Company: CIO
Filing Date: 2025-08-22
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-186443
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Company: City Office REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-22
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 31
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 business, including current plans and operations, 
 including during the pendency of the Merger;                                                              |

| • |     | our ability to retain and hire key personnel; |

| • |     | potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the announcement or completion of 
 the Merger;                                                                                                       |

| • |     | legislative, regulatory and economic developments; |

| • |     | potential business uncertainty, including changes to existing business relationships, during the pendency of the 
 Merger 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