Company: CIO
Filing Date: 2025-09-08
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-198418
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Company: City Office REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-08
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 5
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 this proxy statement in its entirety, including the annexes and the other documents to which we have referred you, including the Merger Agreement attached as Annex A. Each item in this summary includes a page reference directing you to a more complete description of that item. This proxy statement is first being mailed to our stockholders on or about September 8, 2025. The Parties to the Merger (page 23) City Office REIT City Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company,” “City Office,” “CIO,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is an internally-managed real estate company organized in the state of Maryland on November 26, 2013, focused on owning, operating and acquiring office properties located predominantly in Sun Belt markets. The Company currently owns or has a controlling interest in 4.2 million square feet of office properties. The Company has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Company’s common stock, par value, $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), and the Company’s preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and trade under the symbols “CIO” and “CIO.PrA”, respectively. MCME Carell Holdings, LP MCME Carell Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Parent”), was formed solely for the purpose of acquiring the Company and has not carried on any activities to date, except for activities incidental to its formation and activities undertaken in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (as defined below). Parent is an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Elliott”) and Morning Calm Management, LLC. MCME Carell Merger Sub, LLC MCME Carell Merger Sub, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), was formed solely for purposes of facilitating Parent’s acquisition of the Company and has not carried on any activities to date, except for activities incidental to its formation and activities undertaken in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, on the closing date, the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub and Merger Sub will continue as the surviving entity (the “Surviving Entity”). The Special Meeting (page 24) The Special Meeting of