LANTRONIX INC

JUNE 30, 2024

Company

Lantronix, Inc., which we refer to herein as the Company, Lantronix, we, our, or us, is a global leader in compute and connectivity solutions, targeting high-growth industries such as Smart Cities, Automotive, and Enterprise markets. Our products and services empower companies to capitalize on the expanding internet of things (“IoT”) market by delivering customizable solutions that address each layer of the IoT stack. We were incorporated in California in 1989 and re-incorporated in Delaware in 2000.

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Lantronix and our wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The industry in which we operate is characterized by rapid technological change. As a result, estimates made in preparing the consolidated financial statements include revenue recognition, the allowance for doubtful accounts, business combinations, inventory valuation, goodwill valuation, deferred income tax asset valuation allowances, share-based compensation, restructuring charges and warranty reserves. To the extent there are material differences between our estimates and actual results, future results of operations will be affected.

Revenue Recognition

Refer toNote 2 below for a discussion of our significant accounting policy over revenue recognition.

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses

Accounts receivable are stated at the amount we expect to collect, which is net of an allowance for credit losses for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments. Our evaluation of the collectability of customer accounts receivable is based on various factors. In cases where we are aware of circumstances that may impair a specific customer’s ability to meet its financial obligations subsequent to the original sale, we record an allowance against amounts due based on those particular circumstances. For all other customers, we estimate an allowance for credit losses based on various considerations, including the length of time the receivables are past due and our historical bad debt collection experience. We also consider our understanding of current economic and industry conditions, as well as reasonable and supportable forecasts of future economic conditions that may affect the collectability of customer receivables. Accounts that are deemed uncollectible are written off against the allowance for credit losses.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Our accounts receivable are primarily derived from revenue earned from customers located throughout North America, Europe and Asia. We perform periodic credit evaluations of our customers’ financial condition and maintain allowances for potential credit losses. Credit losses have historically been within our expectations. We generally do not require collateral or other security from our customers.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Our financial instruments consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, contract manufacturers’ receivable, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities. The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received in an asset sale or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between unaffiliated market participants. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are categorized based on whether or not the inputs are observable in the market and the degree to which the inputs are observable. The categorization of financial instruments within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The hierarchy is prioritized into three levels (with Level 3 being the lowest) defined as follows:

Level 1: Inputs are based on quoted market prices for identical assets and liabilities in active markets at the measurement date.

Level 2: Inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and/or quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active near the measurement date.

Level 3: Inputs include management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. The inputs are unobservable in the market and significant to the instrument’s valuation.

The hierarchy noted above requires us to minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to use observable market data, if available, when determining fair value. Other than earnout consideration liabilities (seeNote 3), during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 we did not have any assets or liabilities that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis. As of June 30, 2024 we do not have any assets or liabilities that were measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.

We believe all of our financial instruments’ recorded values approximate their current fair values because of the nature and short duration of these instruments.

Foreign Currency Remeasurement

The functional currency for all our foreign subsidiaries is currently the U.S. dollar. Non-monetary and monetary foreign currency assets and liabilities are valued in U.S. dollars at historical and end-of-period exchange rates, respectively. Exchange gains and losses from foreign currency transactions and remeasurements are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations. Translation adjustments for foreign subsidiaries whose functional currencies were previously their respective local currencies are suspended in accumulated other comprehensive income.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Accumulated other comprehensive income is composed of accumulated translation adjustments as of June 30, 2024 and 2023. We did not have any other comprehensive income or losses during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 or 2023.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and short-term investments, with original maturities of 90 days or less.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value, cost being determined on a weighted-average cost basis that approximates the first-in, first-out method. We provide reserves for excess and obsolete inventories determined primarily based upon estimates of future demand for our products.

Inventory Sale and Purchase Transactions with Contract Manufacturers

Under certain circumstances, we sell raw materials to our contract manufacturers and subsequently repurchase finished goods from the contract manufacturers which contain such raw materials. Net sales of raw materials to the contract manufacturers are recorded on the consolidated balance sheets as contract manufacturers’ receivables and are eliminated from net revenue as we intend to repurchase the raw materials from the contract manufacturers in the form of finished goods.

We have contractual arrangements with certain of our contract manufacturers that require us to purchase unused inventory that the contract manufacturer has purchased to fulfill our forecasted manufacturing demand. To the extent that inventory on-hand at one or more of these contract manufacturers exceeds our contractually reported forecasts, we record the amount we may be required to purchase as part of other current liabilities and inventories on the consolidated balance sheets.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are carried at cost. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the assets’ estimated useful lives, generally ranging from three to five years. Depreciation and amortization of leasehold improvements are computed using the shorter of the remaining lease term or five years. Major renewals and betterments are capitalized, while replacements, maintenance and repairs, which do not improve or extend the estimated useful lives of the respective assets, are expensed as incurred.

