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Sphere 3D Corp.: Form 6-K - Filed by newsfilecorp.com

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of October 2022

Commission File Number: 001-36532

SPHERE 3D CORP.

895 Don Mills Road, Bldg. 2, Suite 900
Toronto, Ontario, M3C1W3, Canada
(Address of principal executive offices) 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F  ☒            Form 40-F  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ☐

The information contained in this Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into, or as additional exhibits to, as applicable, the registrant's outstanding registration statements.

SUBMITTED HEREWITH

 

Exhibits

 

 

 

99.1

News Release dated October 20, 2022
99.2* Amendment to Future Sales and Purchase Agreement dated October 19, 2022

* Certain confidential portions of this Exhibit were omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(10)(iv) by means of marking such portions with brackets (“[***]”); the identified confidential portions (i) are not material and (ii) are customarily and actually treated as private or confidential.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

SPHERE 3D CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: October 21, 2022

/s/ Patricia Trompeter

 

Name: Patricia Trompeter

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

Sphere 3D Corp.: Exhibit 99.1 - Filed by newsfilecorp.com

Exhibit 99.1

Sphere 3D Corp. Restructures Miner Equipment Contract with BitFuFu

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, October 20, 2022 - Sphere 3D Corp. ("Sphere 3D" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: ANY), dedicated to becoming the leading carbon-neutral Bitcoin mining company, has restructured its purchase agreement for 6.0 exahashes/second of capacity or approximately 60,000 S19j Pros, with Fufu Technologies, "BitFuFu".

The restructured contract initially entered into with BitFuFu in September 2021 will apply all deposits paid by Sphere 3D ($106.9 million paid to date) to BitFuFu toward the delivery of approximately 1.7 EH/s of S19j Pros to Sphere 3D during 2022.  The restructuring also relieves Sphere 3D from obligations of the old contract requiring the Company to purchase an additional 3.9 EH/s of capacity, approximately 39,000 miners, at rates significantly above current market prices for S19j Pros.  The restructuring also eliminates substantial penalties due to BitFuFu from Sphere 3D.

CEO Comments

"The restructuring of this Purchase Agreement with BitFuFu is a win for Sphere 3D. The new contract helps position the company for profitable growth as the cryptocurrency markets strengthen in the future.

"The contract with BitFuFu was signed in late 2021 at the height of the Bitcoin market as a fixed price contract with no allowances for market price adjustments.  The price of S19j Pros has since decreased by over 70%.  In light of the sharp reduction in the market price of miners, the drop in the price of Bitcoin, and the recent pending advancements in miner technology, it was critical to extricate the Company from this contract. 

"The combination of applying 100% of the deposits paid BitFuFu, avoiding significant penalties, and accelerating  the shipment of miners has dramatically grown the Company's exahash, preserved the Company's balance sheet, and provided us with significant flexibility and optionality for growth in 2023 and beyond,"  said Patricia Trompeter, Sphere 3D CEO.

"The right-sizing of the contract provides the Company with an expected additional 1.7 EH/s of capacity in 2022.  With the current volatility in the market, and Bitcoin stabilizing in the short term at a lower rate, we believed it prudent to scale back our financial obligation to BitFuFu and push the option of adding EH/s into 2023, as many of our industry colleagues have done,"  continued Trompeter. "This empowers us with flexibility to explore the latest miner technology, eliminates the need to put expensive debt on our balance sheet, and prevents us from being forced to overpay for miners. It has been a long, but fruitful negotiation. I believe the fourth quarter will be transformational for Sphere 3D."

Sphere 3D entered into a contract with Fufu Technologies in 2021.  The Purchase Agreement was for 6.0 EH/s of Bitmain Antminer S19J & Pro Series.  Miners started shipping in December 2021 and have been repeatedly delayed due to BitFuFu operational issues. The miners due Sphere 3D in the restructured contract are expected to arrive at the end of November 2022 with anticipated installation in December 2022.

