Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 210

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 210
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• assist Compass with its preparation of certain pro forma financial information and pro forma financial statements of the type customarily included in offering documents or marketing materials for financings similar to the debt financing;

• provide customary authorization and comfort letters;

• cooperate with Compass in Compass’ replacement or backstop of any outstanding letters of credit or similar obligations or items issued for the account of Anywhere and its subsidiaries; and

• facilitate the pledging of collateral and the granting of security interests in respect of the debt financing (to the extent required thereby).

Compass has agreed to (i) promptly upon written request by Anywhere, reimburse Anywhere for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket third-party fees, costs and expenses incurred by Anywhere or its subsidiaries in connection with providing certain of the assistance described in this section and (ii) indemnify and hold harmless Anywhere, its subsidiaries and their respective representatives from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, claims, costs, expenses, interests, awards, judgments and penalties suffered or incurred in connection with the equity or debt financing described above or any of the assistance described in this section other than to the extent any of the foregoing arises from (I) the bad faith, gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct of Anywhere, its subsidiaries and their respective representatives or (II) any errors, omissions, misrepresentations or inaccuracies set forth in any information provided by or on behalf of its subsidiaries or their respective representatives in connection with the assistance described in this section.

#### Conditions to the Merger

#### Mutual Conditions
The respective obligations of Compass, Anywhere and Merger Sub to consummate the merger are subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the closing of the following conditions, any or all of which may be waived jointly by Compass, Anywhere and Merger Sub, in whole or in part, to the extent permitted by applicable law:

• the Compass share issuance proposal and the Anywhere merger proposal must have been approved;

• any waiting period applicable to the merger under the HSR Act must have expired or been terminated;

• the absence of any order, decree, ruling, injunction or law (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) issued by a governmental entity of competent jurisdiction restraining, enjoining, making illegal or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the merger and the absence of any law enacted after the date of the merger agreement by a governmental entity making illegal or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the merger;

• the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this joint proxy