Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-210060
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Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form: 425
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 from GAAP OPEX cannot be reasonably calculated or predicted at this time. Accordingly, reconciliation is not available without unreasonable effort. |

Financing Compass has obtained a $750 million financing commitment from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. Post-close, Compass expects to prioritize deleveraging with the goal to reach net leverage of ~1.5x Adjusted EBITDA by year-end2028. Advisors Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is serving as exclusive financial advisor and Kirkland & Ellis LLP is serving as legal advisor to Compass. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is serving as the exclusive financial advisor and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is serving as the legal advisor to Anywhere. Conference Call Details & Investor Materials Compass is hosting an investor conference call on Monday, September 22, 2025, at 8 a.m. ET to discuss the transaction details. The conference call will be accessible via the Internet on the Compass Investor Relations website (https://investors.compass.com). You can also access the audio webcast via the following link. Accompanying materials detailing the specifics of the transaction and a recording of the conference call will be available online under the SEC Filings and Events & Presentations sections of the Compass Investor Relations website. Important Information about the Transaction and Where to Find It In connection with the proposed transaction between Anywhere and Compass, Anywhere and Compass will file relevant materials with the SEC, including a registration statement on Form S-4filed by Compass (the “Registration Statement”) that will include a joint proxy statement of Compass and Anywhere that also constitutes a prospectus of Compass (the “Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus”). The definitive Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be mailed to stockholders of Anywhere and stockholders of Compass seeking their approval of the proposed transaction and other related matters. Each of Anywhere and Compass may also file other relevant documents with the SEC regarding the proposed transaction. This communication is not a substitute for the Registration Statement, Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or any other document that Anywhere or Compass (as applicable) may file with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISION, INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF COMPASS AND ANYWHERE ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT ARE FILED OR WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY