Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 299

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 299
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 such matter be submitted for consideration at the Company Stockholders Meeting;

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Parent (the “ Parent Board ”), by unanimous written consent, (i) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock of Parent, par value $0.00001 per share (“ Parent Class A Common Stock ”), pursuant to this Agreement (the “ Parent Stock Issuance ”), are fair to, and in the best interests of, Parent and the holders of Parent Common Stock, (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger and the Parent Stock Issuance and (iii) resolved to recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock approve the Parent Stock Issuance and directed that such matter be submitted for consideration at the meeting of the stockholders of Parent to consider the approval of the Parent Stock Issuance (including any postponement, adjournment or recess thereof, the “ Parent Stockholders Meeting ”);

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Merger Sub (the “ Merger Sub Board ”) has unanimously (i) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, are fair to, and in the best interests of, Merger Sub and Merger Sub’s sole stockholder and (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger;

WHEREAS, Parent, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, will approve and adopt this Agreement promptly following its execution;

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as a condition to the willingness of the Company to enter into this Agreement, (i) Robert Reffkin, (ii) Reffkin Investment II Corp., (iii) Reffkin 2022 Family Trust, (iv) Reffkin Investment I Corp., (v) 2021 Reffkin Remainder Interest Trust and (vi) Ruth Reffkin Family Trust (collectively, the “ Company Support Parties ”) are each entering into a voting and support agreement with the Company and Parent (the “ Company Voting and Support Agreement ”) in the form appended hereto as Annex A , pursuant to which, among other things, each Company Support Party is agreeing, subject to the terms of the Company Voting and Support Agreement, to vote all shares

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of Parent Common Stock it owns in the manner set forth in the Company