Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 201

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 201
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 subsidiaries; (D) unless otherwise required by the behavioral remedies, terminate, transfer or create any existing relationships, contractual rights or obligations of either of the Compass or its subsidiaries, or Anywhere or its subsidiaries; (E) unless otherwise required by the divestiture actions or behavioral remedies, terminate any venture or other arrangement of either the Compass or its subsidiaries, or Anywhere or its subsidiaries; (F) unless otherwise required by the behavioral remedies, create any relationship, contractual rights or obligations with either the Compass or its subsidiaries, or Anywhere or its subsidiaries, or accept any restriction on Compass’ freedom of action following the closing; or (G) unless otherwise required by the behavioral remedies, effectuate any other change or restructuring of Compass or its respective subsidiaries, or Anywhere or its subsidiaries, to avoid the entry of or effect the dissolution of any law preliminarily or permanently restraining, enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the merger, or to ensure the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the HSR Act as promptly as reasonably practicable. In the event that any action is threatened or instituted challenging the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement or which would otherwise prohibit, materially delay or materially impair the closing, Compass and Anywhere will, each at their own expense, use reasonable best efforts to (a) defend any such litigation, action or proceeding (including by appeal if necessary) and (b) seek to have vacated lifted, reversed or overturned as promptly as practicable any law or order entered by a governmental entity described in this sentence, in each case so as bring about the closing as promptly as practicable and in any event no later than the end date.

Compass will consult with Anywhere in good faith in connection with obtaining the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act and effecting the consummation of the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, provided that Compass will have the right to direct, devise, implement and control (i) the strategy, decisions, and communications with governmental entities for obtaining expiration or termination of any applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act, and defending any such litigation,

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action or proceeding (including by appeal if necessary), with respect to the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, (ii) responses to any requests of, inquiry from, or investigation by, an antitrust authority (including directing the timing, nature and substance of all such responses) with respect to the transactions contemplated by