Edgar Filing: LANTRONIX INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

OMB APPROVAL

OMB Number:

3235-0287

Expires:

January 31, 2005

Estimated average burden hours per response...

0.5

(Print or Type Responses)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

EMPIRE CAPITAL PARTNERS LP

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LANTRONIX INC [LTRX]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O EMPIRE G P LLC, 1 GORHAM ISLAND

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/10/2005

(Street)

WESTPORT, CT 06880

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	03/10/2005		P		18,963	A	$ 1.61	6,472,044 ⁽¹⁾	I	See Note 2 and Note 3 ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Common Stock	03/14/2005		P		38,835	A	$ 1.61	6,510,879 ⁽¹⁾	I	See Note 2 and Note 3 ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
	Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.		SEC 1474 (9-02)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
EMPIRE CAPITAL PARTNERS LP C/O EMPIRE G P LLC 1 GORHAM ISLAND WESTPORT, CT 06880		X

Signatures

EMPIRE CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP; /s/ Scott A. Fine, Member of Empire GP, L.L.C., general partner of Empire Capital Partners, L.P.		03/14/2005
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The shares of Common Stock this note relates to are held directly by Empire Capital Partners, L.P. ("Empire Capital"), with respect to the 3,091,962 shares, Empire Capital Partners, Ltd. a Cayman Islands exempted company ("Offshore") as to 2,276,949 shares, Empire Capital Partners II, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company ("Offshore II") as to 343,698 shares, Charter Oak Partners, LP a Delaware Limited Partnership ("Charter Oak") as to 703,090 shares and Charter Oak Partners II ("Charter Oak II") as to 95,180 shares of Common Stock directly owned by it.
(2)	Empire Capital GP, L.L.C. ("Empire GP"), serves as general partner of Empire Capital. The Empire Capital Management L.L.C. (the "Investment Manager") serves as the investment Manager and has investment discretion over the securities held by Offshore, Offshore I, Charter Oak and Charter Oak II. Mr. Scott Fine and Peter Richards are managing members of Empire GP.
(3)	Empire Capital, Empire GP, the Investment Manager and Mr. Fine each disclaims any beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities to which this Form 4 relates for the purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), except as to such securities in which each such person may be deemed to have an indirect pecuniary interest pursuant to the Act.

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB number.