# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001978946
**File Stem:** 0001641172-25-020908
**Filing Date:** 2025-7
**Character Count:** 9590
**Document Hash:** 867916f6a4e9130fc5949a249226c693
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001641172-25-020908.hdr.sgml**: 20250724

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001641172-25-020908

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 3

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250720

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250724

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250724

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Silk James G.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001978946

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 3
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-41715
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251148391

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 325 N. ST. PAUL STREET
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 4850
- **CITY:** DALLAS
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75201
**ISSUER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Beneficient
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001775734
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** FINANCE SERVICES [6199]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 721573705
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NV
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0331

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 325 N. SAINT PAUL STREET
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 4850
- **CITY:** DALLAS
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75201
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2144454705

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 325 N. SAINT PAUL STREET
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 4850
- **CITY:** DALLAS
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75201

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Beneficient Co Group, L.P.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20190503

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 3

### INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>Silk James G.<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>325 N. SAINT PAUL STREET<br>SUITE 4850<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>DALLAS, TX 75201<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>Beneficient [ BENF ] | **5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  |
| **2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2025-07-20 | **4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[ ] Director   [ ] 10% Owner<br>[X] Officer (give title below)   [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_Interim CEO_ | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 3. Ownership Form | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Class A Common Stock | 2397<sup>(1)(2)</sup> | D |  |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| BCH A-0 Units Accounts | <sup>(3)(4)</sup> | <sup>(3)(4)</sup> | BCH Class S Ordinary Units<sup>(5)(6)</sup> | 1362<sup>(7)</sup> | <sup>(5)(6)</sup> | D |  |
| BCH A-1 Units Accounts | <sup>(8)</sup> | <sup>(8)</sup> | BCH Class S Ordinary Units<sup>(5)(6)</sup> | 5449<sup>(9)</sup> | <sup>(8)</sup> | D |  |

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### Footnotes:

(1) Includes 282 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the settlement of an award of 225 restricted equity units ("REUs") granted to James G. Silk (the "Reporting Person") pursuant to the Beneficient Company Group, L.P. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan on April 1, 2022. Such award of REUs to the Reporting Person vested 40% on June 8, 2023 and in 20% installments on each of April 1, 2024 and April 1, 2025. The remaining 20% shall vest on April 1, 2026.

(2) Includes 1,204 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the settlement of an award of 1,204 restricted stock units ("RSUs") granted pursuant to Beneficient 2023 Equity Incentive Plan to the Reporting Person on July 15, 2023. Such award of RSUs to the Reporting Person vested in 20% installments on each of September 1, 2023 and September 1, 2024. The remaining 60% shall vest in three equal annual installments on September 1st of each subsequent calendar year.

(3) In accordance with the terms of the Beneficient Company Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("BCH"), Ninth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement (as amended, the "BCH Ninth A&R LPA") adopted on June 7, 2023, the capital account balance determined pursuant to Section 704 of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Capital Account Balance") of Preferred Series A Subclass 0 Unit Accounts of BCH ("BCH Preferred A-0 Unit Accounts") may be freely converted into the Class S Ordinary Units of BCH ("BCH Class S Ordinary Units").

(4) (Continued from Footnote 3) Upon conversion, the number of BCH Class S Ordinary Units issued will equal to the Capital Account Balance associated with the BCH Preferred A-0 Unit Accounts being converted divided by a price equal to, the average of (i) $840.00, and (ii) the volume-weighted average closing price of Class A Shares for the twenty (20) days preceding the applicable exchange date; provided that, through December 31, 2027, such conversion price shall not be less than $840.00 (as applicable, the "A-0 Conversion Price"). The BCH Preferred A-0 Unit Accounts are convertible as of June 7, 2023, and do not expire.

(5) In accordance with the BCH Ninth A&R LPA and an Exchange Agreement (the "Exchange Agreement"), dated June 7, 2023, by and among the Issuer, BCH, and Beneficient Company Group, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("Ben LLC"), the BCH Class S Ordinary Units may be exchanged, on a one-for-one basis, for Class A Shares upon the election of the holder of such BCH Class S Ordinary Units.

(6) (Continued from Footnote 5) The holder of such BCH Class S Ordinary Units must provide not less than sixty-one (61) days prior notice ("Notice") of the exchange to both the Issuer and Ben LLC, which shall occur on the latter of (A) the expiration of such sixty-one (61) day Notice period, unless waived; (B) the third business day after the date of the earnings release by the Issuer covering the fiscal quarter in which the Notice is provided; or (C) the first day following the earnings release by the Issuer covering the fiscal quarter in which the Notice is provided that directors and executive officers of the Issuer are permitted to trade under the applicable policies of Issuer relating to trading by directors and executive officers. The BCH Class S Ordinary Units are, subject to the restrictions in the BCH Ninth A&R LPA and the Exchange Agreement, convertible as of June 7, 2023, and do not expire.

(7) Represents BCH Class S Ordinary Units issuable upon the conversion of the Capital Account Balance of such BCH Preferred A-0 Unit Accounts, assuming an A-0 Conversion Price of $840.00 in Capital Account Balance of such BCH Preferred A-0 Unit Account per BCH Class S Ordinary Unit.

(8) In accordance with the BCH Ninth A&R LPA, at any time on or after January 1, 2025, the Capital Account Balance of Preferred Series A Subclass 1 Unit Accounts of BCH ("BCH Preferred A-1 Unit Accounts") may be freely converted into BCH Class S Ordinary Units, subject to a 20% annual conversion limit until December 31, 2029, unless the conversion price for the BCH Preferred A-1 Unit Accounts equals or exceeds $1,440.00 after January 1, 2025. Upon conversion, the number of BCH Class S Ordinary Units issued will equal to the Capital Account Balance associated with the BCH Preferred A-1 Unit Accounts being converted divided by a price equal to the average closing price of Class A Shares for the thirty (30) days preceding the applicable exchange date; provided that, through December 31, 2027, such conversion price shall not be less than $840.00 (as applicable, the "A-1 Conversion Price"). The BCH Preferred A-1 Unit Accounts are convertible as of June 7, 2023, and do not expire.

(9) Represents BCH Class S Ordinary Units issuable upon the conversion of the Capital Account Balance of such BCH Preferred A-1 Unit Accounts, assuming an A-1 Conversion Price of $840.00 in Capital Account Balance such BCH Preferred A-1 Unit Account per BCH Class S Ordinary Unit.

**Signature:** /s/ David B. Rost ***Attorney-in-fact for James G. Silk  
**Date:** 2025-07-24

### Remarks:

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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