms of the Subscription Agreement and before 6:00 p.m., New York, New York time on the third (3 rd ) anniversary of the date of issuance (the “ Exercise Period ”)

 

(b)       If at any time during the Exercise Period the Common Stock trades at or above $6.00 per share (subject to adjustment for forward and reverse stock splits, recapitalizations, stock dividends and the like) (the “ Threshold Price ”) during 10 consecutive Trading Days (the " Measurement Period "), then upon 30 days prior written notice “ Forced Exercise Notice ”), the Company may force the Holder to exercise the Warrant at a price per share equal to the Exercise Price during the 30-day period following the date of the Forced Exercise Notice (the “ Forced Exercise Period ”). Any Warrants which are not exercised by 5:00 p.m. EST on the final day of the Forced Exercise Period will be cancelled and of no further force and effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Warrant, the Company may not deliver a Forced Exercise Notice or require the cancellation of this Warrant (and any Forced Exercise Notice will be void), unless during the Forced Exercise Period the Company has effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a registration statement providing for the resale of the Warrant Shares and the prospectus thereunder available for use by the Holders for the resale of all such Warrant Shares. “ Trading Day ” means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on the primary national or regional stock exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, or, if not listed, the OTC Markets if quoted thereon, and on which day the foregoing is open for the transaction of business

 

3.       Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company hereby covenants and agrees as follows:

 

(a)        Shares to be Fully Paid . All Warrant Shares will, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens, and charges with respect to the issue thereof.

 

(b)        Reservation of Shares . During the Exercise Period, the Company shall at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance upon exercise of this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the exercise of this Warrant.

 

(c)        Certain Actions Prohibited . The Company will not, by amendment of its charter or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed by it hereunder, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all such action as may reasonably be requested by the holder of this Warrant in order to protect the exercise privilege of the holder of this Warrant against dilution or other impairment, consistent with the tenor and purpose of this Warrant. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) will not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, and (ii) will take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant.

 

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(d)        Successors and Assigns . This Warrant will be binding upon any entity succeeding to the Company by merger, consolidation, or acquisition of all or substantially all the Company’s assets.

 

4.       Antidilution Provisions.

 

During the Exercise Period, the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Paragraph 4. In the event that any adjustment of the Exercise Price as required herein results in a fraction of a cent, such Exercise Price shall be rounded up to the nearest cent.

 

(a)        Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock . If the Company at any time subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or otherwise) the shares of Common Stock acquirable hereunder into a greater number of shares, then, after the date of record for effecting such subdivision, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. If the Company at any time combines (by reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or otherwise) the shares of Common Stock acquirable hereunder into a smaller number of shares, then, after the date of record for effecting such combination, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased.

 

(b)        Consolidation, Merger or Sale . In case of any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into any other corporation, or in case of any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company other than in connection with a plan of complete liquidation of the Company, then as a condition of such consolidation, merger or sale or conveyance, adequate provision will be made whereby the holder of this Warrant will have the right to acquire and receive upon exercise of this Warrant in lieu of the shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore acquirable upon the exercise of this Warrant, such shares of stock, securities or assets as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for the number of shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this Warrant had such consolidation, merger or sale or conveyance not taken place. In any such case, the Company will make appropriate provision to insure that the provisions of this Paragraph 4 hereof will thereafter be applicable as nearly as may be in relation to any shares of stock or securities thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant. The Company will not effect any consolidation, merger or sale or conveyance unless prior to the consummation thereof, the successor corporation (if other than the Company) assumes by written instrument the obligations under this Paragraph 4 and the obligations to deliver to the holder of this Warrant such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the holder may be entitled to acquire.

 

(c)        Distribution of Assets . In case the Company shall declare or make any distribution of its assets (including cash) to holders of Common Stock as a partial liquidating dividend, by way of return of capital or otherwise, then, after the date of record for determining shareholders entitled to such distribution, but prior to the date of distribution, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled upon exercise of this Warrant for the purchase of any or all of the shares of Common Stock subject hereto, to receive the amount of such assets which would have been payable to the holder had such holder been the holder of such shares of Common Stock on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to such distribution.

 

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(d)        Notice of Adjustment . Upon the occurrence of any event which requires any adjustment of the Exercise Price, then, and in each such case, the Company shall give notice thereof to the holder of this Warrant, which notice shall state the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease in the number of Warrant Shares purchasable at such price upon exercise, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Such calculation shall be certified by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

 

(e)        Minimum Adjustment of Exercise Price . No adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made in an amount of less than 1% of the Exercise Price in effect at the time such adjustment is otherwise required to be made, but any such lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time and together with the next subsequent adjustment which, together with any adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to not less than 1% of such Exercise Price.

 

(f)         No Fractional Shares . No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of any fractional share which would otherwise be issuable in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Market Price of a share of Common Stock on the date of such exercise.

 

(g)        Other Notices . In case at any time:

 

(1)       the Company shall declare any dividend upon the Common Stock payable in shares of stock of any class or make any other distribution (including dividends or distributions payable in cash out of retained earnings) to the holders of the Common Stock;

 

(2)       the Company shall offer for subscription pro rata to the holders of the Common Stock any additional shares of stock of any class or other rights;

 

(3)       there shall be any capital reorganization of the Company, or reclassification of the Common Stock, or consolidation or merger of the Company with or into, or sale of all or substantially all its assets to, another corporation or entity; or

 

(4)       there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company;

 

then, in each such case, the Company shall give to the holder of this Warrant (a) notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive any such dividend, distribution, or subscription rights or for determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up and (b) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, notice of the date (or, if not then known, a reasonable approximation thereof by the Company) when the same shall take place. Such notice shall also specify the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, or subscription rights or to exchange their Common Stock for stock or other securities or property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, or winding-up, as the case may be. Such notice shall be given at least 30 days prior to the record date or the date on which the Company’s books are closed in respect thereto. Failure to give any such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the proceedings referred to in clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) above.

 

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(h)        Certain Events . If any event occurs of the type contemplated by the adjustment provisions of this Paragraph 4 but not expressly provided for by such provisions, the Company will give notice of such event as provided in Paragraph 4(d) hereof, and the Company’s Board of Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant so that the rights of the holder shall be neither enhanced nor diminished by such event.

 

(i)        Certain Definitions .

 

(1)        Market Price ,” as of any date, (i) means the average of the last reported sale prices for the shares of Common Stock on the OTC Markets for the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding such date as reported by Bloomberg, or (ii) if the OTC Markets is not the principal trading market for the shares of Common Stock, the average of the last reported sale prices on the principal trading market for the Common Stock during the same period as reported by Bloomberg, or (iii) if market value cannot be calculated as of such date on any of the foregoing bases, the Market Price shall be the fair market value as reasonably determined in good faith by (a) the Board of Directors of the Company or, at the option of a majority-in-interest of the holders of the outstanding Warrants by (b) an independent investment bank of nationally recognized standing in the valuation of businesses similar to the business of the corporation. The manner of determining the Market Price of the Common Stock set forth in the foregoing definition shall apply with respect to any other security in respect of which a determination as to market value must be made hereunder.

 

(2)        Common Stock ,” for purposes of this Paragraph 4, includes the Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share, and any additional class of stock of the Company having no preference as to dividends or distributions on liquidation, provided that the shares purchasable pursuant to this Warrant shall include only shares of Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share, in respect of which this Warrant is exercisable, or shares resulting from any subdivision or combination of such Common Stock, or in the case of any reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, or sale of the character referred to in Paragraph 4(b) hereof, the stock or other securities or property provided for in such Paragraph.

 

5.       Issue Tax. The issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the holder of this Warrant or such shares for any issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than the holder of this Warrant.

 

6.       No Rights or Liabilities as a Shareholder. This Warrant shall not entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company. No provision of this Warrant, in the absence of affirmative action by the holder hereof to purchase Warrant Shares, and no mere enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the holder hereof, shall give rise to any liability of such holder for the Exercise Price or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

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7.       Transfer, Exchange, and Replacement of Warrant.

