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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Cautionary Statement

You should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The information contained in this Report is not a complete description of our business. We urge you to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in this Report and in our other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 and subsequent reports on our Current Reports on Form 8-K.

This Report contains forward-looking statements which include, but are not limited to, statements concerning projected net revenues, expenses, gross profit and net income (loss), the need for additional capital, market acceptance of our products, our ability to achieve further product integration, the status of evolving technologies and their growth potential and our production capacity. Among these forward-looking statements are statements regarding a potential decline in net revenue from non-core product lines, potential variances in quarterly operating expenses, the adequacy of existing resources to meet cash needs, some reduction in the average selling prices and gross margins of products, need to incorporate software from third-party vendors and open source software in our future products and the potential impact of an increase in interest rates or fluctuations in foreign exchange rates on our financial condition or results of operations. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry, our beliefs and certain assumptions made by us. Words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will" and variations of these words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, our actual results could differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including but not limited to those identified under the heading "Risk Factors" set forth in Part II, Item 1A hereto. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.

Overview

We design, develop and market devices that make it possible to access, manage, control and configure electronic products over the Internet or other networks. We are a leader in providing innovative networking solutions. We were initially formed as "Lantronix," a California corporation, in June 1989. We reincorporated as "Lantronix, Inc.," a Delaware corporation, in May 2000.

We have a history of providing devices that enable information technology ("IT") equipment to network using standard protocols for connectivity, including Ethernet and wireless. Our first device was a terminal server that allowed ASCII terminals to connect to a network. Building on the success of our terminal servers, in 1991 we introduced a complete line of print servers that enabled users to inexpensively share printers over a network. Since then, we have continually refined our core technology and have developed additional innovative networking solutions that expand upon the business of providing our customers network connectivity. With the expansion of networking and the Internet, our technology focus has been increasingly expanded beyond IT equipment, so that our device solutions provide a product manufacturer with the ability to network its products within the industrial, service and commercial markets referred to as machine-to-machine ("M2M") networking.

The following describes our M2M device networking product lines:

· Device Enablement (DeviceLinx) - We offer an array of embedded and external device enablement solutions that enable integrators and manufacturers of electronic and electro-mechanical products to add network connectivity, manageability and control. Our customers' products emanate from a wide variety of applications within the M2M market, from blood analyzers that relay critical patient information directly to a hospital's information system, to simple devices such as time clocks, allowing the user to obtain information from these devices and to improve how they are managed and controlled. We also offer products such as multi-port device servers that enable devices outside the data center to effectively share the costs of the network connection and convert various protocols to industry standard interfaces such as Ethernet and the Internet.

· Device Management (SecureLinx and ManageLinx) - We offer off-the-shelf appliances such as console servers, digital remote keyboard, video, mouse extenders, and power control products that enable IT professionals to remotely connect, monitor and control network infrastructure equipment, distributed branch office equipment and large groups of servers using highly secure out-of-band management technology. In addition, our ManageLinx solution provides secure remote Internet access to virtually any piece of IP-enabled equipment, including our DeviceLinx products - even behind remote firewalls or virtual private networks.

The following describes our non-core product line:

· Non-core - Over the years, we have innovated or acquired various product lines that are no longer part of our primary, core markets described above. In general, these non-core product lines represent decreasing markets and we minimize research and development in these product lines. Included in this category are terminal servers, visualization solutions, legacy print servers, software and other miscellaneous products. We have announced the end-of-life for almost all of our non-core products and expect a steep decline in non-core revenues in fiscal 2010 while we complete the exit of this product category.

Financial Highlights and Other Information for the Fiscal Quarter Ended September 30, 2009

The following is a summary of the key factors and significant events that impacted our financial performance during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009:

· Net revenue was $11.0 million for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009, a decrease of $3.3 million or 22.9%, compared to $14.2 million for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2008. The decrease was primarily the result of a $2.8 million, or 20.6%, decrease in our device networking product lines and a $470,000, or 69.0%, decrease in our non-core product lines.

· Gross profit margin was 52.2% for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009, compared to 52.9% for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2008. The decrease in gross profit margin percent was primarily attributable to product mix during the quarter.

· Loss from operations was $406,000 for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009, compared to income from operations of $202,000 for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2008.

· Net loss was $499,000, or $0.01 per basic and diluted share, for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009, compared to net income of $184,000, or $0.00 per basic and diluted share, for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2008.

· Cash and cash equivalents remained consistent at $9.1 million as of September 30, 2009 and June 30, 2009.

· Net accounts receivable were $1.7 million as of September 30, 2009, a decrease of $186,000, compared to $1.9 million as of June 30, 2009. Days sales outstanding ("DSO") in receivables were 14 days for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009 compared to 22 days for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009. Our accounts receivable and DSO are primarily affected by the timing of shipments within a quarter, our collections performance and the fact that a significant portion of our revenues are recognized on a sell-through basis (upon shipment from distributor inventories rather than as goods are shipped to distributors).

· Net inventories were $6.1 million as of September 30, 2009, compared to $6.5 million as of June 30, 2009. Inventory turns were 3.3 turns for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009, compared to 3.2 turns for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2009.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The accounting policies that have the greatest impact on our financial condition and results of operations and that require the most judgment are those relating to revenue recognition, warranty reserves, allowance for doubtful accounts, inventory valuation, valuation of deferred income taxes, and goodwill. These policies are described in further detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009. There have been no significant changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009 as compared to what was previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2009 the FASB reached a consensus on Accounting Standards Update ("ASU"), 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605) - Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements ("ASU 2009-13") and ASU 2009-14, Software (Topic 985) - Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements ("ASU 2009-14"). ASU 2009-13 modifies the requirements that must be met for an entity to recognize revenue from the sale of a delivered item that is part of a multiple-element arrangement when other items have not yet been delivered. ASU 2009-13 eliminates the requirement that all undelivered elements must have either: i) vendor-specific objective evidence ("VSOE") or ii) third-party evidence ("TPE") before an entity can recognize the portion of an overall arrangement consideration that is attributable to items that already have been delivered. In the absence of VSOE or TPE of the standalone selling price for one or more delivered or undelivered elements in a multiple-element arrangement, entities will be required to estimate the selling prices of those elements. Overall arrangement consideration will be allocated to each element (both delivered and undelivered items) based on their relative selling prices, regardless of whether those selling prices are evidenced by VSOE or TPE or are based on the entity's estimated selling price. The residual method of allocating arrangement consideration has been eliminated. ASU 2009-14 modifies the software revenue recognition guidance to exclude from its scope tangible products that contain both software and non-software components that function together to deliver a product's essential functionality. These new updates are effective for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of these ASUs will have on our consolidated financial statements.