Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain

Officers.


Effective November 2, 2020, Westell Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") has named
Jeniffer L. Jaynes, 48, as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of
the Company. Ms. Jaynes has served as the Company's interim CFO since August 24,
2019. She previously served as the Company's Vice President and Corporate
Controller from 2018 and Assistant Vice President of Financial Reporting from
2016 until 2018, and as Director of SEC Reporting from 2007 to 2016. Ms. Jaynes
initially joined the Company in 1996 and held various accounting positions with
the Company through 2000. Prior to rejoining the Company in 2007, Ms. Jaynes
served as the Director of SEC Reporting at Infinity Property and Casualty
Corporation and as the Manager of Financial Reporting at Pemco Aviation Group,
Inc. (subsequently known as Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc.). Ms. Jaynes is a
Certified Public Accountant and began her career as an auditor with Arthur
Andersen LLP.
Ms. Jaynes' will receive an annual base salary of $245,000 and is eligible for a
bonus target of $73,500 that will be based on the Company's actual financial
results compared to established performance criteria. Ms. Jaynes previously
entered into a severance agreement with the Company. Pursuant to the severance
agreement, in the event of a termination without cause or for good reason (as
defined in the severance agreement), Ms. Jaynes is entitled severance pay equal
to 12 months of base salary and certain other benefits. The foregoing
description of the severance agreement does not purport to be complete and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the severance
agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference in its entirety.
For a description of the programs and other benefits available to the Company's
executive officers, please see the Company's definitive proxy statement for its
2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on August 11, 2020.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Jaynes and any other
person pursuant to which she was selected as an officer. Ms. Jaynes does not
have any familial relationship with any director or other executive officer of
the Company, and there are no transactions in which Ms. Jaynes has an interest
requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits



    10.1       Severance Agreement for Jeniffer Jaynes, dated February 12, 2018
             (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's
             Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 28, 2019).
    99.1       Press release dated November 5, 2020.

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