Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-209980
Chunk: 4

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form: 425
Chunk 4
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 to recommend that the Company’s stockholders approve the Company Stock Issuance and directed that such matter be submitted for consideration at the meeting of the Company’s stockholders to consider the approval of the Company Stock Issuance. Conditions to Completing the Merger The completion of the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary conditions, including: (a) the approval of the issuance of the Company Shares in connection with the Merger by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company common stock entitled to vote thereon and represented at the Company stockholders’ meeting (the “ Company Stockholder Approval”); (b) the adoption of the Merger Agreement by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Anywhere Common Stock entitled to vote thereon (the “ Anywhere Stockholder Approval”); (c) the authorization for listing on the NYSE of the Company Shares to be issued in the Merger; (d) the effectiveness of the registration statement to be filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC”) in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act”), of the Company Shares to be issued in the Merger; (e) the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended; (f) the absence of an injunction, order or law prohibiting the Merger; (g) the accuracy of the parties’ respective representations and warranties, subject to materiality standards set forth in the Merger Agreement; and (h) material compliance by each party with its respective obligations under the Merger Agreement. Representations and Warranties; Covenants The Merger Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of both the Company and Merger Sub, on the one hand, and Anywhere, on the other hand, and the parties have agreed to customary covenants, including,

among others, relating to (i) the conduct of the Company’s and Anywhere’s respective businesses during the period between the execution of the Merger Agreement and the Effective
Time, (ii) the obligation of the Company to call a meeting of its stockholders to approve the issuance of Company Shares in connection with the Merger and the obligation of Anywhere to call a meeting of its stockholders to approve the adoption
of the Merger Agreement, and (iii)