Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
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Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 79
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 combined financial information and unaudited prospective financial information were not prepared with a view toward compliance with published guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any significant changes in the market price of Compass Class A common stock may cause a significant change in the purchase price used for Compass’ accounting purposes and the unaudited pro forma financial statements contained in this joint proxy statement/prospectus.

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The opinion of Compass’ financial advisor and the opinion of Anywhere’s financial advisor will not reflect changes in circumstances between the signing of the merger agreement and the completion of the merger.

Compass and Anywhere have received opinions from Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, respectively, in connection with the merger, but have not obtained updated opinions from either financial advisor as of the date of this joint proxy statement/prospectus. Changes in the operations and prospects of Compass or Anywhere, general market and economic conditions and other factors that may be beyond the control of Compass or Anywhere, and on which each party’s financial advisor’s opinion was based, may significantly alter the value of Compass or Anywhere or the prices of the shares of Compass Class A common stock or of the shares of Anywhere common stock by the time the merger is completed. The opinions do not speak as of the time the transactions will be completed or as of any date other than the date of such opinions. Because Compass and Anywhere do not currently anticipate asking their respective financial advisor to update its opinion, the opinions will not address the fairness of the exchange ratio, the merger consideration or the preferred stock purchase consideration, as applicable, from a financial point of view at the time the merger is completed. The Compass Board’s recommendation that Compass stockholders vote “

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” approval of the Compass share issuance proposal, and the Anywhere Board’s recommendation that Anywhere stockholders vote “

#### FOR
” approval of the Anywhere merger proposal, however, are made as of the date of this joint proxy statement/prospectus.

For a description of the opinions that Compass and Anywhere received from their respective financial advisor, see the sections entitled “The Merger—Opinion of Morgan Stanley, Compass’ Financial Advisor” and “The Merger—Opinion of Goldman Sachs, Anywhere’s Financial Advisor.” A copy of the opinion of Morgan Stanley, Compass’ financial advisor, is attached as Annex B to this joint proxy statement/prospectus and a copy of the opinion of Goldman Sachs, Anywhere’s financial advisor, is attached as Annex C to this joint proxy statement