Company: CIO
Filing Date: 2025-07-24
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-163769
Chunk: 214

Company: City Office REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-24
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 214
---
 on Human Relations or the National Labor Relations Board. In addition, either party may, at its option, seek injunctive or equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction,
including, but not limited to, with respect to the covenants set forth in Section 15 of this Agreement.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED OTHERWISE
BY LAW AND HEREIN, THE EXECUTIVE AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS MUST BE BROUGHT IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR PARTICIPATING CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, OR CONSOLIDATED PROCEEDING OR IN ANY REPRESENTATIVE
ACTION, AND THE EXECUTIVE EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT THE EXECUTIVE HAD OR MAY HAVE HAD TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE BROUGHT, HEARD, OR ARBITRATED AS A CLASS ACTION, COLLECTIVE ACTION AND/OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. THE ARBITRATOR HAS NO AUTHORITY TO ADJUDICATE
CLASS, COLLECTIVE, OR CONSOLIDATED PROCEEDINGS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTIONS, OTHER THAN TO ENFORCE THIS PROVISION. THIS CLASS ACTION WAIVER SHALL BE INTERPRETED CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAW (AND STATE LAW TO THE EXTENT IT IS NOT PREEMPTED BY
FEDERAL LAW).

Either the Company or the Executive may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel arbitration under
this Section 18 and to enforce an arbitration award. All arbitration hearings under this Section 18 shall be conducted in Miami, Florida, unless otherwise required by applicable law. Because the Company engages in transactions involving
interstate commerce and the Executive’s employment involves such transactions, this agreement to arbitrate shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act to the extent allowed by law. In ruling on procedural and substantive issues raised in
the arbitration itself, the Arbitrator shall in all cases apply the substantive law of Florida unless otherwise required by applicable law.

The Company shall pay the costs of the arbitrator, forum, and filing fees, except that the Executive will be required to pay an amount equivalent to the filing fees the Executive would have incurred if filing in court for any claim initiated by the Executive. Each party shall pay its own costs and attorneys’ fees, unless a party prevails on a statutory or contract claim, and the statute or contract provides that the prevailing party is entitled to payment of its attorneys’ fees, or if there is a written agreement providing for attorneys’ fees and costs to