Company: ANY
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-018222
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Company: Sphere 3D Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
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 any adjournment or postponement thereof. If any other matters are properly presented at the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof for consideration, however, the holders of the proxies will have discretion to vote on these matters in accordance with their best judgment.

In addition to the above proposals, the Company’s 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. No vote by the shareholders is required or proposed to be taken. The Consolidated Financial Statements, including the Auditor’s Report thereon, are available over the Internet with the proxy materials or have been mailed to shareholders with this Proxy Statement if requested.

#### Solicitation of Proxies
Solicitations may be made by mail and supplemented by telephone, Internet, or other personal contact by the officers, employees or agents of the Company without special compensation. Pursuant to National Instrument 54-101 - Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer (“ NI 54-101 ”), arrangements have been made with clearing agencies, brokerage houses and other financial intermediaries to forward proxy solicitation materials to the beneficial owners of the common shares of the Company. The cost of any such solicitation will be borne by the Company.

#### Voting Rights, Outstanding Shares, Record Date
Each common share that you own entitles you to one vote on all the matters to be voted upon at the Meeting. If you submit a properly executed form of proxy (or voting instruction form) without indicating how you wish to vote, your proxy will be counted as a vote in favor of each of the proposals. Only shareholders that owned common shares at the close of business on April 7, 2025, (the “ Record Date ”), are entitled to vote at the Meeting. On the Record Date, 26,178,282 common shares were issued and outstanding.

#### Quorum and Required Vote
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 33 ⅓ % of the total number of outstanding common shares having voting rights at the Meeting. Failure of a quorum will necessitate an adjournment or postponement of the Meeting and will subject the Company to additional expense. Once a common share is represented at the Meeting, whether in person or by proxy, it will be counted for the purpose of determining a