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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 		 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Welday Jeff
(Last) (First) (Middle)
325 N. SAINT PAUL STREET, SUITE 4850
(Street)
DALLAS TX 75201
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/07/2023 		3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Beneficient [ BENF ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
See Remarks
 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock 184,613(1)(2) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Includes 175,613 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.001 ("Class A common stock"), of Beneficient (the "Issuer") issuable upon the settlement of an award of 140,490 restricted equity units ("REUs") granted pursuant to The Beneficient Company Group, L.P. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan ("2018 Equity Incentive Plan") to Jeffery Welday (the "Reporting Person") on January 1, 2020. Such award of REUs to the Reporting Person vested 20% on the date of grant, and the remaining 80% in four equal annual installments on June 3rd of each subsequent calendar year.
2. Includes 9,000 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon settlement of an award of 7,200 REUs to the Reporting Person granted pursuant to the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan on April 1, 2022. Such award of REUs to the Reporting Person shall vest 40% on June 8, 2023, and the remaining 60% in three equal annual installments on April 1st of each subsequent calendar year.
Remarks:
Global Head of Organizations and Distribution Exhibit 24: Power of Attorney
/s/ David B. Rost, Attorney-in-fact for Jeffrey Welday 06/07/2023
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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    Power of Attorney Regarding Section 16 Filing Obligations and Form 144
                              Compliance

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of James Silk and David Rost, or either of them acting singly and
with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-
fact to:

        1.        execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer or director or both of Beneficient, a
Nevada corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 (and any amendments
thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder and any Notice
of Proposed Sale of Securities on Form 144 (and any amendments thereto) in
accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act");

        2.        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendments thereto, and timely
file such form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and
any securities exchange or similar authority, including without limitation the
filing of a Form ID or any other documents necessary or appropriate to enable
the undersigned to file the Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Form 144 electronically with
the SEC, including, for the avoidance of doubt, obtaining, managing, renewing
and otherwise communicating with the SEC with respect to any SEC EDGAR Filer
Access Codes ("EDGAR Codes"), as applicable, and that solely for the purposes
of the obtainment and management of any EDGAR Codes, the undersigned hereby
also constitutes and appoints Matthew Fry, Logan Weissler and Alexa Cooper as,
or either of them acting singly and with full power of substitution, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact; and

        3.        take any other action in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by or for, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

                  The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever required, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney and
the rights and powers herein granted.

                  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request and on the behalf of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with, or any liability for the failure
to comply with, any provision of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or any
provision of Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

                  This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

                       [signature page follows]

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power of
Attorney as of this 17th day of May 2023.

                                   Signed and acknowledged:

                                   /s/ Jeff Welday
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                                   Jeff Welday