Item 1.01 |
Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement.
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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).