Business Combinations

We allocate the fair value of the purchase consideration of a business acquisition to the tangible assets, liabilities, and intangible assets acquired, including in-process research and development (“IPR&D”), based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the fair values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. IPR&D is initially capitalized at fair value as an intangible asset with an indefinite life and assessed for impairment thereafter. When an IPR&D project is completed, the IPR&D is reclassified as an amortizable intangible asset and amortized over the asset’s estimated useful life. Acquisition-related expenses and related restructuring costs are recognized separately from the business combination and are expensed as incurred.

**Goodwill **

Goodwill is recorded as the difference, if any, between the aggregate consideration paid for an acquisition and the fair value of the acquired net tangible and intangible assets acquired. We evaluate goodwill for impairment on an annual basis as of the last day of our fiscal fourth quarter or more frequently if we believe indicators of impairment exist that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of our single reporting unit below its carrying amount. We begin by assessing qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of our single reporting unit is less than its carrying value. Based on that qualitative assessment, if we conclude that it is more likely than not that the fair value of our single reporting unit is less than its carrying value, we conduct a quantitative goodwill impairment test, which involves comparing the estimated fair value of our single reporting unit with its carrying value, including goodwill. We estimate the fair value of our single reporting unit using a combination of the income and market approach. If the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value, we recognize an impairment loss for the difference.

During the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, we performed a qualitative assessment of whether goodwill impairment existed and did not determine that it was more likely than not that the fair value of our single reporting unit was less than its carrying amount.

Intangible Assets

Included within “intangible assets, net" at June 30, 2024 are customer lists, developed technology, tradenames, and other intangible assets acquired in connection with various business combinations. Such capitalized costs and intangible assets are being amortized over a period of one to five years.

**Impairment of Long-Lived Assets **

We assess the impairment of long-lived assets, including intangible assets, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of long-lived assets within an asset group may not be recoverable. We estimate the future cash flows, undiscounted and without interest charges, expected to be generated by the assets from its use over its remaining useful life and eventual disposition. If the sum of the expected undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of those assets, we estimate the fair value of the asset group and recognize an impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the assets.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are computed under the liability method. This method requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of our assets and liabilities. The impact on deferred taxes of changes in tax rates and laws, if any, are applied to the years during which temporary differences are expected to be settled and are reflected in the consolidated financial statements in the period of enactment. A valuation allowance is recorded when it is more likely than not that some of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

Financial statement effects of a tax position are initially recognized when it is more likely than not, based on the technical merits, that the position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority. A tax position that meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold is initially and subsequently measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that meets the more-likely-than-not threshold of being realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority. We recognize potential accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense.

Share-Based Compensation

We account for share-based compensation by expensing the estimated grant date fair value of our shared-based awards ratably over the requisite service period.

We recognize the impact of forfeitures on our share-based compensation expense as such forfeitures occur. Previously recognized expense is reversed for the portion of awards forfeited prior to vesting.

Net Income (Loss) Per Share

Basic net income (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the fiscal year. Diluted net income (loss) per share is calculated by adjusting the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, assuming any dilutive effects of outstanding share-based awards using the treasury stock method.

Research and Development Costs

Costs incurred in the research and development of new products and enhancements to existing products are expensed as incurred. Development costs of computer software to be sold, leased or otherwise marketed are subject to capitalization beginning when a product’s technological feasibility has been established and ending when a product is available for general release to customers. In most instances, we believe our current process for developing products is essentially completed concurrently with the establishment of technological feasibility and thus, software development costs have been expensed as incurred.

Warranty

The standard warranty periods we provide for our products typically range from one to five years. We establish reserves for estimated product warranty costs at the time revenue is recognized based upon our historical warranty experience, and for any known or anticipated product warranty issues. If actual return rates and/or replacement costs differ significantly from our estimates, adjustments to recognize additional warranty expense in cost of revenue may be required in future periods.

Restructuring Charges

We recognize costs and related liabilities for restructuring activities when they are incurred. Our restructuring charges are primarily comprised of employee separation costs, asset impairments and contract exit costs. Employee separation costs include one-time termination benefits that are recognized as a liability at estimated fair value, at the time of communication to employees, unless future service is required, in which case the costs are recognized ratably over the future service period. Ongoing termination benefits are recognized as a liability at estimated fair value when the amount of such benefits are probable and reasonably estimable. Contract exit costs include contract termination fees and right-of-use asset impairments recognized on the date that we have vacated the premises or ceased use of the leased facilities. A liability for contract termination fees is recognized in the period in which we terminate the contract.

Leases

We determine if an arrangement is a lease, or contains a lease, at the inception of the arrangement and evaluate whether the lease is an operating lease or a finance lease at the commencement date. We recognize right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities for operating and finance leases with terms greater than 12 months. ROU assets represent our right to use an asset for the lease term, while lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments. To the extent a lease includes a renewal option, we include such options in the calculation of the ROU asset and lease liability if it is reasonably assured that we will exercise the option. Operating and finance lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term at the lease commencement date. To determine the present value of lease payments, we use the implicit interest rate, if it is readily determinable or estimable. To the extent that we are unable to utilize an interest rate implicit in the lease, we generally use our collateralized incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date, including lease term, in determining the present value of lease payments. Operating and finance lease ROU assets are recognized net of any lease prepayments and incentives. Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Finance lease expense is recognized based on the effective-interest method over the lease term.

For leases that we acquire in acquisition transactions, we generally elect not to recognize assets or liabilities at the acquisition date for leases that, at the acquisition date, have a remaining lease term of 12 months or less.

Refer toNote 9 below for additional information regarding our leases.

Advertising Expenses

Advertising expenses are recorded in the period incurred and totaled $237,000 and $262,000 for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The costs are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.

Segment Information

We have one operating and reportable business segment: the development, marketing, and sale of industrial and enterprise IoT products and services. Our chief executive officer was identified as our chief operating decision-maker (CODM), and reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for the purpose of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Income Tax Disclosures

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued a final standard on improvements to income tax disclosures. The new standard requires disaggregated information about a company’s effective tax rate reconciliation and information on income taxes paid. The standard will be effective for Lantronix beginning with our annual financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026. We have not yet determined the impact of adopting this guidance on our financial statements.

Segment Disclosures

In November 2023, the FASB issued a new Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) requiring incremental disclosures related to a public company’s reportable segments. The new guidance was issued primarily to provide financial statement users with more disaggregated expense information about a company’s reportable segments. The guidance does not change the definition of a segment, the method for determining segments, or the criteria for aggregating operating segments into reportable segments. The guidance is effective for Lantronix on a retrospective basis beginning with our annual financial statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. We are evaluating this guidance and currently do not anticipate its adoption to materially impact our financial statements.

Current Expected Credit Losses

In June 2016, the FASB issued an ASU requiring financial assets measured at amortized cost be presented at the net amount expected to be collected, through an allowance for credit losses that is deducted from the amortized cost basis. The ASU eliminates the threshold for initial recognition in current U.S. GAAP and reflects an entity’s current estimate of all expected credit losses. The measurement of expected credit losses is based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the financial assets. The ASU became effective for Lantronix at the beginning of our first quarter of fiscal year 2024. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

Revenue is recognized upon the transfer of control of promised products or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to receive in exchange for those products or services. We apply the following five-step approach in determining the amount and timing of revenue to be recognized: (i) identifying the contract with a customer, (ii) identifying the performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determining the transaction price, (iv) allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract and (v) recognizing revenue when the performance obligation is satisfied. On occasion we enter into contracts that can include various combinations of products and services, which are generally capable of being distinct and accounted for as separate performance obligations.

Revenue is recognized net of (i) any taxes collected from customers, which are subsequently remitted to governmental authorities and (ii) shipping and handling costs collected from customers.

Products

Most of our product revenue is recognized as a distinct single performance obligation when products are tendered to a carrier for delivery, which represents the point in time that our customer obtains control of the promised products. A smaller portion of our product revenue is recognized when our customer receives delivery of the promised products.

A significant portion of our products are sold to distributors under agreements which contain (i) limited rights to return unsold products and (ii) price adjustment provisions, both of which are accounted for as variable consideration when estimating the amount of revenue to recognize. We base our estimates for returns and price adjustments primarily on historical experience; however, we also consider contractual allowances, approved pricing adjustments and other known or anticipated returns and price adjustments in a given period. Such estimates are generally made at the time of shipment to the customer and updated at the end of each reporting period as additional information becomes available and only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal of any incremental revenue will not occur. Our estimates of accrued variable consideration are included in other current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Services

Revenues from our extended warranty, technical support, and maintenance services are generally recognized ratably over the applicable service period. Revenues from sales of our software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) solutions are recognized ratably over the applicable service period as well.

We prepay sales commissions related to certain of these contracts, which are incremental costs of obtaining the contract. We capitalize these costs and expense them ratably on a straight-line basis over the life of the contract. At June 30, 2024, prepaid sales commissions included in prepaid expenses and other current assets totaled $194,000 and included in other assets totaled $190,000.

Engineering Services

We derive a portion of our revenues from engineering and related consulting service contracts with customers. Revenues from professional engineering services are generally recognized as services are performed. These contracts generally include performance obligations in which control is transferred over time because the customer either simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided or our performance on the contract creates or enhances an asset that the customer controls. These contracts typically provide services on the following basis:

Performance obligations for T&M contracts qualify for the "Right to Invoice" practical expedient within the revenue guidance. Under this practical expedient, we may recognize revenue, over time, in the amount to which we have a right to invoice. In addition, we are not required to estimate variable consideration upon inception of the contract and reassess the estimate each reporting period. We have determined that this method best represents the transfer of services as, upon billing, we have a right to consideration from a customer in an amount that directly corresponds with the value to the customer of our performance completed to date.

