Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 281

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 281
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where common stock outstanding and no shares of Anywhere preferred stock outstanding.                                       |

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| Preferred Stock |     | Compass’ restated certificate of incorporation provides that the Compass Board may authorize the issuance of one or more series of preferred stock, and may fix the designation, powers (including voting powers), preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights (and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof) of each such series, and may increase (but not above the total number of authorized shares of the preferred stock) or decrease (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) the number of shares of any such series. |     | Anywhere’s seventh amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the Anywhere Board may authorize the issuance of one or more series of preferred stock by filing a certificate of the voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the DGCL. |

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| Dividends |     | Compass’ restated certificate of incorporation provides that the holders of Compass Class A common stock, Compass Class B common stock and Compass Class C common stock will be treated equally, identically and ratably, on a per share basis, with respect to any dividends or distributions as may be declared and paid from time to time by the Compass Board out of any legally available assets of the corporation; provided, however, that in the event a dividend is paid in the form of shares of Compass Class A common stock, Compass Class B common stock or Compass Class C common stock (or rights to acquire such shares), then holders of Compass Class A common stock will receive shares of Compass Class A common stock (or rights to acquire such shares, as the case may be), holders of Compass Class B common stock will receive shares of Compass Class B common stock (or rights to acquire such shares, as the case may be) and holders of Compass Class C common stock will receive shares of Compass Class C common stock (or rights to acquire such shares, as the case may be), with holders of Compass Class A common stock, Compass Class B common stock and Compass Class C common stock receiving, on a per share basis, an identical number of shares of Compass Class A common stock, Compass Class B common stock or Compass Class C common stock, as applicable. 
 Notwithstanding the above, the Compass Board may pay or