Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 453

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 453
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 Wahlers           |
| Title:                    |     | President and Treasurer |

<div align='center'>[ Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger ]</div>

| ANYWHERE REAL ESTATE INC. |     |                                       |
| By:                       |     | /s/ Ryan M. Schneider                 |
| Name:                     |     | Ryan M. Schneider                     |
| Title:                    |     | Chief Executive Officer and President |

<div align='center'>[ Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger ]</div>

#### Privileged and Confidential

#### ANNEX B
<div align='center'>September 21, 2025</div>

Board of Directors

Compass, Inc.

110 Fifth Avenue, 4 th Floor

New York, NY 10011

Members of the Board:

We understand that Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (the "

#### Company
"), Compass, Inc. ("

#### Parent
") and Velocity Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("

#### Merger Sub
"), propose to enter into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, substantially in the form of the draft dated September 21, 2025 (the "

#### Merger Agreement
"), which provides, among other things, for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the Company being the surviving entity in such merger (the "

#### Merger
"). Pursuant to the Merger, each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the "

#### Company Common Stock
") (other than shares of Company Common Stock owned (i) directly by the Company, Parent or Merger Sub or (ii) by any direct or indirect subsidiary of either Anywhere or the Company, other than Merger Sub)) will be converted into the right to receive 1.436 shares (the "

#### Exchange Ratio
") of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of Parent ("

#### Parent Class A Common Stock
"), or cash in lieu of fractional shares, if any, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances (the "

#### Merger Consideration
"). The terms and conditions of the Merger are more fully set forth in the Merger Agreement.

You have asked for our opinion as to whether the Exchange Ratio pursuant to the Merger Agreement is fair from a financial point of view to Parent.

For purposes of the opinion set forth herein, we have:

1. Reviewed certain publicly available financial statements