Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)

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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 September, 2016

Commission File Number: 001-36532

Sphere 3D Corp.

240 Matheson Blvd. East
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, L4Z 1X1
(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
[  ] Form 20-F    [X] Form 40-F

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Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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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.

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Sphere 3D Corp., an Ontario corporation (the “Company”), and FBC Holdings S.a r.l., a company organized under the laws of Luxembourg (“Lender”), have entered into a Term Loan Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2016 (the “Loan Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement, the Lender will provide the Company a $2.5 Million term loan facility, which will mature on January 31, 2018. The obligations of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Loan Parties”) under the Loan Agreement and related documents will be secured by substantially all assets of the Loan Parties.

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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: September 22, 2016	/s/ Kurt Kalbfleisch
	Name: Kurt Kalbfleisch
	Title: Chief Financial Officer

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