Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 381

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 381
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 Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any director or executive officer of the Company or any Affiliate of the Company (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries), any other Affiliate of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries), any beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Company’s outstanding voting securities, or a member of the immediately family of the foregoing Persons, on the other hand, except as would not be required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K of the SEC;

(xxii) enter into any Franchise Agreement without providing the prospective Franchisee such information concerning the Transactions, whether in an amended FDD or otherwise, other than in the Ordinary Course or pursuant to exemptions from the franchise disclosure obligations; provided further that (A) the Company use its reasonable best efforts to give Parent five (5) Business Days’ notice before providing any Franchisee with such information and shall consider in good faith Parent’s comments on any such disclosures to prospective Franchisees concerning the Transactions; or

(xxiii) agree, in writing or orally, to take any action that is prohibited by this Section 6.1(b) .

6.2 Conduct of Parent Business Pending the Merger .

(a) Except (i) as set forth on Schedule 6.2(a) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, (ii) as expressly permitted or required by this Agreement, (iii) as may be required by applicable Law or the rules and regulations of the NYSE, or (iv) as otherwise consented to by the Company in writing (including by email) (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), Parent covenants and agrees that, until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII , it shall use its reasonable best efforts to, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to use its reasonable best efforts to, conduct its businesses in the Ordinary Course, and use reasonable best efforts to preserve substantially intact its present business organization, properties, goodwill and assets and preserve its existing relationships with its material customers, suppliers, licensors, licensees, distributors, lessors and others having material business dealings with it.

(b) Except (1) as set forth on the corresponding subsection of Schedule 6.2(b) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, (2) as expressly permitted or required by this Agreement, (3) as may be required by applicable Law or the rules and regulations