13D Filings
Better Home & Finance Holding Co
BETR
Amendment
Ownership

12.80%

Total Shares

1,254,813

Issuer CIK

1835856

CUSIP

08774B508

Event Date

Apr 11, 2025

Accepted

Apr 15, 2025, 09:00 PM

Reporting Persons (8)
Joint Filing

This is a joint filing. The reported shares may overlap between reporting persons and should not be summed.

NameType% of ClassAggregateSole VotingShared Voting
SoftBank Group Corp.
CO
12.80%1,254,81301,254,813
SVF II Beaver (DE) LLC
Other
12.60%1,241,31301,241,313
SVF II Holdings (DE) LLC
Other
12.60%1,241,31301,241,313
SVF II Aggregator (Jersey) L.P.
Partnership
12.60%1,241,31301,241,313
SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P.
Partnership
12.60%1,241,31301,241,313
SB Global Advisers Limited
CO
12.60%1,241,31301,241,313
SB Northstar LP
Partnership
0.10%13,500013,500
Silver Brick Management PTE. LTD.
CO
0.10%13,500013,500
Disclosure Items (4)

Security Title

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

Issuer Name

Better Home & Finance Holding Co

Issuer Address

1 World Trade Center, New York, NY, 10007

Exchange Agreement On April 12, 2025, SB Northstar LP entered into an exchange agreement with the Issuer (the "Exchange Agreement"), pursuant to which SB Northstar LP agreed to exchange $533,884,514 aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes for (i) 6.00% senior secured notes due 2028 in the aggregate principal amount of $155,000,000 (the "Senior Secured Notes") and (ii) a cash payment of $110,000,000. The Exchange Agreement is expected to close on April 28, 2025. Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, provided that closing has occurred, from June 1, 2025, for so long as SB Northstar LP and its affiliates continue to hold, in the aggregate, either: (i) at least 25% of the initial aggregate principal amount of the Senior Secured Notes; or (ii) at least 12% of the sum of the outstanding shares of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Class C Common Stock, calculated on a fully diluted basis, SB Northstar LP shall have the non-transferable right to appoint one person (the "Board Observer"), by written notice to the Issuer, to attend and observe in any regular meeting (including any regular meeting of any standing committee of the Issuer's board of directors (the "Board")), except that the Board Observer shall not be entitled to vote on matters presented to or discussed by the Board (or any relevant committee thereof) at any such meetings. The Board Observer shall not be permitted to volunteer or table any suggestions at any such meeting, but shall be present in his or her capacity as observer only. The Board Observer and SB Northstar LP agree to hold in confidence all non-public information regarding the Issuer obtained by or from the Board Observer in their capacity as Board Observer and, prior to attending their first meeting or receiving any material related thereto, the Board Observer and SB Northstar LP shall execute a confidentiality agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer, pursuant to which, among other things, each of the Board Observer and SB Northstar LP shall agree to maintain and procure the maintenance of the confidentiality of information obtained pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement. Under certain circumstances, as described further in the Exchange Agreement, the Issuer shall have the right to exclude the Board Observer from access to any material or from attendance at a meeting of the Board or standing committee, or portion thereof. The foregoing description of the Exchange Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of such agreement, which is attached as an exhibit to this Schedule 13D and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 4 summarizes certain provisions of the Exchange Agreement and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of such agreement is attached as an exhibit to this Schedule 13D and is incorporated herein by reference. Other than as reported herein, the Reporting Persons do not have any contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) with any person with respect to any securities of the Issuer, including but not limited to any contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships concerning the transfer or voting of such securities, finder's fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or losses, or the giving or withholding of proxies.

Exhibit 7: Exchange Agreement, dated April 12, 2025, by and among Better Home & Finance Holding Company and SB Northstar LP