We recognize revenue on fixed price contracts, over time, using an input method based on the proportion of our actual costs incurred (generally labor hours expended) to the total costs expected to complete the contract performance obligation. We have determined that this method best represents the transfer of services as the proportion closely depicts the efforts or inputs completed towards the satisfaction of a fixed price contract performance obligation.

Multiple Performance Obligations

From time to time, we may enter into contracts with customers that include promises to transfer multiple deliverables that may include sales of products, professional engineering services and other product qualification or certification services. Determining whether the deliverables in such arrangements are considered distinct performance obligations that should be accounted for separately versus together often requires judgment. We consider performance obligations to be distinct when the customer can benefit from the promised good or service on its own or by combining it with other resources readily available and when the promised good or service is separately identifiable from other promised goods or services in the contract. In such arrangements, we allocate revenue on a relative standalone selling price basis by maximizing the use of observable inputs to determine the standalone selling price for each performance obligation.

Net Revenue by Product Line and Geographic Region

We organize our products and solutions into three product lines: Embedded IoT Solutions, IoT System Solutions, and Software & Services. Our Embedded IoT products are normally embedded into new designs. These products include application processing that delivers compute to meet customer needs for data transformation, computer vision, machine learning, augmented / virtual reality, audio / video aggregation and distribution, and custom applications at the edge. Our IoT System products include wired and wireless connections that enhance the value and utility of modern electronic systems and equipment by providing secure network connectivity, power for IoT end devices through Power over Ethernet, application hosting, protocol conversion, media conversion, secure access for distributed IoT deployments and many other functions. Our Software & Services products can be classified as either (i) our SaaS platform, which enables customers to easily deploy, monitor, manage, and automate across their global deployments, all from a single platform login, virtually connected as though directly on each device, (ii) engineering services, which is a flexible business model that allows customers to select from turnkey product development or team augmentation for accelerating complex areas of product development or (iii) extended warranty, support and maintenance.

We conduct our business globally and manage our sales teams by three geographic regions: the Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (“EMEA”); and Asia Pacific Japan (“APJ”).

The following tables present our net revenue by product line and by geographic region. Net revenues by geographic region are generally based on the “bill-to” location of our customers:

The following table presents product revenues and service revenues as a percentage of our total net revenue:

Service revenue is comprised primarily of professional services, software license subscriptions, and extended warranties.

Contract Balances

In certain instances, the timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of invoicing to our customers. We record a contract asset receivable when revenue is recognized prior to invoicing, and a contract or deferred revenue liability when revenue is recognized subsequent to invoicing. With respect to product shipments, we expect to fulfill contract obligations within one year and so we have elected not to separately disclose the amount nor the timing of recognition of these remaining performance obligations. For contract balances related to contracts that include services and multiple performance obligations, refer to the deferred revenue discussion below.

Deferred Revenue

Deferred revenue is primarily comprised of unearned revenue related to our extended warranty, support and maintenance services and certain software services. These services are generally invoiced at the beginning of the contract period and revenue is recognized ratably over the service period. Current and non-current deferred revenue balances represent revenue allocated to the remaining unsatisfied performance obligations at the end of a reporting period and are respectively included in other current liabilities and other non-current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The following table presents the changes in our deferred revenue balance for the year ended June 30, 2024 (in thousands):

We currently expect to recognize substantially all of the non-current portion of deferred revenue over the next 2 to 5 years.

On September 12, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), we entered into a merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with Uplogix, Inc. (“Uplogix”) pursuant to which Uplogix became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lantronix (the “Merger”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Uplogix were cancelled and converted into the right to receive an applicable portion of the Consideration Pool Amount (as defined in the Merger Agreement). In addition, the holders of promissory notes issued by Uplogix entered into note termination agreements with Uplogix, which provided, among other things, that the issued and outstanding promissory notes were cancelled and terminated upon the closing of the Merger. Holders of Company Junior-Only Notes (as defined in the Merger Agreement) received, in connection with their cancellation and termination of such notes, the full payment of principal and interest. Holders of Company Senior Notes (as defined in the Merger Agreement), including those holders of Company Senior Notes and Company Junior Notes (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (the “Company Senior Noteholders”), received the applicable portions of the Estimated Merger Consideration (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

The aggregate consideration payable by Lantronix under the Merger Agreement was equal to $8,000,000 (inclusive of payments to satisfy the Company Junior-Only Notes), subject to certain adjustments, including, without limitation, for cash, debt, transaction expenses (including the Bonus Amount (as defined below)) and net working capital. Prior to the Closing Date, Uplogix entered into an amended and restated bonus plan, which provided that certain of its employees would be entitled to receive, in the aggregate, 15% of the consideration otherwise payable to the holders of Company Senior Notes (the “Bonus Amount”) under the Merger Agreement, with the terms of such bonus payments (including the amounts per employee and the timing of such payments) as specified in such bonus plan.

In addition, the Company Senior Noteholders and former Uplogix employees with the right to receive up to an additional $4,000,000 in the aggregate (the “Earnout Amount”), payable after the closing of the Merger based on revenue targets for the business of Uplogix as specified in the Merger Agreement. The Earnout Amount was based on Uplogix achieving revenue of $7,000,000 to $14,000,000 for the period beginning at the Closing Date and ending on September 30, 2023.

