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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-032634"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIFE"
cik: "0001788451"
company_name: "Ethos Technologies Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T05:42:01.575871+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ethos Technologies enters exchange agreements to issue supervoting Class B shares to founders and major VCs post-IPO

## Summary
- Co-founders Peter Colis and Lingke Wang, plus Accel and Sequoia affiliates, exchanged Class A shares 1:1 for Class B shares with 20 votes each.
- Equity exchange right agreements let co-founders convert future Class A shares from pre-IPO RSUs/options into Class B shares.
- Amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws filed Jan 30, 2026, effective upon IPO closing to enable dual-class structure.
- Founders entered into lock-up agreements with IPO underwriters and a voting proxy as part of the exchange.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-032634
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIFE
- cik: 0001788451
- company_name: Ethos Technologies Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788451/000119312526032634/0001193125-26-032634-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1788451/000119312526032634/d26827d8k.htm

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