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 auditors;

(iii) the approval of the Incentive Plan Proposal; and

(iv) the approval of the Consolidation Proposal.

The aforementioned proposals will each be determined by a majority of votes cast on the applicable proposal at the Meeting by proxy or in person.

The Company’s by-laws provide that a quorum at the Meeting shall consist of at least two persons present and holding or representing by proxy not less than 33⅓% of the total number of issued shares having voting rights at the Meeting.

#### Shareholder Proposals for the Next Annual Meeting
To be considered for inclusion in the proxy materials for the next annual meeting of shareholders, your proposal must be submitted in writing by no later than [●], 2025 at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) to the attention of the Corporate Secretary of the Company at 243 Tresser Boulevard, 17th Floor, Stamford, CT 06901. On June 27, 2017, the shareholders of the Company adopted the advance notice by-law No. 2 (“ By-Law No. 2 ”), which establishes the conditions and framework for nominating directors to the Board. By-Law No. 2 sets forth the deadline by which shareholders must submit director nominations to the Company and the information to be provided and other procedures to be followed in respect of such nomination. You are therefore advised to review the Company’s bylaws, which qualify the information set out in this paragraph in its entirety.

In addition to satisfying the provisions in By-Law No. 2 relating to nominations of director candidates, including the deadline for written notices, to comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s universal proxy rule, shareholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than our nominees at the next annual meeting of shareholders in compliance with Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act must provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 no later than March 30, 2026.

### Presentation of the Audited Annual Financial Statements
Management, on behalf of the Board, will submit to the shareholders at the Meeting the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 including the Auditor’s Report thereon, but no vote by the shareholders with respect thereto is required or proposed to be taken. The Consolidated Financial Statements, including the Auditor’s Report thereon, have been mailed to shareholders who requested them.

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