Item 1.01 |
Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement. |
Explanatory Note
As previously
reported in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Aurora Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Island exempted company (Aurora), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
SEC) on May 14, 2021, Aurora, on May 10, 2021, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement), by and among Aurora, Aurora Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct
wholly owned subsidiary of Aurora (Merger Sub), and Better HoldCo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Better), relating to, among other things, (i) each of the mergers of (x) Merger Sub, with and into
Better, with Better surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Aurora (the First Merger), and (y) Better with and into Aurora, with Aurora surviving the merger (together with the First Merger, the
Mergers or Business Combination), and (ii) as a condition to the effectiveness of the Mergers, the proposal of Aurora to change its jurisdiction of incorporation by deregistering as an exempted company in
the Cayman Islands and domesticating as a Delaware corporation pursuant to Section 388 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the Domestication), subject to the approval thereof by the shareholders of
Aurora.
As previously reported in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Aurora, with the SEC on
October 29, 2021, Aurora, on October 27, 2021, entered into Amendment No. 1 (the Amendment No. 1) to the Merger Agreement, by and among Aurora, Merger Sub and Better. Pursuant to Amendment
No. 1, the parties agreed to, among other things, (i) eliminate the reference to a letter of transmittal in the exchange procedures provisions of the Merger Agreement and (ii) amend the proposed form of Certificate of Incorporation of
Better Home & Finance Holding Company to include the lock-up provision applicable to stockholders that beneficially owned greater than 1% of Better capital stock as of the execution date of
the Merger Agreement that was previously contemplated to be included in a letter of transmittal.
On November 9, 2021, Aurora entered
into Amendment No. 2 (the Amendment No. 2) to the Merger Agreement, by and among, Aurora, Merger Sub and Better. Amendment No. 2 includes a further amendment to the proposed form of Certificate of
Incorporation of Better Home & Finance Holding Company to eliminate the lock-up provision that was applicable to stockholders that beneficially owned greater than 1% of Better capital stock as of the
execution date of the Merger Agreement that have not already signed the Better Holder Support Agreement (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
On November 30, 2021, Aurora entered into Amendment No. 3 (the Amendment No. 3) to the Merger
Agreement, by and among, Aurora, Merger Sub and Better. Pursuant to Amendment No. 3, among other things, the parties (i) adjusted the mix of consideration to be received by stockholders of Better, (ii) extended the outside date
pursuant to which the parties may elect to terminate the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms from February 12, 2022 to September 30, 2022 (subject to extensions relating to specified regulatory approvals), and (iii) provided
for certain additional amendments consistent with the foregoing changes and changes contemplated by certain other documents previously described and filed by Aurora in its Current Report on Form 8-K on
December 2, 2021, including a bridge note purchase agreement, amendments to certain existing subscription agreements, and termination of the redemption subscription agreement, all as described therein.
Amendment No. 4 to the Merger Agreement
On August 26, 2022, Aurora, Merger Sub and Better entered into Amendment No. 4 (the Amendment
No. 4) to the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which the parties agreed to extend the Agreement End Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement) to March 8, 2023.
In consideration of extending the Agreement End Date, Better will reimburse Aurora for certain reasonable and documented expenses in an
aggregate sum not to exceed $15,000,000. The reimbursement payments will be structured in three tranches, in each case subject to receipt by Better of reasonable documentation related to the expenses: (i) the first payment of up to $7,500,000
will be made within 5 business days after the date of Amendment No. 4; (ii) the second payment of up to $3,750,000 will be made on January 2, 2023; and (iii) the third payment of up to $3,750,000 will become due upon termination of
the Merger Agreement by mutual consent of the parties thereto, and shall be payable on March 8, 2023 (or any earlier termination date, as applicable).