Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 54

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 54
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Covenants and Agreements—Changes in Board Recommendations”); or

• (i) (A) Compass or Anywhere validly terminates the merger agreement due to the Compass stockholder approval not being obtained, and on or before the date of any such termination a Compass competing proposal was publicly announced or publicly disclosed and had not been publicly withdrawn without qualification at least seven business days prior to the Compass stockholders meeting or (B) Anywhere terminates the merger agreement due to a breach by Compass of its representations and warranties under the merger agreement and following the execution of the merger agreement and on or before the date of any such termination a Compass competing proposal was announced, disclosed or otherwise communicated to the Compass Board and not withdrawn without qualification at least seven business days prior to the date of such termination and (ii) within 12 months after the date of such termination, Compass enters into a definitive agreement with respect to a Compass competing proposal (or publicly approves or recommends to Compass stockholders or otherwise does not oppose, in the case of a tender or exchange offer, a Compass competing proposal) or consummates a Compass competing proposal (with any reference in the definition of Compass competing proposal to “30%” deemed to be a reference to “50%”).

#### Termination Fee Payable by Anywhere
The merger agreement provides for payment of a termination fee by Anywhere to Compass of $200 million in connection with a termination of the merger agreement under the following circumstances:

• Compass terminates the merger agreement due to an “Anywhere change of recommendation” (as defined in the section entitled “The Merger Agreement—Covenants and Agreements—Changes in Board Recommendations”); or

• (i) (A) Anywhere or Compass validly terminates the merger agreement due to the Anywhere stockholder approval not being obtained, and on or before the date of any such termination an Anywhere competing proposal was publicly announced or publicly disclosed and had not been publicly withdrawn without qualification at least seven business days prior to the Compass stockholders meeting or (B) Compass terminates the merger agreement due to a breach by Anywhere of its representations and warranties under

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the merger agreement and following the execution of the merger agreement and on or before the date of any such termination an Anywhere competing proposal was announced, disclosed or otherwise communicated to the Anywhere Board and not withdrawn without qualification at least seven business days prior to the date of such termination and (ii) within 12 months after the date of such termination, Anywhere enters