Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 3

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 3
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 with the merger by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast.

Whether or not you plan to attend the Compass special meeting or the Anywhere special meeting, please submit your proxy as soon as possible to make sure that your shares are represented at the applicable meeting.

Sincerely,

| Robert L. Reffkin                   |     | Ryan M. Schneider                     |
| Robert L. Reffkin                   
 Founder and Chief Executive Officer 
 Compass, Inc.                       |     | Ryan M. Schneider                     
 Chief Executive Officer and President 
 Anywhere Real Estate Inc.             |

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the merger or the other transactions described in the accompanying joint proxy statement/prospectus or the securities to be issued in connection with the merger or determined if the accompanying joint proxy statement/prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The accompanying joint proxy statement/prospectus is dated December 2, 2025, and is first being mailed to stockholders of Compass and stockholders of Anywhere on or about December 2, 2025.

#### COMPASS, INC.

#### 110 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor

#### New York, New York 10011

### NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
<div align='center'>TO BE HELD VIRTUALLY VIA THE INTERNET ON JANUARY 7, 2026</div>

To the Stockholders of Compass, Inc.:

We are pleased to invite you to attend a special meeting of the stockholders of Compass, Inc. (which we refer to as the “Compass special meeting”) held virtually via the Internet on January 7, 2026 at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time, to consider and vote on the following proposals:

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#### Approval of the Compass Share Issuance.
To approve the issuance of Compass Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, to Anywhere stockholders in connection with the merger contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 22, 2025, by and among Compass, Inc., Velocity Merger Sub, Inc. and Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (the agreement, which, as it may be amended from time to time, we refer to as the “merger agreement,” and the proposal, which we refer to as the “Compass share issuance proposal”); and

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