Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-210060
Chunk: 15

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form: 425
Chunk 15
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 state and local) income tax purposes, it is intended that the Merger qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“”), and this Agreement constitute and be adopted as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations §§ 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

1.1 . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

“” means (i) the Existing ABS Facility (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any extension thereof
entered into pursuant to and (ii) any ABS Refinancing Facility entered into pursuant to .

“” means the Existing ABS Facility Documents and any ABS Refinancing Facility Documents.

“” has the meaning set forth in hereof.

“” means the definitive documents entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
in connection with any ABS Refinancing Facility.

“” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person
directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such Person, through one or more intermediaries or otherwise.

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“” means any Person that is, or at any relevant time has
been or would be, under common control or otherwise treated as a single employer with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.

“” means any applicable law for the prevention or punishment of public or commercial corruption or
bribery, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and any other applicable anti-corruption or anti-bribery law of any other applicable jurisdictions where the Company and its Subsidiaries conduct business, conduct financial transactions or
own assets.

“,” including the correlative term “,” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

“” means a day other than a day
on which banks in the State of New York are authorized or obligated to be closed.