Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 170

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 170
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 disclosures to remedy these purported deficiencies. Potential plaintiffs may file lawsuits challenging the Merger. If lawsuits are filed or additional similar demand letters are sent, absent new or significantly different allegations, neither Compass nor Anywhere will necessarily disclose such lawsuits or demands. The outcome of any future litigation is uncertain.

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### THE MERGER AGREEMENT
This section describes the material terms of the merger agreement. The descriptions of the merger agreement in this section and elsewhere in this joint proxy statement/prospectus are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the merger agreement, a copy of which is attached as Annex A hereto and is incorporated by reference into this joint proxy statement/prospectus. This summary does not purport to be complete and may not contain all of the information about the merger agreement that is important to you. You are encouraged to read the entire merger agreement carefully and in its entirety.

#### Explanatory Note Regarding the Merger Agreement
The merger agreement and this summary are included solely to provide you with information regarding the terms of the merger agreement, and not to provide you with any factual disclosures about the parties to the merger agreement. Factual disclosures about Compass, Anywhere, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates contained in this joint proxy statement/prospectus or in Compass’ or Anywhere’s filings with the SEC may supplement, update or modify the factual disclosures about Compass or Anywhere, as applicable, contained in the merger agreement. The representations, warranties and covenants made in the merger agreement by Compass, Anywhere and Merger Sub were made solely for the purposes of the merger agreement and as of specific dates and were qualified and subject to important limitations agreed to by Compass, Anywhere and Merger Sub in connection with negotiating the terms of the merger agreement. In particular, in your review of the representations and warranties contained in the merger agreement and described in this summary, it is important to bear in mind that the representations and warranties were negotiated with the principal purposes of establishing the circumstances in which a party to the merger agreement may have the right not to complete the merger if the representations and warranties of the other party prove to be untrue due to a change in circumstance or otherwise, and allocating risk between the parties to the merger agreement, rather than establishing matters as facts. The representations and warranties may also be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from those generally applicable to stockholders and reports and documents filed with the SEC, and in some cases were qualified by the matters contained in the respective