Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 203

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 203
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 and disbursements) as incurred by such indemnified person in connection with and prior to the final disposition of such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation in each case to the extent Anywhere is required to do so and on the same terms as provided in the organizational documents of Anywhere and its subsidiaries in effect on the date of the merger agreement. Any indemnified person wishing to claim indemnification or advancement of expenses, upon learning of any such proceeding, shall notify the surviving corporation (but the failure so to notify shall not relieve the surviving corporation from any obligations that it may have except to the extent such failure materially prejudices such party’s position with respect to such claims).

Under the terms of the merger agreement, Compass has agreed to:

• for a period of six years after the effective time of the merger:

• cause the surviving corporation to maintain in effect provisions in the organizational documents of the surviving corporation and its subsidiaries (or in such documents of any successor to the business thereof) regarding elimination of liability of directors and officers, indemnification of officers, directors, employees, fiduciaries and agents and advancement of fees, costs and expenses that are no less advantageous to the intended beneficiaries than the corresponding provisions in existence on the date of the merger agreement;

• guarantee and stand surety for, and cause the surviving corporation and its subsidiaries to honor and comply with their respective obligations under any indemnification agreement with any indemnified

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person disclosed by Anywhere, and not amend, repeal or otherwise modify any such agreement in any manner that would materially and adversely affect any right of any indemnified person thereunder; and

• guarantee and stand surety for and cause the surviving corporation to honor its indemnifications obligations under the merger agreement.

Prior to the effective time, Anywhere will or, if Anywhere is unable to, Compass will cause the surviving corporation, as of the effective time, obtain and fully pay the premium for the non-cancellable extension of the directors’ and officers’ liability coverage of Anywhere’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies and Anywhere’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies (collectively, “D&O insurance”), which D&O insurance will (i) be for a claims reporting or discovery period of at least six years from and after the effective time with respect to any claim related to any period of time at or prior to the effective time, (ii) be from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as Anywhere’s current insurance carrier with respect