Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-09-24
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-215514
Chunk: 4

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-24
Form: 425
Chunk 4
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 a termination fee; the diversion of management time on transaction-related issues; risks related to disruption from the proposed transaction,
including disruption of management time from current plans and ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction and integration matters; the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on
Compass’s and Anywhere’s ability to retain agents and personnel or that there could be potential adverse

reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the announcement or completion of the proposed transaction; unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from the proposed
transaction; potential litigation relating to the proposed transaction that could be instituted against the parties to the merger agreement or their respective directors, managers or officers, including the effects of any outcomes related thereto;
the ability of the combined company to achieve the synergies and other anticipated benefits expected from the proposed transaction or such synergies and other anticipated benefits taking longer to realize than anticipated; the ability of the
combined company to achieve the expected leverage or such leverage taking longer to realize than anticipated; Compass’s ability to integrate Anywhere promptly and effectively; anticipated tax treatment, unforeseen liabilities, future capital
expenditures, economic performance, future prospects and business and management strategies for the management, expansion and growth of the combined company’s operations; certain restrictions during the pendency of the proposed transaction
that may impact Anywhere’s or Compass’s ability to pursue certain business opportunities or strategic transactions or otherwise operate their respective businesses; and other risk factors detailed from time to time in Anywhere’s
and Compass’s reports filed with the SEC, including Anywhere’s and Compass’s annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current
reports on Form 8-K and other documents filed with the SEC, including documents that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction.

These risks, as well as other risks associated with the proposed transaction, will be more fully discussed in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus that will
be included in the Registration Statement that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction. While the list of factors presented here is, and the list of factors to be presented in the Registration Statement will be,
considered representative, no such list should be considered to be a complete statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. Unlisted factors may present significant additional obstacles to the realization of forward-looking statements. You
should not place undue reliance on any of these forward-looking statements as they are not guarantees of future performance or outcomes; actual performance and outcomes