About Sphere 3D

Sphere 3D Corp. (Nasdaq: ANY) is a net carbon-neutral cryptocurrency miner with decades of proven enterprise data-services expertise. The Company is rapidly growing its industrial-scale mining operation through the capital-efficient procurement of next-generation mining equipment and partnering with best-in-class data center operators. Sphere 3D is dedicated to growing shareholder value while honoring its commitment to strict environmental, social, and governance standards.  For more information about the Company, please visit Sphere3D.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This communication contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events, including the timing of the proposed transaction and other information related to the proposed transaction.  In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "could," "intends," "target," "projects," "contemplates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential" or "continue" or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions.  Expectations and beliefs regarding matters discussed herein may not materialize, and actual results in future periods are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.  The forward-looking statements contained in this communication are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described in filings with the SEC, including Sphere 3D's reports filed on Form 20-F and Form 6-K and in other filings made by Sphere 3D with the SEC from time to time and available at www.sec.gov.  These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, which are subject to change.

Sphere 3D Contacts

NMN Advisors

Sphere3d@nmnadvisors.com

Kurt Kalbfleisch, CFO, Sphere 3D

Investor.relations@sphere3d.com

Sphere 3D Corp.: Exhibit 99.2 - Filed by newsfilecorp.com

Exhibit 99.2

Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would be competitively harmful if publicly disclosed

AMENDMENT TO FUTURE SALES AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT

（THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT）

THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made on October 19,          2022

BETWEEN:

Ethereal Tech Pte. Ltd., whose principal place of business is at 111 North Bridge Road, #15-01 Peninsula Plaza, Singapore 179098  ("Ethereal"); and

Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ: ANY), with its principal place of business at 125 South Market Street San Jose, CA 95113 USA (the "Purchaser").

RECITALS:

A.  WHEREAS, This Third Supplement Amendment (the "Agreement"), dated as of  October 19, 2022, to that certain Future Sales and Purchase Agreement （the "Purchase Agreement"）, dated as of July 30, 2021, as amended and supplemented pursuant to the supplemental agreement to futures sales and purchase agreement dated September 17, 2021 (the "First Supplemental Agreement") made between FuFu Technology Limited  and Sphere 3D Corp. and the supplementary agreement dated October 30, 2021 made among Ethereal, FuFu Technology Limited, and Sphere 3D Corp. (the "Second Supplemental Agreement"). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.

B.    WHEREAS, the Purchaser and Ethereal now desire to amend the Purchase Agreement to revise certain language contained therein; and

C.    WHEREAS, the Purchase Agreement may be amended in a written instrument signed by the Purchaser and Ethereal.

AGREEMENTS

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and mutual promises contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:

1. Without prejudice to Article 2 and 3 hereof, Section 1.1.2 of Appendix A, as supplemented by Section 1.1.2 Appendix C to the First Supplemental Agreement to the Future Sales and Purchase Agreement between the Purchaser and Ethereal, shall be deleted in its entirety, and replaced with Section 1.1.2 Appendix I hereto. Appendix D of the Futures Sales and Purchase Agreement (as amended and supplemented pursuant to the First Supplemental Agreement) shall be deleted in its entirety with no replacement.

2. As of the date hereof, the Parties mutually confirm that, with respect to the batches of Products set forth below (the "Delivered Products") under the Futures Sales and Purchase Agreement (as amended and supplemented pursuant to the First Supplemental Agreement and the Second Supplemental Agreement ), the Purchaser has fulfilled its obligations of payment of the respective Total Price of the corresponding batch of Products, and Ethereal has fulfilled its entire obligations, including without limitation, shipping and delivery of the corresponding batch of Products, other than existing obligations with respect to Product warranties:

Batch
Number

Shipping Schedule

Reference
Quantity

Unit Price

(US$)

Total Price
(US$)

1

November 2021

500

[***]

[***]

2

December 2021

500

[***]

[***]

3

May 2022

2,000

[***]

[***]

4

June 2022

2,000

[***]

[***]

3. As of the date hereof, the Parties mutually confirm that with respect to the Products under the Futures Sales and Purchase Agreement (as amended and supplemented pursuant to the First Supplemental Agreement and the Second Supplemental Agreement) other than the Delivered Products, the Purchaser has paid an aggregate of US$72,300,000 to Ethereal, details of which are as follows:

