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Exhibit 10.1

FIRST AMENDMENT TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of November 6, 2019, 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 amended, modified, supplemented or restated, 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.

2.1Section 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, 2021.

2.2Section 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 the greater of (i) one half of one percentage point (0.50%) above the Prime Rate, or (ii) five and one half of one percentage points (5.50%).”
	
 




3.Limitation of Amendments.

3.1This 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.

3.2This 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:

4.1Immediately 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;

4.2Borrower 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;

4.3The 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;

4.4The 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;

4.5The 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;

4.6The 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

4.7This 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.

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 

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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/ Karla Schrader
	
 
	
By:
	
 
	
/s/ Sue Cheung

	
Name:
	
 
	
Karla Schrader
	
 
	
Name:
	
 
	
Sue Cheung

	
Title:
	
 
	
Vice President
	
 
	
Title:
	
 
	
VP Finance and Chief Financial Officer




 

 

 

[Signature Page to First 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

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
Sue Cheung
	
 
	
VP Finance and CFO
	
 
	
/s/ Sue Cheung

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
Brian C. Faith
	
 
	
Chief Executive Officer
	
 
	
/s/ Brian C. Faith

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 




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 First Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of November 6, 2019 (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 the 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 November 6, 2019 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:
	
 
	
VP Finance and CFO