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Subsequent Events
6 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events Subsequent Events
The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date the financial statements were available to be issued, and determined that there have been no events, other than those disclosed below or described elsewhere in the notes to these consolidated financial statements, that have occurred that would require adjustments to our disclosures in the consolidated financial statements.
Asset Sales
On October 1, 2025, and October 7, 2025, entities (“Sellers”) held by a Customer ExAlt Trust and managed by an indirect subsidiary of the Company agreed to sell additional beneficial interests with respect to certain limited partner interests held for the benefit of such Customer ExAlt Trust. The Sellers received aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $1.4 million for the sale of such interests included in this transaction. The Sellers paid brokerage commissions and certain transaction costs out of such gross proceeds. The remainder of the proceeds were distributed to the Customer ExAlt Trust, which then used such proceeds as follows: (i) a portion (2.5%) of the proceeds will be distributed to the beneficiaries of the Customer ExAlt Trust and (ii) the remainder was paid to a subsidiary of the Company as payment on outstanding accrued fees (if any) and/or a loan repayment on the outstanding loan issued by BFF to such Customer ExAlt Trust. The proceeds for the fee payment and the loan repayment were then available for use by the Company. The Company is required to pay approximately $0.7 million out of the net proceeds received to date on this transaction to HH-BDH LLC as a principal payment on the loan previously made by HH-BDH LLC to Beneficient Financing, LLC.
On October 30, 2025, these entities also sold equity securities they held back to the issuing entity for approximately $8.3 million of proceeds. The Sellers paid certain of its accrued costs out of the gross proceeds. The remainder of the proceeds were distributed to the Customer ExAlt Trust, which then used such proceeds as follows: (i) a portion (2.5%) of the proceeds will be distributed to the beneficiaries of the Customer ExAlt Trust and (ii) the remainder was paid to a subsidiary of the Company as payment on outstanding accrued fees (if any) and/or a loan repayment on the outstanding loan issued by BFF to such Customer ExAlt Trust. The proceeds for the fee payment and the loan repayment were then available for use by the Company. The Company was required to pay approximately $2.1 million out of the net proceeds on this transaction to HH-BDH LLC as a principal payment on the loan previously made by HH-BDH LLC to Beneficient Financing, LLC.
Limited Conversion of Preferred Series A Subclass 1 Unit Accounts
On October 15, 2025, certain holders of BCH Preferred A-1, that were issued prior to the Company’s initial listing on The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC, elected to convert $52.6 million (based on their capital account balances determined pursuant to Section 704 of the Internal Revenue Code) of such BCH Preferred A-1 for BCH Class S Ordinary Units, which were subsequently contemporaneously exchanged for shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, (such transaction, the “Limited Conversion”). The Limited Conversion resulted in the issuance of 101,294,288 shares of Class A common stock (such shares, the “Conversion Shares”), and immediately following the Limited Conversion, there were 110,758,536 shares of Class A common stock outstanding.
In connection with the Limited Conversion, the participants in the Limited Conversion entered into a voting and lock-up agreement which provides that, among other things, (i) the participants will vote their respective Conversion Shares in favor of the recommendation of the Company’s Board (except for the election of members of the Board) and (ii) the Conversion Shares will be subject to lockup until October 1, 2028 (the “Lock-Up Period”). The participants also agreed to forego any potential appreciation in the value of the Conversion Shares between the date of the Limited Conversion and the expiration of the Lock-Up Period by agreeing to forfeit the number of Conversion Shares equal in value to any such appreciation at the expiration of the Lock-Up Period. As a result of the Limited Conversion, the participants will forgo certain allocations, distributions, preferred returns, conversion and other rights and preferences associated with the Preferred A-1 Unit Accounts. Thomas O. Hicks, Chairman of our Board of Directors, and James G. Silk, Interim Chief Executive Officer, comprised the holders of the BCH Preferred A-1 that elected to participate in the Limited Conversion.
Proposed FY2026 Reverse Stock Split
On October 24, 2025, our Board of Directors unanimously approved and recommended that our stockholders approve, pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) Section 78.207 and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, a reverse stock split of all of the outstanding shares of our Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock at a ratio ranging from any whole number between 1 for 5 and 1 for 100, as determined by our Board of Directors in its sole discretion, subject to the Board’s authority to abandon such reverse stock split, together with a proportionate reduction in the authorized shares of each class of Common Stock as required by NRS Section 78.207 (the “Reverse Stock Split Proposal”). Approval of the proposal at the special meeting of our stockholders scheduled for December 1, 2025 (the “December 2025 Special Meeting”), will grant our Board of Directors the authority, but not the obligation to effect the Reverse Stock Split Proposal, with the exact ratio and timing of the proposed reverse stock split to be determined at the discretion of our Board of Directors. For additional information about the December 2025 Special Meeting and the Reverse Stock Split Proposal, please see the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on November 6, 2025.
Former Chairman and CEO Indictment
On November 4, 2025, our former Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO, Brad K. Heppner was indicted by the United States Southern District of New York charging Mr. Heppner with various counts comprised of securities fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud and wire fraud, false statements to auditors, and falsification of records. As previously disclosed, Beneficient parted ways with Mr. Heppner earlier this year promptly after the Company learned of credible evidence of his fraud on the Company and others. Beneficient will continue to vigorously pursue its own potential claims against Mr. Heppner and entities associated with him on behalf of its shareholders. Beneficient has and will continue to cooperate with the government’s investigation of Mr. Heppner.