Current Report Filing (8-k)
March 19 2018 - 6:10AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 16, 2018
Sphere 3D Corp.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ontario, Canada
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001-36532
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98-1220792
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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of incorporation)
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240 Matheson Blvd. East,
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Mississauga, Ontario
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L4Z 1X1
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(858)
571-5555
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address,
if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is
intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under
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Item 1.01
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Entry into a Material Definitive
Agreement.
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On March 16, 2018, Sphere 3D Corp. (the Company) entered into
substantially similar exchange agreements with certain investors (the Exchange
Agreements) pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue up to 1,430,998
common shares (the Exchange Shares), no par value (the Common Shares), in a
privately negotiated exchange under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, in exchange for the surrender and cancellation of previously
outstanding warrants (the Existing Warrants) for the purchase of up to
1,300,910 Common Shares (the Exchange), issued pursuant to that certain
Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2017, by and among the Company and
certain investors. Pursuant to the Exchange Agreements, the Existing Warrants
were automatically terminated and cancelled in full and rendered null and void
as a result of the Exchange. MF Ventures, LLC, which beneficially owns, directly
or indirectly, securities of the Company carrying more than 10% of the voting
rights attached to the outstanding voting securities of the Company (on a
partially diluted basis), participated in the Exchange by acquiring 299,999
Common Shares in exchange for a warrant to purchase 272,727 Common Shares. Maxim
Group LLC advised the Company in its negotiations with the holders of the
Exchange Warrants.
The foregoing description of the Exchange does not purport to
be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Form of
Exchange Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form
8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.02
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Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
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To the extent required by Item 3.02 of the Form 8-K, the
disclosures set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K are
incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On March 16, 2018, the Company issued a press release
announcing the Exchange. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1
and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 19, 2018
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SPHERE 3D CORP.
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By:
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/s/
Kurt L. Kalbfleisch
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Kurt L. Kalbfleisch
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Chief Financial Officer
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