Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-210060
Chunk: 13

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form: 425
Chunk 13
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 Assignment                                                     |     | 107 |
| 9.10                 |     | Affiliate Liability                                            |     | 107 |
| 9.11                 |     | Specific Performance                                           |     | 108 |
| 9.12                 |     | Amendment                                                      |     | 108 |
| 9.13                 |     | Extension; Waiver                                              |     | 108 |
| 9.14                 |     | Financing Sources Provisions                                   |     | 109 |

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| Annex A |     | Form of Company Voting and Support Agreement                      |
| Annex B |     | Form of Parent Voting and Support Agreement                       |
| Annex C |     | Form of Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation |

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of September 22, 2025 (this “”), among Compass, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“”), Velocity Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“”), and Anywhere Real Estate Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“”).

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “”), at a meeting duly
called and held by unanimous vote, (i) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “”), are fair to, and in the best
interests of, the Company and the holders of Company Common Stock, (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger and (iii) resolved to recommend that the holders of
Company Common Stock approve and adopt this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger and directed that such matter be submitted for consideration at the Company Stockholders Meeting;

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Parent (the “”), by unanimous written consent, (i) determined that this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock of Parent, par value $0.00001 per share (“”), pursuant to this
Agreement (the “”), are fair to, and in the best interests of, Parent and the holders of Parent Common Stock, (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,
including the Merger and the Parent Stock Issuance and (iii) resolved to recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock approve the Parent