---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-25-027096"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BENF"
cik: "0001775734"
company_name: "Beneficient"
filed_at: "2025-12-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:39:20.926974+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Beneficient announces death of Chairman Thomas O. Hicks at age 79

## Summary
- Thomas O. Hicks passed away on December 6, 2025, at age 79; he was Chairman since July 2025.
- Hicks co-founded Hicks & Haas (1984) and Hicks Muse Tate & Furst (1989), private equity pioneer.
- He served on Beneficient Board since 2017 and was appointed Chairman in July 2025.
- Board and management committed to continuing the company's mission in his honor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-25-027096
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BENF
- cik: 0001775734
- company_name: Beneficient
- filed_at: 2025-12-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1775734/000149315225027096/0001493152-25-027096-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1775734/000149315225027096/form8-k.htm

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