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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 11, 2020
 
QuickLogic Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 
 
Delaware
 
000-22671
 
77-0188504
         
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
         
2220 Lundy Avenue, San Jose, CA
     
95131-1816
(Address of principal executive offices)
     
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (408) 990-4000
 
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
QUIK
The Nasdaq Capital Market
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 


 
 

 
Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations
 
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
On December 11, 2020, QuickLogic Corporation (the “Company”) entered into Second Amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to their Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) dated December 21, 2018, as amended by the First Amendment dated November 6, 2019, with Heritage Bank of Commerce (the "Bank"). The Second Amendment amends the Loan Agreement to, among other things, i) extend the loan maturity date for one year through September 28, 2022 and ii) loan advances will bear interest, on the outstanding daily balances thereof, at a rate per annum equal to one half of one percentage point (0.50%) above the prime rate.
 
The foregoing description of the Second Amendment to the Loan Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Second Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto.
 
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
 
The information set forth above in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference herein.
 
Item 8.01 Other Events.
 
On December 16, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had entered into the Second Amendment. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
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Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
Item 9.01(d) Exhibits.
 
The following exhibit is furnished as a part of this report:
 
 
10.1
  99.1 Press Release of the Company, dated December 16, 2020
  104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Date: December 16, 2020
 
QuickLogic Corporation
 
       
   
/s/ Suping (Sue) Cheung
 
   
Suping (Sue) Cheung
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 

Exhibit 10.1

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of December 11, 2020, by and between HERITAGE BANK OF COMMERCE (“Bank”), and QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION (“Borrower”).

 

Recitals

 

A.     Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 21, 2018 (as the same may from time to time be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated, including, without limitation, by that certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of November 6, 2019, collectively, the “Loan Agreement”).

 

B.     Bank has extended credit to Borrower for the purposes permitted in the Loan Agreement.

 

C.     Borrower has requested that Bank amend the Loan Agreement to (i) extend the Revolving Maturity Date, and (ii) make other revisions to the Loan Agreement as more fully set forth herein.

 

D.     Bank has agreed to so amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement, but only to the extent, in accordance with the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth below.

 

Agreement

 

Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.     Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.

 

2.     Amendments to Loan Agreement.

 

2.1     Section 1 (Definitions and Construction). The following term and its respective definition hereby is amended and restated in its entirety in Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement as follows:

 

Revolving Maturity Date” is September 28, 2022.

 

2.2     Section 2.3 (Interest Rates, Payments, and Calculations). Section 2.3(a) of the Loan Agreement hereby is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

(a)     Interest Rates. Except as set forth in Section 2.3(b), the Advances shall bear interest, on the outstanding Daily Balance thereof, at a rate per annum equal to one half of one percentage point (0.50%) above the Prime Rate.”

 

 

 

3.     Limitation of Amendments.

 

3.1     This Amendment is effective for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b) otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Bank may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with any Loan Document.

 

3.2     This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.

 

4.     Representations and Warranties. To induce Bank to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Bank as follows:

 

4.1     Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such date), and (b) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

4.2     Borrower has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment;

 

4.3     The organizational documents of Borrower delivered to Bank on the Closing Date remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect;

 

4.4     The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, have been duly authorized;

 

4.5     The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not and will not contravene (a) any law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (b) any contractual restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (c) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (d) the organizational documents of Borrower;

 

4.6     The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on either Borrower, except as already has been obtained or made; and

 

4.7     This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is the binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’ rights.

 

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5.     Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

 

6.     Ratification of Amended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement. Borrower hereby ratifies, confirms and reaffirms, all and singular, the terms and conditions of a certain Amended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement dated as of December 21, 2018 between Borrower and Bank, and acknowledges, confirms and agrees that said Amended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement (a) contains an accurate and complete listing of all Intellectual Property (as defined therein) and (b) shall remain in full force and effect.

 

7.     Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be deemed effective upon (a) the due execution and delivery to Bank of this Amendment by each party hereto, and (b) Borrower’s payment of all Bank Expenses due and owing as of the date hereof, which may be debited from any of Borrower’s accounts at Bank.

