---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-010862"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001821146"
company_name: "Better World Acquisition Corp."
filed_at: "2023-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T16:33:15.011556+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Better World Acquisition extends deadline to Aug 17, 2023; ~$12.9M redeemed

## Summary
- Stockholders approved extension of business combination deadline from Feb 17, 2023 to Aug 17, 2023.
- 1,213,453 shares redeemed for ~$12.9M ($10.60/share), leaving ~$31.8M in trust account.
- After redemptions, 3,000,000 public shares outstanding; company deposits $120,000 into trust.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-010862
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001821146
- company_name: Better World Acquisition Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821146/000121390023010862/0001213900-23-010862-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821146/000121390023010862/ea173009-8k_betterwld.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-010862
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-010862.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-010862.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Better World Acquisition Corp.: Third amendment to the certificate of incorporation to extend the deadline for an initial business combination from February 17, 2023 to August 17, 2023 (effective 2023-02-08).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-08
  source text: At the Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved a third amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended (the “ Third Charter Amendment ”) to extend the date by which the Company must consummate its initial business combination from February 17, 2023 to August 17, 2023 or such earlier date as determined by the Company’s board of directors (the “ Extension ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821146/000121390023010862/0001213900-23-010862-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Better World Acquisition Corp. shareholders approved Third Charter Amendment extending the date by which the Company must consummate its initial business combination from February 17, 2023 to August 17, 2023 at the 2023-02-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-17
  source text: At the Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the Third Charter Amendment extending the date by which the Company must consummate its initial business combination from February 17, 2023 to August 17, 2023 (the “ Extension Amendment Proposal ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821146/000121390023010862/0001213900-23-010862-index.htm

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