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
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 the transaction, the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”), with Merger Sub surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. If the Merger is completed, each issued and outstanding share of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), other than certain excluded shares owned, directly or indirectly, by Parent, Merger Sub or any subsidiary of the Company, will be converted automatically into the right to receive $7.00 per share in cash, without interest, and subject to deduction for any required withholding tax. The Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) has unanimously approved and declared advisable the Merger Agreement and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated thereby, and determined the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, on the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement to be advisable and in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders. The Board recommends that you vote “FOR” the Merger Proposal and “FOR” each of the other proposals to be voted on at the Special Meeting.The Merger Proposal must be approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of our Common Stock entitled to vote on the Merger Proposal at the Special Meeting. All stockholders of record of our Common Stock at the close of business on September 5, 2025, are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Special Meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof.The notice of special meeting and proxy statement accompanying this letter provide you with more specific information concerning the Special Meeting, the Merger, the Merger Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. We encourage you to read carefully the enclosed proxy statement, including the annexes. You may also obtain more information about the Company from us or from documents we have filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Your vote is very important regardless of the number of shares that you own. Whether or not you plan to attend the Special Meeting, we request that you authorize your proxy by either completing and returning the enclosed proxy card as promptly as possible or authorizing your proxy or voting instructions by telephone or through the Internet. The enclosed proxy card contains instructions regarding voting. If you attend the Special Meeting, you may continue to have your shares voted as instructed in the proxy, or you may withdraw your proxy and vote your shares at the Special Meeting. If you fail to authorize