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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>City Office REIT, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Maryland</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">98-1141883</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>666 Burrard Street, Suite 3210 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2X8 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Equity Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plans) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Anthony Maretic </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief
Financial Officer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>City Office REIT, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>666 Burrard Street </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite
3210 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2X8 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Tel: (604) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">806-3366</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copy to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>James
V. Davidson, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>600 Travis Street </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite
4200 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston, Texas 77005 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (713) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">220-3649</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is filed by City
Office REIT, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) relating to 1,500,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) issuable under the Registrant&#146;s Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the
&#147;Plan&#148;), which Common Stock is in addition to the (i) 1,263,580 shares of Common Stock registered under the Plan on the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed by the Registrant on May&nbsp;5, 2014
(File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-195703)</FONT> (the &#147;2014 Registration Statement&#148;) and (ii) 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock registered under the Plan on August&nbsp;6, 2019 (File No.&nbsp;333-233043) (the &#147;2019
Registration Statement&#148;). On March&nbsp;16, 2022, the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) a definitive proxy statement that included a proposal to adopt an additional amendment to the Plan
(the &#147;Second Amendment&#148;) to, among other things, increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan by 1,500,000 shares. The proposal to adopt the Second Amendment was approved by the Registrant&#146;s
stockholders at its 2022 Annual Meeting on May&nbsp;4, 2022. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those
to which the 2014 Registration Statement and the 2019 Registration Statement related, and this Registration Statement is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> regarding the
Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the contents of the 2014 Registration Statement and the 2019 Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto or
filings incorporated therein, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Registration Statement, except as modified, supplemented or superseded by the information set forth below. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1593222/000119312523045574/d422951d10k.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;23, 2023, which contains the Registrant&#146;s audited financial statements for the latest fiscal year for which
statements have been filed; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The information specifically incorporated by reference into the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;
31, 2022 from the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1593222/000119312523070604/d433161ddef14a.htm">Schedule 14A</A>, filed with the Commission on
March&nbsp;15, 2023; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock set forth in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1593222/000119312520049035/d770111dex43.htm">Exhibit
 4.3</A> to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2019, as filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;26, 2020, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating such description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents that the Registrant files pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than any such documents or portions thereof that are furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of a Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> unless otherwise indicated therein,
including any exhibits included with such Items) on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </P>
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herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1593222/000119312518065516/d468679dex31.htm">Articles of Amendment and Restatement of City Office REIT, Inc., as amended and supplemented (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;
3.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> filed on March&nbsp;1, 2018). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1593222/000119312517082014/d335200dex31.htm">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of City Office REIT, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Current Report
 on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on March&nbsp;14, 2017). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1593222/000119312514055305/d653703dex41.htm">Certificate of Common Stock of City Office REIT, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement
 on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-11/A</FONT> filed on February&nbsp;18, 2014). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1593222/000119312514211622/d717370dex107.htm">Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> filed on May&nbsp;23, 2014). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1593222/000119312519138310/d743720dex101.htm">Amendment No.&nbsp;
1 to the City Office REIT, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on May&nbsp;6, 2019). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.6</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1593222/000119312522077226/d288226ddef14a.htm#tx288226_62">Amendment No.&nbsp;
2 to the City Office REIT, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on March&nbsp;16, 2022). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d291314dex51.htm">Opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d291314dex231.htm">Consent of KPMG LLP. </A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d291314dex51.htm">Consent of Ballard Spahr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="#sig">Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages to this Registration Statement). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>107*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d291314dexfilingfees.htm">Calculation of Filing Fee Table </A></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">*</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Filed herewith. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Vancouver, Canada, on
May&nbsp;5, 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ James Farrar</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">James Farrar</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors and officers of the Registrant, which is filing a Registration Statement on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549 under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 hereby constitute and appoint James Farrar and Anthony Maretic, and each of them,
any of whom may act without joinder of the other, the individual&#146;s true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for the person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement and any or all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and does hereby grant unto said
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about
the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents
or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 5th day of May, 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ James Farrar</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">James Farrar</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Anthony Maretic</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Anthony Maretic</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ John Sweet</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">John Sweet</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Mark Murski</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Mark Murski</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ John McLernon</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">John McLernon</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Sabah Mirza</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Sabah Mirza</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Michael Mazan</TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
City Office REIT, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
98-1141883
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
666 Burrard Street, Suite 3210
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2X8
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
Anthony Maretic
Chief
Financial Officer
City Office REIT, Inc.
