NEW YORK, July 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) congratulates Sphere 3D Corp. (TSX-V: ANY; OTCQX: SPIHF), a virtualization technology solution provider, on its approval to list on The NASDAQ Global Market. Sphere 3D is moving to NASDAQ tomorrow from the OTCQX® best marketplace, making it the fourth OTCQX company to graduate to a U.S. stock exchange this year.
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Since it joined OTCQX on October 31, 2013, Sphere 3D's ordinary shares have increased 147% to $10.25 and its 30-day average daily dollar volume has increased 16%, reflecting increased investor interest in its securities. The company has a current market capitalization of $239 million.
"We applaud Sphere 3D on this important milestone," said R. Cromwell Coulson, President and CEO of OTC Markets Group. "Sphere 3D's success on OTCQX underscores the strength of its execution and the value of OTCQX as an efficient and informed public market for U.S. and global companies. We wish the company success as it takes this next step in its growth strategy."
"The OTCQX has played an important role preparing us for our listing on NASDAQ," said Peter Tassiopoulos, CEO of Sphere 3D.
OTCQX is the marketplace of choice for U.S. and global companies that are looking to execute their business plans and graduate to a U.S. stock exchange listing. Sphere 3D will be the twelfth company to graduate from OTCQX to the NYSE MKT or NASDAQ markets in the past year and a half. Others include: Altisource Asset Management Corp., American Eagle Energy Corp., B2Gold Corp., BioPath Holdings Inc., Empire Resources Inc., Energy Fuels Inc., Gulf Coast Ultra Deep Loyalty Trust, Organovo Holdings Inc., LiqTech International Inc., RXI Pharmaceuticals Corp. and Tiptree Financial Inc.
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