Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-210060
Chunk: 116

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form: 425
Chunk 116
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anted or withheld in its sole discretion); and

(iv) no investigation or information provided pursuant to this shall affect or be deemed
to modify any representation or warranty made by the Company.

(b) The Confidentiality Agreement dated as of August 4, 2025, between
Parent and the Company (the “”) shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall apply to all information furnished thereunder or hereunder; , that Section 7 of the
Confidentiality Agreement shall be of no force and effect as of the date hereof. From and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and termination of this Agreement in accordance with , each Party
shall continue to provide access to the other Party and its Representatives to the data relating to the Transactions maintained by or on its behalf to which the other Party and its Representatives were provided access prior to the date of this
Agreement.

6.9 .

(a) Except for the filings and notifications made pursuant to Antitrust Laws to which through , and not
this , shall apply, promptly following the execution of this Agreement, the Parties shall proceed to prepare and file with the appropriate Governmental Entities and other third parties all authorizations,
consents, notifications, certifications, registrations, declarations and filings that are necessary in order to consummate the Transactions and shall diligently and expeditiously prosecute, and shall cooperate fully with each other in the
prosecution of, such matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing (but subject to and ), in no event shall either the Company or Parent or any of their respective Affiliates be required to pay any consideration to any
third parties or give anything of value to obtain any such Person’s authorization, approval, consent or waiver to effectuate the Transactions, other than filing, recordation or similar fees. Parent and the Company shall have the right to
review

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in advance and each will consult with the other on and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with, all of the information relating to Parent or the Company, as applicable,
and any of their respective Subsidiaries, that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any third party or any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transactions (including the Registration Statement and Joint Proxy
Statement). The Company and its Subsidiaries shall not agree to any actions, restrictions or conditions with respect to obtaining any consents, registrations, approvals, permits, expirations of waiting periods or authorizations in connection with