Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 178

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 178
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 would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, operations, liabilities, or results of operations of such party and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, provided, however, that, with respect to the foregoing, no effect (by itself or when aggregated or taken together with any and all other effects) to the extent directly or indirectly resulting from, arising out of, attributable to, or related to any of the following will be deemed to be or constitute a material adverse effect or will be taken into account when determining whether a material adverse effect has occurred or may, would or could occur:

• general economic conditions (or changes in such conditions) or conditions in the global economy generally;

• conditions (or changes in such conditions) in the securities markets, credit markets, currency markets or other financial markets, including changes in interest rates and changes in exchange rates for the currencies of any countries and any suspension of trading in securities (whether equity, debt, derivative or hybrid securities) generally on any securities exchange or over-the-counter market;

• conditions (or changes in such conditions) in the industry areas where such party and its subsidiaries operate;

• political conditions (or changes in such conditions) or acts of war, sabotage or terrorism (including any escalation or general worsening of any such acts of war, sabotage or terrorism);

• earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods, mudslides, wild fires or other natural disasters, or weather conditions;

• any epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak or other public health condition, or any other force majeure event, or any escalation or worsening of such conditions;

• the execution, announcement, or performance of the merger agreement, or the public announcement or pendency or consummation of the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement (including the identities of parties or their respective affiliates), including the impact thereof on the relationships of Compass or Anywhere, with their employees, independent contractors, agents, franchisees, partnerships, customers, suppliers, distributors, agents, brokers, partners, service providers or governmental entities (which includes any loss or reduction of engagement with Anywhere agents, including such agents who subsequently become engaged by Compass or its affiliates);

• compliance with the express terms of, or the taking of any action expressly required by the merger agreement (including the failure to take any action that is expressly prohibited by the terms of the merger agreement from taking or which such party did not take on account of withheld consent from the other

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