Ben UpdatesBeneficient to Participate in the Planet MicroCap Showcase on May 1-2, 2024

Dallas, TX – April 15, 2024 – Beneficient (Nasdaq: BENF) (together with its affiliates, “Ben” or the “Company”), a technology-enabled platform focused on providing liquidity and related trust and custody services to holders of alternative assets through its proprietary online portal, AltAccess, today announced that it will present at the Planet MicroCap Showcase: VEGAS 2024 on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.

At the showcase, Beneficient executives will present in-depth information about its market opportunity and the business model the Company is employing to serve the unmet custody and liquidity needs of investors in alternative assets.

To access the live presentation, please use the following information:

Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Time: 2:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time

Webcast: https://shareholders.trustben.com

Management will also host individual investor meetings on Thursday, May 2, 2024, as part of its participation in the conference. Investors can register online at https://planetmicrocapshowcase.com/signup and request a meeting time with the Company. Meetings will be scheduled and conducted in person at the conference venue, Paris Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

The Planet MicroCap Showcase: VEGAS 2024 website is available here: https://planetmicrocapshowcase.com/

If you can’t make the live presentation, all company presentations “webcasts” will be available directly on the conference event platform on this link under the tab “Agenda”: https://planetmicrocapshowcase.com/agenda

About Beneficient

Beneficient (Nasdaq: BENF) – Ben, for short – is on a mission to democratize the global alternative asset investment market by providing traditionally underserved investors – mid-to-high net worth individuals and small-to-midsized institutions – with early liquidity exit solutions that could help them unlock the value in their alternative assets. Ben’s AltQuote™ tool provides customers with a range of potential liquidity exit options within minutes, while customers can log on to the AltAccess® portal to digitize their alternative assets in order to explore early exit opportunities, receive proposals for liquidity in a secure online environment, engage custodial services for the digital alternative assets and receive data analytics to better inform investment decision making.  Its subsidiary, Beneficient Fiduciary Financial, L.L.C., received its charter under the State of Kansas’ Technology-Enabled Fiduciary Financial Institution (TEFFI) Act and is subject to regulatory oversight by the Office of the State Bank Commissioner.

Forward-Looking Statements

This communication includes forward-looking statements as defined under U.S. federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical statements of fact, including related to statements about our plans, expectations and objectives with respect to the results and timing of the Reverse Stock Split, the trading of the Class A Common Stock on a split-adjusted basis and the effect the Reverse Stock Split will have on Beneficient’s ability to regain compliance with the Nasdaq listing standards. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts, or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

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Contacts

Investors:

investors@beneficient.com