Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 184

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 184
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• establish any Anywhere employee benefit plan which was not in existence prior to the date of the merger agreement, or amend or terminate any such Anywhere employee benefit plan in existence on the date of the merger agreement, other than non-material changes or amendments made as a result of annual enrollment or annual renewal of welfare plans or restatements of such plans in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

• hire or promote any employee or other service provider at the level of Level 2 or higher;

• terminate the employment of any employee or other service provider at the level of Level 2 or higher, other than for cause;

• (A) modify, extend, terminate or enter into any labor agreement or (B) recognize or certify any labor union, labor organization, works council, employee representative or group of employees as the bargaining representative for any employees of Anywhere or any of the Anywhere’s subsidiaries;

• waive or release any material noncompetition, nonsolicitation, nondisclosure or similar restrictive covenant obligation of any current or former employee, independent contractor or Anywhere Agent which benefits Anywhere or any of Anywhere’s subsidiaries;

• take any action inconsistent in any material respect with the cash management policies of Anywhere, including, acceleration of any receivables or payables, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; or

• (A) incur, create or assume any indebtedness any indebtedness for borrowed money (including notes, bonds, debentures, mortgages, or other debt securities (whether asset-backed or otherwise)) or similar instruments or guarantee any such indebtedness of another person; (B) create any encumbrances on any property or assets of Anywhere or any of its subsidiaries in connection with any indebtedness of the type described in clause (A); provided, however, that the foregoing clauses (A) and (B) shall not restrict: (1) the incurrence of indebtedness in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice by Anywhere that is owed to any wholly owned subsidiary of Anywhere or by any wholly owned subsidiary of Anywhere that is owed to Anywhere or a wholly owned subsidiary of Anywhere and the granting of guarantees in the ordinary course by Anywhere or any subsidiary of Anywhere with respect to indebtedness of Anywhere or any subsidiary of Anywhere outstanding as of the date hereof or incurred in compliance with the merger agreement or (2) the creation of any encumbrances securing any indebtedness permitted by the foregoing clause