Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 188

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 188
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, solicit, propose, knowingly assist, knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any proposal, offer or inquiry or the making of any proposal, offer or inquiry that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to constitute a “competing proposal” (as defined in the section entitled “The Merger Agreement—Covenants and Agreements—No Solicitation of Competing Proposals”);

• engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations with any person with respect to, relating to or in furtherance of a competing proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to a competing proposal;

• furnish any information regarding Compass or Anywhere or their respective subsidiaries, as applicable, or access to the properties, assets or employees of Compass or Anywhere or their respective subsidiaries, as applicable, to any person in connection with or in response to any competing proposal or any inquiry, proposal or offer that could reasonably be expected to lead to any competing proposal;

• enter into any letter of intent or agreement in principle, or other agreement providing for a competing proposal (other than a confidentiality agreement entered into in accordance with the merger agreement); or

• submit any competing proposal to a vote of the stockholders of Compass or Anywhere, as applicable.

In addition, under the merger agreement, Compass and Anywhere have agreed that:

• Compass and Anywhere, and their respective officers and directors will, and will cause their respective subsidiaries and their subsidiaries’ officers and directors to, and will use their reasonable best efforts to cause its and their respective other representatives to, immediately cease, and cause to be terminated, any discussion or negotiations with any person conducted prior to the date of the merger agreement with respect to any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a competing proposal. Further, within one business day of the merger agreement, Compass and Anywhere will deliver a written notice (for which email will suffice) to each person that received non-public information regarding Compass or Anywhere, as applicable, within the twelve months prior to the date of the merger agreement pursuant to a confidentiality agreement with Compass or Anywhere, as applicable, for purposes of

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evaluating any transaction that could be a competing proposal and for whom no similar notice has been delivered prior to the date of the merger agreement requesting the prompt return or destruction of all confidential information concerning Compass or Anywhere, as applicable, and any of their respective subsidiaries that was furnished to such person or its representatives. Compass and Anywhere, as applicable