Company: CIO
Filing Date: 2025-09-08
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001193125-25-198418
Chunk: 138

Company: City Office REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-08
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 138
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 to any comments received from the SEC on this proxy statement;                                 |

| • |     | giving Parent and its representatives reasonable access during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance 
 written notice to our and our subsidiaries’ properties and other facilities, personnel and books and records;    |

| • |     | confidentiality; |

| • |     | actions necessary to eliminate or minimize the effects any applicable anti-takeover statutes on the Merger 
 Agreement , the Merger and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.;                         |

| • |     | provide notice of any communication received from any governmental entity in connection with the Merger or the 
 transactions contemplated thereby;                                                                             |

| • |     | the indemnification of our and our subsidiaries’ directors and officers; |

| • |     | the interim operations of Merger Sub; |

| • |     | providing notice to Parent, and giving Parent the opportunity to participate in, any legal proceeding relating to 
 the Merger Agreement, the Merger or the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement;                        |

| • |     | the delisting of our Common Stock and Preferred Stock from the NYSE and the deregistration of our Common Stock 
 and Preferred Stock under the Exchange Act;                                                                    |

| • |     | the consultation regarding any press releases or other public statements with respect to the Merger Agreement or 
 the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement;                                                           |

| • |     | certain accrued dividends; |

| • |     | obtain required consents in connection with certain loan documents; |

| • |     | actions necessary to effect the redemption of our preferred stock; |

| • |     | certain tax matters; |

| • |     | make certain amendments to the Phoenix PSA without the prior written consent of Parent; |

| • |     | certain employee benefit matters; and |

| • |     | certain matters related to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 16b-3 thereunder; |

Conditions to the Merger The respective obligations of each party to the Merger Agreement to consummate the merger are subject to the satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by law, written waiver by all parties to the Merger Agreement) at or prior to the closing of each of the following conditions:

| • |     | the required Company Stockholder Approval has been obtained; and |

| • |     | no governmental authority of competent jurisdiction has enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any                                                                                                            
 applicable law or governmental order after