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Tuffin and Calamari receive no additional board pay.","Bing Gordon holds a Dec 8, 2025 consulting agreement for product strategy advice; on Feb 11, 2026 he received 20,000 RSUs worth $582,200 fair value, vesting quarterly over four years."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001835856-26-000072","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001835856-26-000072.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001835856-26-000072.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001835856-26-000072.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835856/000183585626000072/0001835856-26-000072-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835856/000183585626000072/betr-20260930.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T15:09:03.340546+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"4c3fd38689","claim":"Bhaskar Menon was removed as Director at Better Home & Finance Holding Co.","evidence_excerpt":"The Consents, in part, removed from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) without cause each of Daniel Lewis, Arnaud Massenet, Bhaskar Menon, Prabhu Narasimhan and Harit Talwar, effective immediately (the “Removal”).","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835856/000183585626000072/0001835856-26-000072-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"removed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"7061bfd4c3","claim":"Paula Tuffin was appointed as Director at Better Home & Finance Holding Co.","evidence_excerpt":"On October 5, 2026, Mr. Garg, in his capacity as the sole remaining director of the Company following the Removal and resignation described above, appointed Bing Gordon, Steven Sarracino, Paula Tuffin, the Company’s General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary, and Nicholas Calamari, an employee of the Company, to the Board to fill existing vacancies.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835856/000183585626000072/0001835856-26-000072-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"71695185a7","claim":"Prabhu Narasimhan was removed as Director at Better Home & Finance Holding Co.","evidence_excerpt":"The Consents, in part, removed from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) without cause each of Daniel Lewis, Arnaud Massenet, Bhaskar Menon, Prabhu Narasimhan and Harit Talwar, effective immediately (the “Removal”).","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835856/000183585626000072/0001835856-26-000072-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"removed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"7b74d9ae1c","claim":"Hugh Frater resigned as Director at Better Home & Finance Holding Co.","evidence_excerpt":"On October 1, 2026, Hugh Frater notified the Company of his decision to resign from the Board, effective upon the Removal. 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