Company: CIO
Filing Date: 2025-09-08
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-198418
Chunk: 31

Company: City Office REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-08
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 31
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ger that could affect our financial performance;                                                              |

| • |     | certain restrictions during the pendency of the Merger that may impact our ability to pursue certain business 
 opportunities or strategic transactions;                                                                      |

| • |     | unpredictability and severity of catastrophic events, including but not limited to acts of terrorism, outbreaks        
 of war or hostilities or the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as management’s response to any of the aforementioned factors; |

| • |     | the possibility that the Merger may be more expensive to complete than anticipated, including as a result of 
 unexpected factors or events;                                                                                |

| • |     | the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Merger, 
 including in circumstances requiring the Company to pay a termination fee;                                       |

| • |     | our ability to maintain our status as a REIT through the Effective Time; |

| • |     | our exclusive remedy against the counterparties to the Merger Agreement with respect to any breach of the Merger                                          
 Agreement being to seek payment by Parent of the Parent Termination Fee in the amount of $35 million, which may not be adequate to cover our damages; and |

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There can be no assurance that the Merger will be completed, or if it is completed, that it will close
within the anticipated time period. The factors set forth above should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other forward-looking statements. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could impact
our future results, performance or consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, see the sections entitled “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K, as such risk factors may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time by other reports filed by the Company with the SEC from time to time, which are available via the
SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The forward-looking statements relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. The Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement except
as required by law, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. If one or more of these or other risks or uncertainties materialize, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, our actual results may vary
materially from what we may have expressed or implied by these forward-looking