Batch
Number

Shipping Schedule

Amount Paid
(US$)

Paid Percentage of Total
Price of the
Corresponding Batch

3

July 2022

[***]

60%

4

August 2022

[***]

25%

5

September 2022

[***]

25%

6

October 2022

[***]

25%

7

November 2022

[***]

25%

8

December 2022

[***]

25%

In Total

[***]

/

4. Ethereal shall not hold the Purchaser's responsibility for the failure of  fully settlement of the above respective percentage of the Total Purchase Price before the prescribed deadlines according to Section 3.2 of the Futures Sales and Purchase Agreement, provided that the Parties fully perform and complete this Agreement without disputes.

[***]  = CONFIDENTIAL PORTION HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT (I) IS NOT MATERIAL AND (II) WOULD BE COMPETITIVELY HARMFUL IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED

5. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Futures Sales and Purchase Agreement (as amended and supplemented pursuant to the First Supplemental Agreement and the Second Supplemental Agreement) and this Agreement, the Parties mutually agree and confirm that upon the completion of the delivery of the Products as set forth in Section 1.1.2 of Appendix I hereof to the first carrier or the carrier designated by the Purchaser, the transactions as contemplated in the Futures Sales and Purchase Agreement, the First Supplemental Agreement and this Agreement shall complete in their entirety; Ethereal shall not hold the Purchaser's responsibility for breach of the Futures Sales and Purchase Agreement (as amended and supplemented pursuant to the First Supplemental Agreement and the Second Supplemental Agreement). The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that under no circumstances should the Purchase claim any right to Ethereal upon the completion of the delivery of the Products. Otherwise this Agreement shall be deemed to be null and void.

6. For avoidance of doubt, the Parties further confirm that after Ethereal delivers the Products as set forth in Section 1.1.2 of Appendix I hereof to the first carrier or the carrier designated by the Purchaser, Ethereal's obligations, other than existing obligations with respect to Product warranties, under the Futures Sales and Purchase Agreement (as amended and supplemented pursuant to the First Supplemental Agreement and the Second Supplemental Agreement) and this Agreement shall have been performed completely; other than the delivery of Products as set forth in Section 1.1.2 of Appendix I hereof to the first carrier or the carrier designated by the Purchaser, Ethereal shall not be obliged to deliver any other cryptocurrency mining hardware and/or any other equipment under the Futures Sales and Purchase Agreement (as amended and supplemented pursuant to the First Supplemental Agreement and the Second Supplemental Agreement ) and/or this Agreement. 

7. Except as modified herein, the Purchase Agreement and the First and the Second Supplemental Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The Futures Sales and Purchase Agreement (as amended and supplemented pursuant to the First Supplemental Agreement and the Second Supplemental Agreement) and this Agreement shall be read and construed as one document.

8. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and shall be binding upon all parties, their successors and assigns, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Amendment. A signature delivered by facsimile shall constitute an original.

9. This Amendment shall be governed pursuant to Section 22 of the Purchase Agreement.

[Signature Page Follows]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date set forth above.

  ETHEREAL TECH PTE.LTD.
     
  By: /s/ Leo Liung
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
  SPHERE 3D CORP.
     
   By:  /s/ Patricia Trompeter
   Name:  Patricia Trompeter
   Title:  CEO

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT]

Appendix I

1. Products:

1.1 The information (including but not limited to the quantity, rated hashrate, unit price (the "Unit Price"), total price for one item (the "Total Price (One Item)"), total price for all the items (the "Total Purchase Price")) of Products to be purchased is as follows (the "Products"):

1.1.1 Product Type

Specifications

Description

Product

Super Computing Server，S19j Pro

Reference Hashrate/Item

~100TH/s

Reference Power Consumption/Item

~2950W

J/M@25℃ Environmental Temperature

~29.5

 

 

 

 

Remarks

1. Supplier and manufacture ("Bitmain") shall guarantee that the deviation scope of "J/M@25℃ Environmental Temperature" will not exceed 10%.