 

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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

 

BANK BORROWER

 

HERITAGE BANK OF COMMERCE QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION

 

 

By: /s/ Mike Hansen   By: /s/ Sue Cheung  

 

Name: MIKE HANSEN   Name SUE CHEUNG  

 

Title: SVP & MANAGER, CORPORATE FINANCE   Title: CFO  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement]

 

 

 

Corporation Resolutions and Incumbency Certification

 

 

 

Borrower:        QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION

 

 

I, the undersigned Secretary or Assistant Secretary of QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION (the “Corporation”), HEREBY CERTIFY that the Corporation is organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

I FURTHER CERTIFY that attached hereto as Attachments 1 and 2 are true and complete copies of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and the Bylaws of the Corporation, each of which is in full force and effect on the date hereof.

 

I FURTHER CERTIFY that at a meeting of the Directors of the Corporation, duly called and held, at which a quorum was present and voting (or by other duly authorized corporate action in lieu of a meeting), the following resolutions (the “Resolutions”) were adopted.

 

BE IT RESOLVED, that any one (1) of the following named officers, employees, or agents of this Corporation, whose actual signatures are shown below:

 

NAMES   POSITION   ACTUAL SIGNATURES
         
Brian C. Faith   CEO   /s/ Brian C. Faith
         
Sue Cheung   CFO   /s/ Sue Cheung
         
         
         
         

 

acting for and on behalf of this Corporation and as its act and deed be, and they hereby are, authorized and empowered:

 

Borrow Money. To borrow from time to time from HERITAGE BANK OF COMMERCE (“Bank”), on such terms as may be agreed upon between the officers, employees, or agents of the Corporation and Bank, such sum or sums of money as in their judgment should be borrowed, without limitation.

 

Execute Loan Documents. To execute and deliver to Bank that certain Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 11, 2020 (the “Amendment”) and any other agreement entered into between Corporation and Bank in connection with the Amendment.

 

Grant Security. To grant a security interest to Bank in the Collateral described in that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement by and between Borrower and Bank dated as of September 28, 2018 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of November 6, 2019, and this Amendment, and as may be further amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time (collectively the “Loan Documents”) which security interest shall secure all of the Corporation’s Obligations, as described in the Loan Documents.

 

 

 

Negotiate Items. To draw, endorse, and discount with Bank all drafts, trade acceptances, promissory notes, or other evidences of indebtedness payable to or belonging to the Corporation or in which the Corporation may have an interest, and either to receive cash for the same or to cause such proceeds to be credited to the account of the Corporation with Bank, or to cause such other disposition of the proceeds derived therefrom as they may deem advisable.

 

Letters of Credit. To execute letter of credit applications and other related documents pertaining to Bank’s issuance of letters of credit.

 

Corporate Credit Cards. To execute corporate credit card applications and agreements and other related documents pertaining to Bank’s provision of corporate credit cards.

 

Further Acts. In the case of lines of credit, to designate additional or alternate individuals as being authorized to request advances thereunder, and in all cases, to do and perform such other acts and things, to pay any and all fees and costs, and to execute and deliver such other documents and agreements as they may in their discretion deem reasonably necessary or proper in order to carry into effect the provisions of these Resolutions.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that any and all acts authorized pursuant to these resolutions and performed prior to the passage of these resolutions are hereby ratified and approved, that these Resolutions shall remain in full force and effect and Bank may rely on these Resolutions until written notice of their revocation shall have been delivered to and received by Bank. Any such notice shall not affect any of the Corporation’s agreements or commitments in effect at the time notice is given.

 

I FURTHER CERTIFY that the officers, employees, and agents named above are duly elected, appointed, or employed by or for the Corporation, as the case may be, and occupy the positions set forth opposite their respective names; that the foregoing Resolutions now stand of record on the books of the Corporation; and that the Resolutions are in full force and effect and have not been modified or revoked in any manner whatsoever.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand on December 11, 2020 and attest that the signatures set opposite the names listed above are their genuine signatures.

 

 

CERTIFIED AND ATTESTED BY:

 

 

 

 

 

       

 

 

By:

/s/ Sue Cheung

 

 

 

Name: 

 SUE CHEUNG

 

 

  Title: CFO  

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

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QuickLogic Announces the Amendment and Extension of Credit Facility

 

 

San Jose, Calif. - December 16, 2020 - QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) ("QuickLogic" or the "Company"), a developer of ultra-low power multi-core voice enabled SoCs, embedded FPGA IP, and Endpoint AI solutions, today announced that, effective December 11, 2020, it entered into a second amendment (the "Second Amendment") to its amended and restated credit facility, dated as of December 21, 2018 (as amended, the "Credit Agreement") to extend the maturity date and decrease the interest rate.

 

The Second Amendment extends the maturity date from September 28, 2021 to September 28, 2022. The previous interest rate was the greater of (i) 0.50% above the Prime Rate or (ii) 5.50%. The Second Amendment reduces the interest to be equal to 0.50% above the Prime Rate.

 

"We are pleased to extend our credit facility at a reduced rate and appreciate the continued support of Heritage Bank of Commerce to allow us to focus on operating the business. The maturity extension and interest rate improvement are expected to provide both an immediate benefit while supporting our long-term growth objectives as we focus on achieving profitability before the end of 2021," said Chief Financial Officer Sue Cheung.

 

Additional details on the terms of the amendment are available in the 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 16, 2020.

 

About QuickLogic

 

QuickLogic is a fabless semiconductor company that develops low power, multi-core semiconductor platforms and Intellectual Property (IP) for Artificial Intelligence (AI), voice and sensor processing. The solutions include an embedded FPGA IP (eFPGA) for hardware acceleration and pre-processing, and heterogeneous multi-core SoCs that integrate eFPGA with other processors and peripherals. The Analytics Toolkit from the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, SensiML Corporation, completes the end-to-end solution with accurate sensor algorithms using AI technology. The full range of platforms, software tools and eFPGA IP enables the practical and efficient adoption of AI, voice and sensor processing across the multitude of mobile, wearable, hearable, consumer, industrial, edge and endpoint IoT applications. For more information, visit www.quicklogic.com and https://www.quicklogic.com/blog/.

 

QuickLogic uses its website (www.quicklogic.com), the company blog

(https://www.quicklogic.com/blog/), corporate Twitter account (@QuickLogic_Corp), Facebook page

(https://www.facebook.com/QuickLogic), and LinkedIn page

(https://www.linkedin.com/company/13512/) as channels of distribution of information about its products, its planned financial and other announcements, its attendance at upcoming investor and industry conferences, and other matters. Such information may be deemed material information, and QuickLogic may use these channels to comply with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Therefore, investors should monitor the Company's website and its social media accounts in addition to following the Company's press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, and webcasts.

 

Forward Looking Statements

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, expectations regarding our future business, and actual results may differ due to a variety of factors including: delays in the market acceptance of the Company's new products; the ability to convert design opportunities into customer revenue; our ability to replace revenue from end-of-life products; the level and timing of customer design activity; the market acceptance of our customers' products; the risk that new orders may not result in future revenue; our ability to introduce and produce new products based on advanced wafer technology on a timely basis; our ability to adequately market the low power, competitive pricing and short time-to-market of our new products; intense competition by competitors; our ability to hire and retain qualified personnel; our ability to capitalize on synergies with our newly acquired subsidiary SensiML Corporation; changes in product demand or supply; general economic conditions; political events, international trade disputes, natural disasters and other business interruptions that could disrupt supply or delivery of, or demand for, the Company's products; the unpredictable and ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; and changes in tax rates and exposure to additional tax liabilities. These and other potential factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated or implied are described in more detail in the Company's public reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the risks discussed in the "Risk Factors" section in the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in the Company's prior press releases, which are available on the Company's Investor Relations website at http://ir.quicklogic.com/, and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. In addition, please note that the date of this press release is December 16, 2020, and any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of this date. We undertake no obligation to update these statements as a result of new information or future events.

 


 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

QuickLogic and the QuickLogic logo are registered trademarks of QuickLogic Corporation. All other brands or trademarks are the property of their respective holders and should be treated as such.

 

 

Company Contact

 

Sue Cheung

Chief Financial Officer

(408) 990-4000

ir@quicklogic.com

 

 

IR Contact

 

Jim Fanucchi 
Darrow Associates, Inc.
(408) 404-5400
ir@quicklogic.com

CODE: QUIK-E