Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-335437
Chunk: 9

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-29
Form: 425
Chunk 9
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ies and other anticipated benefits taking longer to realize than anticipated;
the ability of the combined company to achieve the expected leverage or such leverage taking longer to realize than anticipated; Compass’ ability to integrate Anywhere promptly and effectively; anticipated tax treatment, unforeseen
liabilities, future capital expenditures, economic performance, future prospects and business and management strategies for the management, expansion and growth of the combined company’s operations; certain restrictions during the pendency of
the Merger that may impact Anywhere’s or Compass’ ability

to pursue certain business opportunities or strategic transactions or otherwise operate their respective businesses; and other risk factors detailed from time to time in Anywhere’s and
Compass’ reports filed with the SEC, including Anywhere’s and Compass’ annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on
Form 8-K and other documents filed with the SEC, including documents that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the Merger.

These risks, as well as other risks associated with the Merger, are more fully discussed in the Proxy Statement. While the list of factors presented here and
the list of factors presented in the Proxy Statement are considered representative, no such list should be considered to be a complete statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. Unlisted factors may present significant additional obstacles
to the realization of forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements as they are not guarantees of future performance or outcomes; actual performance and outcomes, including, without
limitation, Anywhere’s or Compass’ actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of new markets or market segments in which Anywhere or Compass operate, may differ materially from those made in or
suggested by the forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K. Neither Anywhere nor Compass assumes any obligation to publicly provide revisions or updates to any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, should circumstances change, except as otherwise required by securities and other applicable laws. Neither future distribution of this Current Report on Form 8-K nor the continued availability of this Current Report on Form 8-K in archive form on Anywhere’s or Compass’ website should be deemed to constitute an update or
re-affirmation of these statements as of any future date.

Important Additional Information and Where to Find It

In connection with the Merger, Anywhere and Compass has filed and will file relevant materials with the SEC,