 

(a)        Restriction on Transfer . This Warrant and the rights granted to the holder hereof are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant, together with a properly executed assignment in the form attached hereto, at the office or agency of the Company referred to in Paragraph 7(e) below, provided, however, that any transfer or assignment shall be subject to the conditions set forth in Paragraph 7(f) hereof and to the applicable provisions of the Subscription Agreement. Until due presentment for registration of transfer on the books of the Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the owner and holder hereof for all purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

(b)        Warrant Exchangeable for Different Denominations . This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the holder hereof at the office or agency of the Company referred to in Paragraph 7(e) below, for new Warrants of like tenor representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock which may be purchased hereunder, each of such new Warrants to represent the right to purchase such number of shares as shall be designated by the holder hereof at the time of such surrender.

 

(c)        Replacement of Warrant . Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft, or destruction, upon delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to the Company, or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company, at its expense, will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.

 

(d)        Cancellation; Payment of Expenses . Upon the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer, exchange, or replacement as provided in this Paragraph 7, this Warrant shall be promptly canceled by the Company. The Company shall pay all taxes (other than securities transfer taxes) and all other expenses (other than legal expenses, if any, incurred by the holder or transferees) and charges payable in connection with the preparation, execution, and delivery of Warrants pursuant to this Paragraph 7.

 

(e)        Register . The Company shall maintain, at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the holder hereof), a register for this Warrant, in which the Company shall record the name and address of the person in whose name this Warrant has been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee and each prior owner of this Warrant.

 

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(f)        Exercise or Transfer Without Registration . If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any exercise, transfer, or exchange of this Warrant, this Warrant (or, in the case of any exercise, the Warrant Shares issuable hereunder), shall not be registered under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such exercise, transfer, or exchange, (i) that the holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, furnish to the Company a written opinion of counsel, which opinion and counsel are acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such exercise, transfer, or exchange may be made without registration under said Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, (ii) that the holder or transferee execute and deliver to the Company an investment letter in form and substance acceptable to the Company and (iii) that the transferee be an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities Act; provided that no such opinion, letter or status as an “accredited investor” shall be required in connection with a transfer pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act. The first holder of this Warrant, by taking and holding the same, represents to the Company that such holder is acquiring this Warrant for investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof.

 

8.       Notices. All notices, requests, and other communications required or permitted to be given or delivered hereunder to the holder of this Warrant shall be in writing, and shall be personally delivered, or shall be sent by certified or registered mail or by recognized overnight mail courier, postage prepaid and addressed, to such holder at the address shown for such holder on the books of the Company, or at such other address as shall have been furnished to the Company by notice from such holder. All notices, requests, and other communications required or permitted to be given or delivered hereunder to the Company shall be in writing, and shall be personally delivered, or shall be sent by certified or registered mail or by recognized overnight mail courier, postage prepaid and addressed, to the office of the Company at 1805 SE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland, Oregon 97214 Attention: President, or at such other address as shall have been furnished to the holder of this Warrant by notice, or at such other address as shall have been furnished to the holder of this Warrant by notice from the Company. Any such notice, request, or other communication may be sent by facsimile, but shall in such case be subsequently confirmed by a writing personally delivered or sent by certified or registered mail or by recognized overnight mail courier as provided above. All notices, requests, and other communications shall be deemed to have been given either at the time of the receipt thereof by the person entitled to receive such notice at the address of such person for purposes of this Paragraph 8, or, if mailed by registered or certified mail or with a recognized overnight mail courier upon deposit with the United States Post Office or such overnight mail courier, if postage is prepaid and the mailing is properly addressed, as the case may be.

 

9.       Governing Law. THIS WARRANT SHALL BE ENFORCED, GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN COUNTY OF PORTLAND, OREGON, WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THIS WARRANT, THE AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. BOTH PARTIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING. BOTH PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON A PARTY MAILED BY FIRST CLASS MAIL SHALL BE DEEMED IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON THE PARTY IN ANY SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT EITHER PARTY’S RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. BOTH PARTIES AGREE THAT A FINAL NON-APPEALABLE JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON SUCH JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LAWFUL MANNER. THE PARTY WHICH DOES NOT PREVAIL IN ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THIS WARRANT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL FEES AND EXPENSES, INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES, INCURRED BY THE PREVAILING PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DISPUTE.

 

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10.       Miscellaneous.

 

(a)       If the resale of the Warrant Shares by the holder is not registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and this Warrant is exercised in whole or in part, then each certificate representing Warrant Shares issued upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ ACT ”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND NEITHER SUCH SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (1) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (2) AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION EXISTS AND THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES, WHICH COUNSEL AND OPINION ARE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED IN THE MANNER CONTEMPLATED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.”

 

(b)        Amendments . This Warrant and any provision hereof may only be amended by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the holder hereof.

 

(c)        Descriptive Headings . The descriptive headings of the several paragraphs of this Warrant are inserted for purposes of reference only, and shall not affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

 

(d)        Remedies . The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the holder, by vitiating the intent and purpose of the transaction contemplated hereby. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Warrant will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Warrant, that the holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies at law or in equity, and in addition to the penalties assessable herein, to an injunction or injunctions restraining, preventing or curing any breach of this Warrant and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions thereof, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed by its duly authorized officer.

 

  EASTSIDE DISTILLING, INC.
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Dated as of __________ __, 2016

 

 

 

 

FORM OF EXERCISE AGREEMENT

 

Dated: ________ __, 20__

 

To:          ______________________

 

The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the within Warrant, hereby agrees to purchase ________ shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant, and makes payment herewith in full therefor at the price per share provided by such Warrant in cash or by certified or official bank check in the amount of $_________. Please issue a certificate or certificates for such shares of Common Stock in the name of and pay any cash for any fractional share to:

 

  Name:  
     
  Signature:  
  Address:  
     

 

Note: The above signature should correspond exactly with the name on the face of the within Warrant, if applicable.

 

and, if said number of shares of Common Stock shall not be all the shares purchasable under the within Warrant, a new Warrant is to be issued in the name of said undersigned covering the balance of the shares purchasable thereunder less any fraction of a share paid in cash.

 

 

 

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED , the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers all the rights of the undersigned under the within Warrant, with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock covered thereby set forth herein below, to:

 

Name of Assignee   Address   No of Shares
         
         
         
         
         

  

, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints ___________________________________ as agent and attorney-in-fact to transfer said Warrant on the books of the within-named corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:  ________ __, 201_

 

In the presence of:    
     
  Name:  
     
  Signature:  
  Title of Signing Officer or Agent (if any):
     
  Address:  
     

 

Note: The above signature should correspond exactly with the name on the face of the within Warrant, if applicable.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

EXHIBIT B to CONFIDENTIAL OFFERING MEMORANDUM

 

SUBSCRIPTION DOCUMENTS

 

EASTSIDE DISTILLING, INC.

 

Offering of up to $1,040,000 of

Units consisting of Common Stock and Warrants

(800,000 Units)

 

CONTENTS

 

Instructions for Subscription

 

Section A: General Instructions - Wiring and Check Instructions

 

Section B: Subscription Agreement

 

Section C: Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire

 

 

 

 

SECTION A

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBSCRIPTION FOR UNITS

 

Each subscriber for Units offered must do the following:

 

1. Complete, sign and deliver the Subscription Agreement (Section B) included in this Subscription Booklet.

 

2. Complete, sign and deliver the Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire (Section C) included in this Subscription Booklet.

 

3. Deliver payment in the amount of $1.30 per Unit subscribed for in accordance with the wire transfer and check instructions as indicated in the Subscription Agreement (Section B).

 

4. All subscriptions from partnerships, corporations, trusts, or limited liability companies must be accompanied by resolutions of the appropriate corporate authority (board of directors, trustee or managing partners or members) and trust documents evidencing the authorization and power to make the subscription .

 

Delivery of the completed subscription documents described above and check (if applicable) should be delivered directly to the Company at the following address:

 

Eastside Distilling, Inc.

1805 SE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Portland, Oregon 97214

Email: SShum@eastsidedistilling.com

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

The Company may accept or reject subscriptions, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion. The offering is available only to “accredited investors” as defined under Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. All investors must have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that they are each capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment, or the Company must reasonably believe immediately prior to making any sale that such purchaser comes within this description. The Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire (Section C of this Subscription Booklet) will be used by the Company in assessing whether the subscribers are suitable investors. In the event a subscription offer is not accepted by the Company, the subscription funds shall be returned to the subscriber, without interest or deduction thereon.

