QuickLogic Corporation Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock

SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - Nov 11, 2013) - QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the innovator of ultra-low-power Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs), today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, newly issued shares of common stock, $0.001 par value (the "Offering" with such shares being the "Shares") in an underwritten public offering under an effective shelf registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The final terms of the Offering will depend on market and other conditions at the time of pricing.

The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the Offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes. The Company may also use a portion of the net proceeds for licensing or acquiring intellectual property or technologies to incorporate in its products, capital expenditures, to fund possible investments in and acquisitions of complementary businesses, partnerships, minority investments or to repay debts.

Roth Capital Partners is serving as the sole book-running manager for the Offering and The Benchmark Company is acting as co-manager. The Offering of the Shares may be made only by means of a preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, copies of which can be obtained at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov or Roth Capital Partners, 888 San Clemente, Newport Beach, California 92660, (800) 678-9147, or by writing or calling the Company at 1277 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089-1138, Attention: Ralph Marimon, Chief Financial Officer, (408) 990-4000 when available.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in this offering. There shall not be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offering, sale or solicitation would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About QuickLogic

QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) is the inventor and pioneer of innovative, customizable semiconductor solutions for mobile and portable OEMs and ODMs. These silicon plus software solutions are called Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs). CSSPs enable our customers to bring their products to market more quickly and remain in the market longer, with the low power, cost and size demanded by the mobile and portable electronics market. For more information about QuickLogic and CSSPs, visit www.quicklogic.com. Code: QUIK-G

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This press release contains statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These include statements regarding, but not limited to, the proceeds the Company expects to receive from the offering, the expected uses of such proceeds from the offering and the closing of the offering. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "plan," "should," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "continue," or comparable terminology. Such forward-looking statements are inherently subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties, including market conditions and future decisions regarding the Company's use of cash resources, many of which the Company cannot predict with accuracy and some of which the Company might not even anticipate, and involve factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and are advised to consider the factors listed above together with the additional factors under the heading "Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K, as may be supplemented or amended by the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events, new information or otherwise.