Amendment to Annual Report - Form 10-K/A

U. S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

☒	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ___________ to _____________

Commission File Number 001-38182

EASTSIDE DISTILLING, INC.

(Name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)

Nevada		20-3937596
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2321 NE Argyle Street, Unit D

Portland, Oregon97211

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (971)888-4264

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value		EAST		The NasdaqStock Market LLC
(Title of Each Class)		(Trading Symbol)		(Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act: Yes ☐ No☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 day. Yes☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 if the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☐	Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Smaller reporting company ☒
Emerging growth company ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262 (b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant's executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant at June 30, 2023, the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter was $4,351,325based on the last reported sales price of the registrant's common stock as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market on that date.

As of March 31, 2024, 1,705,987shares of our common stock were outstanding.

Documents Incorporated by Reference: None.

Documents Incorporated by Reference: None.

Audit Firm ID		Auditor Name		Auditor Location
2738		M&K CPAS, PLLC		Houston, TX

Explanatory Note

This Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K (this "Amendment" or "Amendment No. 1") amends the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 originally filed on April 1, 2024 (the "Original Filing") by Eastside Distilling, Inc., a Nevada corporation ("Eastside," "EAST," the" Company," "we," or "us"). We are filing this Amendment to present the information required by Part III of Form 10-K as we will file our definitive proxy statement more than 120 days after the end of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. The references in the Original Filing to the incorporation by reference of our definitive proxy statement into Part III of the Original Filing are hereby deleted. In addition, Item 15 of Part IV is being amended solely to include currently dated certifications in accordance with Rule 13a-13(a) promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with paragraphs 3, 4, and 5 omitted, since no financial statements are contained within this Amendment. Because no financial statements are contained within this Amendment, the Company is not including certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 0f 2002 or any disclosures with respect to Items 307 or 308 of Regulation S-K.

Except as described above, no other changes have been made to the Original Filing. The Original Filing continues to speak as of the date of the Original Filing, and we have not updated the disclosures contained therein to reflect any events which occurred at a date subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with our Original Filing and our other filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K.

PART III

Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The following is a brief description of the principal occupation and recent business experience of each of our executive officers and directors and their ages as of March 31, 2024:

Name		Age		Position
Geoffrey Gwin		56		Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chairman
Eric Finnsson (1)(2)(3)		62		Director
Robert Grammen (1)(2)(3)		69		Director
Stephanie Kilkenny		52		Director and Corporate Secretary

(1)	Member of the audit committee.
(2)	Member of the compensation committee.
(3)	Member of the nominating and corporate governance committee.

Our board of directors currently consists of four members. All directors hold office until their successors have been elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation, disqualification, or removal. Board vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority vote of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Our board may establish the authorized number of directors from time to time by resolution.

Our executive officers are each appointed by the board and serve at the board's discretion.

There are no family relationships among our officers or directors.

Executive Officers

Geoffrey Gwin, age 56, was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer on February 1, 2022 and our Chief Financial Officer as of June 15, 2020. Mr. Gwin previously served as a member of the board of directors from August 2019 through June 2020. Mr. Gwin formed Group G Capital Partners, LLC in 2003 and has continuously managed its related strategies as its Chief Investment Officer. From June 2018 until February 2020, Mr. Gwin was a Member of Quad Capital Management Advisors, LLC and the Managing Member of Group G Capital Partners, LLC. Mr. Gwin was the Chairman of the Board and later a Board Observer of SMArtX Advisory Solutions, Inc., a private company offering technology solutions to wealth advisors, RIA's and other financial services firms. Mr. Gwin has held positions at Symphony Asset Management, BHF-BANK Aktiengesellschaft, and Citibank, Inc. over the last three decades. Mr. Gwin holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from Wake Forest University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Non-Employee Directors

Eric Finnsson, age 62, was appointed to our Board of Directors on July 30, 2020. Since March 2019, Mr. Finnsson has served as chief financial officer of GLG Life Tech Corporation, a producer of zero calorie natural sweeteners. Prior to joining GLG Life Tech Corporation, Mr. Finnsson worked as an independent consultant, offering finance and business consulting services to start-ups and individuals investing in China. A retired audit partner, Mr. Finnsson worked for KPMG for over 25 years in Canada, Europe and China, including three years specializing in Global Risk Management in KPMG's International Headquarters. During his time with KPMG in China, Mr. Finnsson specialized in auditing and advising large multinational groups in the food and beverages sector. Mr. Finnsson graduated from The University of British Columbia in 1987 with a major in Economics and received his designation as a Canadian Chartered Accountant in 1990.

