Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
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Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 11
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 the fullest extent under applicable law, Compass’ rights or the rights of the applicable licensor to these trademarks, service marks and trade names.

Anywhere’s logo and its other registered or common law trademarks, service marks or trade names appearing in this joint proxy statement/prospectus are the property of Anywhere. Solely for convenience, trademarks, service marks and trade names referred to in this joint proxy statement/prospectus, including logos, artwork and other visual displays, may appear without a trademark symbol, but such references are not intended to indicate in any way that Anywhere will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, Anywhere’s rights or the rights of the applicable licensor to these trademarks, service marks and trade names.

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#### ABOUT THIS JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS
This joint proxy statement/prospectus, which forms part of a registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC by Compass (File No. 333-291556), constitutes a prospectus of Compass under Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the shares of Compass Class A common stock to be issued to Anywhere stockholders pursuant to the merger agreement. This joint proxy statement/prospectus also constitutes a joint proxy statement of each of Compass and Anywhere under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. It also constitutes a notice of meeting with respect to the Anywhere special meeting, at which Anywhere stockholders will be asked to consider and vote upon the Anywhere merger proposal and certain other proposals, and it constitutes a notice of meeting with respect to the Compass special meeting, at which Compass stockholders will be asked to consider and vote upon the Compass share issuance proposal and the Compass adjournment proposal.

Compass has supplied all information contained or incorporated by reference into this joint proxy statement/prospectus relating to Compass and Merger Sub, and Anywhere has supplied all such information relating to Anywhere.

You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference into this joint proxy statement/prospectus. Compass and Anywhere have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different from that contained in or incorporated by reference into this joint proxy statement/prospectus. This joint proxy statement/prospectus is dated as of December 2, 2025, and you should not assume that the information contained in this joint proxy statement/prospectus is accurate as of any date