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This Amendment No. 2 ("Amendment No. 2") amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on February 1, 2017, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on March 7, 2017 (the "Statement"), by the Reporting Persons with respect to the common shares, no par value (the "Common Shares"), of Sphere 3D Corp., an Ontario corporation (the "Issuer"). Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Statement.

Amendment No. 2 amends and supplements Item 4 of the Statement by deleting the disclosure under "Further Matters" and the adding the following in its place:

On March 3, 2017, MF Ventures filed a Form 144 with the SEC disclosing its intent to sell up to 1,567,086 Common Shares and, since March 3, 2017, MF Ventures has sold 890,240 Common Shares.  Subject to applicable securities laws and regulations, market conditions and other factors, the Reporting Persons plan to sell Common Shares opportunistically, but reserve the right to acquire securities of the Issuer, including Common Shares. There can be no assurance, however, that any Reporting Person will take any such actions.

Notwithstanding anything in this Statement to the contrary, each Reporting Person specifically reserves the right to change its intention with respect to any and all matters disclosed or referenced herein.  In reaching any decision with respect to any course of action, each Reporting Person expects it would take into consideration a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the Issuer's business and prospects, other business opportunities available to the Reporting Person, changes in applicable laws and regulations, general economic conditions, worldwide money and equity market conditions (including the market price of the securities of the Issuer), tax considerations, and any other factors deemed relevant.  Further, the Reporting Persons intend to review their investment on a regular basis and, as a result of such review, may determine at any time or from time to time, either alone or as part of a group:

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to acquire additional securities of the Issuer through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise;

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to dispose of all or a portion of the securities of the Issuer beneficially owned in the open market, privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise; or

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to take any other available course of action which may involve one or more of the transactions described in subparagraphs (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D or have the results described in those subparagraphs.

Amendment No. 2 amends and restates Item 5 of the Statement as follows:

(a) and (b)

The Issuer had 78,943,496 Common Shares (the "Outstanding Shares") outstanding as of January 30, 2017, which includes 12,041,428 Common Shares issued and outstanding to MF Ventures (the "MF Shares") and beneficially held by the Reporting Persons as of March 21, 2017.

 

When the Common Shares that may be purchased under certain warrants and the One-Year Warrants and the Five-Year Warrants are included, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of an additional 20,834,633 Common Shares (the "Warrant Shares") that are deemed outstanding for purposes of disclosing the total number and percentage of the Common Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons under Items 1 and 5 of this Statement.

As of March 21, 2017, each Reporting Person may be deemed to own beneficially in the aggregate 32,876,061 Common Shares (the "Securities") consisting of the MF Shares and Warrant Shares. Further, as of March 21, 2017, each Reporting Person may be deemed to beneficially own 32.9% of the class of Common Shares, assuming 99,778,129 Common Shares outstanding as of January 30, 2017, which consists of the Outstanding Shares and the Warrant Shares.

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    No Reporting Person has the sole power to vote or direct the vote or sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of the Securities. Each Reporting Person has the shared power to vote or to direct the vote or shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of the Securities.

Other than for purposes of Rule 13d-3, the foregoing statements will not be deemed to constitute an admission by each Reporting Person that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of any Securities disclosed under this Statement, and such beneficial ownership is expressly disclaimed.

(c)

 The Reporting Persons have effected the following transactions in Common Shares in open market sales:

 

The Reporting Persons undertake to provide upon request by the staff of the SEC full information regarding the number of Common Shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth above.

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None.

(e)

Not Applicable.

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Exhibit 6

Joint Filing Agreement to Amendment No. 2 Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k)

This "Joint Filing Agreement" is made pursuant to Rule 13d-l(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),  by and among the parties listed below, each a "Joint Filer."

The Joint Filers agree that this Amendment No. 2 to the Statement on Schedule 13D, to which this Joint Filing Agreement is an exhibit (the "Amendment"), may be filed on each of their behalf and that the Amendment may thereafter be amended by further joint filings. The Joint Filers state that they each satisfy the requirements for making a joint filing under Rule 13d-1(k) of the Exchange Act.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Joint Filers hereby execute this Joint Filing Agreement as of March 21, 2017