 

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SECTION B

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

EASTSIDE DISTILLING, INC.

 

Please review, sign on page B-15 or page B-17, and return to:

 

Eastside Distilling, Inc.

1805 SE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Portland, Oregon 97214

Email: steven@eastsidedistilling.com

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

EASTSIDE DISTILLING, INC.

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned (hereinafter “ Subscriber ”) hereby confirms his/her/its subscription for the purchase of units (“ Units ”) of Eastside Distilling, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), on the terms described below, with each Unit consisting of:

 

(a)       One share (collectively, the “ Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”).

 

(b)       a warrant (collectively, the “ Warrants ”) to purchase, at any time prior to the third anniversary of the date of issuance of the Warrant, one (1) share of Common Stock at the exercise price of $2.50 per whole share of Common Stock (the “ Warrant Exercise Price ”). The shares of Common Stock underlying each Warrant are referred to herein as the “ Warrant Shares .”

 

The Units, the Shares, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares are sometimes referred to collectively herein as the “ Securities .”

 

In connection with this subscription, Subscriber and the Company agree as follows:

 

1.        Purchase and Sale of the Units .

 

(a)       The Company hereby agrees to issue and to sell to Subscriber, and Subscriber hereby agrees to purchase from the Company, a number of Units at a price equal to $1.30 per Unit (the “ Unit Price ”) and for the aggregate subscription amount set forth on the signature page hereto. The form of Warrant is attached as Exhibit A to the Offering Memorandum (defined below). Upon acceptance of this Subscription Agreement by the Company, the Company shall issue and deliver to Subscriber a share certificate and a warrant certificate evidencing the applicable number of Shares and Warrants subscribed for against payment in U.S. Dollars of the Purchase Price (as defined below).

 

(b)       Subscriber has hereby delivered and paid concurrently herewith the aggregate purchase price (the “ Purchase Price ”) set forth on the signature page hereof required to purchase the Units subscribed for hereunder which amount has been paid in U.S. Dollars by cash, wire transfer, check, or cancellation of indebtedness, subject to collection, to the order of “Eastside Distilling, Inc.”

 

(c)       Subscriber understands and acknowledges that this subscription is part of a proposed placement by the Company of up to $1,040,000 of Units (800,000 Units), which offering is being made on a “best efforts” basis (the “ Offering ”). During the Offering Period, funds will be held in an account established by the Company and released at the discretion of the Company from time to time. If a subscription is not accepted, whether in whole or in part, the subscription funds held therein will be returned to the investor without interest or deduction.

 

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2.        Covenants, Representations and Warranties of Subscriber . Subscriber covenants with, and represents and warrants to, the Company as follows:

 

(a)       The Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire has been completed, signed and delivered to the Company by the Subscriber and is, as of the date hereof, true, complete, and correct in all respects.

 

(b)       The undersigned has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities and protecting the undersigned’s own interests in this transaction, and does not desire to utilize the services of any other person in connection with evaluating such merits and risks.

 

(c)       The Subscriber acknowledges that the offering of the Securities is subject to the Federal securities laws of the United States and state securities laws of those states in which the Units are offered.

 

(d)       The Subscriber represents and warrants that it is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”) and that the Subscriber comes within the category so initialed and has truthfully set forth the factual basis or reason the Subscriber comes within that category. All information in response to this paragraph will be kept strictly confidential, unless required to be disclosed by the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) or otherwise by law. The Subscriber agrees to furnish any additional information which the Company deems necessary in order to verify the answers set forth below.

 

(e)       Subscriber acknowledges and understands that the Securities are being purchased for investment purposes and not with a view to distribution or resale, nor with the intention of selling, transferring or otherwise disposing of all or any part thereof for any particular price, or at any particular time, or upon the happening of any particular event or circumstances, except selling, transferring, or disposing of the Securities made in full compliance with all applicable provisions of the Act, the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder, and applicable state securities laws; and that an investment in the Securities is not a liquid investment.

 

(f)        Subscriber acknowledges the Securities must be held indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Act or unless an exemption from such registration is available. Subscriber is aware of the provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act, which permit limited resale of common stock purchased in a private placement subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including, among other things, the existence of a public market for the common stock, the availability of certain current public information about the Company, the resale occurring not less than six-months after a party has purchased and paid for the security to be sold.

 

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(g)       Subscriber acknowledges that Subscriber has had the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from the Company or any person acting on its behalf concerning the Company and its business and to obtain any additional information, to the extent possessed by the Company (or to the extent it could have been acquired by the Company without unreasonable effort or expense) necessary to verify the accuracy of the information received by Subscriber. In connection therewith, Subscriber acknowledges that Subscriber has had the opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management and financial affairs with the Company’s management or any person acting on its behalf. Subscriber has received and reviewed the Company’s Offering Memorandum, dated November 21, 2016, including the exhibits thereto (the “ Offering Memorandum ”) pertaining to the Unit Offering, and all the information, both written and oral, that it desires. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Subscriber has been furnished with or has had the opportunity to acquire, and to review: (i) copies of all of the Company’s publicly available documents, and (ii) all information, both written and oral, it desires with respect to the Company’s business, management, financial affairs and prospects. In determining whether to make this investment, Subscriber has relied solely on Subscriber’s own knowledge and understanding of the Company and its business based upon Subscriber’s own due diligence investigations and the information furnished pursuant to this paragraph. Subscriber understands that no person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations that were not furnished pursuant to this paragraph, and Subscriber has not relied on any other representations or information.

 

(h)       Subscriber has all requisite legal and other power and authority to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement and to carry out and perform Subscriber’s obligations under the terms of this Subscription Agreement. This Subscription Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of Subscriber, enforceable in accordance with its terms, and subject to laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors and rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief or other general principals of equity, whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or law.

 

(i)        Subscriber has carefully considered and has discussed with the Subscriber’s professional legal, tax, accounting and financial advisors, to the extent Subscriber has deemed necessary, the suitability of this investment and the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement for the Subscriber’s particular federal, state, local and foreign tax and financial situation and has determined that this investment and the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement are a suitable investment for the Subscriber. Subscriber relies solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents. Subscriber understands that Subscriber (and not the Company) shall be responsible for Subscriber’s own tax liabilities which may arise as a result of this investment or the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement.

 

(j)        Neither this Subscription Agreement nor the Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any material fact concerning Subscriber.

 

(k)       There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending against Subscriber or Subscriber’s properties before any court or governmental agency (nor, to Subscriber’s knowledge, is there any threat thereof) which would impair in any way Subscriber’s ability to enter into and fully perform Subscriber’s commitments and obligations under this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(l)        The execution, delivery and performance of and compliance with this Subscription Agreement and the issuance of the Securities will not result in any material violation of, or conflict with, or constitute a material default under, any of Subscriber’s articles of incorporation or bylaws or other governing documents, if applicable, or any of Subscriber’s material agreements nor result in the creation of any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or charge against any of the assets or properties of Subscriber or the Securities.

 

(m)       Subscriber acknowledges the Securities are speculative and involve a high degree of risk and that Subscriber can bear the economic risk of the purchase of the Securities, including a total loss of his/her/its investment.

 

(n)       Subscriber acknowledges he/she/it has carefully reviewed and considered the Offering Memorandum, including the risk factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the Offering Memorandum prior to making an investment decision.

 

(o)       Subscriber recognizes that no federal, state or foreign agency has recommended or endorsed the purchase of the Securities.

 

(p)       Subscriber is aware the Securities are and will be, when issued, “restricted securities” as that term is defined in Rule 144 of the general rules and regulations under the Act.

 

(q)       Subscriber understands any and all certificates representing the Securities and any and all securities issued in replacement thereof or in exchange therefore shall bear the following legend or one substantially similar thereto, which Subscriber has read and understands:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER THE SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND SUCH LAWS WHICH, IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THIS CORPORATION, IS AVAILABLE.”

