Company: CIO
Filing Date: 2025-08-22
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-186443
Chunk: 217

Company: City Office REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-22
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 217
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 to participate in any meeting with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filing,
investigation or other inquiry in connection therewith.

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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall
Parent or any of its Affiliates be required to (i) agree or proffer to divest or hold separate (in a trust or otherwise), or take any other action with respect to, any of the assets or businesses of Parent or any of its Affiliates or, assuming
the consummation of the Merger, the Surviving Company or any of its Affiliates, (ii) agree or proffer to limit in any manner whatsoever or not to exercise any rights of ownership of any securities (including the Company Common Shares),
(iii) enter into any agreement that in any way limits the ownership or operation of any business of Parent, the Company, the Surviving Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, (iv) agree to obtain prior approval or other approval
from a Governmental Entity, or submit a notification or otherwise notify the Governmental Entity, prior to consummating any future transaction (other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) or (v) defend against the entry of any
decree, order, or judgment that would restrain, prevent or delay consummation of the Agreement, including defending any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement.

Section 5.6 . The Company and the Company Board shall (a) take no action to cause any Takeover Law to become
applicable to this Agreement, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby and (b) if any Takeover Law is or becomes applicable to this Agreement, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby, take all
action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the effect of such Takeover Law with
respect to this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 5.7 . The Company and Parent shall promptly notify each other of (a) any notice or other communication received by such Party from any Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby or
from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) any other notice or communication from