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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holder may not be recognized directly at the Meeting for the purposes of voting common shares not registered in its name, a Non-Registered Shareholder may attend at the Meeting as proxyholder for the registered holder of its common shares and vote such common shares in that capacity. Non-Registered Shareholders who wish to attend the Meeting and vote their common shares as proxyholder for the registered holder of their common shares should carefully follow the instructions of their Intermediaries and indicated on the materials provided to them. However, even if a Non-Registered Shareholder plans to attend the Meeting, it is recommended to vote your shares in advance so that your vote will be counted if you later decide not to attend the Meeting.

Proxy-related materials in connection with the Meeting are being sent and made available to both registered and Non-Registered Shareholders. If you are a Non-Registered Shareholder, and the issuer or its agent has sent proxy-related materials directly to you, your name and address and information about your holdings of securities, have been obtained in accordance with applicable securities regulatory requirements from your Intermediary. By choosing to send these materials to you directly, the issuer (and not the Intermediary) has assumed responsibility for (i) delivering these materials to you, and (ii) executing your proper voting instructions. Please return your voting instructions as specified in the request for voting instructions.

#### Broker Non-Votes
A broker “non-vote” occurs when an Intermediary for a Non-Registered Shareholder does not vote on a particular proposal because the Intermediary does not have discretionary voting power for that particular item and has not received instructions from the Non-Registered Shareholder. An Intermediary holding the common shares in “street name” for a Non-Registered Shareholder has discretion (but is not required) to vote the Non-Registered Shareholder’s common shares with respect to “routine” matters if the Non-Registered Shareholder does not provide voting instructions. The Intermediary, however, is not permitted to vote the Non-Registered Shareholder’s common shares with respect to “non-routine” matters without voting instructions.

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The Company expects that the Auditor Proposal, will be treated as a routine matter, which means that Intermediaries will have discretionary authority to vote Non-Registered Shareholders’ common shares held in street name on this matter. Accordingly, if Non-Registered Shareholders do not instruct their Intermediary on how to vote their shares, the Intermediary may either (a