Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001398987-25-000042
Chunk: 46

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 46
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▪ Combined closed transaction volume increased 4% year-over-year with units down about 3% and price up 7%.

▪ Continued strength in luxury with Coldwell Banker Global Luxury, Corcoran, and Sotheby’s International Realty brands outperforming the market with closed transaction volume increasing nearly 10% year-over-year.

▪ Generated Free Cash Flow of $50 million in 2024 versus $67 million in 2023. Free Cash Flow was $70 million before a $20 million litigation settlement payment made in the second quarter.

▪ Recognized by Forbes as a World's Best Employer for the fourth consecutive year.

▪ Continued our consistent track record of 14 years as a World's Most Ethical Company.

* Effective December 31, 2024, the Company updated its definition of Operating EBITDA to include adjustments for non-cash stock-based compensation and certain legal matters that conform with similar adjustments and measures disclosed by industry competitors. See Annex A.

#### 2024 Say on Pay Vote and Board Outreach
At our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, our say-on-pay proposal received support from 53.3% of the votes cast—a dramatically lower level of support from the 87% support we received in 2023.

We take feedback from our investors, in any form, very seriously. In light of the low level of support from investors on our 2024 “say-on-pay” proposal, the key objective of our 2024 Investor Outreach was to listen to our stockholders and better understand their perspectives our executive compensation program .

Both the Independent Chairman of our Board and the Chair of the Compensation and Talent Management Committee participated in all 2024 Investor Outreach sessions, the seventh consecutive year that our directors have met with our investors. The 2024 Board Investor Outreach Program was comprised of both spring and fall/winter sessions.

| Time of Outreach      |     | Stockholders Contacted* (%) |     | Participating Stockholders* (%) |
| Spring 2024           |     | ~65%                        |     | ~30%                            |
| Fall 2024/Winter 2025 |     | ~60%                        |     | ~50%                            |

* Based on estimates at the time of outreach

In January 2025, we also met with representatives of two leading proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder