UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): February 28, 2020
EASTSIDE DISTILLING, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | | 001-38182 | | 20-3937596 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1001 SE Water Avenue, Suite 390
Portland, OR 97214
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(971) 888-4264
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Common Stock, $0.0001 par value | | EAST | | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Appointment of Interim CFO
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Eastside Distilling, Inc. (“Eastside”) approved the appointment of G. Stuart Schreiner as Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective February 28, 2020. Eastside’s press release announcing Mr. Schreiner’s appointment as Interim Chief Financial Officer is furnished hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Prior to his appointment as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Eastside, Mr. Schreiner, age 65, served as a financial consultant for Tatum, LLC, C-Squared Solutions and GSS Consulting LLC since 2002. During and prior to that time, he held various senior level positions, including Director of Finance or Chief Financial Officer, with Hands-On Labs, Inc., Melco Industries, Inc., AirCell, Inc., Nathan Wechsler CPA, Cablecom-General, Translogic Corporation, Fischer Imaging, and Century International. Mr. Schreiner is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and has a B.S. in Accounting, with Honors from Bentley College.
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
In connection with Mr. Schreiner’s appointment as Interim Chief Financial Officer, Eastside entered into a CFO Consulting Agreement dated March 2, 20220, with GSS Consulting, LLC, an entity through which Mr. Schreiner provides consulting services (the “Consulting Agreement”). The Consulting Agreement provides, among other things, that Mr. Schreiner will serve as a non-employee Chief Financial Officer on a part-time basis, in exchange for a fee of $125 per hour.
The foregoing is a summary only and does not purport to be a complete description of all of the terms, provisions, covenants and agreements contained in the Consulting Agreement and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Consulting Agreement, which will be filed as an exhibit to Eastside’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
SIGNATURE
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.
Date: March 3, 2020
| | EASTSIDE DISTILLING, INC. |
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| | By: | /s/ Lawrence Firestone |
| | | Lawrence Firestone |
| | | Chief Executive Officer |
