Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-210060
Chunk: 14

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form: 425
Chunk 14
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 Stock Issuance and directed that such matter be submitted for consideration at the meeting of the
stockholders of Parent to consider the approval of the Parent Stock Issuance (including any postponement, adjournment or recess thereof, the “”);

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Merger Sub (the “”) has unanimously (i) determined that this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, are fair to, and in the best interests of, Merger Sub and Merger Sub’s sole stockholder and (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Merger;

WHEREAS, Parent, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, will approve and adopt this Agreement
promptly following its execution;

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as a condition to the
willingness of the Company to enter into this Agreement, (i) Robert Reffkin, (ii) Reffkin Investment II Corp., (iii) Reffkin 2022 Family Trust, (iv) Reffkin Investment I Corp., (v) 2021 Reffkin Remainder Interest Trust and (vi) Ruth Reffkin Family
Trust (collectively, the ”) are each entering into a voting and support agreement with the Company and Parent (the “ ”) in the form appended hereto as
, pursuant to which, among other things, each Company Support Party is agreeing, subject to the terms of the Company Voting and Support Agreement, to vote all shares of Parent Common Stock it owns in the manner set forth in the Company
Voting and Support Agreement;

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as a condition
to the willingness of Parent and Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, certain funds and accounts managed or advised by Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P. are entering into a voting and support agreement with Parent and the Company (the
“”) in the form appended hereto as , pursuant to which, among other things, such funds and accounts are agreeing, subject to the terms of the Parent Voting and Support Agreement, to
vote all shares of Company Common Stock it owns in the manner set forth in the Parent Voting and Support Agreement;

WHEREAS, Parent and
the Company desire to effect a strategic business combination on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS,
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