Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 186

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 186
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 from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code;

• take any action or omit to take any action that is reasonably likely to cause any of the conditions to the merger set forth in the merger agreement to not be satisfied;

• make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other person, other than (A) for acquisitions permitted by the third bullet in this subsection, (B) advances and investments made by Anywhere and its subsidiaries to franchisees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in an amount not to exceed $35,000,000 in the aggregate in any calendar year, including loans made in connection therewith, (C) except as required under the organizational documents of any subsidiary or joint venture or requested by any such joint venture, (D) loans from one subsidiary to another subsidiary to the extent required by the ABS Facility Documents or (E) for an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 individually or $8,000,000 in the aggregate in any calendar year;

• fail to use reasonable efforts to maintain Anywhere’s material insurance policies (or substantially similar replacements thereto) consistent with the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

• enter into any transaction, agreement, arrangement or understanding or contract between Anywhere or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any director or executive officer of Anywhere or any Affiliate of Anywhere (other than Anywhere and its subsidiaries), any other affiliate of Anywhere or its subsidiaries (other than Anywhere and its subsidiaries), any beneficial owner of more than 5% of Anywhere’s outstanding voting securities, or a member of the immediately family of the foregoing persons, on the other hand, except as would not be required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K of the SEC;

• enter into any franchise agreement without providing the prospective franchisee such information concerning the Transactions, whether in an amended FDD or otherwise, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or pursuant to exemptions from the franchise disclosure obligations; provided further that (A) Anywhere use its reasonable best efforts to give Compass five (5) business days’ notice before providing any franchisee with such information and shall consider in good faith Compass’ comments on any such disclosures to prospective franchisees concerning the merger or transactions contemplated by the merger agreement; or

• agree, in writing or orally, to take any action described above.

In addition, Compass has agreed that, subject to the