Exhibit 99.6
COLE OFFICE & INDUSTRIAL REIT (CCIT II), INC. C/O BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS P.O. BOX 1337 BRENTWOOD, NY 11717-4627 VOTE BY INTERNET Before The Meeting - Go to www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode above Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. During The Meeting - Go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CCITII2021SM You may attend the meeting via the Internet and vote during the meeting. Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow available and follow the instructions. VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS: D28195-Z78813 KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY COLE OFFICE & INDUSTRIAL REIT (CCIT II), INC. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL 1, PROPOSAL 2, AND PROPOSAL 3. IF NO SPECIFICATIONS ARE MADE, For Against Abstain SUCH PROXY WILL BE VOTED “FOR” ALL PROPOSALS LISTED. 1. To approve the merger of Cole Office & Industrial REIT (CCIT II), Inc. (“CCIT II”), with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffin Capital Essential Asset ! ! ! REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“GCEAR”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 29, 2020 (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among CCIT II, GCEAR and certain other entities party thereto, which proposal we refer to as the “REIT Merger Proposal.” 2. To approve the amendment of the charter of CCIT II to remove the provisions related to “Roll-Up Transactions,” which proposal we refer to as the ! ! ! “CCIT II Charter Amendment Proposal.” 3. To approve any adjournments of the CCIT II Special Meeting for the purposes of soliciting additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the meeting ! ! ! to approve the REIT Merger Proposal or the CCIT II Charter Amendment Proposal, if necessary or appropriate, as determined by the chair of the CCIT II Special Meeting. Please sign exactly as your name appears on this proxy card. When shares of common stock are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by president or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by general partner or other authorized person. Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date
