Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 409

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 409
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 the Company or its Subsidiaries, to avoid the entry of or effect the dissolution of any Law preliminarily or permanently restraining, enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the Merger, or to ensure the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the HSR Act as promptly as reasonably practicable. In the event that any action is threatened or instituted challenging the Transactions or which would otherwise prohibit, materially delay or materially impair the Closing, Parent and Company shall, each at their own expense, use reasonable best efforts to (a) defend any such litigation, action or proceeding (including by appeal if necessary) and (b) seek to have vacated lifted, reversed or overturned as promptly as practicable any Law or order entered by a Governmental Entity described in this sentence, in each case so as bring about the Closing as promptly as practicable and in any event no later than the End Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Parent shall consult with the Company in good faith in connection with obtaining the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act and effecting the consummation of the Transactions, provided that Parent shall have the right to direct, devise, implement and control (AA) the strategy, decisions, and communications with Governmental Entities for obtaining expiration or termination of any applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act, and defending any such litigation, action or proceeding (including by appeal if necessary), with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (BB) responses to any requests of, inquiry from, or investigation by, an Antitrust Authority (including directing the timing, nature and substance of all such responses) with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (CC) any Divestiture Actions or Behavioral Remedies required by this Section 6.9(d) . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for the purposes of this Section 6.9(d) , the Company and its Subsidiaries shall comply with the Company Actions prescribed in Schedule 6.9(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter.

(e) Except as specifically required by this Agreement, neither Party shall, and shall cause its respective Affiliates not to, acquire or agree to acquire any other Person or business or any assets or properties of any other Person if such acquisition would reasonably be expected to (x) materially impede, prevent or materially delay the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the HSR Act or the Closing or materially increase the risk of not obtaining any consent, approval