Press Release: Beneficient Reports Results for Second Quarter Fiscal 2025

Dow Jones
15 Nov 2024
 (loss)           $    2,391  $  5,616  $(61,178)    $     27,665        $    56,129        $    30,623 
Mark to market 
 adjustment on 
 interests in 
 the GWG Wind 
 Down Trust               --        --       531                7                 --                538 
Intersegment 
 provision for 
 credit losses 
 on collateral 
 comprised of 
 interests in 
 the GWG Down 
 Trust                     5        --        --               --                 (5)                -- 
Goodwill 
 impairment               --     3,427        --              265                 --              3,692 
Release of loss 
 contingency 
 related to 
 arbitration 
 award                    --        --        --          (54,973)                --            (54,973) 
Share-based 
 compensation 
 expense                  --        --        --            4,358                 --              4,358 
Legal and 
 professional 
 fees(1)                  --        --        --            4,425                 --              4,425 
Adjusted 
 operating 
 income (loss)    $    2,396  $  9,043  $(60,647)    $    (18,253)       $    56,124        $   (11,337) 
                   =========   =======   =======   ===  =========           ========  ===      ======== 
 
 

(1) Includes legal and professional fees related to lawsuits.

 
(in thousands)                                Six Months Ended September 30, 2023 
                  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                             Customer 
                      Ben          Ben        ExAlt                            Consolidating 
                   Liquidity     Custody      Trusts      Corporate/Other      Eliminations      Consolidated 
                  ------------  ----------  ----------  -------------------  -----------------  -------------- 
Total revenues    $    25,028   $  13,065   $ (43,182)    $     (2,337)       $   (38,078)      $   (45,504) 
Mark to market 
 adjustment on 
 interests in 
 the GWG Wind 
 Down Trust                --          --      44,367            1,159                 --            45,526 
Adjusted 
 revenues         $    25,028   $  13,065   $   1,185     $     (1,178)       $   (38,078)      $        22 
                   ==========    ========    ========   ===  =========           ========        ========== 
 
Operating income 
 (loss)           $(1,175,119)  $(270,844)  $(116,687)    $    (74,313)       $    99,229       $(1,537,734) 
Mark to market 
 adjustment on 
 interests in 
 the GWG Wind 
 Down Trust                --          --      44,367            1,159                 --            45,526 
Intersegment 
 provision for 
 loan losses on 
 collateral 
 comprised of 
 interests in 
 the GWG Wind 
 Down Trust            39,610          --          --               --            (39,610)               -- 
Goodwill 
 impairment         1,121,212     281,777          --               --                 --         1,402,989 
Loss on 
arbitration                --          --          --               --                 --                -- 
Share-based 
 compensation 
 expense                   --          --          --           35,504                 --            35,504 
Legal and 
 professional 
 fees(1)                   --          --          --            8,025                 --             8,025 
Adjusted 
 operating 
 income (loss)    $   (14,297)  $  10,933   $ (72,320)    $    (29,625)       $    59,619       $   (45,690) 
                   ==========    ========    ========   ===  =========           ========  ===   ========== 
 
 

(1) Includes legal and professional fees related to GWG Holdings bankruptcy, lawsuits, public relations, and employee matters.

 
Operating        Three Months    Three Months    Six Months 
Expenses Non         Ended          Ended           Ended        Six Months 
GAAP             September 30,  September 30,   September 30,  Ended September 
Reconciliation       2024            2023           2024          30, 2023 
                 -------------  --------------  -------------  --------------- 
Operating 
 expenses        $22,276        $ 339,003       $(12,016)      $ 1,492,230 
Plus: Release 
of loss 
contingency 
related to 
arbitration 
award                 --               --         54,973                -- 
Less: Goodwill 
 impairment         (298)        (306,684)        (3,692)       (1,402,989) 
                  ------   ---   --------        -------        ---------- 
Operating 
 expenses, 
 excluding 
 goodwill 
 impairment and 
 release of 
 loss 
 contingency 
 related to 
 arbitration 
 award           $21,978        $  32,319       $ 39,265       $    89,241 
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Adjusted Revenues, Adjusted Operating Income (Loss), Adjusted Segment Revenues attributable to Ben's Equity Holders and Adjusted Segment Operating Income (Loss) attributable to Ben's Equity Holders are non-GAAP financial measures. We present these non-GAAP financial measures because we believe it helps investors understand underlying trends in our business and facilitates an understanding of our operating performance from period to period because it facilitates a comparison of our recurring core business operating results. These non-GAAP financial measures are intended as a supplemental measure of our performance that is neither required by, nor presented in accordance with, U.S. GAAP. Our presentation of these measures should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items. Our computation of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures computed by other companies, because all companies may not calculate such items in the same way.

We define adjusted revenue as revenue adjusted to exclude the effect of mark-to-market adjustments on related party equity securities that were acquired both prior to and during the Collateral Swap, which on August 1, 2023, became interests in the GWG Wind Down Trust. Adjusted Segment Revenues attributable to Ben's Equity Holders is the same as "adjusted revenues" related to the aggregate of the Ben Liquidity, Ben Custody, and Corporate/Other Business Segments, which are the segments that impact the net income (loss) attributable to all equity holders of Beneficient, including equity holders of Beneficient's subsidiary, Beneficient Company Holdings, L.P.

Adjusted operating income (loss) represents GAAP operating income (loss), adjusted to exclude the effect of the adjustments to revenue as described above, credit losses on related party available-for-sale debt securities that were acquired in the Collateral Swap which on August 1, 2023, became interests in the GWG Wind Down Trust, and receivables from a related party that filed for bankruptcy and certain notes receivables originated during our formative transactions, non-cash asset impairment, share-based compensation expense, and legal, professional services, and public relations costs related to the GWG Holdings bankruptcy, lawsuits, a defunct product offering, and certain employee matters, including fees & loss contingency accruals (releases) incurred in arbitration with a former director. Adjusted Segment Operating Income (Loss) attributable to Ben's Equity Holders is the same as "adjusted operating income (loss)" related to the aggregate of the Ben Liquidity, Ben Custody, and Corporate/Other Business Segments, which are the segments that impact the net income (loss) attributable to all equity holders of Beneficient, including equity holders of Beneficient's subsidiary, Beneficient Company Holdings, L.P.

These non-GAAP financial measures are not a measure of performance or liquidity calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP. They are unaudited and should not be considered an alternative to, or more meaningful than, GAAP revenues or GAAP operating income (loss) as an indicator of our operating performance. Uses of cash flows that are not reflected in adjusted operating income (loss) or adjusted segment operating income (loss) attributable to Ben's Equity Holders include capital expenditures, interest payments, debt principal repayments, and other expenses, which can be significant. As a result, adjusted operating income (loss) and/or adjusted segment operating income (loss) attributable to Ben's Equity Holders should not be considered as a measure of our liquidity.

Because of these limitations, Adjusted Revenues, Adjusted Operating Income (Loss), Adjusted Segment Revenues attributable to Ben's Equity Holders and Adjusted Segment Operating Income (Loss) attributable to Ben's Equity Holders should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for performance measures calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our U.S. GAAP results and using Adjusted Revenues, Adjusted Operating Income (Loss), Adjusted Segment Revenues attributable to Ben's Equity Holders and Adjusted Segment Operating Income (Loss) attributable to Ben's Equity Holders on a supplemental basis. You should review the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures set forth above and not rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.

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