Robert Grammen, age 69, was appointed to our Board of Directors on June 15, 2020. Since 1999, Mr. Grammen has been affiliated with EFO Management, LLC, where he currently serves as a managing director. EFO Management, LLC is a family investment office, where Mr. Grammen is responsible for the origination, analysis, structure and execution of direct debt and equity investments across a wide range of asset classes that include IT, healthcare, hospitality, spirits and real estate. Prior to joining EFO Management, LLC, Mr. Grammen served as a vice president of International Trading Group, focusing on the purchase, restructure, and sale of distressed municipal bond debt. Mr. Grammen received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia.

Stephanie Kilkenny, age 52, was appointed to our Board of Directors on October 24, 2019. Ms. Kilkenny was the former managing director of Azuñia Tequila, and together with her spouse, owns and controls TQLA, LLC ("TQLA"), the majority owner of Intersect Beverage, LLC. Ms. Kilkenny holds a BS Psychology from Ursinus College in Pennsylvania and relocated to California immediately upon earning her degree. She began her post-college career in Client Services at the corporate offices of Mail Boxes Etc. and as an Operations Manager at the corporate offices of Insurance Express Services. After a few years in the corporate world, Ms. Kilkenny returned to the classroom to study photography and acquire an AA Interior Design from Mesa College. She then opened her own photography and design firm, Adair Interiors, LLC. Stephanie currently serves as Board President of the Lucky Duck Foundation, a non-profit organization that has raised over $10 million dollars for various charitable organizations since Ms. Kilkenny and her husband Patrick founded it in 2005. In 2017, The Lucky Duck Foundation narrowed its focus to alleviating the suffering of San Diego County's homeless population. Their annual Swing & Soiree event has raised over $1 million dollars per year for the past 5 years.

Board Committees

Audit Committee

Our audit committee oversees the engagement of our independent public accountants, reviews our audited financial statements, meets with our independent public accountants to review internal controls and reviews our financial plans. Our audit committee currently consists of Eric Finnsson, who is the chair of the committee, and Robert Grammen. Each of Messrs. Finnsson and Grammen have been determined by our Board of Directors to be independent in accordance with Nasdaq and SEC standards. Our Board of Directors has also designated Mr. Finnsson as an "audit committee financial expert" as the term is defined under SEC regulations and has determined that Mr. Finnsson possesses the requisite "financial sophistication" under applicable Nasdaq rules. The audit committee operates under a written charter which is available on our website at https://www.eastsidedistilling.com/investors. Both our independent registered accounting firm and internal financial personnel regularly meet with our audit committee and have unrestricted access to the audit committee. Each member of the audit committee is able to read and understand fundamental financial statements, including our consolidated balance sheets, consolidated statements of operations and consolidated statements of cash flows. Further, no member of the audit committee has participated in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements, or those of any of our current subsidiaries, at any time during the past three years.

Compensation Committee

Our compensation committee reviews and recommends policies, practices and procedures relating to compensation for our directors and officers and advises and consults with our officers regarding the compensation of managerial personnel and its relation to corporate development. Our compensation committee currently consists of Eric Finnsson, who is the chair of the committee, and Robert Grammen, each of whom has been determined by our Board of Directors to be independent in accordance with Nasdaq standards. Each member of our compensation committee is also a non-employee director, as defined pursuant to Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, and an outside director, as defined pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The compensation committee operates under a written charter which is available on the Company's website at https://www.eastsidedistilling.com/investors.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Our nominating and corporate governance committee evaluates the composition, size and governance of our Board of Directors and its committees, evaluates and recommends candidates for election to our Board of Directors, establishes a policy for considering stockholder nominees and reviewing our corporate governance principles and provides recommendations to the Board of Directors. Our nominating committee currently consists of Robert Grammen, who is the chair of the committee, and Eric Finnsson, each of whom has been determined by our Board of Directors to be independent in accordance with Nasdaq standards. The nominating committee operates under a written charter which is available on the Company's website at https://www.eastsidedistilling.com/investors.

