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accession: "0001628280-26-065460"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BETR"
cik: "0001835856"
company_name: "Better Home & Finance Holding Co"
filed_at: "2026-10-08T20:32:09+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:25:27.292109+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Better Home & Finance ends poison pill early; Rights expire Oct. 6, 2026 and preferred designation is eliminated

## Summary
- Amendment No. 1 accelerated expiration of all outstanding Rights to close of business Oct. 6, 2026, from the 2027 annual meeting; the Rights Agreement then terminated.
- Rights Agreement was dated Aug. 20, 2026 with Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as rights agent; the pill thus lasted only about seven weeks.
- No shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock ($0.0001 par) were issued or outstanding when the Amendment was signed.
- Certificate of Elimination filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on Oct. 7, 2026 removed the Preferred Shares, returning them to authorized but unissued and undesignated preferred stock.
- With the Rights gone, the anti-takeover dilution protection the board put in place in August 2026 no longer applies to Class A, B or C stockholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-065460
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BETR
- cik: 0001835856
- company_name: Better Home & Finance Holding Co
- filed_at: 2026-10-08T20:32:09+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.02, 3.03, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835856/000162828026065460/0001628280-26-065460-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835856/000162828026065460/betr-20261006.htm

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