DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2017
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]
5. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
 
On March 22, 2016, the Company entered into a Purchase and Assignment Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with SDSI.
 
Under the Purchase Agreement, the Company sold and transferred all of the assets related to the Company’s product and support services division (the “Business”), including the Company’s StrongBox and SPHiNX storage solutions, to SDSI. SDSI also assumed certain liabilities of the Company related to the Business, and absorbed the majority of Crossroads’ employees. As consideration under the Purchase Agreement, SDSI paid the Company net proceeds equal to $1.9 million in cash on the closing date. Consideration of $1.0 million was paid to the holders of the Company’s 5.0% Series F Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series F Preferred Stock”) in exchange for a vote to approve the divestiture. The Board of Directors approved this payment, which has been reflected as a cost to sell the Business.
  
The assets and liabilities transferred for consideration received in the second fiscal quarter of 2016 were (in thousands, at book value):
 
Cash Received
 
$
1,852
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash paid to Series F Convertible Preferred shareholders
 
 
(1,000)
 
Net cash received
 
 
852
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fixed Assets
 
 
(499)
 
Inventory
 
 
(386)
 
Other Comprehensive Income
 
 
(110)
 
Expenses incurred
 
 
(79)
 
Deferred Revenue
 
 
1,795
 
Other Assets and Liabilities
 
 
198
 
Net gain on sale of discontinued operations
 
$
1,771
 
 
The amounts in the statement of operations that are part of the discontinued operations are summarized in the following table (in thousands):
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
January 31,
 
 
 
2017
 
2016
 
 
 
(unaudited)
 
(unaudited)
 
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Product
 
$
-
 
$
859
 
IP License, royalty and other
 
 
-
 
 
987
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenue
 
 
-
 
 
1,846
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Product
 
 
-
 
 
309
 
IP License, royalty and other
 
 
-
 
 
233
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total cost of revenue
 
 
-
 
 
542
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross profit
 
 
-
 
 
1,304
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales and marketing
 
 
-
 
 
826
 
Research and development
 
 
-
 
 
1,096
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total operating expenses
 
 
-
 
 
1,922
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loss from discontinued operations
 
$
-
 
$
(618)