Overland Storage Reports Fiscal 2014 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results

SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwired - Sep 23, 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 fourth quarter and full fiscal year ended June 30, 2014.

"We are pleased to report that we are continuing to execute, innovate and lead the transformation of Overland Storage," said Eric Kelly, President and CEO of Overland Storage. "We are making significant progress on our strategy to increase our scale, broaden our core product portfolio, and invest in new and innovative next-generation technologies that will enable us to evolve into an industry leader that delivers breakthrough data protection, virtualization, enterprise mobility, and cloud offerings. Our acquisition of Tandberg Data in January enabled us to build a solid foundation in data storage products, and should provide a clear path to profitability. The planned merger of Overland and Sphere 3D combines our best-of-class storage solutions with Sphere3D's next-generation technologies for desktop and application virtualization. This creates a strong foundation for the company to emerge as a new, contemporary challenger in the fast-growing virtualization, mobile, cloud and data storage markets."

Financial Highlights:

The following financial highlights for the fourth fiscal quarter and full fiscal year include results attributable to the addition of the Tandberg products to Overland's product portfolio in January 2014.

• Net revenue for the fourth quarter of FY2014 was $24.2 million, up 20% sequentially and up 101% year over year. Net revenue for FY2014 was $65.7 million, up 37% year over year.
  
  
• Product revenue for the fourth quarter of FY2014 was $19.8 million, up 26% sequentially and up 162% year over year. Product revenue for FY2014 was $48.4 million, up 68% year over year. 
  
  
• Disk system revenue for the fourth quarter was $11.5 million, up 36% sequentially
  
  
  • RDX® revenue for the fourth quarter was $8.2 million, up 31% sequentially
    
    
  • SnapServer® revenue for the fourth quarter was $2.4 million, up 14% sequentially
    
    
• Tape revenue for the fourth quarter of FY2014 was $4.0 million, up 4% sequentially
  

Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2014 Financial Results:

The following financial results for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2014 reflect contribution from the Tandberg acquisition, which contribution is not reflected in the comparative results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013.

• Net revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 was $24.2 million, compared to $12.1 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 and $20.2 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2014. Product revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 was $19.8 million, compared to $7.6 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 and $15.8 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2014.
  
  
• Gross margin for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 was 26.9%, compared to 36.5% for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 and 32.5% in the third quarter of fiscal 2014.
  
  
• Operating expenses for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 were $15.0 million, compared to $9.4 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 and $13.4 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2014.
  
  
• Stock compensation expense was $1.2 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, compared to $1.1 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 and $1.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2014. Depreciation and amortization was $1.0 million in fourth quarter of fiscal 2014, compared to $0.3 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 and $0.9 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2014.
  
  
• Net loss for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 was $7.4 million, or a loss of $0.42 per share, compared to a net loss of $5.4 million, or a loss of $0.90 per share, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 and a net loss of $6.6 million, or a loss of $0.44 per share, in the third quarter of fiscal 2014.

Fiscal 2014 Financial Results:

The following financial results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014 reflect contribution from the Tandberg acquisition for a partial period from January 22, 2014 through June 30, 2014, which contribution is not reflected in the comparative results for the prior year.

• Net revenue for fiscal 2014 was $65.7 million, compared to $48.0 million for fiscal 2013. Product revenue for fiscal 2014 was $48.4 million, compared to $28.8 million for fiscal 2013.
  
  
• Gross margin for fiscal 2014 was 30.9%, compared to 35.0% for fiscal 2013.
  
  
• Operating expenses for fiscal 2014 were $44.3 million, compared to $35.7 million for fiscal 2013.
  
  
• Stock compensation expense was $4.0 million for fiscal 2014, compared to $4.8 million for fiscal 2013. Depreciation and amortization for fiscal 2014 was approximately $2.6 million, compared to $1.2 million for fiscal 2013.
  
  
• Net loss for fiscal 2014 was $22.9 million, or a loss of $1.99 per share, compared to a net loss of $19.6 million, or a loss of $3.41 per share, for fiscal 2013.
  
  
• Cash and short-term investments at June 30, 2014 were $12.1 million, compared to cash of $8.8 million at June 30, 2013. At June 30, 2014, the Company had $5.4 million outstanding under its credit facilities and $14.5 million outstanding under its notes from related parties.

Recent Business Highlights:

• Expanded award-winning Tandberg Data® RDX® disk-based removable storage systems with enterprise-level functionality.
  
  
• Launched GuardianOS® 7.6 release enterprise-class storage software in new desktop design for small businesses and distributed environments.
  
  
• Announced collaboration with BitTorrent, Inc. to embed BitTorrent Sync™ within Overland's award-winning SnapServer® Network Attached Storage (NAS) product line.
  
  
• As part of the existing partnership with Sphere 3D, launched V3 hyper-converged appliances designed to address the rapidly growing virtualization and cloud markets.
  
  
• Settled all claims in our patent infringement litigation filed against BDT Media Automation GmbH, and entered into a patent cross-license agreement with BDT.

Investor Conference Call:
Overland will host an investor conference call today at 5:00 pm ET (2:00 pm PT) to discuss the Company's fiscal 2014 fourth quarter and full year financial results. To access the call, dial 888-417-8533 (US and Canada) or +1 719-457-2661 (International) and give the participant pass code 5282725. 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 (888) 203-1112 (U.S. and Canada) or +1 719-457-0820 (International) and entering access code 5282725. The replay will be available beginning approximately two hours after the call and remain in effect for one week.

About Overland Storage
Overland Storage is a trusted global provider of unified data management and data protection solutions across the data lifecycle. The Company delivers one of the most extensive and complementary product portfolios and service offerings in the industry. By providing an integrated range of technologies and services for primary, nearline, offline, and archival data storage, Overland Storage and Tandberg Data, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Overland, make it easy and cost-effective to manage different tiers of information over the data lifecycle, whether distributed data is across the hall or across the globe. Overland Storage recently announced its proposed merger with Sphere 3D Corporation (NASDAQ: ANY) (TSX VENTURE: ANY). This alliance is intended to bring together next generation technologies for virtualization and cloud coupled with end-to-end scalable storage offerings designed to allow them to address the larger and growing virtualization and cloud markets. Overland Storage and Tandberg Data solutions are available through a select network of value-added resellers and system integrators. For more information, visit www.overlandstorage.com or www.tandbergdata.com.

Safe Harbor Statement
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Overland Storage, the Overland logo, GuardianOS and SnapServer are trademarks of Overland Storage, Inc. that may be registered in some jurisdictions. Tandberg Data and RDX are trademarks of Tandberg Data Holdings, S.à r.l. that may be registered in some jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.