Board Diversity Matrix

Board Diversity Matrix (As of March 31, 2024)
		Female						Male
Total Number of Directors							4
Part I: Gender Identity
Directors			1								3
Part II: Demographic Background
Hispanic or Latinx			0
White			1								3
Two or More Races or Ethnicities			0

Director Nomination Process

The nominating committee identifies director nominees by first considering those current members of the Board of Directors who are willing to continue in service. Current members of the Board of Directors with skills and experience that are relevant to our business and who are willing to continue in service are considered for re-nomination, balancing the value of the skills and experiences of the current members and the value of continuity of service by existing members of the Board of Directors with that of obtaining a new perspective or skills and experiences. If any member of the Board of Directors does not wish to continue in service, if the nominating committee or the Board of Directors decides not to re-nominate a member for reelection, if the nominating committee or the Board of Directors decided to fill a director position that is currently vacant, or if the nominating committee or the Board of Directors decides to recommend that the size of the Board of Directors be increased, the nominating committee identifies the desired skills needed by the board and will evaluate the experience of a new nominee in light of the criteria described below. Current members of the Board of Directors and management are polled for suggestions as to individuals meeting the Board of Directors' criteria. Research may also be performed to identify qualified individuals and, if appropriate, the nominating committee may engage a search firm. Nominees for director are selected by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors, with any current directors who may be nominees themselves abstaining from any vote relating to their own nomination. We anticipate that all of our directors will participate in the consideration of the director nominees for election at the Company's upcoming annual meeting. Although the nominating committee and the Board of Directors do not have a formal diversity policy, the Board of Directors expects that the nominating committee will consider such factors as it deems appropriate to develop a Board and committees that are diverse in nature and comprised of experienced and seasoned advisors. Factors considered by the nominating committee include judgment, knowledge, skill, diversity (including factors such as race, gender, and experience), integrity, experience with businesses and other organizations of comparable size, including experience in the spirits industry, business, finance, administration or public service, the relevance of a candidate's experience to our needs and experience of other board members, familiarity with national and international business matters, experience with accounting rules and practices, the desire to balance the considerable benefit of continuity with the periodic injection of the fresh perspective provided by new members, and the extent to which a candidate would be a desirable addition to the Board of Directors and any committees of the Board of Directors.

In addition, directors are expected to be able to exercise their best business judgment when acting on behalf of us and all stockholders, act ethically at all times, and adhere to the applicable provisions of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. Other than consideration of the foregoing and applicable SEC and Nasdaq requirements, unless determined otherwise by the nominating committee, there are no stated minimum criteria, qualities, or skills for director nominees. However, the nominating committee may also consider such other factors as it may deem are in the best interests of us and all stockholders. In addition, at least one member of the Board of Directors serving on the audit committee should meet the criteria for an "audit committee financial expert" having the requisite "financial sophistication" under applicable Nasdaq and SEC rules, and a majority of the members of the Board of Directors should meet the definition of "independent director" under applicable Nasdaq rules.

The nominating committee and the Board of Directors may consider suggestions for persons to be nominated for director that are submitted by stockholders. The nominating committee will evaluate stockholder suggestions for director nominees in the same manner as it evaluates suggestions for director nominees made by management, then-current directors, or other appropriate sources. Stockholders suggesting persons as director nominees should send information about a proposed nominee to our Secretary at our principal executive offices as referenced above at least 90 days before the anniversary of the prior year's annual stockholder meeting. This information should be in writing and should include a signed statement by the proposed nominee that he or she is willing to serve as a director of Eastside Distilling, Inc., a description of the proposed nominee's relationship to the stockholder and any information that the stockholder feels will fully inform the Board of Directors about the proposed nominee and his or her qualifications. The Board of Directors may request further information from the proposed nominee and the stockholder making the recommendation. In addition, a stockholder may nominate one or more persons for election as a director at our annual meeting of stockholders.

General Stockholder Communications

Stockholders can send communications to the Board of Directors by sending a certified or registered letter to the Chairman of the Board, care of the Secretary, at our main business address set forth above. Communications that are threatening, illegal, or similarly inappropriate, and advertisements, solicitations for periodical or other subscriptions, and other similar communications will generally not be forwarded to the Chairman.

Code of Ethics

We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to all of our employees, officers, and directors. We will provide to any person without charge, upon request, a copy of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. Requests may be directed to our principal executive offices at 2321 NE Argyle Street, Unit D, Portland, Oregon 97211. Also, a copy of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on our website. We will disclose, on our website, any amendment to, or a waiver from, a provision of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions and that relates to any element of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics enumerated in applicable rules of the SEC.

Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following table sets forth the compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to our Named Executive Officers for services rendered during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Name and Position		Year			Salary ($)			Bonus ($)			Stock Awards ($)			All Other Compensation ($)			Total ($)
Geoffrey Gwin			2023				250,000				-				-				-				250,000
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Director			2022				250,000				-				-				-				250,000

Employment Agreement

The Company does not have a formal severance policy or plan applicable to the executive officers as a group.

None of our executive officers is party to a written employment agreement with the Company.

Outstanding Equity Awards at 2023 Fiscal Year-End

There were no equity awards made to any of the Named Executive Officers that were outstanding as of December 31, 2023.

2023 Director Compensation

Name		Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)			Stock Awards ($)			Option Awards ($)			Total ($)
Eric Finnsson			-				87,500				-				87,500
Robert Grammen			-				87,500				-				87,500
Stephanie Kilkenny			-				33,750				-				33,750
Geoffrey Gwin			-				-				-				-
Elizabeth Levy-Navarro (1)			-				100,250				-				100,250
Joseph Giansante (2)			-				22,137				-				22,137

	(1)	Resigned January 22, 2024.
	(2)	Resigned August 11, 2023.

Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Under U.S. securities laws, directors, certain officers and persons holding more than 10% of our common stock must report their initial ownership of our common stock and any changes in their ownership to the SEC. The SEC has designated specific due dates for these reports and we must identify in this Annual Report on Form 10-K those persons who did not file these reports when due. To our knowledge, based solely on our review of copies of the reports filed with the SEC and the representations of our directors and executive officers, we believe that all reporting requirements for fiscal year 2023 were complied with by each person who at any time during the 2023 fiscal year was a director or an executive officer or held more than 10% of our common stock, except that Elizabeth Levy-Navarro and Eric Finnsson each filed late three reports, Robert Grammen and Stephanie Kilkenny each filed late two reports, and Geoffrey Gwin and Joseph Giansante each filed late one report.

Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS

Common Stock

The following table sets forth information as of March 31, 2024 as to each person or group who is known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding common stock and as to the security and percentage ownership of each of our executive officers and directors and of all of our officers and directors as a group. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had 1,705,987 shares of common stock outstanding.

Beneficial ownership is determined under the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power over securities. Except in cases where community property laws apply or as indicated in the footnotes to this table, we believe that each stockholder identified in the table possesses sole voting and investment power over all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by the stockholder.

Shares of common stock subject to options or warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of the date of March 31, 2024 are considered outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding the options for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

Name And Address (1)		Number of Common Shares Beneficially Owned			Percentage Owned
5% Stockholders:
Crater Lake Pte Ltd (2)			46,156	(3)			2.89	%
The B.A.D. Company, LLC (4)
Michael Bigger (5)			306,338	(6)			19.76	%
TQLA, LLC			145,833	(7)			8.60	%
Directors and Named Executive Officers
Geoffrey Gwin			22,216	(8)			1.43	%
Eric Finnsson			20,130	(9)			1.18	%
Stephanie Kilkenny			451,236	(10)			26.59	%
Robert Grammen			94,756	(11)			6.11	%
All directors and executive officers as a group (4 persons)			588,338				34.49	%

	(1)	Unless otherwise noted, the address is c/o Eastside Distilling, Inc., 2321 NE Argyle, Unit D, Portland, Oregon 97211.
	(2)	The address is 111 North Bridge Road, #08-19, Peninsula Plaza, Singapore 179098.
	(3)	Includes 40,323 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of 2,500,000 shares of the Company's Series B Preferred Stock and 5,833 shares of common stock of the registrant issuable upon exercise of warrants at an exercise price of $75.00 per share.
	(4)	The address is 14 Wall Street, 2nd Floor, c/o District 2 Capital Fund LP, Huntington, New York 11743.
	(5)	The address is 11434 Glowing Sunset Lane, Las Vegas, Nevada 89135.

	(6)	The B.A.D. Company, LLC and Michael Bigger, the Managing Member of Bigger Capital, LLC, which is the Manager of The B.A.D. Company, LLC, along with certain affiliates are a "group" as that term is defined by the SEC. Members of the group also own promissory notes convertible into 130,916 shares of common stock, warrants exercisable to purchase 45,000 shares of common stock, and Series C Preferred Stock convertible into 1,838,000 shares of common stock, none of which common shares are included in the table above because the derivative securities contain a 9.99% beneficial ownership limitation on conversion. The information in this note is based on a Schedule 13G filed on October 10, 2023.
	(7)	Shares issuable upon exercise of a six-year warrant at a price of $33.08 per share.

