Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 219

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 219
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 material breach of any provision of the merger agreement (it being agreed that in no event will any stockholder of Compass or Anywhere be entitled to enforce any of their rights, or any of the parties’ obligations, under the merger agreement directly in the event of any such breach, but rather that (x) Anywhere will have the sole and exclusive right to do so in its sole and absolute discretion, as agent for the Anywhere stockholders, and (y) Compass will have the sole and exclusive right to do so in its sole and absolute discretion, as agent for the Compass stockholders, and Anywhere or Compass, as applicable, may retain any amounts obtained in connection therewith); and

• for certain financing provisions provided in the merger agreement.

#### Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial

#### Governing Law
The merger agreement, and all claims or causes of action (whether in contract or tort) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to the merger agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of the merger agreement,

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are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.

#### Waiver of Jury Trial
The parties have agreed to waive all rights to trial by jury in any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to the merger agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby.

#### Enforcement
Compass, Anywhere and Merger Sub have agreed that prior to the termination of the merger agreement pursuant to the terms thereof, each party will be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, or any other appropriate form of specific performance or equitable relief, to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of the merger agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of the merger agreement. Compass, Anywhere and Merger Sub accordingly have agreed not to raise any objections to the availability of the equitable remedy of specific performance to prevent or restrain breaches or threatened breaches of, or to enforce compliance with, the covenants and obligations of such party under the merger agreement.

In the event that the Compass termination fee, Anywhere termination fee or regulatory termination fee becomes payable, and is paid by, Anywhere to Compass or Compass to Anywhere, as applicable, such termination fee will be the receiving party’s sole and exclusive remedy pursuant to the merger agreement. The parties also acknowledge that no termination fee will constitute a penalty but is in consideration for a disposition of the rights of the recipient under the merger agreement and represents