 

(r)        Because of the restrictions imposed on resale, Subscriber understands the Company shall have the right to note stop-transfer instructions in its stock transfer records, and Subscriber has been informed of the Company’s intention to do so. Any sales, transfers, or any other dispositions of the Securities by Subscriber, if any, will be in compliance with the Act.

 

(s)       Subscriber acknowledges that Subscriber has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he/she/it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities and of making an informed investment decision.

 

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(t)        Subscriber represents: (i) Subscriber is able to bear the economic risks of an investment in the Securities and to afford the complete loss of the investment, and (ii) (A) Subscriber could be reasonably assumed to have the capacity to protect his/her/its own interests in connection with this subscription; or (B) Subscriber has a pre-existing personal or business relationship with either the Company or any affiliate thereof of such duration and nature as would enable a reasonably prudent purchaser to be aware of the character, business acumen and general business and financial circumstances of the Company or such affiliate and is otherwise personally qualified to evaluate and assess the risks, nature and other aspects of this subscription.

 

(u)       Subscriber further represents the address set forth in the Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire is his/her principal residence (or, if Subscriber is a company, partnership or other entity, the address of its principal place of business); that Subscriber is purchasing the Securities for Subscriber’s own account and not, in whole or in part, for the account of any other person; Subscriber is purchasing the Securities for investment and not with a view to resale or distribution; and Subscriber has not formed any entity for the purpose of purchasing the Securities.

 

(v)       Subscriber understands the Company shall have the unconditional right to accept or reject each subscription, in whole or in part, for any reason or without a specific reason, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company (even after receipt and clearance of Subscriber’s funds). No subscription will be binding upon the Company until accepted by an authorized officer of the Company. In the event the subscription is rejected, Subscriber’s subscription funds will be returned without interest thereon or deduction therefrom.

 

(v)       Subscriber has not been furnished with any oral representation or oral information in connection with the offering of the Securities that is not contained in the Offering Memorandum and this Subscription Agreement.

 

(w)      Subscriber represents that Subscriber is not subscribing for Securities as a result of or subsequent to any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over the Internet, television or radio or presented at any seminar or meeting.

 

(w)       Subscriber has carefully read this Subscription Agreement, Warrant, and the Offering Memorandum, and Subscriber has accurately completed the Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire that accompanies this Subscription Agreement.

 

(x)       No representations or warranties have been made to Subscriber by the Company, or any officer, employee, agent, affiliate or subsidiary of the Company, other than the representations of the Company contained herein, and in subscribing for the Securities, Subscriber is not relying upon any representations other than those contained in the Offering Memorandum or in this Subscription Agreement.

 

(y)       Subscriber represents and warrants, to the best of its knowledge, that other than set forth in the Offering Memorandum, no finder, broker, agent, financial advisor or other intermediary, nor any purchaser representative or any broker-dealer acting as a broker, is entitled to any compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement.

 

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(z)       Subscriber represents and warrants that Subscriber: (i) has not distributed or reproduced the Offering Memorandum, in whole or in part, at any time, without the prior written consent of the Company; and (ii) for one (1) year from the date hereof, or until such time as the information noted in this Clause (ii) becomes publicly available, will keep confidential the existence of the Offering Memorandum and the information contained therein, and the Subscriber further represents and warrants that it will not make available such information in connection with any further investigation of the Company and will not use the information about the Company for any other purpose.

 

(aa)     If Subscriber is a trust, this investment, together with all other securities of the Company held by the trust, does not exceed 10% of the trust assets.

 

3.        Covenants, Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company covenants with, and represents and warrants to, Subscriber as follows:

 

(a)       The Company is duly organized and validly exists as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada.

 

(b)       The Company has all such corporate power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement and the Warrant.

 

(c)       All necessary corporate action has been duly and validly taken by the Company to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Subscription Agreement and the Warrant by the Company, and the issuance and sale of the Securities to be sold by the Company pursuant to this Subscription Agreement and the Warrant. This Subscription Agreement and the Warrant have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.

 

(d)       As of the date hereof, there is no litigation, arbitration, claim, governmental or other proceeding (formal or informal), or investigation pending or to the Company's knowledge threatened, with respect to the Company, or its respective operations, businesses, properties, or assets, except as properly described in the Offering Memorandum or Company filings made with the SEC or such as individually or in the aggregate do not now have and will not, to the best knowledge of the Company, in the future have a material adverse effect upon the operations, business, properties or assets of the Company. The Company is not, nor as of each Closing Date shall be, in violation of, or in default with respect to, any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree, except as properly described in the Offering Memorandum or Company filings made with the SEC or such as individually or in the aggregate do not have and will not in the future have a material adverse effect upon the operations, business, properties, or assets of the Company; nor is the Company required to take any action in order to avoid any such violation or default.

 

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(e)       The Units (and component parts) to be issued and sold to the undersigned as provided in this Subscription Agreement have been duly authorized and when issued and delivered against payment therefor, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Warrants are exercisable for Common Stock and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants have been duly authorized and when issued and delivered upon exercise and due payment therefor will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Company has reserved sufficient shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of the Warrants.

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(f)       The Offering Memorandum and/or information provided by the Company to the undersigned hereof does not and shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein in light of circumstances made therein not misleading.

 

4.        Indemnification . Subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its officers, directors, employees, shareholders, agents representatives and affiliates, and any person acting on behalf of the Company, from and against any and all damage, loss, liability, cost and expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) which any of them may incur by reason of the failure by Subscriber to fulfill any of the terms and conditions of this Subscription Agreement, or by reason of any breach of the representations and warranties made by Subscriber herein, or in any other document provided by Subscriber to the Company. All representations, warranties and covenants of each of Subscriber and the Company contained herein shall survive the acceptance of this subscription.

 

5.        Patriot Act Compliance . (Terms used in this section are defined in paragraph (d) below.)

 

To induce the Company to accept the undersigned’s investment, the undersigned hereby makes the following representations, warranties and covenants to the Company:

 

(a)       The undersigned represents and warrants that no holder of any beneficial interest in the undersigned’s equity securities of the Company (each a “ Beneficial Interest Holder ”) and, no Related Person (in the case the undersigned is an entity) is or will be:

 

(1) A person or entity whose name appears on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Asset Control from time to time;

 

(2) A Foreign Shell Bank; or

 

(3) A person or entity resident in or whose subscription funds are transferred from or through an account in a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction.

 

(b)       The undersigned represents that the bank or other financial institution (the “ Wiring Institution ”) from which the undersigned’s funds will be wired is located in a FATF Country.

 

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(c)       The undersigned represents that:

 

(1) Neither it, any Beneficial Interest Holder nor any Related Person (in the case of the undersigned is an entity) is a Senior Foreign Political Figure, any member of a Senior Foreign Political Figure’s Immediate Family or any Close Associate of a Senior Foreign Political Figure;

 

(2) Neither it, any Beneficial Interest Holder nor any Related Person (in the case the undersigned is an entity) is resident in, or organized or chartered under the laws of, a jurisdiction designated by the Secretary of the Treasury under Section 311 or 312 of the USA PATRIOT Act as warranting special measures due to money laundering concerns; and

 

(3) Its investment funds do not originate from, nor will they be routed through, an account maintained at a Foreign Shell Bank, an “offshore bank,” or a bank organized or chartered under the laws of a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction.

 

(d)       Definitions:

 

Close Associate : With respect to a Senior Foreign Political Figure, a person who is widely and publicly known internationally to maintain an unusually close relationship with the Senior Foreign Political Figure, and includes a person who is in a position to conduct substantial domestic and international financial transactions on behalf of the Senior Foreign Political Figure.

 

FATF : The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering.

 

FATF Country : A country that is a member of FATF. As of September 1, 2003, the countries which are members of FATF are: Argentina; Australia; Austria; Belgium; Brazil; Canada; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hong Kong; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Luxembourg; Mexico; Kingdom of the Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Portugal; Singapore; South Africa; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; United Kingdom and United States. For a current list of FATF members see http://www1.oecd.org/fatf/Members_en.htm.

 

Foreign Bank : An organization which (i) is organized under the laws of a country outside the United States; (ii) engages in the business of banking; (iii) is recognized as a bank by the bank supervisory or monetary authority of the country of its organization or principal banking operations; (iv) receives deposits to a substantial extent in the regular course of its business; and (v) has the power to accept demand deposits, but does not include the U.S. branches or agencies of a foreign bank.

