Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 351

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 351
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 neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been informed in writing by a Taxing Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company and its Subsidiaries do not file income or franchise Tax Returns that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries was required to file such Tax Returns, which claim has not since been withdrawn, fully settled, or otherwise resolved;

(v) (A) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Tax allocation, sharing or indemnity contract or arrangement (other than (x) any written agreement or arrangement solely between or among the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries, or (y) any customary Tax sharing or indemnification provisions contained in any written commercial agreement entered into in the Ordinary Course and not primarily relating to Tax) and (B) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (x) been a

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member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated U.S. federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which is or was the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or (y) any liability for Taxes of any Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulations § 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Law) or as a transferee or successor, or otherwise by operation of Law;

(vi) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated in a “listed transaction,” as defined in Treasury Regulations § 1.6011-4(b)(2);

(vii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has constituted a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock intended to qualify for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code in the three (3) years prior to the date of this Agreement; and

(viii) there are no Encumbrances for Taxes on any of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for Permitted Encumbrances.

(b) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is aware of the existence of any fact, or has taken or agreed to take any action, that would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

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