Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 139

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 139
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 co-invest alongside, and/or make Investments in, the Relevant Parties or their respective Related Entities. As investment managers for GS Client Funds, Goldman Sachs Affiliated Entities are required to fulfill a fiduciary responsibility to GS Client Funds in making decisions to purchase, sell, hold or vote on, or take any other action with respect to, any financial instrument.

Related Entities are, as applicable, a person or entity’s subsidiaries, affiliates, portfolio companies and/or funds managed thereby.

The Anywhere Board selected Goldman Sachs as its financial advisor because it is an internationally recognized investment banking firm that has substantial experience in transactions similar to the merger. Pursuant to a letter agreement dated August 22, 2025, Anywhere engaged Goldman Sachs to act as its financial advisor in connection with the merger. The engagement letter between Anywhere and Goldman Sachs provides for a transaction fee that is estimated, based on the information available as of the date of announcement, at approximately $42 million, $3 million of which became payable upon the delivery by Goldman Sachs of the results of the study undertaken by Goldman Sachs with respect to its opinion, and the remainder of which is contingent upon the consummation of the merger. In addition, Anywhere has agreed to reimburse Goldman Sachs for certain of its expenses, including attorneys’ fees and disbursements, and to indemnify Goldman Sachs and related persons against various liabilities, including certain liabilities under the federal securities laws.

Certain Unaudited Prospective Financial Information

#### Unaudited Prospective Financial Information
In connection with Compass’ evaluation of a potential strategic transaction between Compass and Anywhere, Compass management prepared certain unaudited non-public prospective financial information of Compass, on a standalone basis without giving effect to a potential transaction, for fiscal years 2025 through 2030 (which we refer to as the “Compass Projections”) that were utilized in connection with the merger. The Compass Projections are included in this joint proxy statement/prospectus only because (i) portions of the Compass Projections through the fiscal year ending December 31, 2027 were made available to Anywhere in connection with its evaluation of the merger, (ii) the Compass Projections were provided by Compass management to the Compass Board in connection with its evaluation of a potential strategic transaction between Compass and Anywhere and (iii) the Compass Projections were also provided to Compass’ financial advisor, Morgan Stanley, in connection with its analyses and opinions described in the section “—Opinion of Morgan Stanley, Compass’ Financial Advisor.”

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