	(8)	Includes 5,350 shares held by Group G Investments, LP ("Group G Investments"), the general partner of which is Group G Capital Partners, LLC. Mr. Gwin is the managing member and Chief Investment Officer of Group G Capital Partners, LLC and is also a limited partner of Group G Investments. By virtue of his roles with Group G Capital Partners, LLC, he may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner of Group G Investments' portfolio securities; however, he disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
	(9)	Includes 250 shares underlying presently exercisable stock options.
	(10)	Includes 7,292 shares held in Ms. Kilkenny's capacity as trustee of the Stephanie A. Kilkenny Trust, 145,833 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants held by TQLA, LLC, which Ms. Kilkenny, together with her spouse, owns and controls; 1,389 warrants held directly by Patrick J. Kilkenny, Trustee of the Patrick J. Kilkenny Revocable Trust, and 296,722 shares owned by The B.A.D. Company, LLC, in which two companies majority-owned by Patrick Kilkenny hold a 50% equity interest. Mr. Kilkenny is the spouse of the Reporting Person.
	(11)	Includes 250 shares underlying presently exercisable stock options.

Series B Preferred Stock

The following table sets forth information as of March 31, 2024 as to each person or group who is known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding Series B preferred stock. As of March 31, 2024, we had 2,500,000 shares of Series B preferred stock outstanding.

Beneficial ownership is determined under the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power over securities. Except in cases where community property laws apply or as indicated in the footnotes to this table, we believe that each stockholder identified in the table possesses sole voting and investment power over all shares of capital stock shown as beneficially owned by the stockholder.

Shares of Series B preferred stock subject to options or warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2024 are considered outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding the options for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

Name And Address		Number of Series B Preferred Shares Beneficially Owned			Percentage Owned
5% Stockholders:
Crater Lake Pte Ltd			2,500,000				100.00	%
111 North Bridge Road #08-19, Peninsula Plaza Singapore 179098

Series C Preferred Stock

The following table sets forth information as of March 31, 2024 as to each person or group who is known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding Series C preferred stock. As of March 31, 2024, we had 200,000 shares of Series C preferred stock outstanding.

Beneficial ownership is determined under the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power over securities. Except in cases where community property laws apply or as indicated in the footnotes to this table, we believe that each stockholder identified in the table possesses sole voting and investment power over all shares of capital stock shown as beneficially owned by the stockholder.

Shares of Series C preferred stock subject to options or warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of March 31, 2024 are considered outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding the options for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.

Name And Address		Number of Series C Preferred Shares Beneficially Owned			Percentage Owned
5% Stockholders:
The B.A.D. Company, LLC			200,000				100.00	%
14 Wall Street, 2nd Floor c/o District 2 Capital Fund LP Huntington, New York 11743

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table provides information concerning compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance as of December 31, 2023:

		(a)			(b)			(c)
Plan Category		Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights			Weighted- average price of outstanding options, warrants and rights ($)			Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities in column (a))
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (1)			2,120			$	57.95				239,254
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders			-				-				-
Total			2,120			$	57.95				239,254

(1)

