Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 242

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 242
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/prospectus, Anywhere is asking its stockholders to approve the Anywhere merger proposal. It is a condition to the completion of the merger that Anywhere stockholders approve the Anywhere merger proposal. At the effective time, each Anywhere stockholder will receive, for each eligible share of Anywhere common stock that is issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the effective time, the merger consideration of 1.436 fully paid and nonassessable shares of Compass Class A common stock, further described in the section entitled “The Merger Agreement—Merger Consideration.”

The approval by Anywhere stockholders of this proposal is required by Section 251 of the DGCL and is a condition to the completion of the merger.

Approval of the Anywhere merger proposal requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of Anywhere common stock. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as a vote “

#### AGAINST
” the Anywhere merger proposal. Failure to vote on the Anywhere merger proposal will have the same effect as a vote “

#### AGAINST
” the merger proposal.

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The Anywhere Board unanimously recommends a vote “FOR” the Anywhere merger proposal.

#### Anywhere Adjournment Proposal
The Anywhere special meeting may be adjourned to another time and place, if necessary or appropriate, to permit solicitation of additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Anywhere special meeting to approve the Anywhere merger proposal or to ensure that any supplement or amendment to this joint proxy statement/prospectus is timely provided to Anywhere stockholders.

Anywhere is asking its stockholders to authorize the holder of any proxy solicited by the Anywhere Board to vote in favor of any adjournment of the Anywhere special meeting to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Anywhere special meeting to approve the Anywhere merger proposal or to ensure that any supplement or amendment to this joint proxy statement/prospectus is timely provided to Anywhere stockholders.

Approval of the Anywhere adjournment proposal requires the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the Anywhere stockholders who are present via the Anywhere special meeting website or represented by proxy at the Anywhere special meeting, whether or not a quorum is present. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote “

#### AGAINST
” the proposal, while a broker non-vote