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INDUSTRY LEADER IN SECURE
COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS
Jerry Chase 
Chief Executive Officer
Reagan Sakai
Chief Financial Officer
October 2010
 
 

 
 This presentation contains forward-looking statements, including statements concerning
 financial results, anticipated market growth, market size, market vision, product features and
 availability timing, competitive assessments, the Company’s expectations concerning its
 operating results for fiscal year 2011, first fiscal quarter 2011, and future revenues, margins
 and operating expenses. These forward-looking statements are based on current management
 expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual reported results
 and outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements,
 including but not limited to: quarterly fluctuations in operating results; changing market
 conditions; government and industry standards; market acceptance of the Company’s products
 by its customers; pricing trends; actions by competitors; future revenues and margins; changes
 in the cost or availability of critical components; court approval of settlements in significant
 litigation; unusual or unexpected expenses; cash usage; and other factors that may affect
 financial performance. For a more detailed discussion of these and other risks and
 uncertainties, see the Company's recent SEC filings, including its Form 10-K for the fiscal year
 ended June 30, 2010 and Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2009 and
 March 31, 2010. Viewers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
 statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation
 to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Safe Harbor Statement
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Additional Information
 Additional Information
 Lantronix has filed a preliminary proxy statement and will file a
 definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents concerning
 the annual meeting with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 Our stockholders are urged to read the definitive proxy statements
 when they become available, because they will contain important
 information. Stockholders may obtain, free of charge, copies of the
 definitive proxy statements (when they are available) and other
 documents filed by Lantronix with the Securities and Exchange
 Commission at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website,
 
www.sec.gov. In addition, documents filed with the Securities and
 Exchange Commission by Lantronix will be available free of charge
 from us.  Lantronix and its directors and executive officers and
 certain other of its employees may be soliciting proxies from
 stockholders of Lantronix against the alternative proxy proposed by
 TL Investment GmbH.
 
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 Founded: 1989
 Headquarters: Irvine, CA
 Business Segment:
 Networking
 and Communications
 Fiscal Year End: June 30th
 Employees: 115
Company Overview
Fiscal Q4 2010 Highlights (Fiscal year end June 30th)
 Net Revenue of $11.8 million, up 4% YOY
 Non-GAAP net income of $169,000, or $0.02 per share
 Eighth consecutive quarter on non-GAAP net income
 Cash increased $938,000 to $10.1 million
Key Products
 Introduced AccessMyDevice™, a subscription-based
 service enabling equipment to be securely and
 remotely accessed behind firewalls from anywhere via
 a secure web browser.
The industry leader in secure communications solutions to
connect and control any type of equipment via the Internet
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Our Path to Growth
Where We Were
2003 - 2007
 Lost Generation of Products.
 
Period of failed products:
 o Did not meet customer
 needs
 Financials:
 o Negative cash flow
 o Limited liquidity reserves
 and options
 Strategic Issues.
 o Management team in
 disarray
 o Lack of unified strategy and
 vision
Where We Are
2008 - 2010
Where We’re Going
2010+
 Financial Stability
 o Reduced operating
 expenses
 o Increased gross margins
 o Non-GAAP profitability 8
 consecutive quarters
 o Improved cash position
 o Multi-billion dollar market
 opportunity with no category
 leader
 o Fits with existing product
 architecture
 o New hires: Medical industry
 veterans in sales, marketing,
 business development
 o Existing marquee medical
 customer base
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Standards-based enterprise mechanisms
(SOA, XML, HL7, Web services, etc.) that allow
“backend” applications easy access to devices
Moving Up The Value Chain
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What is AccessMyDevice.com?
  Enterprise-grade, industrial strength remote access service.
  “In the cloud” software-based solution
What does it do?
  Allows users to easily and securely view, manage, control, and service virtually any PC,
 server, machine, or electronic device from a web browser.
Benefits
   Reduced service costs
   Remote manageability from anywhere with Internet access
   Easier to manage and configure than VPN
   No reconfiguration of network
   No opening up of ports / Safer than port forwarding
   Easy to use
Who is it for?
  Users: Business and technology professionals.
  Industries: Designed to work across all industries, all company sizes, in any location around
 the world.
Business Model
  Low-cost, on-demand monthly subscription service
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AccessMyDevice - Value Proposition
 
 

 
The Lantronix Solutions Architecture
External Products since 2009
Texas Instruments
Renesas
Others on a prioritized basis
Competitor 1
Competitor 2
Other existing / future comp
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Embedded Products since 2009
All Future Products
 
 

