Overland Storage Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2014 Results

SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwired - May 15, 2014) - Overland Storage (NASDAQ: OVRL), a trusted global provider of unified data management and data protection solutions across the data lifecycle, today reported financial results for its fiscal 2014 third quarter ended March 31, 2014.

Eric Kelly, President and CEO of Overland Storage, said, "During the quarter, we completed the first phase of our continuing integration of Tandberg Data ahead of plan, and we continue to make good progress with our integration activities which are projected to be complete by the end of the calendar year. Through this process, we remain focused on leveraging the increased scale and resources of the combined company to maximize the growth opportunities we see with our expanded product and service portfolio, as well as the launch of our integrated virtualization and storage solutions, which we expect to occur in the next few months. We are seeing very positive customer responses to the combination of Overland and Tandberg, and believe that once fully integrated, we will achieve the operational efficiencies to enable us to become a profitable and growing company."

Recent Highlights:

• Completed acquisition of Tandberg Data Holdings S.à r.l., a privately held global leader of data storage and data protection solutions on January 21, 2014.
  
  
• Executing on strategic relationship with Sphere 3D to deliver a new purpose built virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) appliance and software defined storage solution, which will include Overland's NAS platform and be delivered through Overland's channel partners.
  
  

Third Quarter Fiscal 2014 Financial Results

The following financial results for the third quarter of 2014 reflect contribution from the Tandberg acquisition for a partial quarter from January 22, 2014 through March 31, 2014 resulting in the exclusion of twenty-one days of Tandberg operations from Overland's. On a pro forma basis, as described in footnote two to the interim condensed consolidated financial statement footnotes, net revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2014 is $22.3 million. 

• Net revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 was $20.2 million, compared to $11.6 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 and $10.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2014. Product revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 was $15.8 million, compared to $6.9 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 and $6.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2014.
  
  
• Gross margin for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 was 32.5%, compared to 33.1% for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 and 34.5% in the second quarter of fiscal 2014.
  
  
• Operating expenses for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 were $13.4 million, compared to $9.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 and $8.2 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2014.
  
  
• Stock compensation expense was $1.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2014, compared to $1.2 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 and $0.8 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2014. Depreciation and amortization was $0.9 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2014 and $0.3 million in both the third quarter of fiscal 2013 and the second quarter of fiscal 2014.
  
  
• Net loss for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 was $6.6 million, or a loss of $0.44 per share, compared to a net loss of $5.1 million, or a loss of $0.87 per share, in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 and a net loss of $4.3 million, or a loss of $0.59 per share, in the second quarter of fiscal 2014.
  
  

Cash and short-term investments at March 31, 2014 were $7.3 million, compared to cash of $8.8 million at June 30, 2013. At March 31, 2014, the Company had $4.4 million outstanding under its credit facilities and $9.5 million outstanding under its convertible notes.

Investor Conference Call:
Overland will host an investor conference call today, Thursday, May 15, at 5:00 pm ET (2:00 pm PT) to discuss the Company's third quarter fiscal 2014 financial results. To access the call dial 888-846-5003 (+1 480-629-9856 outside the United States) and when prompted provide the pass code "Overland Storage" to the operator. Participants are asked to call the assigned number approximately 10 minutes before the conference call begins. In addition, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available over the Internet at www.overlandstorage.com in the Investor Relations section. A replay of the conference call will also be available via telephone by dialing (800) 406-7325 (+1 (303) 590-3030 outside the United States) and entering access code, 4682043#, beginning 8:00 p.m. ET on May 15, 2014 through 11:59 p.m. ET on May 22, 2014.

About Overland Storage
Overland Storage is a trusted global provider of unified data management and data protection solutions across the data lifecycle. By providing an integrated range of technologies and services for primary, nearline, offline, and archival data storage, Overland makes it easy and cost effective to manage different tiers of information over time, whether distributed data is across the hall or across the globe. Overland SnapServer, RDX removable disk-based technology, SnapScale, SnapServer, SnapSAN, NEO Series and REO Series solutions are available through a global channel of value-added resellers and system integrators. This channel model is supported by OEM agreements with major manufacturers. For more information, visit www.overlandstorage.com and http://www.tandbergdata.com/us/.

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