Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-210060
Chunk: 6

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form: 425
Chunk 6
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pass Support Agreement”)
pursuant to which, among other things, Mr. Reffkin and such funds have agreed, subject to the terms of the Compass Support Agreement, to (i) vote the Subject Compass Shares in favor of the approval of the issuance of Compass Shares in
connection with the Merger and (ii) not transfer the Subject Compass Shares, with certain limited exceptions. The Compass Support Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of the termination of the Merger Agreement and the Effective Time.

Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, certain funds and accounts managed or advised by Angelo,
Gordon & Co., L.P. that collectively hold and have the power to vote or direct the voting of approximately 8.7% of the Company Common Stock (the “Subject Company Shares”) entered into a voting and support agreement (the
“Company Support Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, such funds and

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accounts have agreed, subject to the terms of the Company Support Agreement, to (i) vote the Subject Company Shares in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and (ii) not transfer the Subject Company Shares, with certain limited exceptions. The Company Support Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of the termination of the Merger Agreement and the Effective Time. The foregoing descriptions of the Compass Support Agreement and the Company Support Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Compass Support Agreement and the Company Support Agreement, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |

On September 22, 2025, the Company and Compass issued a joint press release announcing the execution of the Merger Agreement. A copy of the joint press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |

(d) Exhibits.

| Exhibit      
 Number       
 Exhibit 2.1* 
 Exhibit 10.1 |     | Exhibit                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
 Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among Compass, Inc., Anywhere Real Estate Inc. and Velocity Merger Sub, Inc., dated September 22, 2025                                                                                           
 Voting and Support Agreement, by and among Compass, Inc., Anywhere Real Estate Inc., Robert L. Reffkin, Ruth Reffkin Family Trust