 
Ex: AccessMyDevice & Microprocessor
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AccessMyDevice - Applications
 Robotic Welding Machines
 Industrial Packaging
 Power Industry - Renewable Energy Metering
 Utility Metering
 Gas Station Metering/Credit Card Processing
 Inventory tracking & environmental monitoring
 Industrial Software for Machine Tools
 Automotive - Design Factory PC Access
 Transportation/Security- Remote Access to X-RAY systems
 Medical - Remote access to sterilization equipment
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Medical Market Opportunity Growth Drivers
 Aging population: 13,000 US adults turn 60 each day for the next 20 years
 Increased efficiency for medical care being driven by medical device and
 Health Information Technology investment ($225B for Hospital IT in 2009)
 American Recovery and Re-investment Act ($17B for Electronic Healthcare)
 Congressional Budget Office states total spending on health was 16% of
 GDP in 2007 and predicts 25% GDP by 2025
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, Office of the Actuary. Data released
February 23, 2009.
Incremental Served Market
Opportunity
Medical Device Connectivity
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+
Three key segments represent a
multi-billion dollar opportunity for
Lantronix
The Opportunity
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Benefits of Health Information Technology Networks
 Lower rate of complications, mortality
 Lower overall healthcare costs
 Lower documentation time
 Improved documentation accuracy
 Doctors can be “many places at once,” and spend more time with
 patients
 Improved insurance claim process
 Reduce $150B in estimated annual fraud
 Ease of deploying Medical Equipment
 Better inventory maintenance and management
Improved care, lower costs!
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Where we Participate - HIT Networks
Hospital Information Technology
(HIT) Network
Respiratory
Gateway
Infusion Pump
Gateway
Glucose Meter
Gateway
Patient Room
Proprietary
I/F
HL7 I/F
Proprietary
I/F
HL7 I/F
Hospital
Health Record System
Other
Hospital
Systems
Proprietary to
HL7 Gateway
Patient Room
Respiratory
Gateway
LTRX
Gateway
Device Server
or software
With Serial to HL7
Lantronix Confidential
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Devices
HIT System
Making data
“Network-ready”
Making data
“Application-ready”
Delivering
“Actionable data”
LTRX
Device
Server
Middleware
Patient
Connectivity is being driven by demands for:
 » Electronic data capture for automated reporting
 » Patient safety:
  Real-time applications (e.g. alarm forwarding, waveform / data
 forwarding to clinical staff)
  Medication error reduction - wireless smart pumps with
 downloadable drug libraries
  Data mining and reports
 » Asset tracking / remote service / remote diagnostics
 » Quality control / compliance
 » Interoperability for improved therapies
 » Clinical decision support
Driving Connectivity to the Point-of-Care
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Devices
HIT System
Making data
“Network-ready”
Making data
“Application-ready”
Delivering
“Actionable data”
LTRX
Device
Server
Patient
in wired or wireless environments (our “box” product)
Driving Connectivity to the Point-of-Care
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World Class Customer Base
Security
(800+ customers)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Manufacturing
(1,200+ customers)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IT / Data Center
(1,100+ customers)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Medical
(650+ customers)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hosp & Leisure
(100+ customers)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Over 2 million devices connected, across 10,000+ customers worldwide
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Jerry Chase - President & CEO 20 years: Terayon Communications, Thales
  Broadcasting & Multimedia, Thales Broadcasting &
  Multimedia (USA)
Reagan Sakai - CFO 25 years: HyPerformix, VIEO, Crossroads Systems,
  McDATA, Exabyte, Maxtor, StorageTek
  
Keith Knight - VP, Operations 25 Years: Emulex, Aristos Logic, Tektronix
  
Daryl Miller - VP, Engineering 25 Years: Tektronix
  
Paul Pishal - VP, Product Mgmt. 25 years: Capgemini, H.I.G Ventures, Cisco
  Systems, Philips Electronics, Scientific-Atlanta
   
Anthony Shimkin - VP, Marketing 20 Years: Quidel, Cardinal Health, Alaris Medical
  Systems, Neoforma
  
Mitch Statham - VP, Sales 25 Years: SMSC, NEC, LSI Logic, BBL Industries,
  Lanier Business Products
  
Lew Solomon - Chairman of Board Chairman Harmonic (HLIT); Chairman Anadigics (ANAD)
 
     
Experienced Leadership
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 WW economy affected FY’09 revenue; however, reasons for
 optimism
  FY’10 has stabilized and order rates continue to improve
  Focused and flattened sales organization
  New product introductions
  Customer-driven partnerships, relationships, and product development
 Gross margin 50+%
  Incremental revenue drives fixed overhead absorption
  Further planned reductions in product cost and manufacturing spending
 Significant operating leverage
  “Sticky” non-GAAP operating expenses
  Non-GAAP targets: FY’11 5%-10%; FY12+ at 15+%
 Strong balance sheet
 Favorable valuation: Enterprise value at 60%-70% LTM revenue
Financial Summary
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 Business Highlights:
  Stabilized and increasing order rates in FY’10
  Increased activity (evaluations, bids, request for pricing)
  Project-related activity on the upswing
  High level of interest and activity for XPort Pro
 FQ4’10 Financial Highlights: (fiscal year end June 30)
  Revenue $11.8M, an increase of 4% YoY
  Gross margin 50.8%, negatively impacted by increased costs for
 expedited freight due to product shortages
  Component availability to CMs and FGI from CMs have been problematic as
 of late
  Non-GAAP profit $169K; Eight consecutive quarters, 10 out of last 11
  Cash increased $762,000 to $10.1 million in FQ4’10
FQ4’10 Highlights
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Quarterly Revenue
FY’09
FY’10
FQ3’10 YOY growth of 13%; sequential growth of 6%
FQ4’10 YOY growth of 4%
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Gross Margin
$ in Millions
Gross Margin % remains 50% plus
GM expansion: fixed overhead absorption, product cost & spending reductions
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Non-GAAP Profitability
$ in Millions
Non-GAAP profitable in FY10
Eight consecutive quarters of non-GAAP profitability (10 of last 11 quarters)
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Cash & Working Capital
$ in Millions
 Stable cash and working capital
 FQ410 cash increased by $800K
Cash
Working Capital
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 Growing market
 Focus on medical device connectivity will accelerate
 growth
 Recently released products beginning to contribute to
 revenue
 Strong order rates across verticals, geographies,
 product lines
 Eight consecutive quarters of “cash earnings”
 Strong balance sheet
Summary
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