secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Better Home & Finance Holding Co (BETR)
CIK:        0001835856
Form:       8-K/A
Filed at:   2026-10-09T20:18:29+00:00
Accession:  0001835856-26-000072
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Garg Group consents remove 5 BETR directors, including interim CEO Daniel Lewis; Bing Gordon, Sarracino appointed
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- Garg Group consents removed Daniel Lewis, Arnaud Massenet, Bhaskar Menon, Prabhu Narasimhan and Harit Talwar from the board without cause, effective Sept 30, 2026.
- Hugh Frater resigned Oct 1, 2026 effective upon the Removal; he had served on the Audit Committee and Special Committee and flagged Aug 27 his intent to leave if Garg took an executive role.
- On Oct 5, 2026 sole remaining director Garg appointed Bing Gordon, Steven Sarracino, Paula Tuffin (General Counsel) and employee Nicholas Calamari to the board; no committees assigned yet.
- Daniel Lewis removed as Interim CEO effective Oct 5, 2026; board has begun a search for a successor interim CEO. 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835856/000183585626000072/0001835856-26-000072-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835856/000183585626000072/betr-20260930.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001835856-26-000072

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