---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-24-000435"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LTRX"
cik: "0001114925"
company_name: "LANTRONIX INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T17:37:30.543234+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lantronix appoints Christa Steele as independent director, board expands to six

## Summary
- Steele appointed effective Jan. 24, 2024; board size increased from five to six.
- She qualifies as independent under Nasdaq listing standards; no committee assignment yet.
- Steele receives 10,332 RSUs under standard non-employee director compensation.
- Steele brings CEO and board experience from firms up to $1B revenue, including interim CEO of Balco Holdings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-24-000435
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LTRX
- cik: 0001114925
- company_name: LANTRONIX INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114925/000168316824000435/0001683168-24-000435-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114925/000168316824000435/lantronix_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-24-000435
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-24-000435.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-24-000435.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christa Steele was appointed as Director at LANTRONIX INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 23, 2024, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Lantronix, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an increase in the size of the Board from five to six members, and appointed Christa Steele as a non-employee director to fill the vacancy created by the increase in the size of the Board, effective as of January 24, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114925/000168316824000435/0001683168-24-000435-index.htm

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