Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-210060
Chunk: 41

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form: 425
Chunk 41
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 Stock as are necessary to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this
. As soon as reasonably practicable following the Effective Time, Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement on an appropriate form, or a post-effective amendment to a
registration statement previously filed under the Securities Act, with respect to the shares of Parent Class A Common Stock subject to the Parent RSU Awards and Adjusted Options and, where applicable, shall use its reasonable best efforts to
have such registration statement declared effective as of the Effective Time and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement (and to maintain the current status of the prospectus contained therein) for so long as the Parent RSU
Awards and Adjusted Options remain outstanding.

3.3 .

(a) . Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall enter into an agreement with Parent’s transfer agent
or another nationally recognized financial institution or trust company reasonably designated by Parent and reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as agent for the holders of Company Common Stock in connection with the Merger (the
“”) and to receive the Merger Consideration and cash sufficient to pay cash in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to to which such holders shall become entitled pursuant to
this . At or prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Eligible Shares, for issuance in accordance with this through
the Exchange Agent, the number of shares of Parent Class A Common Stock issuable in respect of Eligible Shares pursuant to . Parent agrees to make available to the Exchange Agent, from time to time as
needed, cash sufficient to pay any dividends and other distributions pursuant to and to make payments in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to . The Exchange Agent
shall, pursuant to irrevocable instructions, deliver the Merger Consideration contemplated to be issued in exchange for Eligible Shares pursuant to this Agreement out of the Exchange Fund. Except as contemplated by this
, and , the Exchange Fund shall not be used for any other

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purpose. Any cash and shares of Parent Class A Common Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent
(including as payment for fractional shares in accordance with and any dividends or other distributions in accordance with ) shall hereinafter be referred to as the
“.” Parent or the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of Eligible Shares pursuant to this Agreement. The cash portion of the
Exchange Fund may be