Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001628280-25-054793
Chunk: 411

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-02
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 411
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 any long-term incentive opportunities may be provided in the form of cash or equity-based opportunities, in Parent’s discretion, and, if long-term incentive compensation opportunities have not been determined for such year as of the Closing Date, taking into account the long-term incentive compensation opportunities for the preceding year), and (v) employee benefits (excluding any equity or equity-based, nonqualified deferred compensation, severance, retention, incentive, bonus, change in control, transaction, defined benefit pension, stock purchase plans and post-employment welfare benefits) that are substantially comparable in the aggregate to those (subject to the same exclusions) provided to such Continuing Employee immediately prior to the Effective Time.

(b) From and after the Effective Time, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to credit the Continuing Employees for purposes of vesting (with respect to retirement features included in future equity or equity-based awards, to the extent provided to similarly situated employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries) and eligibility to participate and, solely for vacation and paid time off policies, and severance plans and policies, determining levels of benefits under the Parent Plans (other than to the extent it would result in a duplication of compensation or benefits) in which the Continuing Employees participate after the Effective Time, for such Continuing Employees’ service with the Company and its Subsidiaries, to the same extent and for the same purposes that such service was taken into account under a corresponding Company Plan immediately prior to the Effective Time.

(c) From and after the Effective Time, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to take reasonable best efforts to (i) cause each Continuing Employee to be immediately eligible to participate, without any waiting time, in any and all Parent Plans to the extent coverage under such Parent Plan replaces coverage under the comparable Company Plan in which such Continuing Employee participated immediately prior to the Effective Time, (ii) waive any limitation on health and welfare coverage of any Continuing

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Employee and his or her eligible dependents due to pre-existing conditions and/or waiting periods, active employment requirements and requirements to show evidence of good health under the applicable health and welfare Parent Plan to the extent such Continuing Employee and his or her eligible dependents are covered under a Company Plan immediately prior to the Effective Time, and such conditions, periods or requirements were satisfied or waived under such Company Plan and (iii) give each Continuing Employee credit for the plan