Secured Credit Facilities	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Secured Credit Facilities
Secured Credit Facilities	13. Secured Credit Facilities *6% Secured Convertible Promissory Notes* On April 19, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with accredited investors (“Subscribers”) for their purchase of up to $3.3 million of principal amount of 6% secured convertible promissory notes of the Company (“Note” or “Notes”), which notes are convertible into shares (“Conversion Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Notes with an initial conversion price of $2.20. In connection with the purchase of such Notes, each Subscriber received a warrant (“Existing Warrant”), to purchase a number of shares of common stock (“Warrant Shares”) equal to 60% of the principal amount of any Note issued to such Subscriber divided by the conversion price of the Note issued to such Subscriber, at an exercise price equal to $2.60. In connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a Security Agreement under which it granted the Subscribers a security interest in certain assets of the Company (the “Security Agreement”) and a Registration Rights Agreement under which the Company agreed to register for resale the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares. Concurrently therewith, the Company and the investors closed $3.3 million of the private offering. Roth Capital, LLC acted as placement agent in the private offering, and the Company paid the Placement Agent a cash fee of five percent (5%) of the gross proceeds therefrom. The Company received $3.1 million in net proceeds from the closing, after deducting the fee payable to the Placement Agent and the legal fees of the Subscribers in connection with the transaction. The Company used the proceeds to repay prior outstanding notes payable and for working capital and general corporate purposes. Interest on the Notes accrues at a rate of 6% per annum and is payable either in cash or in shares of the Company’s common stock at the conversion price in the Note on each of the six and twelve month anniversaries of the issuance date and on the maturity date of October 18, 2022. The Company paid $0.2 million in interest during the nine months ended September 30, 2022. All amounts due under the Notes are convertible at any time after the issuance date, in whole or in part (subject to rounding for fractional shares), at the option of the holders into the Company’s common stock at a fixed conversion price, which is subject to adjustment as summarized below. The Notes were initially convertible into the Company’s common stock at an initial fixed conversion price of $2.20 per share. This conversion price is subject to adjustment for stock splits, combinations, or similar events, among other adjustments. On April 1, 2022, the Company and the holders agreed to a reduction of the conversion price of the 6% secured convertible promissory notes to $1.30 per share in connection with the Company’s issuance of a common stock purchase warrant to TQLA covering its loan amount of $3.5 million with a common stock value of $1.20 per share. The Company may prepay the Notes at any time in whole or in part by paying a sum of money equal to 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed, together with accrued and unpaid interest, plus a prepayment fee equal to five percent (5%) of the principal amount to be repaid. The Notes contain customary triggering events including but not limited to: (i) failure to make payments when due under the Notes; and (ii) bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company. If a triggering event occurs, each holder may require the Company to redeem all or any portion of the Notes (including all accrued and unpaid interest thereon), in cash. Eastside Distilling, Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements September 30, 2022 (Unaudited) The Notes are secured by a subordinated security interest in the Company’s assets pursuant to the terms of a Security Agreement entered into between the Company and the Subscribers. On July 30, 2021, the Company entered into warrant exercise inducement offer letters (“Inducement Letters”) with the holders of the Existing Warrants to exercise for cash their Existing Warrants. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company received gross proceeds of $2.4 million on the exercise of the outstanding warrants, and recognized a deemed dividend of $2.3 million based on the Black Scholes valuation as a result of the higher strike price on the July 2021 issued warrants. See additional discussion in Note 16. *Live Oak Loan Agreement* On January 15, 2020, the Company and its subsidiaries entered into a loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) between the Company and Live Oak Banking Company (“Live Oak”), a North Carolina banking corporation (the “Lender”) to refinance existing debt of the Company and to provide funding for general working capital purposes. Under the Loan Agreement, the Lender committed to make up to two loan advances to the Company in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the lesser of (i) $8.0 million and (ii) a borrowing base equal to 85% of the appraised value of the Company’s eligible inventory of whisky in barrels or totes less an amount equal to all service fees or rental payments owed by the Company during the 90 day period immediately succeeding the date of determination to any warehouses or bailees holding eligible inventory (the “Loan”). The Loan bore interest at a rate equal to the prime rate plus a spread of 2.49%, adjusted quarterly. Accrued interest was payable monthly, with the final installment of interest being due and payable on the Maturity Date. The Company was also obligated to pay a servicing fee, unused commitment fee and origination fee in connection with the Loan. The Company paid $0.1 million in interest during the nine months ended September 30, 2022. In February 2022, the Company paid $0.9 million of the secured credit facility with Live Oak. In June 2022, the Company paid the remaining balance of $1.9 million. The Loan Agreement contained affirmative and negative covenants that include covenants restricting the Company’s ability to, among other things, incur indebtedness, grant liens, dispose of assets, merge or consolidate, make investments, or enter into restrictive agreements, subject to certain exceptions. The obligations of the Company under the Loan Agreement were secured by substantially all of its spirits respective assets, except for accounts receivable and certain other specified excluded property. The Loan Agreement included customary events of default that included among other things, non-payment defaults, covenant defaults, inaccuracy of representations and warranties, cross default to material indebtedness, bankruptcy and insolvency defaults and change in control defaults. Under certain circumstances, a default interest rate would have applied on all obligations during the existence of an event of default under the Loan Agreement at a per annum rate equal to 2.00% above the applicable interest rate. In connection with the Loan Agreement, the Company issued to the Lender a warrant to purchase up to 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.94 per share (the “Warrant”). The Warrant expires on January 15, 2025. In connection with the issuance of the Warrant, the Company granted the Lender piggy-back registration rights with respect to the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, subject to certain exceptions.

