Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001398987-25-000047
Chunk: 37

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 37
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 the Investor Parties have agreed to vote all of their shares of the Company’s common stock (and the shares of their affiliates) in favor of specified matters and have agreed to certain customary standstill restrictions. The Company and the Investor Parties have also agreed to certain mutual non-disparagement and confidentiality obligations. The Audit Committee determined that it was advisable and in the best interests of the Company to enter into the Cooperation Agreement.

| 2025 Proxy Statement |     | 25 |

| TABLE OF CONTENTS |     | CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |     | PROPOSAL 1 |     | EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION |     | PROPOSAL 2 |     | PROPOSAL 3 |     | PROPOSAL 4 |     | PROPOSAL 5 |     | PROPOSAL 6 |     | STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS |     | FAQ |

#### PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

#### Board of Directors
As of the date of this proxy statement, the Board consists of thirteen members, twelve of whom are Independent Directors under NYSE listing standards and our corporate governance documents.

In February 2025, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of our Board, which we refer to in this “Election of Directors” section as the “Governance Committee,” recommended, and the Board nominated, Fiona Dias, Matthew J. Espe, Bryson R. Koehler, V. Ann Hailey, Joe Lenz, Duncan L. Niederauer, Egbert L. J. Perry, Ryan M. Schneider, Enrique Silva, Sherry M. Smith, Chris Terrill, Felicia Williams and Michael J. Williams for election at the Annual Meeting. The nominees, all of whom are current Directors, are standing for election as Directors to hold office for a one-year term expiring in 2026 or until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified. Each nominee has consented to his or her nomination for election to the Board.

The information under “Nominees for Election to the Board” includes each Director's professional experience, educational background and qualifications. The information also sets forth the public company directorships each Director currently holds or has held during the past five years. The age of each Director nominee is as of March 10, 2025.

If a Director nominee should become unavailable to serve as a Director, an event that we do not anticipate occurring, the persons named as proxies intend to vote the shares for the person whom the Board may