The acquisition of Uplogix brought immediate scale to our out-of-band remote management solutions, adding a complementary high-end product offering that includes high-margin maintenance and licensing revenues.

A summary of the purchase consideration for the Uplogix acquisition is as follows (in thousands):

We recorded Uplogix’s tangible and intangible assets and liabilities based on their estimated fair values as of the Closing Date and allocated the remaining purchase consideration to goodwill. Our valuation assumptions of acquired assets and assumed liabilities require significant estimates, especially with respect to intangible assets. The measurement period for assessing the valuation of acquired assets and assumed liabilities was complete as of June 30, 2023.

The final purchase price allocation is as follows (in thousands):

As discussed above, the purchase consideration and resulting purchase price allocation for this acquisition included various adjustments for transaction expenses, the Bonus Amount, payment of Company Junior-Only Notes and certain other accrued expenses paid shortly after the Closing Date. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, substantially all of the $4,104,000 cash acquired was to be utilized for these items. The purchase price allocation above reflects both this cash acquired and the applicable accrued liabilities and notes payable that were substantially all disbursed on or shortly after the Closing Date.

The factors that contributed to a purchase price resulting in the recognition of goodwill include our belief that this acquisition will create a more diverse IoT company with respect to product offerings and our belief that we are committed to improving cost structures in accordance with our operational and restructuring plans which should result in a realization of cost savings and an improvement of overall efficiencies.

Depending on the structure of a particular acquisition, goodwill and identifiable intangible assets may not be deductible for tax purposes. We have determined that goodwill and identifiable intangible assets related to this acquisition are deductible.

Acquisition-related costs were expensed in the periods in which the costs were incurred.

The valuation of identifiable intangible assets and their estimated useful lives are as follows:

The intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated weighted-average useful lives.

Valuation Methodology

The customer relationships were valued using the multi-period excess earnings method, which estimates revenues and cash flows derived from this asset and also considers portions of the cash flows that can be attributed to the use of other supporting assets. The useful lives of customer relationships are estimated based primarily upon customer turnover data. Order backlog was estimated to be substantially fulfilled within a year of the Closing Date.

Developed technology and trades names were valued using the relief-from-royalty method. This method is an income approach that estimates the portion of a company’s earnings attributable to an asset based on the royalty rate the company would have paid for the use of the asset if it did not own it. Royalty payments are estimated by applying a royalty rate to the prospective revenue attributable to the intangible asset. The resulting annual royalty payments are tax-affected and then discounted to present value.

Assumptions used in forecasting cash flows for each of the identified intangible assets included consideration of the following:

The fair value of earnout consideration was estimated based on applying a Monte Carlo simulation method to forecast achievement of the revenue targets. This method involves many possible value outcomes which are evaluated to establish an estimated value. Key inputs in the valuation include forecasted revenue, revenue volatility and discount rate.

Remeasurement of Earnout Consideration

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, we finalized the fair value of the earnout consideration based on financial results through September 30, 2023. The earnout liability was paid out in full in December 2023.

The table below presents the change in the earnout consideration liability during the current fiscal year (in thousands):

Supplemental Pro Forma Information (Unaudited)

The following supplemental pro forma data summarizes our results of operations for the periods presented, as if we completed the acquisition of Uplogix as of the first day of our fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The supplemental pro forma data reports actual operating results adjusted to include the pro forma effect and timing of the impact of amortization expense of identified intangible assets, restructuring costs, the purchase accounting effect on inventories acquired, and transaction costs. In accordance with the pro forma acquisition date, we recorded in the year ended June 30, 2022 supplemental pro forma data (i) cost of goods sold from manufacturing profit in acquired inventory of $225,000, (ii) acquisition related restructuring costs of $315,000 and (iii) acquisition-related costs of $315,000, with a corresponding reduction in the year ended June 30, 2023 supplemental pro forma data. Additionally, we recorded $506,000 of amortization expense in the year ended June 30, 2022 supplemental pro forma data, and a reduction of amortization expense of $79,000 in the year ended June 30, 2023 supplemental pro forma data to represent amortization for the full fiscal year period.

Net revenue related to products and services from the acquisition of Uplogix contributed just under 4% of our total net revenue for the year ended June 30, 2023. As of the Closing Date, we began to immediately integrate the acquisition into existing operations, engineering groups, sales distribution networks and management structure, making it generally impracticable to determine the post-acquisition earnings on a standalone basis.

Supplemental pro forma data is as follows:

Accounts Receivable

The following table presents details of our accounts receivable:

Inventories

The following table presents details of our inventories:

Property and Equipment

The following table presents details of our property and equipment:

Goodwill

The following table presents details of our goodwill balance:

Intangible Assets

The following table presents details of our intangible assets:

We do not currently have any intangible assets with indefinite useful lives.

As of June 30, 2024, future estimated amortization expense is as follows:

Warranty Reserve

The following table presents details of our warranty reserve:

Other Liabilities

The following table presents details of our other liabilities:

Computation of Net Loss per Share

The following table presents the computation of net loss per share:

The following table presents the common stock equivalents excluded from the diluted net loss per share calculation because they were anti-dilutive for the periods presented. These excluded common stock equivalents could be dilutive in the future.

Severance and Related Charges

The following table presents details of the liability we recorded related to restructuring, severance and related activities during the current fiscal year:

The ending balance is recorded in accrued payroll and related expenses on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2024.

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

The following table presents non-cash investing and financing transactions excluded from the consolidated statements of cash flows:

On September 7, 2022 we entered into a Third Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “Amendment”) with Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”), pertaining to our existing term loan and revolving credit facility (together, the “Senior Credit Facilities”), which amends that certain Third Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2021, as amended by the First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2021, as amended by the Second Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 15, 2022 by and among Lantronix and SVB (collectively with the Amendment, the “Loan Agreement”).

The Amendment, among other things, provided for an additional term loan in the original principal amount of $5,000,000 that matures on August 2, 2025. The Senior Credit Facilities bears interest at Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) or the Prime Rate, at the option of Lantronix, plus a margin that ranges from 3.10% to 4.10% in the case of Term SOFR and 1.50% to 2.50% in the case of the Prime Rate, depending on our total leverage with a Term SOFR floor of 1.50% and a Prime Rate floor of 3.25%. The Amendment reduced the minimum liquidity requirement from $5,000,000 to $4,000,000. As a condition to entering into the Amendment, we were obligated to pay a nonrefundable facility increase fee in the amount of $25,000. Pursuant to the Amendment, the Senior Credit Facilities were scheduled to mature on August 2, 2025. On September 3, 2024, we entered into a Fourth Amendment to our Loan Agreement, pursuant to which the maturity of our Senior Credit Facilities was extended to August 2, 2026. See Part II, Item 9B of this Report. The Senior Credit Facilities are secured by substantially all of our assets.

On April 3, 2023, we entered into a Letter Agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with SVB, which, among other matters, amended the Loan Agreement to reduce the former requirement to hold 85% of our company-wide cash balances at SVB to 50%, and provided a waiver of any event of default under the Loan Agreement for any failure to comply with this covenant prior to the date of the Letter Agreement.

The following table summarizes our outstanding debt:

During the year ended June 30, 2024, we recognized $1,697,000 of interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations related to interest and amortization of debt issuance associated with the borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities.

Financial Covenants

The Senior Credit Facilities require Lantronix to comply with a minimum liquidity test, a maximum leverage ratio and a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio. We were in compliance with all financial covenants as of June 30, 2024.

Liquidity

The Senior Credit Facilities require that we maintain a minimum liquidity of $4,000,000 at SVB, as measured at the end of each month.

Maximum leverage ratio

The Senior Credit Facilities require that we maintain a maximum leverage ratio, calculated as the ratio of funded debt to the consolidated trailing 12 month earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and certain other allowable exclusions of (i) 2.50 to 1.00 for each calendar quarter ending June 30, 2021 through and including September 30, 2022, (ii) 2.25 to 1.00 for each calendar quarter ending December 31, 2022 through and including September 30, 2023, and (iii) 2.00 to 1.00 for the calendar quarter ending December 31, 2023 and each calendar quarter thereafter.

Minimum fixed charge coverage ratio

The Senior Credit Facilities require that we maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, calculated as the ratio of consolidated trailing 12 month earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and certain other allowable exclusions, less capital expenditures and taxes paid, to the trailing twelve month principal and interest payments on all funded debt of 1.25 to 1.00 as measured at the end of each calendar quarter.

In addition, the Senior Credit Facilities contain customary representations and warranties, affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants that limit or restrict Lantronix and its subsidiaries’ ability to incur liens, incur indebtedness, dispose of assets, make investments, make certain restricted payments, merge or consolidate and enter into certain speculative hedging arrangements. The Senior Credit Facilities include a number of events of default, including, among other things, non-payment defaults, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to other materials indebtedness, bankruptcy and insolvency defaults and material judgment defaults. If any event of default occurs (subject, in certain instances, to specified grace periods), the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding amounts under the Senior Credit Facilities may become due and payable immediately.

