Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 423

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 423
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 third party solicit, recruit, induce or encourage or attempt or continue to solicit, recruit, induce or encourage any Company Agent or office manager or franchisee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the “ Restricted Company Persons ”) to leave or terminate or otherwise reduce their relationship with the Company or any of its Affiliates; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not prohibit any Person from (i) making general employment solicitations (and hiring in response to such solicitations) such as through advertisements in publicly available media so long as such general employment solicitations are not specifically targeted at any Restricted Company Person or (ii) any solicitation or hiring of any person who at the time of such solicitation is not, and was not at any time during the immediately preceding six (6)-month period, an employee or individual service provider of the Company or any of its Affiliates; and

(ii) The Company shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, on its or their own behalf or on behalf of any third party solicit, recruit, induce or encourage or attempt or continue to solicit, recruit, induce or encourage any real estate agent associated with Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or office manager or franchisee of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (the “ Restricted Parent Persons ”) to leave or terminate or otherwise reduce their relationship with Parent or any of its Affiliates; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not prohibit any Person from (i) making general employment solicitations (and hiring in response to such solicitations) such as through advertisements in publicly available media so long as such general employment

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solicitations are not specifically targeted at any Restricted Parent Person or (ii) any solicitation or hiring of any person who at the time of such solicitation is not, and was not at any time during the immediately preceding six (6)-month period, an employee or individual service provider of Parent or any of its Affiliates.

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the obligations of each Party set forth in Section 6.23(a) shall not apply with respect to any Restricted Company Persons or Restricted Parent Persons, as applicable, who operate their business in the State of Arizona.

6.24 Financing Cooperation .

(a) The Company agrees to use reasonable best efforts to provide, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and use reasonable best efforts to cause its Representatives to use reasonable