Filed by Lantronix, Inc. Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933 and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Subject Company: Lantronix, Inc. Commission File No. 005-60979 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This filing relates to a tender offer extended to US-based employees of Lantronix, Inc. (the "Company") originally filed on Schedule TO with the Commission on December 12, 2002 and amended on January 8, 2003 (collectively the "Offer"). The Offer allows employees to surrender for cancellation certain stock options and later receive new options under terms set forth in the Offer. The following is a slide added to the Power Point Presentation filed as Exhibit (a)(8) to the Schedule TO. The presentation is used to inform Lantronix employees on aspects of the Offer. This new slide was used on Wednesday afternoon, January 15, 2003 and was added to the presentation to provide a hypothetical example to employees of how an option grant would be affected if the reverse stock split were initiated. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [SLIDE] [LANTRONIX LOGO] Breakeven Example - If Reverse Split Profit at this FMV ----------------------------------------------- Strike Number of Price Options $2.00 $6.00 $10.00 $14.00 $18.00 $20.00 ---------- -------- --------- ----- ------ ------ ------ ------- ------- Current Option $6.00 1000 $ --- $ --- $4,000 $8,000 $12,000 $14,000 New Option $1.50 750 $375 $3,375 $6,375 $9,375 $12,375 $13,875 if split 3:1 $18.00 334 $ --- $ --- $ --- $ --- $ --- $ 668 if split 3:1 $4.50 250 $ --- $375 $1,375 $2,375 $ 3,375 $ 3,875 There is no way of knowing what the new option strike price or the annual stock growth rate will be. This example is for illustrative purposes only.