Company: ANY
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-018222
Chunk: 9

Company: Sphere 3D Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 9
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 matters come before the Meeting, then the management designees intend to vote in accordance with the judgment of the management of the Company.

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Advice to Non-Registered Shareholders on Voting Their Shares

The information set forth in this section is of significant importance to shareholders of the Company, as a substantial number of shareholders do not hold their common shares in their own name. Shareholders who do not hold their common shares in their own name (referred to in this Proxy Statement as “ Non-Registered Shareholders ”) should note that only proxies deposited by shareholders whose names appear on the records of the Company as the registered holders of common shares can be recognized and acted upon at the Meeting. If common shares are listed in an account statement provided to a shareholder by a broker, bank, trust company or other intermediary (an “ Intermediary ”) then, in almost all cases, those common shares will not be registered in such shareholder’s name on the records of the Company. Such common shares will generally be registered under the name of the nominee of a clearing agency in which such Intermediary participates or, more rarely, in the name of the Intermediary. In Canada, the vast majority of such shares are registered under the name of CDS & Co. (the nominee of CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc.) and in the United States registered under the name of CEDE & Co. (the nominee of The Depository Trust Company). Common shares of Non-Registered Shareholders can only be voted (for or against resolutions) or withheld from voting upon the instructions of the Non-Registered Shareholder. If you hold your shares through a New York Stock Exchange member brokerage firm, such member brokerage firm has the discretion to vote shares held on your behalf with respect to the proposal to appoint MaloneBailey LLP as the Company’s auditor (the “ Auditor Proposal ”), but not the other proposals, as more fully described under “Broker Non-Votes.” Therefore, Non-Registered Shareholders should carefully follow the instructions of their Intermediaries and indicated on the materials provided to them and ensure that instructions respecting the Meeting and the voting of their common shares are communicated to the appropriate person.

Applicable securities legislation requires Intermediaries to seek voting instructions from Non-Registered Shareholders in advance of shareholders’ meetings. Every Intermediary has its own mailing procedures and provides its own return instructions to clients, which should be carefully followed by Non-Registered Shareholders in order to ensure that their common shares are voted