2016 Stock Incentive Plan. On September 8, 2016, the Company adopted the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2016 Plan"). The total number of shares available for the grant of either stock options or compensation stock under the 2016 Plan was initially set at 8,333 shares, subject to adjustment. On January 1, 2017 and pursuant to the plan provisions, the number of shares available for grant under the 2016 Plan reset to 15,357 shares, equal to 8% of the number of outstanding shares of the Company's capital stock, calculated on an as-converted basis, on December 31 of the preceding calendar year. On October 18, 2017, the Board of Directors approved amendments to the 2016 Plan to (i) increase the number of shares of the common stock that may be issued under the 2016 Plan (the "Aggregate Limit") by an additional 9,643 shares of common stock, for a total of 25,000 shares of common stock, (ii) increase the number of shares of common stock that may be granted to any participant pursuant to options to purchase common stock and stock appreciation rights under the 2016 Plan in any one year period (the "Individual Option Limit") from 417 shares to 10,000 shares, (iii) increase the number of shares of common stock that may be granted to any participant pursuant to other awards (the "Individual Award Limit") under the 2016 Plan in any one year period from 417 shares to 10,000 shares and (iv) increase the number of shares of common stock that may be paid to any one participant under the 2016 Plan for a performance period pursuant to performance compensation awards under the 2016 Plan (the "Individual Performance Award Limit") from 417 shares to 10,000 shares, which amendments were adopted and approved at the December 2017 meeting of stockholders. On January 1, 2020, pursuant to the plan provisions, the number of shares available for grant under the 2016 Plan reset to 144,350 shares. On January 1, 2021, pursuant to the plan provisions, the number of shares available for grant under the 2016 Plan reset to 187,379 shares. On January 1, 2022, pursuant to the plan provisions, the number of shares available for grant under the 2016 Plan reset to 261,257 shares. On January 1, 2023, pursuant to the plan provisions, the number of shares available for grant under the 2016 Plan reset to 437,993 shares. On January 1, 2024, pursuant to the plan provisions, the number of shares available for grant under the 2016 Plan reset to 596,307 shares. The exercise price per share of each stock option shall not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the Company's common stock on the date of grant. As of December 31, 2023, there were 2,120 options, with a weighted-average exercise price of $57.95 per share, and 196,619 RSUs issued under the 2016 Plan, with vesting schedules varying between immediate and three (3) years from the grant date.

Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The following is a description of transactions since January 1, 2023 as to which the amount involved exceeds the lesser of $0.1 million or one percent (1%) of the average of total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years, which was $0.3 million, and in which any related person has or will have a direct or indirect material interest, other than equity, compensation, termination and other arrangements, which are described above under the headings "Compensation of Directors" and "Executive Compensation." As of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, there are no proposed transactions as described in the foregoing sentence.

LD Investments LLC

On September 29 2023, the Company entered into a Secured Promissory Note with LD Investments LLC ("LDI") in the principal amount of $1.4 million, representing advances made by LDI to the Company between December 2022 and August 2023. Patrick Kilkenny is the principal owner of LDI.

On September 29, 2023, the Company entered into the Debt Satisfaction Agreement with LDI and other creditors. See: Debt Satisfaction Agreement below. The entire principal and interest on the LDI Note were exchanged for equity issued to the SPV, in which LDI holds a 21% interest.

Debt Satisfaction Agreement

On September 29, 2023, the Company entered into a Debt Satisfaction Agreement (the "DSA") with the The B.A.D. Company, LLC (the "SPV"), Aegis Security Insurance Company, Bigger Capital Fund, LP ("Bigger"), District 2 Capital Fund, LP ("District 2"), LDI and TQLA, LLC. The SPV is a special purpose vehicle whose equity is shared 50% by Bigger and District 2 and 50% by Aegis and LDI.

Pursuant to the DSA, on September 29, 2023, the Company issued to the SPV 296,722 shares of the Company's common stock and 200,000 shares of its Series C Preferred Stock, and executed a Registration Rights Agreement providing that the Company will register for public resale that common stock and the common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock. In exchange for that equity, the Company's debts to the members of the SPV were reduced by a total of $6.5 million and the Company recognized a loss on the conversion of $1.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. Specifically, the debt was reduced as follows:

	●	the principal balance of the Secured Promissory Note issued by the Company to Aegis on October 6, 2022 was reduced by $1.9 million;
	●	the Company's debt to LDI of $1.4 million arising from advances made by LDI to the Company during the past 10 months was eliminated;
	●	the aggregate principal balance of the Secured Convertible Promissory Notes issued by the Company to Bigger in April and May of 2021 was reduced by $1.6 million; and
	●	the aggregate principal balance of the Secured Convertible Promissory Notes issued by the Company to District 2 in April and May of 2021 was reduced by $1.6 million.

Further pursuant to the DSA:

	●	the maturity date of the secured debt listed above as well as unsecured notes issued by the Company and held by Bigger and District 2 in the aggregate amount of $7.4 million was deferred to March 31, 2025 and the interest rate on all such debt was increased to 8% per annum;
	●	the Company, Aegis, Bigger and District 2 entered into an Intercreditor Agreement, pursuant to which the remaining secured debt obligations of the Company to Aegis, Bigger and District 2 were made pari passu;
	●	the Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued by the Company to TQLA LLC on March 21, 2022, which permits TQLA LLC to purchase up to 145,834 shares of the Company's common stock, was amended to prevent any exercise of the Warrant that would result in the portion of the cumulative voting power in the Company that the holder and its affiliates may own after the conversion to 9.99%. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation may be increased to 19.99% by the holder upon 61 days advance notice to the Company.
	●	Upon the liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Company, or upon the effective date of a consolidation, merger or statutory share exchange in which the Company is not the surviving entity, the holder of each share of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to a distribution prior to and in preference of the holders of the common stock.
	●	In the event the Company declares a dividend payable in cash or stock to holders of any class of stock, the holder of each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive a dividend equal in amount and kind to that payable to the holder of the number of shares of the Company's common stock into which that holder's Series C Preferred Stock could be converted on the record date for the distribution common stock. The dividends issued on the Company s outstanding Series B Preferred Stock are excluded from this provision.
	●	The holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights; except that nothing will limit a holder's voting rights with respect to shares of any other class of the Company's common stock held from time to time.

We believe that the foregoing transactions were in the best interests of the Company. Consistent with Section 78.140 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, it is our current policy that all transactions between us and our officers, directors and their affiliates will be entered into only if such transactions are approved by a majority of the disinterested directors, are approved by vote of the stockholders, or are fair to us as a corporation as of the time they are authorized, approved or ratified by the board. We will conduct an appropriate review of all related party transactions on an ongoing basis, and, where appropriate, we will utilize our audit committee for the review of potential conflicts of interest.

Director Independence

Generally, under the listing requirements and rules of Nasdaq, independent directors must comprise a majority of a listed company's board of directors. Our Board of Directors has undertaken a review of its composition, the composition of its committees and the independence of each director. Our Board of Directors has determined that Eric Finnsson and Robert Grammen are independent within the meaning of Nasdaq listing standards. Accordingly, a majority of our directors is independent, as required under applicable Nasdaq rules. In making this determination, our Board of Directors considered the current and prior relationships that each non-employee director has with our company and all other facts and circumstances our board of directors deemed relevant in determining their independence, including the beneficial ownership of our capital stock by each non-employee director. In making this determination, the Board of Directors considered all transactions set forth under "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions" above.

Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

Audit Fees

M&K CPAS, PLLC ("M&K") billed us $66,600 in fees for our 2023 annual audit and $64,425 in fees for the completion of our 2022 audit. M&K also billed $37,050 and $34,500 in fees for the review of our quarterly financial statements in 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Audit Related Fees

We paid fees to M&K for assurance and related services of $3,000 and $0 related to other SEC filings in 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Tax Fees

For both the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the aggregate fees billed for tax compliance by M&K were $4,000.

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

We have implemented pre-approval policies and procedures related to the provision of audit and non-audit services. Under these procedures, our audit committee pre-approves all services to be provided by M&K and the estimated fees related to these services.

All audit, audit related, and tax services were pre-approved by the audit committee, which concluded that the provision of such services by M&K was compatible with the maintenance of that firm's independence in the conduct of its auditing functions. Our pre-approval policies and procedures provide for the audit committee's pre-approval of specifically described audit, audit-related, and tax services on an annual basis, but individual engagements anticipated to exceed pre-established thresholds must be separately approved. The policies and procedures also require specific approval by the audit committee if total fees for audit-related and tax services would exceed total fees for audit services in any fiscal year. The policies and procedures authorize the audit committee to delegate to one or more of its members pre-approval authority with respect to permitted services.

PART IV

Item 15. EXHIBITS

(a)

The following documents are filed as part of this report:

3. Exhibits:

The exhibits listed in the Original Filing and the exhibits listed below in this Amendment are filed with, or incorporated by reference in, this report.

Exhibit No.		Description
31.2		Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Required Under Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Item 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY

None.

SIGNATURES

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this amended report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	EASTSIDE DISTILLING, INC.
	By:	/s/ Geoffrey Gwin
		Geoffrey Gwin
		Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this amended report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated.

Signatures		Title		Date
/s/ Geoffrey Gwin		Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial and Chairman of the Board		April 30, 2024
Geoffrey Gwin
/s/ Robert Grammen		Director		April 30, 2024
Robert Grammen
/s/ Stephanie Kilkenny		Director		April 30, 2024
Stephanie Kilkenny
/s/ Eric Finnsson		Director		April 30, 2024
Eric Finnsson

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