Company: CIO
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-052437
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Company: City Office REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 7
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 approved if the votes case in favor of the proposal exceed the votes cast opposing the proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes, if any, are not treated as votes cast and thus will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on this proposal, although they will be considered present for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

None of the proposals, if approved, entitle stockholders to appraisal rights under Maryland law or our amended and restated articles of incorporation (the “Charter”). 4

What are the Board of Directors’ recommendations on how I should vote my shares? The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that you vote:

| Proposal 1 — |     | For all of the Board of Directors’ six nominees for election as director.                                                                                                                                 |
| Proposal 2 — |     | For the proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accountants for 2025.                                                                                         |
| Proposal 3 — |     | For the proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Named Executive Officers for 2024 as disclosed in this Proxy Statement.                                                        |
| Proposal 4 — |     | For the proposal to approve an amendment to our Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of our common stock available for awards made thereunder and certain other administrative changes. |

What if I authorize a proxy without specifying a choice on any given matter at the Annual Meeting? If you are a stockholder of record as of the Record Date and you properly authorize a proxy (whether online, by telephone or by mail) without specifying a choice on any given matter to be considered at the Annual Meeting, the proxy holders will vote your shares according to the Board of Directors’ recommendation on that matter. If you are a stockholder of record as of the Record Date and you fail to authorize a proxy or vote in person at the Annual Meeting, assuming that a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting, it will have no effect on the result of the vote on any of the matters to be considered at the Annual Meeting. What if I hold my shares through a broker, bank or other nominee? If you hold your shares through a broker, bank or other nominee, under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), your broker or other nominee may not vote with respect to certain proposals unless you have provided voting instructions with respect to that proposal. How are