---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-035663"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TWO"
cik: "0001465740"
company_name: "TWO HARBORS INVESTMENT CORP."
filed_at: "2026-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:36:02.330122+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Two Harbors to be acquired by CrossCountry Mortgage affiliate for $10.80/share cash; terminates UWM deal

## Summary
- Stockholders receive $10.80/share cash in merger with CrossCountry affiliate; board unanimously approved.
- Prior merger with UWM Holdings ($UWMC) terminated; $25.4M termination fee paid by CrossCountry on behalf of Two Harbors.
- Special meeting to vote on UWM merger (scheduled April 7, 2026) canceled.
- Combined entity to span mortgage origination through servicing, aiming to boost retention and recurring revenue.
- Two Harbors intends to pay regular quarterly dividends until closing in ordinary course.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-035663
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TWO
- cik: 0001465740
- company_name: TWO HARBORS INVESTMENT CORP.
- filed_at: 2026-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1465740/000110465926035663/0001104659-26-035663-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1465740/000110465926035663/tm269980d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-035663.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  TWO HARBORS INVESTMENT CORP. entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with CrossCountry Intermediate Holdco, LLC and CrossCountry Merger Corp. (effective 2026-03-27).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: CrossCountry Intermediate Holdco, LLC and CrossCountry Merger Corp.
  - Effective: 2026-03-27
  source text: On March 27, 2026, Two Harbors Investment Corp., a Maryland corporation (“Two Harbors”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among Two Harbors, CrossCountry Intermediate Holdco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CCM”), and CrossCountry Merger Corp., a Maryland corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of CCM (“Merger Sub”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1465740/000110465926035663/0001104659-26-035663-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.