---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000897101-21-000652"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SUNE"
cik: "0000022701"
company_name: "SUNation Energy, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T00:05:30.104402+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Communications Systems closes sale of Transition Networks to Lantronix for $24.16M; CEO departs

## Summary
- Received ~$24.16M cash at closing (based on $25M base price adjusted for net working capital); up to $7M in earnouts.
- CEO Anita Kumar stepped down and resigned as director; joined Lantronix. Roger Lacey named Interim CEO.
- ~75 employees terminated; Lantronix hired 63. CSI expects ~$1.25M severance charge and ~$325K non-cash equity acceleration charge.
- Remaining legacy assets: Services & Support Segment (JDL, Ecessa; $8.8M 2020 revenue), HQ listed at $10M, Hector real estate at $975K.
- Shareholders will receive CVR for net proceeds from earnouts and asset sales; retain shares in post-merger Pineapple Energy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000897101-21-000652
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SUNE
- cik: 0000022701
- company_name: SUNation Energy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 2.05, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22701/000089710121000652/0000897101-21-000652-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22701/000089710121000652/csi210976_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anita Kumar resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Director at SUNation Energy, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and Director
  source text: the Company terminated the employment of Ms. Kumar and her position as a Company officer and Ms. Kumar resigned as a CSI director effective August 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22701/000089710121000652/0000897101-21-000652-index.htm
- Executive change
  Roger H.D. Lacey was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at SUNation Energy, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Roger H.D. Lacey, currently serving as Executive Chairman of the CSI Board of Directors, has assumed the additional role of Interim Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22701/000089710121000652/0000897101-21-000652-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.