Company: HOUS
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001398987-25-000042
Chunk: 51

Company: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 51
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, expectations with respect to future performance and future leadership potential, internal pay equity, relative positioning to the peer group and other market comparables, and the period of time since the last increase in total target compensation.

The CEO annually reviews the performance of, and makes recommendations regarding, each of our NEOs (other than himself). The CEO’s performance is annually reviewed by the Committee with input from the Board. The conclusions reached and recommendations based upon these reviews, including with respect to base salary

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adjustment and annual and long-term incentive compensation targets and actual payout amounts, are presented to the Committee, which has the discretion to modify any recommended adjustments or awards to our executives.

The Committee, comprised entirely of independent directors, reviews management's recommendations, taking into account any relevant guidance from their independent compensation consultant, and approves the form, timing, and amount of compensation for all of our executive officers, including those who are NEOs.

#### Compensation Consultants
The Committee continued their engagement of Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC (Meridian) as independent compensation consultants in 2024. Meridian provided the Committee with analyses and advice on executive and director compensation matters, including:

▪ Competitive market pay analyses utilizing peer group and survey data

▪ Short- and long-term incentive program designs

▪ Recommendations with respect to the compensation peer group

Meridian also reviews compensation materials presented by management to the Committee, participates in one or more pre-meeting calls with the Committee Chair and attends all regularly scheduled meetings of the Committee. In 2024, the Committee’s independent compensation consultant solely provided services related to executive or director compensation, and the Committee assessed and confirmed Meridian’s independence.

#### Peer Group
In setting target compensation, the Committee annually reviews a detailed and comprehensive analysis of compensation data designed to educate the Committee on current compensation ranges by executive position together with plan design and component weighting information. Specifically, the Committee utilizes our peer group data for all of our NEOs. Peer group and survey data are used as a reference point in making compensation decisions, but the Committee does not target a particular