Secured Credit Facilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

13. Secured Credit Facilities

6% Secured Convertible Promissory Notes

On April 19, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with accredited investors (“Subscribers”) for their purchase of up to $3.3 million of principal amount of 6% secured convertible promissory notes of the Company (“Note” or “Notes”), which notes are convertible into shares (“Conversion Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Notes with an initial conversion price of $2.20. In connection with the purchase of such Notes, each Subscriber received a warrant (“Existing Warrant”), to purchase a number of shares of common stock (“Warrant Shares”) equal to 60% of the principal amount of any Note issued to such Subscriber divided by the conversion price of the Note issued to such Subscriber, at an exercise price equal to $2.60. In connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a Security Agreement under which it granted the Subscribers a security interest in certain assets of the Company (the “Security Agreement”) and a Registration Rights Agreement under which the Company agreed to register for resale the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares. Concurrently therewith, the Company and the investors closed $3.3 million of the private offering.

Roth Capital, LLC acted as placement agent in the private offering, and the Company paid the Placement Agent a cash fee of five percent (5%) of the gross proceeds therefrom. The Company received $3.1 million in net proceeds from the closing, after deducting the fee payable to the Placement Agent and the legal fees of the Subscribers in connection with the transaction. The Company used the proceeds to repay prior outstanding notes payable and for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Interest on the Notes accrues at a rate of 6% per annum and is payable either in cash or in shares of the Company’s common stock at the conversion price in the Note on each of the six and twelve month anniversaries of the issuance date and on the maturity date of October 18, 2022. The Company paid $0.2 million in interest during the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

All amounts due under the Notes are convertible at any time after the issuance date, in whole or in part (subject to rounding for fractional shares), at the option of the holders into the Company’s common stock at a fixed conversion price, which is subject to adjustment as summarized below. The Notes were initially convertible into the Company’s common stock at an initial fixed conversion price of $2.20 per share. This conversion price is subject to adjustment for stock splits, combinations, or similar events, among other adjustments. On April 1, 2022, the Company and the holders agreed to a reduction of the conversion price of the 6% secured convertible promissory notes to $1.30 per share in connection with the Company’s issuance of a common stock purchase warrant to TQLA covering its loan amount of $3.5 million with a common stock value of $1.20 per share.

The Company may prepay the Notes at any time in whole or in part by paying a sum of money equal to 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed, together with accrued and unpaid interest, plus a prepayment fee equal to five percent (5%) of the principal amount to be repaid.

The Notes contain customary triggering events including but not limited to: (i) failure to make payments when due under the Notes; and (ii) bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company. If a triggering event occurs, each holder may require the Company to redeem all or any portion of the Notes (including all accrued and unpaid interest thereon), in cash.

Eastside Distilling, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

September 30, 2022

(Unaudited)

The Notes are secured by a subordinated security interest in the Company’s assets pursuant to the terms of a Security Agreement entered into between the Company and the Subscribers.

On July 30, 2021, the Company entered into warrant exercise inducement offer letters (“Inducement Letters”) with the holders of the Existing Warrants to exercise for cash their Existing Warrants. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company received gross proceeds of $2.4 million on the exercise of the outstanding warrants, and recognized a deemed dividend of $2.3 million based on the Black Scholes valuation as a result of the higher strike price on the July 2021 issued warrants. See additional discussion in Note 16.

Live Oak Loan Agreement

On January 15, 2020, the Company and its subsidiaries entered into a loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) between the Company and Live Oak Banking Company (“Live Oak”), a North Carolina banking corporation (the “Lender”) to refinance existing debt of the Company and to provide funding for general working capital purposes. Under the Loan Agreement, the Lender committed to make up to two loan advances to the Company in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the lesser of (i) $8.0 million and (ii) a borrowing base equal to 85% of the appraised value of the Company’s eligible inventory of whisky in barrels or totes less an amount equal to all service fees or rental payments owed by the Company during the 90 day period immediately succeeding the date of determination to any warehouses or bailees holding eligible inventory (the “Loan”).

The Loan bore interest at a rate equal to the prime rate plus a spread of 2.49%, adjusted quarterly. Accrued interest was payable monthly, with the final installment of interest being due and payable on the Maturity Date. The Company was also obligated to pay a servicing fee, unused commitment fee and origination fee in connection with the Loan. The Company paid $0.1 million in interest during the nine months ended September 30, 2022. In February 2022, the Company paid $0.9 million of the secured credit facility with Live Oak. In June 2022, the Company paid the remaining balance of $1.9 million.

The Loan Agreement contained affirmative and negative covenants that include covenants restricting the Company’s ability to, among other things, incur indebtedness, grant liens, dispose of assets, merge or consolidate, make investments, or enter into restrictive agreements, subject to certain exceptions.

The obligations of the Company under the Loan Agreement were secured by substantially all of its spirits respective assets, except for accounts receivable and certain other specified excluded property.

The Loan Agreement included customary events of default that included among other things, non-payment defaults, covenant defaults, inaccuracy of representations and warranties, cross default to material indebtedness, bankruptcy and insolvency defaults and change in control defaults. Under certain circumstances, a default interest rate would have applied on all obligations during the existence of an event of default under the Loan Agreement at a per annum rate equal to 2.00% above the applicable interest rate.

In connection with the Loan Agreement, the Company issued to the Lender a warrant to purchase up to 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.94 per share (the “Warrant”). The Warrant expires on January 15, 2025. In connection with the issuance of the Warrant, the Company granted the Lender piggy-back registration rights with respect to the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, subject to certain exceptions.