2. "Rated hashrate / unit" and "Rated power / unit" are for reference only and may defer from each batch or unit.  Bitmain makes no representation on "Rated hashrate / unit" and "Rated power / unit".

3. The Purchaser shall not refuse to accept the goods for reason that the actual parameters of delivered Products are not the same as the reference parameters.

1.1.2 The reference quantity, total rated hashrate, unit price and total price of the Products are as follows:


Batch Product Shipment Time Reference
Amount
(Item)		 Total
Rated
Hashrate
(T)		 Unit
Price
(USD/T)		 Total
Price
(One Item)
(USD)		 Total
Purchase
Price
(USD)
1 HASH Super Computing Server, S19j Pro within one month after this Agreement signed and executed  2,000 200,000 [***] [***] [***]
2 5,000 500,000 [***] [***] [***]
5 5,327 532,700 [***] [***] [***]

1.1.3 Total Price of the Products listed above:

 Total Purchase Price (tax exclusive): [***]

 Tax: US$0

 Total Purchase Price (tax inclusive): [***]

1.2 Both Parties confirm and agree that Ethereal may adjust the total quantity based on the total hashrate, provided that the total hashrate of the Product(s) actually delivered by Ethereal to the Purchaser shall not be less than the total rated hashrate agreed in Article 1.1 of this Appendix I.  Ethereal makes no representation that the quantity of the actually delivered Products shall be the same as the quantity set forth in Article 1.1 of this Appendix I.

1.3 For avoidance of doubt, both Parties confirm and agree that all 12,327 Products  shall be delivered to the first carrier or the carrier designated by the Purchaser within one month after this Agreement signed and executed without regard to the batch numbers or unit price and so on. To perform Ethereal's delivery obligation, Etheral must provide delivery options to Purchaser consistent with past practice, and within 72 hours the Purchaser must elect its preferred option, and cooperate in providing contact information of the first carrier or the carrier designated by the Purchaser and pay the related logistic fee in full. Ethereal shall not be responsible for any delivery delay due to the failure of the  Purchaser's  cooperation or any other reasons not attributable to Ethereal.

[***]  = CONFIDENTIAL PORTION HAS BEEN OMITTED BECAUSE IT (I) IS NOT MATERIAL AND (II) WOULD BE COMPETITIVELY HARMFUL IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED

1.4 In the event that the manufacture publishes any new type of products with less J/T value and suspends the production of the type of the Products as agreed in this Agreement, Ethereal shall be entitled to release itself from any future obligation to deliver any subsequent Products by ten (10)-day prior notice to the Purchaser and continue to deliver new types of Products, the total rated hashrate of which shall be no less than such subsequent Products cancelled under this Agreement and the price of which shall be adjusted in accordance with the J/T value.  In the event that the Purchaser explicitly refuses to accept the new types of Products, the Purchaser is entitled to request for a refund of the remaining balance of the Purchase Price already paid together with an interest at 0.0333% per day on such balance for the period from the next day following the payment date of such balance to the day immediately prior to the date of the request of such refund.  If the Purchaser accepts the new types of Products delivered by Ethereal, Ethereal shall be obliged to deliver such new types of Products to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement.  The Purchaser may request to lower the actual total hashrate of the Products delivered but shall not request to increase the actual total hashrate to the level exceeding the total rated hashrate as set out in this Agreement.  After the manufacture publishes the new types of Products and if the manufacture has not suspended the production of the types of Products in accordance with this Agreement, Ethereal shall continue to deliver such agreed types of Products in accordance with this Agreement and the Purchaser shall not terminate this Agreement or refuse to accept the Products on the grounds that the manufacture has published new type(s) of Products.

2. At any time prior to the delivery, Ethereal is entitled to, by written notice, request the Purchaser to enter into a separate purchase agreement and Ethereal and the Purchaser, if so requested, shall cooperate with Ethereal to enter into such purchase agreement, failing which Ethereal is entitled to request the Purchaser to continue to perform its obligations under this Agreement.