Company: CIO
Filing Date: 2025-07-24
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001193125-25-163769
Chunk: 80

Company: City Office REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-24
Form: DEFA14A
Chunk 80
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, 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

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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 any Governmental Entity in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby, or (c) any Action commenced or, to such Party’s knowledge, threatened against, relating to or involving or otherwise affecting such Party or any of its Subsidiaries which relate to the transactions
contemplated hereby; , , that no such notification shall affect any of the representations, warranties, covenants, rights or remedies, or the conditions to the obligations of, the Parties hereunder.

Section 5.8 .

(a) From and after the Merger