Company: ANY
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-015485
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Company: Sphere 3D Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: PRE 14A
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 of interest or any other situation that could represent a potential violation of any applicable rules and regulations. When applicable, the Board will receive reports from management regarding any allegations of unethical conduct. The Company has implemented a Whistleblower Policy that includes an employee complaint “hotline” to allow employees to report any ethical or financial/accounting concerns on a confidential or anonymous basis.

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The Nominating and Governance Committee regularly reviews the Code, the process for administering the Code and compliance with the Code. Any changes to the Code are considered by the Board for approval. If any substantive amendments are made to the Code or any waivers are granted for a provision of the Code applying to our principal executive officer or our principal financial or accounting officer, the nature of such amendment or waiver will be disclosed on the Company’s website or in a current report on Form 8-K. The Code can be found on the Company’s website at http://investors.sphere3d.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and is filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, which can be found at www.sec.gov.

#### Nomination of Directors and Officers
During fiscal year 2024, the Board as a whole was responsible for identifying and evaluating qualified candidates for nomination to the Board. The Company recognizes the importance and benefit of having a Board and executive officers comprised of highly talented and experienced individuals who reflect the diversity of the Company’s stakeholders, including its customers and employees and the changing demographics of the communities in which the Company operates.

While the Board has not adopted a formal written policy, the Board and the Nominating and Governance Committee will, when identifying candidates to nominate for election to the Board or appoint as executive officers:

(i) consider the competency and skills that the Board considers necessary for the Board, as a whole, to possess, the competency and skills that the Board considers each existing director to possess, the competency and skills that each new nominee will bring to the Board, and the ability of each new nominee to devote sufficient time and resources to his or her duties as a director;

(ii) consider individuals who are highly qualified, based on their talents, experience, functional expertise and personal skills, character and qualities having regarding to the Company’s current and future plans and objectives, as well as anticipated regulatory and market developments;

(iii) consider the level of representation of women on the Board and in executive officer positions along with other markers of diversity when making recommendations for nominees to the Board or