Company: CIO
Filing Date: 2025-09-08
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-198418
Chunk: 108

Company: City Office REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-08
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 108
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, a copy of which is attached to this proxy statement as Annex A and which we incorporate by reference into this proxy statement. We recommend that you read the Merger Agreement attached to this proxy statement as Annex A carefully and in its entirety, as the rights and obligations of the parties are governed by the express terms of the Merger Agreement and not by this summary or any other information contained in this proxy statement.

The Merger Agreement contains representations and warranties made by, and to, us, Parent and Merger Sub. These representations and warranties, which are set forth in the copy of the Merger Agreement attached to this proxy statement as Annex A, were made for the purposes of negotiating and entering into the Merger Agreement between the parties, or may have been used for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties instead of establishing such matters as facts. In addition, these representations and warranties may be subject to important qualifications and limitations agreed by the parties in connection with negotiating the terms of the Merger Agreement, were made as of specified dates, and may be subject to standards of materiality different from what may be viewed as material to our stockholders. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties, which do not purport to be accurate as of the date of this proxy statement, may have changed since the date of the Merger Agreement and subsequent developments or new information qualifying a representation or warranty may have been included in this proxy statement. You should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or conditions of us or our affiliates.

The Merger

On the closing date,
the Company will be merged with and into Merger Sub and the separate existence of the Company will cease. Merger Sub will continue as the Surviving Entity in the Merger, as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. At the Effective Time, the Surviving
Entity will possess all of the properties, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub and all of the obligations, liabilities and duties of the Company and Merger Sub will become the obligations, liabilities and duties
of the Surviving Entity. Following the completion of the Merger, our Common Stock and Preferred Stock will no longer be traded on the NYSE and will be deregistered under the Exchange Act.

Effective Time; Closing Date

On
the closing date, we, Parent and Merger Sub will cause the Merger to be consummated by causing to be filed with, and accepted