 

Foreign Shell Bank : A Foreign Bank without a Physical Presence in any country, but does not include a Regulated Affiliate.

 

Government Entity : Any government or any state, department or other political subdivision thereof, or any governmental body, agency, authority or instrumentality in any jurisdiction exercising executive, legislative, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.

 

Immediate Family : With respect to a Senior Foreign Political Figure, typically includes the political figure’s parents, siblings, spouse, children and in-laws.

 

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Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction : Any foreign country or territory that has been designated as non-cooperative with international anti-money laundering principles or procedures by an intergovernmental group or organization, such as FATF, of which the United States is a member and with which designation the United States representative to the group or organization continues to concur. See http://www1.oecd.org/fatf/NCCT_en.htm for FATF’s list of non-cooperative countries and territories.

 

Physical Presence : A place of business maintained by a Foreign Bank and is located at a fixed address, other than solely a post office box or an electronic address, in a country in which the Foreign Bank is authorized to conduct banking activities, at which location the Foreign Bank: (a) employs one or more individuals on a full-time basis; (b) maintains operating records related to its banking activities; and (c) is subject to inspection by the banking authority that licensed the Foreign Bank to conduct banking activities.

 

Publicly Traded Company : An entity whose securities are listed on a recognized securities exchange or quoted on an automated quotation system in the U.S. or country other than a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction or a wholly-owned subsidiary of such an entity.

 

Qualified Plan : A tax qualified pension or retirement plan in which at least 100 employees participate that is maintained by an employer organized in the U.S. or is a U.S. Government Entity.

 

Regulated Affiliate : A Foreign Shell Bank that: (a) is an affiliate of a depository institution, credit union or Foreign Bank that maintains a Physical Presence in the U.S. or a foreign country, as applicable; and (b) is subject to supervision by a banking authority in the country regulating such affiliated depository institution, credit union or Foreign Bank.

 

Related Person : With respect to any entity, any interest holder, director, senior officer, trustee, beneficiary or grantor of such entity; provided that in the case of an entity that is a Publicly Traded Company or a Qualified Plan, the term “Related Person” shall exclude any interest holder holding less than 5% of any class of securities of such Publicly Traded Company and beneficiaries of such Qualified Plan.

 

Senior Foreign Political Figure : A senior official in the executive, legislative, administrative, military or judicial branches of a non-U.S. government (whether elected or not), a senior official of a major non-U.S. political party, or a senior executive of a non-U.S. government-owned corporation. In addition, a Senior Foreign Political Figure includes any corporation, business or other entity that has been formed by, or for the benefit of, a Senior Foreign Political Figure.

 

USA PATRIOT Act : The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act) Act of 2001 (Pub. L. No. 107-56).

 

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6.        Independent Nature of Subscriber’s Obligations and Rights . The obligations of the Subscriber under this Agreement and any other documents delivered in connection herewith and therewith (collectively, the “ Transaction Documents ”) are several and not joint with the obligations of any other purchaser of Units, and the Subscriber is not responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other purchaser of Units under any Transaction Document. The decision of the Subscriber to purchase Units pursuant to the Transaction Documents has been made by the Subscriber independently of any other purchaser of Units. Nothing contained herein or in any Transaction Document, and no action taken by any purchaser of Units pursuant thereto, shall be deemed to constitute such purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture, or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the purchasers of Units are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Subscriber acknowledges that no other purchaser of Units has acted as agent for the Subscriber in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no other purchaser of Units will be acting as agent of the Subscriber in connection with monitoring its investment in the Units or enforcing its rights under the Transaction Documents. The Subscriber shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other Transaction Documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other purchaser of Units to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

7.        Miscellaneous .

 

(a)       Subscriber agrees not to transfer or assign this Subscription Agreement or any of Subscriber’s interest herein and further agrees that the transfer or assignment of the Securities acquired pursuant hereto shall be made only in accordance with all applicable laws.

 

(b)       Subscriber agrees that Subscriber cannot cancel, terminate or revoke this Subscription Agreement or any agreement of Subscriber made hereunder, and this Subscription Agreement shall survive the death or legal disability of Subscriber and shall be binding upon Subscriber’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns.

 

(c)       Subscriber has read and accurately completed this entire Subscription Agreement and Offering Memorandum (including all Exhibits attached thereto).

 

(d)       This Subscription Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and may be amended only by a written execution by all parties.

 

(e)       Subscriber acknowledges it has been advised to consult with his/her/its own attorney regarding this subscription and Subscriber has done so to the extent that Subscriber deems appropriate. Subscriber understands and agrees that Subscriber has not been represented in this transaction by counsel to the Company.

 

(f)        Any notice or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Subscriber shall be in writing and sent: (i) by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid) or (ii) by a recognized overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid).

 

If to the Company, at:

 

Eastside Distilling, Inc.

1805 SE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

Portland, Oregon 97214

 

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Email: SShum@eastsidedistilling.com

Attn.: Chief Financial Officer

 

If to the Subscriber, at its address set forth on the signature page to this Subscription Agreement, or such other address as it shall have specified to the Company in writing.

 

(g)       Failure of the Company to exercise any right or remedy under this Subscription Agreement or any other agreement between the Company and the Subscriber, or otherwise, or delay by the Company in exercising such right or remedy, will not operate as a waiver thereof. No waiver by the Company will be effective unless and until it is in writing and signed by the Company.

 

(h)       This Subscription Agreement shall be enforced, governed and construed in all respects in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, as such laws are applied by the Nevada courts except with respect to the conflicts of law provisions thereof, and shall be binding upon the Subscriber, the Subscriber’s heirs, estate, legal representatives, successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Company, its successors and assigns.

 

(i)        Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted exclusively in state or federal courts located in City of Portland, State of Oregon (the “ Oregon Courts ”). The parties hereto hereby: (i) waive any objection which they may now have or hereafter have to the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and (ii) irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the applicable Oregon Court in any such suit, action or proceeding. The parties further agree to accept and acknowledge service of any and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding in the Oregon Courts and agree that service of process upon a party mailed by certified mail to such party’s address shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon such party in any such suit, action or proceeding.

 

(j)       If any provision of this Subscription Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed modified to conform to such statute or rule of law. Any provision hereof that may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provisions hereof.

 

(k)       The parties understand and agree money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of the Subscription Agreement by the Company or the Subscriber and that the party against which such breach is committed shall be entitled to equitable relief, including injunction and specific performance, as a remedy for any such breach. Such remedies shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedies for a breach by either party of the Subscription Agreement but shall be in addition to all other remedies available at law or equity to the party against which such breach is committed.

 

(l)       All pronouns and any variations thereof used herein shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, singular or plural, as identity of the person or persons may require.

 

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(m)       This Subscription Agreement may be executed in counterparts and by facsimile, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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Signature Page for Individuals:

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Subscriber has caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed as of the date indicated below.

 

$______________________ ($1.30 per Unit)    

Purchase Price

 

  Number of Units
     

Print or Type Name

 

 

Print or Type Name (Joint-owner)

 

     

Signature

 

 

Signature (Joint-owner)

 

     

Date

 

 

Date (Joint-owner)

 

     

IRS Taxpayer Identification Number

 

 

IRS Taxpayer Identification Number (Joint-owner)

 

     
Address   Address (Joint-owner)
     
Telephone Number   Telephone Number
     
Fax Number   Fax Number
     
E-mail Address   E-mail Address

 

Type of Ownership

 

¨ Individual
¨ Tenants in common
¨ Joint tenants with right of survivorship
¨ Community property (check only if resident of community property state)
¨ Other (please specify:____________________)

 

Wiring Instructions:

Bank Name: Chase

ABA: #021000021

SWIFT: CHASUS33

Tel Number: (503) 238-3250

Address: 3902 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR 97214

Acct #: 658397315

Acct. Name: Eastside Distilling, Inc.

 

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Partnerships, Corporations or Other Entities:

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Subscriber has caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed as of the date indicated below.

 

$ ______________________ ($1.30 per Unit)    
Total Purchase Price   Number of Units

 

 
Print or Type Name of Entity
 
Address

 

   
Telephone Number  
   
   
Fax Number  
   
   
Email Address  

 

     
Taxpayer I.D. No. (if applicable)   Date

 

By:      
Signature: Name:   Print or Type Name and Indicate
  Title:   Title or Position with Entity

 

     
Signature (other authorized signatory)   Print or Type Name and Indicate
    Title or Position with Entity

 

Type of Ownership

 

¨ Corporation
¨ Limited Liability Company
¨ Partnership
¨ Trust
¨ Other (please specify:____________________)

 

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All subscriptions from partnerships, corporations, trusts or limited liability companies must be accompanied by resolutions of the appropriate corporate authority (board of directors, trustee or managing partner or members, as applicable) and trust documents evidencing the authorization and power to make the subscription.

 

Wiring Instructions:

 

Bank Name: Chase

ABA: #021000021

SWIFT: CHASUS33

Tel Number: (503) 238-3250

Address: 3902 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR 97214

Acct #: 658397315

Acct. Name: Eastside Distilling, Inc.

 

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SUBSCRIPTION ACCEPTANCE BY EASTSIDE DISTILLING INC.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Subscription Agreement to be executed, and the foregoing subscription accepted, as of the date indicated below.

 

  Eastside Distilling, Inc.
     
  By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Date: _______________________, 2016

 

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SECTION C

 

CONFIDENTIAL PURCHASER QUESTIONNAIRE

 

Please review, sign on page C-9, and return to:

 

Eastside Distilling, Inc.

1805 SE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Portland, Oregon 97214

Phone 971-888-4264

Fax No.: 866-554-0271

Email: SShum@eastsidedistilling.com

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

CONFIDENTIAL PURCHASER QUESTIONNAIRE

 

THIS QUESTIONNAIRE WILL BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNDERSIGNED’S EXPRESSED INTEREST IN A PROPOSED INVESTMENT IN EASTSIDE DISTILLING, INC. (THE “COMPANY”).

 

THE COMPANY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO FULLY RELY ON THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONTAINED HEREIN UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE UNDERSIGNED HAS FURNISHED AN AMENDED CONFIDENTIAL PURCHASER QUESTIONNAIRE.

 

THIS QUESTIONNAIRE MUST BE ANSWERED FULLY AND RETURNED TO THE COMPANY

 

THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE WILL BE HELD IN STRICT CONFIDENCE. NO INFORMATION WILL BE DISCLOSED EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLOSURE IS REQUIRED BY LAW OR REGULATION, OTHERWISE DEMANDED BY PROPER LEGAL PROCESS OR IN LITIGATION INVOLVING THE COMPANY AND ITS CONTROLLING PERSONS.

 

(1) The undersigned represents and warrants that has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Units and protecting the undersigned’s own interests in this transaction, and does not desire to utilize the services of any other person in connection with evaluating such merits and risks.

 

(2) By initialing one of the categories below, the Subscriber represents and warrants that the Subscriber is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and that Subscriber comes within the category so initialed and has truthfully set forth the factual basis or reason the Subscriber comes within that category. All information in response to this paragraph will be kept strictly confidential. The Subscriber agrees to furnish any additional information which the Company deems necessary in order to verify the answers set forth below.

 

Category I       ______   The Subscriber is a director or executive officer of the Company.
     
Category II       _____   The Subscriber is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, etc.) whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with the Subscriber’s spouse, presently exceeds $1,000,000, excluding the value of the primary residence of the Subscriber.
     
    Explanation.   In calculation of net worth, the Subscriber may include equity in personal property and real estate (other than the primary residence of the Subscriber), including the Subscriber’s cash, short term investments, stocks, securities.  Equity in personal property and real estate should be based on the fair market value of such property less debt secured by such property.

 

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Category III       _____   The Subscriber is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, etc.) who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or joint income with the Subscriber’s spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of the two most recent years, and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year.
     
Category IV       _____   The undersigned is (i) a bank, as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”); (ii) a savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Act, whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; (iii) an insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the Act; (iv) an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of that Act; (v) a Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; or (vi) a plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;
     
     
     
     
Category V       _____   The undersigned is an (i) employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment advisor, (ii) an employee benefit plan with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, or (iii) a self-directed employee benefit plan (including a self-directed individual retirement account or IRA, Keough or SEP plan) with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors (describe entity).
     
     
     
     
Category VI       _____   The undersigned is a private business development company as defined in section 202(a) (22) of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 (describe entity)  
     
     
     

 

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Category VII       _____   The undersigned is either a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, Massachusetts business trust, or non-profit organization within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, in each case not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities and with total assets in excess of $5,000,000. (describe entity)
     
     
     
     
Category VIII       _____   The undersigned is a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities, where the purchase is directed by a “sophisticated investor” as defined in Regulation 506(b)(2)(ii) under the Act. ( Must also answer Question 5 below).
     
Category IX       _____   The undersigned is an entity (other than a trust) in which all of the equity owners are “accredited investors” within one or more of the above categories.  If relying upon this category alone, each equity owner must complete a separate copy of this Purchaser Questionnaire.  ( describe entity below )
     
     
     
     
    The undersigned agrees that the undersigned will notify SMH Capital at any time in the event that the representations and warranties in this Purchaser Questionnaire shall cease to be true, accurate and complete.

 

(2) Suitability (please answer each question)

 

(a) For an individual, please describe your current employment, including the company by which you are employed and its principal business:

 

     
     
     

 

(b) For an individual, please describe any college or graduate degrees held by you:

 

     
     
     

 

(c) For all subscribers, please list types of prior investments:

 

     
     
     

 

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(d) For all subscribers, please state whether you have participated in other private placements before:

 

YES      __________           NO       __________  

 

(e) If your answer to question (d) above was “YES”, please indicate frequency of such prior participation in private placements of:

 

    Public
Companies
  Private
Companies
  Frequently      
  Occasionally      
  Never      

 

(f) For individuals, do you expect your current level of income to significantly decrease in the foreseeable future?

 

YES       __________           NO       __________  

 

(g) For trust, corporate, partnership and other institutional subscribers, do you expect your total assets to significantly decrease in the foreseeable future?

 

YES       __________           NO       __________  

 

(h) For all subscribers, do you have any other investments or contingent liabilities which you reasonably anticipate could cause you to need sudden cash requirements in excess of cash readily available to you?

 

YES       __________           NO       __________  

 

(i) For all subscribers, are you familiar with the risk aspects and the non-liquidity of investments such as the Securities for which you seek to purchase?

 

YES       __________           NO       __________  

 

(j) For all subscribers, do you understand that there is no guarantee of financial return on this investment and that you run the risk of losing your entire investment?

 

YES       __________           NO       __________

 

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(3)       Manner in which title is to be held: (circle one)

 

(a)       Individual Ownership

(b)       Community Property

(c)        Joint Tenant with Right of Survivorship (both parties must sign)

(d)       Partnership

(e)       Tenants in Common

(f)        Limited Liability Company

(g)       Corporation

(h)       Trust

(i)        Other

 

(4)       FINRA Affiliation.

 

Are you affiliated or associated with a FINRA member firm (please check one):

 

YES       __________           NO       __________  

 

If Yes, please describe:

 

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

 

*If subscriber is a Registered Representative with a FINRA member firm, have the following acknowledgment signed by the appropriate party:

 

The undersigned FINRA member firm acknowledges receipt of the notice required by the FINRA Conduct Rules.

 

_________________________________

Name of FINRA Member Firm

 

By: ______________________________

              Authorized Officer

 

Date: ____________________________

 

(5)       For Trust Subscribers

 

A. Certain trusts generally may not qualify as accredited investors except under special circumstances. Therefore, if you intend to hold securities in whole or in part through a trust, please answer each of the following questions.

 

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Is the trustee of the trust a national or state bank that is acting in its fiduciary capacity in making the investment on behalf of the trust?

 

  Yes ¨   No ¨

 

B. If the trust is a revocable trust, please complete Question 1 below. If the trust is an irrevocable trust, please complete Question 2 below.

