Crossroads Systems Completes Reorganization and Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2017 Financial Results

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Crossroads Systems, Inc. (OTC Pink: CRDS), an intellectual property licensing company, reported that the conditions to effectiveness of the prepackaged plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, as amended and approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court, San Antonio, Texas, have occurred. The Plan Effective Date is October 3, 2017.

Key features of the plan include:

• 210/CRDS Investment LLC paid $4 million for 1,492,285 shares of the company's new common stock, representing 49.5% of the outstanding new common shares.
• Crossroads paid holders of Series F Convertible Preferred Stock their pro rata share of $2,672,233.78. They also received a pro rata share of 241,182 shares of new common stock, representing 8% of the outstanding new common shares. All shares of the preferred stock have been cancelled.
• Existing stockholders of Crossroads' 1,281,259 common shares, representing 42.5% of the company's new common stock, received one share of new common stock in exchange for each share of old stock. The exchange of shares is automatic and does not require stockholder action.
• As a result of the share issuances and exchanges, there are 3,014,726 new common shares outstanding and no other classes of equity or debt.
• All outstanding warrants, options, and restricted stock awards have been cancelled.
• A $10 million line of credit with 210/CRDS Investment LLC is available to make acquisitions of profitable companies.
• Hannah Bible and Don Pearce have resigned from the Board of Directors and have been replaced by Robert Alpert and Clark Webb. Claire Gogel has been elected to the Board of Directors and Robert Alpert has been named Chairman of the Board. Richard Coleman and Robert Pearse remain on the Board.
• In connection with the restructuring, Crossroads Systems and Oracle Corporation have settled all outstanding claims against each other with prejudice.
• Pending regulatory clearance, Crossroads Systems, Inc. will trade on the OTC Pink Sheets under the symbol CRDS.
• As of October 3, 2017, Crossroads has no debt and a cash balance of approximately $1.3 million.
• In addition to seeking profitable acquisitions, Crossroads will continue its patent monetization efforts. Until such time as the company can close an acquisition or succeed in monetizing its patents, Crossroads expects to continue to operate at a loss.

Crossroads Systems also announced today financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended July 31, 2017 (Fiscal Q3 2017). On March 22, 2016, Crossroads sold its product business to Canadian-based StrongBox Data Solutions, Inc. The presentation of the company's quarterly financial results excludes product revenues and expenses, which are now reflected as discontinued operations in the prior periods.

Fiscal Q3 2017 Financial Results
Intellectual property ("IP") license revenue for the fiscal third quarter was $19,000, compared to $57,000 in the same quarter a year ago. Gross profit was $14,000 or 74% of revenue, compared to $34,000, or 60% of revenue, in the same quarter a year ago.

Fiscal Q3 2017 operating expenses decreased 35% to $771,000, compared to $1.2 million in the same period a year ago. The decreases were primarily due to reduced litigation and employee related expenses.

Fiscal Q3 2017 net loss available to common stockholders was $(619,000) or $(0.50) loss per share, compared to a net loss available to common stockholders of $(481,000) or $(0.39) loss per share in the same quarter a year ago. 

At July 31, 2017, cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash totaled $1.3 million compared to $2.3 million at April 30, 2017.

Management Commentary
Richard K. Coleman, Jr., Executive Director at Crossroads Systems, said, "210/CRDS Investment LLC's $4 million investment and $10 Million financing commitment provide a strong foundation for an exciting future. In addition to continuing our patent monetization efforts, our near-term plan will be to identify and acquire a profitable business."

"We are excited about our investment in Crossroads Systems," said Robert Alpert, Managing Director of 210/CRDS Investment LLC and Chairman of the Board of Crossroads Systems. "We can now go about the business of monetizing the company's IP, growing the company's business, and creating shareholder value."

About Crossroads Systems
Crossroads Systems, Inc. (OTC Pink: CRDS) is an intellectual property licensing company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1996 as a product solutions company, Crossroads created some of the storage industry's most fundamental patents and has licensed patents to more than 50 companies since 2000. Visit www.crossroads.com.

Important Cautions Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements that relate to the business and expected future events or future performance of Crossroads Systems, Inc. and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause its actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Words such as, but not limited to, "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "targets," "likely," "will," "would," "could," and similar expressions or phrases identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about Crossroads Systems' ability to implement its business strategy, changes in the fair value of its derivative instruments and its ability to achieve or maintain profitability. The future performance of Crossroads Systems may be adversely affected by the following risks and uncertainties: variations in quarterly results, the ability to obtain, maintain or protect patent and other proprietary intellectual property rights, developments in litigation to which we may be a party, technological change in the industry, future capital requirements, regulatory actions or delays and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from those described or anticipated by these forward-looking statements. For a more detailed discussion of these factors and risks, investors should review Crossroads Systems' reports on Form  10-K, Form 10-Q, Form 8-K and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC's website or by clicking "SEC Filings" on the Company's Investor Relations website at http://www.crossroads.com/investor-information. Forward-looking statements in this press release are based on management's beliefs and opinions at the time the statements are made. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and Crossroads Systems undertakes no duty to update this information to reflect future events, information or circumstances.

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Crossroads Systems
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