Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 174

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 174
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 to the effective time and is held by any individual who is not an employee of Anywhere as of immediately prior to the effective time will, without any action on the part of Compass, Anywhere or the holder thereof, be canceled, with the holder being entitled to receive the merger consideration in respect of each net share, determined by dividing (i) (A) the excess, if any, of the value of the merger consideration over the per share exercise price of the Anywhere Option Award, multiplied by (B) the number of shares subject to the Anywhere Option Award immediately prior to the effective time, by (ii) the Compass closing price.

Anywhere Performance-Vesting Cash Awards and Anywhere Time-Vesting Cash Awards

At the effective time, each outstanding Anywhere Performance-Vesting Cash Award and Anywhere Time-Vesting Cash Award will be assumed by Compass and continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions (including vesting and accelerated vesting) as apply as of immediately prior to the effective time; except that any performance goals applicable to the Anywhere Performance-Vesting Cash Awards will be deemed achieved in the same manner as described above with respect to Anywhere PSU Awards.

#### Closing and Effectiveness of the Merger
Unless otherwise mutually agreed to in writing between Compass and Anywhere, the closing of the merger will take place at 8:00 a.m., New York, New York time, on the date that is the third (3 rd ) business days following the satisfaction or (to the extent permitted by applicable law) waiver of the conditions to closing of the merger (other than any such conditions which by their nature cannot be satisfied until the closing, which shall be required to be so satisfied or (to the extent permitted by applicable law) waived in accordance with the merger agreement). For more information on the conditions to the closing of the merger, please see the section entitled “The Merger Agreement—Conditions to the Merger.” We refer to the date on which the closing of the merger occurs as the “closing date.”

The merger will become effective at the time that the certificate of merger has been duly filed with and accepted by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or at such later time as is agreed in writing between Compass and Anywhere and set forth in the certificate of merger.

#### Non-DTC Book-Entry Shares
As soon as practicable after the effective time, Compass has agreed to cause the exchange agent to send to each record holder, as of immediately prior to the effective time, of Anywhere