Company: CIO
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-052437
Chunk: 75

Company: City Office REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 75
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 hold nonbinding advisory votes on executive compensation every “one year” until the Company is next required, or the Board deems it appropriate, to submit to the Company’s stockholders a proposal to approve, by a nonbinding advisory vote, the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. The “say-on-pay”advisory vote provides you, as a stockholder, with the ability to cast a vote with respect to our 2024 executive compensation programs and policies and the compensation paid to the NEOs as disclosed in this Proxy Statement through the following resolution: “RESOLVED, that the stockholders approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers, as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section and in the compensation tables and accompanying narrative disclosure in this Proxy Statement.” As discussed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section, the compensation paid to our NEOs reflects the following goals of our compensation program:

| • |     | To provide overall compensation that is designed to attract and retain talented executives; |

| • |     | To create and maintain a performance-focused culture, by rewarding company and individual performance based upon objective, pre-determined metrics; and |

| • |     | To align the interest of our executives and stockholders by motivating executives to achieve key corporate goals and objectives that should enhance stockholder value. |

Although the vote is non-binding,the Compensation Committee will review the voting results. To the extent there is any significant negative vote, we will consult directly with stockholders to better understand the concerns that influenced the vote. The Compensation Committee will consider the constructive feedback obtained through this process in making decisions about future compensation arrangements for our NEOs. As required by the Dodd-Frank Act, this vote does not overrule any decisions by our Board of Directors, and will not create or imply any change to or any additional fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “ FOR ” THE APPROVAL, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION. 50

<div align='center'>**PROPOSAL NO. 4. TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO OUR EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF OUR COMMON STOCK AVAILABLE FOR AWARDS MADE THEREUNDER AND CERTAIN OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES**</div>

### Background to the Proposal
Our Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the “EIP”) was