666 Burrard Street
Suite
3210
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2X8
Tel: (604)
806-3366
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
James
V. Davidson, Esq.
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
600 Travis Street
Suite
4200
Houston, Texas 77005
Telephone: (713)
220-3649
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☒
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form
S-8
(the "Registration Statement") is filed by City
Office REIT, Inc. (the "Registrant") relating to 1,500,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock") issuable under the Registrant's Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the
"Plan"), which Common Stock is in addition to the (i) 1,263,580 shares of Common Stock registered under the Plan on the Registration Statement on Form
S-8
filed by the Registrant on May 5, 2014
(File
No. 333-195703)
(the "2014 Registration Statement") and (ii) 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock registered under the Plan on August 6, 2019 (File No. 333-233043) (the "2019
Registration Statement"). On March 16, 2022, the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a definitive proxy statement that included a proposal to adopt an additional amendment to the Plan
(the "Second Amendment") to, among other things, increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan by 1,500,000 shares. The proposal to adopt the Second Amendment was approved by the Registrant's
stockholders at its 2022 Annual Meeting on May 4, 2022.
This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those
to which the 2014 Registration Statement and the 2019 Registration Statement related, and this Registration Statement is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form
S-8
regarding the
Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form
S-8,
the contents of the 2014 Registration Statement and the 2019 Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto or
filings incorporated therein, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Registration Statement, except as modified, supplemented or superseded by the information set forth below.
PART II
Item 3.
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on February 23, 2023, which contains the Registrant's audited financial statements for the latest fiscal year for which
statements have been filed;
(b)
The information specifically incorporated by reference into the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 
31, 2022 from the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A
, filed with the Commission on
March 15, 2023; and
(c)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock set forth in
Exhibit
 4.3
to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, as filed with the Commission on February 26, 2020, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents that the Registrant files pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than any such documents or portions thereof that are furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of a Current Report on Form
8-K,
unless otherwise indicated therein,
including any exhibits included with such Items) on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
1
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Name
4.1
Articles of Amendment and Restatement of City Office REIT, Inc., as amended and supplemented (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 
3.1 of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K
filed on March 1, 2018).
4.2
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of City Office REIT, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Current Report
 on Form
8-K
filed on March 14, 2017).
4.3
Certificate of Common Stock of City Office REIT, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement
 on Form
S-11/A
filed on February 18, 2014).
4.4
Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q
filed on May 23, 2014).
4.5
Amendment No. 
1 to the City Office REIT, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K
filed on May 6, 2019).
4.6
Amendment No. 
2 to the City Office REIT, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on March 16, 2022).
5.1*
Opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP.
23.1*
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2*
Consent of Ballard Spahr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages to this Registration Statement).
107*
Calculation of Filing Fee Table
*
Filed herewith.
2
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Vancouver, Canada, on
May 5, 2023.
CITY OFFICE REIT, INC.
By:
/s/ James Farrar
Name:
James Farrar
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and Director
3
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors and officers of the Registrant, which is filing a Registration Statement on
Form
S-8
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549 under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 hereby constitute and appoint James Farrar and Anthony Maretic, and each of them,
any of whom may act without joinder of the other, the individual's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for the person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement and any or all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and does hereby grant unto said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about
the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents
or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 5th day of May, 2023.
Signature
Title
/s/ James Farrar
Chief Executive Officer and Director
James Farrar
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Anthony Maretic
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
Anthony Maretic
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ John Sweet
Director
John Sweet
/s/ Mark Murski
Director
Mark Murski
/s/ John McLernon
Director
John McLernon
/s/ Sabah Mirza
Director
Sabah Mirza
/s/ Michael Mazan
Director
Michael Mazan
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