据知情人士透露，Better Home & Finance Holding Co.的创始人兼前首席执行官Vishal Garg已获得了足够多的股东支持，得以罢免公司五名董事会成员。
Garg, founder and former chief executive officer of online mortgage firm Better Home & Finance Holding Co., has received enough shareholder support to remove five board directors, according to people familiar with the matter.
Garg在去年8月被解雇后，便发起了代理投票（proxy voting）程序，试图重新掌控公司。他目前仍担任董事会成员，并积极征求其他股东的书面同意，以推动罢免现任董事会中的五名成员（共八名）。
Garg started a proxy challenge to gain control of the company after he was ousted as the CEO in August. He remains as a board member and sought to solicit written consent from other shareholders for his proposal to remove five of the eight incumbent directors.
这些知情人士表示，Garg的提案已获得了超过51%的股东书面支持（具体比例未公开）。根据提交给美国证券交易委员会（SEC）的文件，Garg计划让自己和另外两名董事继续留在董事会中，并由他们自己挑选人选来填补空缺。
Garg’s proposal received over 51% of the written consent needed, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public. Garg will attempt to keep himself and two other directors on the board and fill in the vacancies with people they choose, according to a proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
代表Garg的律师事务所Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan的合伙人Alex Spiro表示：“这一历史性的胜利符合所有Better Home & Finance股东的最佳利益。此前从未有首席执行官在被解雇后通过法律途径成功夺回公司控制权的先例；Vishal Garg终于得到了应有的公正。”
“This historic victory serves the best interests of every Better shareholder,” Alex Spiro, a partner at law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan who is representing Garg, said. “No public CEO has ever been pushed out, litigated the issue, and won his way back in two months. Vishal Garg has been vindicated.”
据知情人士透露，Garg还计划罢免现任临时首席执行官Daniel Lewis（Orange Capital的创始人），以及董事会主席Harit Talwar、Bhaskar Menon、Arnaud Massenet和Prabhu Narsimhan。该公司的一位代表拒绝对此事发表评论。
With the written consent, Garg would seek to remove interim CEO Daniel Lewis, the founder of Orange Capital, as well as board chairman Harit Talwar, Bhaskar Menon, Arnaud Massenet and Prabhu Narsimhan, the people said. A representative for the company declined to comment.
Garg计划聘请一位在抵押贷款业务领域具有丰富经验的资深顾问公司高管来担任临时首席执行官，接替Lewis的职位。他推荐的候选人包括Kleiner Perkins的合伙人Bing Gordon（曾任Amazon.com的董事会成员），以及Activant Capital的创始人Steve Sarracino（也曾担任Better Home & Finance的董事会成员）。
Garg plans to engage an executive at a top advisory firm with a background in mortgage origination and servicing as the interim CEO, replacing Lewis. Garg has nominated Bing Gordon, a partner at Kleiner Perkins and former board member of Amazon.com, and Steve Sarracino, founder of Activant Capital and a former Better board member, as replacements.
该公司目前正面临盈利危机：上季度该公司报告净亏损3060万美元，不过这一亏损幅度较去年同期有所改善（同比下降了16%）。
The company has been facing a profitability crisis. Last month it reported a net loss of $30.6 million for the second quarter, which was a 16% improvement from a year ago.
Better.com的股价在过去一年中下跌了82%，周二在纽约交易所的收盘价为10.23美元，该公司目前的市值为1.94亿美元。
Shares of Better.com, which have fallen 82% over the past year, closed at $10.23 on Tuesday in New York trading, giving the company a market capitalization of $194 million.