Company: CIO
Filing Date: 2025-09-08
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-198418
Chunk: 137

Company: City Office REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-08
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 137
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) fees, original issue discounts or pricing relative to the current pricing or fee terms. We have agreed to use our reasonable best efforts to, and cause our representatives to use their reasonable best
efforts to, provide such cooperation as is reasonably requested by Parent in writing in connection with the Debt Financing and is customarily provided for issuers in financings of the type contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter.

Pre-ClosingTransactions

We will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide cooperation to Parent regarding modifications to the structure of the transactions contemplated by the
Merger Agreement that Parent reasonably requests, including such modifications that are intended to mitigate, reduce, or eliminate any transfer tax or other tax that may be borne by any us, our subsidiaries, Parent, Merger Sub, the Surviving Entity
or any affiliate thereof, or any direct or indirect owner of Parent;provided, that (1) any such changes do not have an adverse effect on us or our stockholders, including any adverse effect on the time by which the Merger may be
consummated, (2) neither us nor any of our subsidiaries will be required to take any action in contravention of any organizational document, material contract or applicable law, (3) any such modifications or other obligations of us or our
subsidiaries to incur any liabilities with respect thereto (other than customary and reasonable joinder agreements), will be contingent upon all of the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement having been satisfied or waived and receipt by us of
a written notice from Parent to such effect and that Parent and Merger Sub are prepared to proceed immediately with the closing and any other evidence reasonably requested by us that the closing will occur, (4) such modifications (or the
inability to complete such modifications) will not affect or modify in any respect the obligations of Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement, including the amount of or timing of payment of the Common Stock Merger Consideration, and
(5) neither us nor any of our subsidiaries will be required to take any such action that could adversely affect our classification as a REIT, or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the intended tax treatment of the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

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Certain Other Covenants The Merger Agreement contains certain other covenants of the parties to the Merger Agreement relating to, among other things:

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