Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001398987-25-000047
Chunk: 18

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 18
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's Board.

Accordingly, under the Corporate Governance Guidelines, Directors must have the time and ability to make a constructive contribution to the Board as well as a clear commitment to fulfilling the fiduciary duties required of Directors and serving the interests of the Company’s stockholders.

Unless explicitly approved by the Board:

▪ Directors who also serve as CEO (or an equivalent position) may not serve on more than two other boards of public companies.

▪ Other Directors may not serve on more than four other boards of public companies.

▪ Directors on the Audit Committee may not serve on the audit committees of more than three public companies, including the Company.

Our Board believes that each of our Directors has demonstrated the ability to devote sufficient time and attention to fulfill the responsibilities required of a Director of Anywhere, and all Directors are in compliance with this policy.

Prior to recommending a candidate as a nominee for director, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviews the other commitments of such candidate (including service and leadership positions on public boards) and considers whether such obligations may interfere with the candidate's Board duties.

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#### Director Independence
The Board adopted the Director Independence Criteria summarized below for its evaluation of the materiality of Director relationships with us. The Director Independence Criteria are available under the Investors link, Governance page of our website at www.anywhere.re.

Pursuant to the Board's annual review of the independence of the Directors, the Board affirmatively determined that, under NYSE listing standards and our Director Independence Criteria:

▪ All of the members of our Board are Independent Directors, other than our CEO; and

▪ All members of the Audit Committee, Compensation and Talent Management Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Product and Technology Committee are Independent Directors.

In making these determinations, the Board took into consideration the following transactions, which they determined were not material to either the Company or the Director:

▪ All transactions in which we and any Director had an interest, including those discussed under “Related Person Transactions.” For purposes of evaluating Mr. Lenz's independence, the