Stock Incentive Plans

We have stock incentive plans in effect under which non-qualified and incentive stock options to purchase shares of Lantronix common stock (“stock options”) have been granted to employees, non-employees and board members. In addition, we have previously granted restricted common stock awards (“non-vested shares”) to employees and board members under these plans. In November 2020, our stockholders voted to approve the 2020 Performance Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”), replacing our Amended and Restated 2010 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2010 Plan”), which expired in September 2020. At the 2010 Plan’s expiration date, approximately 1,097,000 shares of our common stock that remained available for award grants under the 2010 Plan became available for award grants under the 2020 Plan. An additional 2,500,000 shares our common stock were also made available at that time for award grants under the 2020 Plan, and shares of common stock subject to outstanding awards under the 2010 Plan that expired, were cancelled, or otherwise terminate after the expiration date of the 2010 Plan became available for award grant purposes under the 2020 Plan. In November 2022, our stockholders voted to approve amendments to the 2020 Plan that, among other things, increased the aggregate number of shares of our common stock available for award grants under the plan by 1,800,000 shares. The 2020 Plan authorizes awards of stock options (both non-qualified and incentive), stock appreciation rights, non-vested shares, restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and performance shares (“PSUs”). New shares are issued to satisfy stock option exercises and share issuances. At June 30, 2024, approximately 1,107,000 shares remain available for issuance under the 2020 Plan. We have also granted stock options, RSUs and PSUs under individual inducement award agreements.

The Compensation Committee of our board of directors determines eligibility, vesting schedules and exercise prices for stock options and shares granted under the plans. Stock options are generally granted with an exercise price equal to the market price of our common stock on the grant date. Stock options generally have a contractual term of seven to ten years. Share-based awards generally vest and become exercisable over a one to four-year service period. As of June 30, 2024, no stock appreciation rights or non-vested stock was outstanding. No income tax benefit was realized from activity in the share-based plans during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.

Restricted Stock Units

The fair value of our RSUs is based on the closing market price of our common stock on the grant date.

The following table presents a summary of activity with respect to our RSUs:

Performance Shares

The fair value of our PSUs is estimated as of the grant date based upon the expected achievement of the performance metrics specified in the grant and the closing market price of our common stock on the date of grant. To the extent a grant of PSUs contains a market condition, the grant date fair value is estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation with the following weighted average assumptions:

The following table presents a summary of activity with respect to our PSUs:

Stock Option Awards

The fair value of each stock option grant is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing formula. The expected term of stock options granted is based on our recent historical exercise data. Expected volatilities are based on the historical volatility of our stock price. The risk-free interest rate assumption is based on the U.S. Treasury interest rates appropriate for the expected term of our stock options.

The following table presents a summary of activity for all of our stock options:

The following table presents a summary of grant date fair value and intrinsic value information for all of our stock options:

The following weighted-average assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of all of our stock option grants during the year ended June 30, 2023:

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Our 2013 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) is intended to provide employees with an opportunity to purchase our common stock through accumulated payroll deductions at the end of a specified purchase period. Each of our employees (including officers) is eligible to participate in our ESPP, subject to certain limitations as set forth in our ESPP.

The ESPP currently operates with six month offering periods commencing on the first trading day on or after May 16 and November 16 of each year (an “Offering Period”). Common stock may be purchased under the ESPP at the end of each six-month Offering Period unless the participant withdraws or terminates employment earlier. Shares of the Company’s common stock may be purchased under the ESPP at a price not less than 85% of the lesser of the fair market value of our common stock on the first or last trading day of each Offering Period. The ESPP limits the number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the plan to 1,800,000 shares.

The per share fair value of stock purchase rights granted under the ESPP was estimated using the following weighted-average assumptions:

The following table presents a summary of activity under our ESPP:

Share-Based Compensation Expense

The following table presents a summary of share-based compensation expense included in each applicable functional line item on our consolidated statements of operations:

The following table presents a summary of the remaining unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to our outstanding share-based awards as of June 30, 2024:

If there are any modifications or cancellations of the underlying unvested share-based awards, we may be required to accelerate, increase or cancel remaining unearned share-based compensation expense. Future share-based compensation expense and unearned share-based compensation expense will increase to the extent that we grant additional share-based awards.

We have a retirement savings plan (the “Plan”) to which eligible employees may elect to make contributions through salary deferrals up to 100% of their base pay, subject to limitations. We made approximately $376,000 and $411,000 in matching contributions to participants in the Plan during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

In addition, we may make discretionary profit-sharing contributions, subject to limitations. During the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, we made no such contributions to the Plan.

The provision (benefit) for income taxes consists of the following components:

The following table presents U.S. and foreign income (loss) before income taxes:

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

Our net deferred tax liability of $179,000 and $146,000 at June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, represents the excess of our indefinite-lived deferred tax liabilities over our indefinite-lived deferred tax assets, and are recorded in other non-current liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at June 30, 2024 and 2023. Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income. As required by ASC 740, we have evaluated the positive and negative evidence bearing upon our ability to realize the deferred tax assets as of June 30, 2024 and 2023. We have determined that it was more likely than not that Lantronix would not realize the deferred tax assets due to our cumulative losses and uncertainty of generating future taxable income.

The following table presents a reconciliation of the provision (benefit) for income taxes to taxes computed at the U.S. federal statutory rate:

We continue to assert that our foreign earnings are indefinitely reinvested in our overseas operations and as such, deferred income taxes were not provided on undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries. The 2017 Act created a requirement that certain income earned by foreign subsidiaries, known as global intangible low-tax income (“GILTI”), must be included in the gross income of their U.S. shareholder. The FASB allows an accounting policy election of either recognizing deferred taxes for temporary differences expected to reverse as GILTI in future years or recognizing such taxes as a current-period expense when incurred. During the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, we elected to treat the tax effect of GILTI as a current-period expense when incurred.

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The following table summarizes our liability for uncertain tax positions for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024:

At June 30, 2024, we had $4,289,000 of gross unrecognized tax benefits which was recorded as a reduction to deferred tax assets, and a corresponding reduction in our valuation allowance of $4,289,000. The balance decreased from the prior year due to the expiration of certain federal research and development tax credit carryforwards. To the extent such portion of unrecognized tax benefits is recognized at a time such valuation allowance no longer exists, the recognition would reduce the effective tax rate. Our continuing practice is to recognize interest and penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. During the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, we recorded an immaterial expense for interest and penalties related to income tax matters in the provision for income taxes. At June 30, 2024, we had approximately $333,000 of accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions.

At June 30, 2024, our fiscal years ended June 30, 2021 through 2024 remain open to examination by the federal taxing jurisdiction and our fiscal years ended June 30, 2020 through 2024 remain open to examination by the state taxing jurisdictions. However, we have NOLs beginning in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 which would cause the statute of limitations to remain open for the year in which the NOL was incurred. Our fiscal years ended June 30, 2016 through 2024 remain open to examination by foreign taxing authorities. We currently do not anticipate that the amount of unrecognized tax benefits as of June 30, 2024 will significantly increase or decrease within the next 12 months.

In general, our leases include office buildings for various facilities worldwide which are all classified as operating leases. We also have financing leases related to some office equipment in the U.S.

The following presents components of lease expense and supplemental cash flow information:

As of June 30, 2024 and 2023, the weighted average discount rate for leases was 4.6% and 4.6%, respectively, and the weighted average remaining lease term for leases was 3.4 years and 3.8 years, respectively.

Maturities of lease liabilities as of June 30, 2024 were as follows:

On February 23, 2024, a purported class action, brought on behalf of a putative class who purchased or otherwise acquired shares of Lantronix between May 11, 2023 and February 8, 2024, was filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the Company, its former chief executive officer, and its chief financial officer. The action, styledNeilsen v. Lantronix, Inc., asserted securities fraud claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), in connection with statements made in the Company’s annual report, quarterly reports and earnings releases during the period of May 11, 2023 through February 8, 2024. On May 7, 2024, the court appointed Robert Ratliff and Hana Touati as co-lead plaintiffs and Levi & Korsinsky and Pomerantz as co-lead counsel. On June 14, 2024, the parties filed a joint stipulation to dismiss the case pursuant to voluntary dismissal.

On April 11, 2024, a purported stockholder of Lantronix filed a derivative lawsuit styled Jernigan derivatively on behalf of Lantronix, Inc. v. Jason W. Cohenour et al., in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the Company, as the nominal defendant, former and current directors of the Company, its former chief executive officer, and its chief financial officer, alleging breach of fiduciary duties, mismanagement, waste of corporate assets, unjust enrichment, aiding and abetting, insider trading and violations of Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act in connection with statements made in the Company’s annual and quarterly reports, earnings releases, and proxy statement beginning May 11, 2023. The plaintiff did not make a demand on the Board before instituting the lawsuit and alleged such demand would have been futile. On May 28, 2024, the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed Christa Steele as a defendant from the lawsuit. On June 26, 2024, the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the suit.

From time to time, we are subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business. We are currently not aware of any such legal proceedings or claims that we believe will have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial position, operating results or cash flows. We maintain insurance policies for settlements and judgments, as well as legal defense costs, although the amount of insurance coverage that we maintain may not be adequate to cover all claims or liabilities that may arise. In addition, provisions of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and indemnification agreements entered into with current and former directors and officers require us, among other things, to indemnify these directors and officers against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers and to advance expenses to such directors or officers in connection therewith.

Long-lived assets, which consists of property and equipment, net, lease right-of-use assets, intangible assets, net, and goodwill by geographic area are as follows:

Customers

The following table presents sales to our significant customers as a percentage of net revenue:

The following table shows customers that had an outstanding receivable balance that represented at least 10% of our total net accounts receivable:

Related Party Transactions

We hadno net revenue from related parties for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.

Suppliers

We do not own or operate a manufacturing facility. All of our products are manufactured by third-party contract manufacturers and foundries primarily located in Thailand, Taiwan and China. We have several single-sourced supplier relationships, either because alternative sources are not available or because the relationship is advantageous to us. If these suppliers are unable to provide a timely and reliable supply of components, we could experience manufacturing delays that could adversely affect our consolidated results of operations.

12. Subsequent Event

On September 3, 2024, we entered into a Fourth Amendment to our Loan Agreement, pursuant to which the maturity of our Senior Credit Facilities was extended from August 2, 2025 to August 2, 2026. See Part II, Item 9B of this Report.