Company: CIO
Filing Date: 2025-09-08
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-198418
Chunk: 269

Company: City Office REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-08
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 269
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 Agreement and any claims or causes of action arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the
negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) shall be governed by, and interpreted, construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal
Laws of the State of Maryland, except as otherwise set forth in Section 8.8(c) regarding the Financing Source Parties, including its statutes of limitations, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of Laws rules or provisions (whether
of the State of Maryland or any other jurisdiction) that would result in the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland.

Section 8.8 .

(a) Each of the Parties irrevocably agrees that any Action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement brought by any Party or
its Affiliates against any other Party or its Affiliates shall be brought and determined in any Maryland state or federal court. Each of the Parties hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts for itself and with respect
to its property, generally and unconditionally, with regard to any such Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the Parties agrees not to commence any action, suit or proceeding relating
thereto except in the courts described above in Maryland, other than actions in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce any judgment, decree or award rendered by any such court in Maryland as described herein. Each of the Parties further
agrees that notice as provided herein shall constitute sufficient service of process and the Parties further waive any argument that such service is insufficient. Each of the Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to
assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, (a) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the
courts in Maryland as described herein for any reason, (b) that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior
to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (c) that (i) the Action in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the venue of such Action is