---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-008327"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001398987"
company_name: "Anywhere Real Estate Inc."
filed_at: "2026-01-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:02:41.705574+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Anywhere Real Estate acquired by Compas; shareholders receive 1.436 Compass shares per HOUS share

## Summary
- Merger completed Jan 9, 2026; each HOUS share converted into 1.436 Compass (COMP) shares.
- Anywhere common stock delisted from NYSE; company becomes wholly owned subsidiary of Compass.
- All 12 board members resigned; new directors from Merger Sub appointed.
- Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws replaced with Eighth versions.
- Outstanding equity awards (RSUs, DSUs, PSUs, options, cash awards) converted into Compass equity or cash.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-008327
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001398987
- company_name: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-01-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1398987/000119312526008327/0001193125-26-008327-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1398987/000119312526008327/d33443d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-008327.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 99bfaf41a0cbed30e22e575b05e04a2c2dccd68b
  claim: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.: Amended and restated the Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as the Eighth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in connection with the Merger.
  evidence_excerpt: Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the Company’s Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, was amended and restated in its entirety as the Eighth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “ Charter ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1398987/000119312526008327/0001193125-26-008327-index.htm
- claim_id: 9a46b6c27def3d1ef836c8d62345fdfbc686342f
  claim: Anywhere Real Estate Inc.: Amended and restated the Seventh Amended and Restated Bylaws as the Eighth Amended and Restated Bylaws in connection with the Merger.
  evidence_excerpt: Additionally, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the Company’s Seventh Amended and Restated Bylaws, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, were amended and restated in its entirety as the Eighth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “ Bylaws ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1398987/000119312526008327/0001193125-26-008327-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.