 

1.         REVOCABLE TRUSTS

 

Can the trust be amended or revoked at any time by its grantors:

 

  Yes ¨   No ¨

 

If yes, please answer the following questions relating to each grantor (please add sheets if necessary):

 

Grantor Name: _________________________

 

Net worth of grantor (including spouse, if applicable), including home, home furnishings and automobiles exceeds $1,000,000?

 

  Yes ¨   No ¨

 

OR

Income (exclusive of any income attributable to spouse) was in excess of $200,000 for the prior two taxable years and is reasonably expected to be in excess of $200,000 for the current taxable year?

 

  Yes ¨   No ¨

 

OR

 

Income (including income attributable to spouse) was in excess of $300,000 for the prior two taxable years and is reasonably expected to be in excess of $300,000 for the current taxable year?

 

  Yes ¨   No ¨

 

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2.         IRREVOCABLE TRUSTS

 

If the trust is an irrevocable trust, please answer the following questions:

 

Please provide the name of each trustee:

 

Trustee Name: ________________________________________

 

Trustee Name: ________________________________________

 

Does the trust have assets greater than $5 million?

 

  Yes ¨   No ¨

 

Indicate how often you invest in:

 

Marketable Securities

 

  Often ¨ Occasionally ¨ Seldom ¨ Never ¨

 

Restricted Securities

 

  Often ¨ Occasionally ¨ Seldom ¨ Never ¨

 

Venture Capital Companies

 

  Often ¨ Occasionally ¨ Seldom ¨ Never ¨

 

This completes the questions applicable to Trust Investors. Please sign below.

 

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The undersigned has been informed of the significance of the foregoing representations and answers contained in this Confidential Purchaser Questionnaire and such representations and answers have been provided with the understanding that the Company, will rely on them.

 

      Individual  
         
Date:        
      Name of Individual  
      (Please type or print)  
         
         
      Signature of Individual  
         
         
         
      Name of Joint Owner  
      (Please type or print)  
         
         
      Signature (Joint Owner)  
         
      Partnership, Corporation or  
      Other Entity  
         
Date:        
      Print or Type Entity Name  

 

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    

 

     
     
     
  Signature (other authorized signatory, if any)  

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of December __, 2016 between Eastside Distilling, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”) and the purchasers (the “ Purchasers ”) who have subscribed for units (the “ Units ”), each Unit consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock (the “ Shares ” and one common stock purchase warrant (the “ Warrants ,”) pursuant to the Confidential Private Placement Memorandum of the Company dated November 21, 2016 and accompanying Subscription Agreement (“ Offering Materials ”).

 

The parties hereby agree as follows:

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Holders agree as follows:

 

1.        Definitions . Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Subscription Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Subscription Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

415 Cutback Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

Advice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any person, any other person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person.

 

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Closing ” has the meaning set forth in the Subscription Agreement.

 

Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Subscription Agreement.

 

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, and any securities into which such common stock may hereinafter be reclassified.

 

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Effective Date ” means each date that the Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) and any post-effective amendment thereto is declared effective by the Commission.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Holder ” or “ Holders ” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.

 

Indemnified Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

 

Indemnifying Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

 

 

 

 

Initial Registration Statement ” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Losses ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

 

Offering ” means the offering of up to 769,230 Units by the Company pursuant to the Offering Materials.

 

Prospectus ” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

 

Registrable Securities ” means (i) all shares of Common Stock issued to the Holder and all other purchasers of Units pursuant to the terms of the Subscription Agreement; (ii) any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing; and (iii) the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants issued to the Holder and all other purchasers pursuant to the terms of the Subscription Agreement, provided , that the Holder has completed and delivered to the Company a Selling Shareholder Questionnaire. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Securities will cease to be Registrable Securities of a particular Holder upon the earliest of (v) when they have been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a Registration Statement covering them, (w) when they have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or by similar provision under the Securities Act) (in which case, only such securities sold by the Holder shall cease to be a Registrable Security), or (x) when they are otherwise transferred and such securities may be resold without subsequent registration under the Securities Act.

 

Registration Statement ” means any one or more registration statements of the Company filed under the Securities Act that covers the resale of any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Initial Registration Statement, the New Registration Statement and any Remainder Registration Statements), including (in each case) the amendments and supplements to such Registration Statements, including pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Registration Statements.

 

Remainder Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

 

Rule 415 ” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

Rule 424 ” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

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Selling Shareholder Questionnaire ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).

 

SEC Guidance ” means (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements or requests of the Staff and (ii) the Securities Act.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Staff ” means the staff of the Commission.

 

Trading Day ” means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its principal market, or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market), a day on which the Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTCPink (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided , that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.

 

Trading Market ” means whichever of the NYSE, the NYSE MKT, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Markets on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.

 

2.                Required Registration

 

(a)       As soon as reasonable practicable following the final closing of the Offering, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 or, if Rule 415 is not available for offers and sales of the Registrable Securities, by such other means of distribution of Registrable Securities as the Holders may reasonably specify (the “ Initial Registration Statement ”). The Initial Registration Statement shall be on Form S-1 (or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering). Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in this Section 2 , in the event the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly (i) inform each of the Holders thereof and use its commercially reasonable efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission and/or (ii) withdraw the Initial Registration Statement and file a new registration statement (a “ New Registration Statement ”), in either case covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on Form S-1 or such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation of the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater number of Registrable Securities), or in the event the Staff seeks to characterize any offering pursuant to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement as constituting an offering of securities by or on behalf of the Company such that Rule 415 is not available to the Company to register the resale of such Registrable Securities and as a result the Staff or the SEC does not permit such Registration Statement to become effective and used for resales in a manner that permits the continuous resale at the market by the Holders participating therein (or as otherwise may be acceptable to each Holder) without being named therein as an “underwriter,” unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced by on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Shares held by such Holders (such reduced Registrable Securities, the “ 415 Cutback Shares ”). In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement or files a New Registration Statement, as the case may be, under clauses (i) or (ii) above, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more registration statements on Form S-1 or such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended, or the New Registration Statement, including the 415 Cutback Shares (the “ Remainder Registration Statements ”). No Holder shall be named as an “underwriter” in any Registration Statement without such Holder’s prior written consent.

 

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(b)       The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as practicable (including, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or the New Registration Statement, as applicable, filing with the Commission a request for acceleration of effectiveness in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act within five Business Days after the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or not be subject to further review and the effectiveness of such Registration Statement may be accelerated), shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep each Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the earlier of (i) such time as all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been publicly sold by the Holders or (ii) the date that is three years following the Closing Date (the “ Effectiveness Period ”). The Company shall promptly notify the Holders via facsimile or electronic mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto on or before the first Trading Day after the date that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission.

 

(c)       Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed Selling Shareholder Questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex B or in a form mutually agreeable between the Parties. At least 10 Trading Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement for any registration under this Agreement, the Company will notify each Holder of the information the Company requires from that Holder other than the information contained in the Selling Shareholder Questionnaire, if any, which shall be completed and delivered to the Company promptly upon request and, in any event, within three Trading Days prior to the applicable anticipated filing date. Each Holder further agrees that it shall not be entitled to be named as a Selling Shareholder in the Registration Statement or use the Prospectus for offers and resales of Registrable Securities at any time, unless such Holder has returned to the Company a completed and signed Selling Shareholder Questionnaire and a response to any requests for further information as described in the previous sentence. If a Holder of Registrable Securities returns a Selling Shareholder Questionnaire or a request for further information, in either case, after its respective deadline, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts at the expense of the Holder who failed to return the Selling Shareholder Questionnaire or to respond for further information to take such actions as are required to name such Holder as a selling security holder in the Registration Statement or any pre-effective or post-effective amendment thereto and to include (to the extent not theretofore included) in the Registration Statement the Registrable Securities identified in such late Selling Shareholder Questionnaire or request for further information. Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that the information in the Selling Shareholder Questionnaire or request for further information as described in this Section 2(c) will be used by the Company in the preparation of the Registration Statement and hereby consents to the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement.

 

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(d)       Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, at any time after any Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, the Company may delay the disclosure of material non-public information concerning the Company if the disclosure of such information at the time is not, in the good faith judgment of the Company, in the best interests of the Company (a “ Grace Period ”); provided , however , the Company shall promptly (i) notify the Holders in writing (including via facsimile or other electronic transmission) of the existence of material non-public information giving rise to a Grace Period (provided that the Company shall not disclose the content of such material non-public information to the Holders) or the need to file a supplement or post-effective amendment, as applicable, and the date on which such Grace Period will begin, and (ii) notify the Holders in writing (including via facsimile or other electronic transmission) of the date on which the Grace Period ends; provided , further , that no single Grace Period shall exceed 30 consecutive days, and during any 365 day period, the aggregate of all Grace Periods shall not exceed an aggregate of 60 days (each Grace Period complying with this provision being an “ Allowable Grace Period ”). For purposes of determining the length of a Grace Period, the Grace Period shall be deemed to begin on and include the date the Holders receive the notice referred to in clause (i) above and shall end on and include the later of the date the Holders receive the notice referred to in clause (ii) above and the date referred to in such notice; provided , however , that no Grace Period shall be longer than an Allowable Grace Period.

 

3.        Registration Procedures . In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:

 

(a)       Not less than five Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than one Trading Day prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (not including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and not including a supplement or amendment filed solely for the purpose of adding the contents of a Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K filed at such as time as the Registration Statement is on a form that does not permit “forward” incorporation by reference) by the Company, the Company shall (i) furnish to each Holder copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference, and other than a supplement or amendment filed solely for the purpose of adding the contents of a Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K filed at such as time as the Registration Statement is on a form that does not permit “forward” incorporation by reference by the Company) will be subject to the review of such Holder (it being acknowledged and agreed that if a Holder does not object to or comment on the aforementioned documents within such five Trading Day or one Trading Day period, as the case may be, then the Holder shall be deemed to have consented to and approved the use of such documents) and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent certified public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than five Trading Days after the Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or one Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of any related Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto.

 

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(b)(i)   Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities (except during an Allowable Grace Period); (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (except during an Allowable Grace Period); (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and provide as promptly as reasonably possible to the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to a Registration Statement (provided that the Company may excise any information contained therein which would constitute material non-public information concerning the Company); and (iv) comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented; provided , however , that each Holder shall be responsible for the delivery of the Prospectus to the Persons to whom such Holder sells any of the Shares (including in accordance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act), and each Holder agrees to dispose of Registrable Securities in compliance with the plan of distribution described in the Registration Statement and otherwise in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws.

 

(c)       Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing (including via facsimile or other electronic transmission) no later than one Trading Day following the day (i) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; and (ii) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provided that any and all of such information shall be kept confidential by each Holder until such information otherwise becomes public, unless disclosure by a Holder is required by law; provided , further , that notwithstanding each Holder’s agreement to keep such information confidential, each such Holder makes no acknowledgement that any such information is material, non-public information.

 

(d)       Use its commercially reasonable efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.

 

(e)       The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to (i) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and any Affiliate thereof, (ii) any Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) affiliations, (iii) any natural persons who have the power to vote or dispose of the common stock and (iv) any other information as may be requested by the Commission, FINRA or any state securities commission.

 

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(f)       Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(c).

 

(g)       Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, would subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.

 

(h)       If requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Subscription Agreement and applicable state and Federal laws, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may request.

 

(i)       If the Company notifies the Holders to suspend the use of any Prospectus until a requisite changes to such Prospectus has been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(i) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus, for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 12 month period.

 

(j)        Comply in all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

4.        Registration Expenses .     All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and auditors) (A) with respect to filings made with the Commission, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, (C) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities) and (D) if not previously paid by the Company in connection with an issuer filing, with respect to any filing that may be required to be made by any broker through which a Holder intends to make sales of Registrable Securities with the FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110, so long as the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage commission in connection with such sale, (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any underwriting, broker or similar commissions of any Holder or any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.

 

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5.        Indemnification .

 

(a)        Indemnification by the Company . The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, members, partners, agents and employees (and any other persons with a functionally equivalent role of a person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of them, each person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, shareholders, partners, agents and employees (and any other persons with a functionally equivalent role of a person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such controlling person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “ Losses ”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to (1) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading or (2) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(ii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(c). The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware.

 

(b)        Indemnification by Holders . Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: (x) such Holder’s failure to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act or (y) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent that such information relates to such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in a Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (iii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(ii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(c). In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

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(c)        Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “ Indemnified Party ”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the person from whom indemnity is sought (the “ Indemnifying Party ”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.

 

An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless:  (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.

 

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within 20 Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party; provided, that the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses previously disbursed and that are applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is judicially determined to be not entitled to indemnification hereunder.

 

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(d)        Contribution . If the indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms.

 

The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

 

The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.

 

6.        Miscellaneous .

 

(a)        Remedies . Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, in the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(b)        Compliance . Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.

 

(c)        Discontinued Disposition . By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(c)(ii), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “ Advice ”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.

 

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(d)        Amendments and Waivers . The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. If a Registration Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders and each Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of some Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided , however , that in the event the Company shall deliver written notice to a Holder with respect to a requested waiver or amendment, such Holder shall be deemed to have consented and agreed to such amendment or waiver if such Holder does not provide written notice to the Company indicating such Holder’s non-consent within 10 calendar days of delivery by the Company of such written notice; provided , further , that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the first  sentence of this Section 6(d).

 

(e)        Notices . Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Subscription Agreement.

 

(f)         Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. The Company may not assign its rights (except by merger or in connection with another entity acquiring all or substantially all of the Company’s assets) or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all the Holders of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign its respective rights with respect to any or all of its Registrable Securities hereunder in the manner and to the persons as permitted under the Subscription Agreement; provided in each case that (i) the Holder agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights and related obligations under this Agreement, and for the transferee or assignee to assume such obligations, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment, (ii) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee or assignee and the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned, (iii) at or before the time the Company received the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence, the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein and (iv) the transferee is an “accredited investor,” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D and completes any required documentation requested by the Company to confirm the foregoing.

 

(g)        No Inconsistent Agreements . Except as set forth in the Subscription Agreement or in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities to any person that have not been satisfied in full.

 

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(h)        Execution and Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or other electronic transmission of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

 

(i)         Governing Law . All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Subscription Agreement.

 

(j)         Cumulative Remedies . The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.

 

(k)         Severability . If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

(l)         Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of the Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

(m)        Independent Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights . The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Investor acknowledges that no other Investor has acted as agent for such Investor in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no Investor will be acting as agent of such Investor in connection with monitoring its investment in the Shares or enforcing its rights under the Subscription Agreement or any other agreement entered into in connection with the Subscription Agreement. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  EASTSIDE DISTILLING, INC.
     
  By:  
    Steve Shum
    Chief Financial Officer

 

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INVESTOR SIGNATURE PAGE TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

Name of Investor:

 

 

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investor:

 

 

 

Name of Authorized Signatory:

 

 

 

Title of Authorized Signatory:

 

 

 

Address for Notice of Investor:

 

 

 

 

 

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ANNEX A

 

EASTSIDE DISTILLING, INC.

 

Purchaser Information Request

 

The undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the “ Registrable Securities ”) of Eastside Distilling, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement (the “ Registration Statement ”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”) to which this document is annexed. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling Shareholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling Shareholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

 

The undersigned beneficial owner (the “ Selling Shareholder ”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.

 

The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:

 

1. Name.

 

(a) Full Legal Name of Selling Shareholder:

 

 

 

(b) Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities are held:

 

 

 

(c) Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by the questionnaire):

 

 

 

2. Address for Notices to Selling Shareholder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Person:  

 

Email:  

 

Telephone:  

 

Fax:

 

3. Broker-Dealer Status:

 

(a)       Are you a broker-dealer?

 

Yes             ¨              No             ¨

 

(b)       If “yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company?

 

Yes             ¨              No             ¨

 

(c)       Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?

 

Yes             ¨             No             ¨

 

(d)       If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?

 

Yes             ¨             No             ¨

 

Note: If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

4. Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Shareholder.

 

Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the securities issuable pursuant to the Subscription Agreement.

 

(a)            Type and Amount of other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Selling Shareholder:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5. Relationships with the Company:

 

Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.

 

State any exceptions here:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective.

 

By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.

 

Dated:_____________________________

 

  Beneficial Owner:
   
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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