Bob Kulick

Kulicke & Soffa Raises Quarterly Dividend

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023
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SINGAPORE, Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S" or the "Company"), announced today that its Board of Directors has declared and authorized a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock, representing a $0.01 increase over its most recent dividend. This dividend raise marks the 4th consecutive annual dividend raise and highlights the Company's consistent shareholder return strategy. This upcoming dividend payment will be made on January 9, 2024 to holders of record as of December 21, 2023.

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  • Quarterly Dividend Increased by $0.01, to $0.20
    SINGAPORE, Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S" or the "Company"), announced today that its Board of Directors has declared and authorized a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock, representing a $0.01 increase over its most recent dividend.
  • This dividend raise marks the 4th consecutive annual dividend raise and highlights the Company's consistent shareholder return strategy.
  • This upcoming dividend payment will be made on January 9, 2024 to holders of record as of December 21, 2023.
  • In addition to this 4th consecutive annual dividend raise, during fiscal year 2023 the Company returned a total of $111.2 million to investors through dividend and share repurchase activity.

Kulicke & Soffa Raises Quarterly Dividend

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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SINGAPORE, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S" or the "Company"), announced today that its Board of Directors has declared and authorized a quarterly dividend of $0.19 per share of common stock, representing a $0.02 increase over its most recent dividend. This dividend raise marks the third annual sequential dividend increase and highlights the Company's consistent shareholder return strategy. This upcoming dividend payment will be made on January 9, 2023 to holders of record as of December 22, 2022.

Key Points: 
  • Quarterly Dividend Increased by $0.02, to $0.19
    SINGAPORE, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S" or the "Company"), announced today that its Board of Directors has declared and authorized a quarterly dividend of $0.19 per share of common stock, representing a $0.02 increase over its most recent dividend.
  • This dividend raise marks the third annual sequential dividend increase and highlights the Company's consistent shareholder return strategy.
  • This upcoming dividend payment will be made on January 9, 2023 to holders of record as of December 22, 2022.
  • Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ: KLIC) is a leading provider of semiconductor, LED and electronic assembly solutions serving the global automotive, consumer, communications, computing and industrial markets.

Kulicke & Soffa and PDF Solutions Announce Collaboration to Deliver New Smart Manufacturing Solutions

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
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The Kulicke & Soffa (K&S) and PDF Solutions collaboration is intended to combine assembly Fault Detection and Classification (FDC) data, collected by K&S RPM (Real-time Process Monitoring) data-enabled tools, with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities from PDF Solutions Exensio platform.

Key Points: 
  • The Kulicke & Soffa (K&S) and PDF Solutions collaboration is intended to combine assembly Fault Detection and Classification (FDC) data, collected by K&S RPM (Real-time Process Monitoring) data-enabled tools, with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities from PDF Solutions Exensio platform.
  • Cimetrix, Exensio, PDF Solutions, and the PDF Solutions logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of PDF Solutions, Inc. or its subsidiaries.
  • This press release contains statements relating to future events and anticipated benefits of the PDF Solutions and K&S collaboration.
  • This press release contains statements relating to future events and anticipated benefits of the PDF Solutions and K&S collaboration.

Kulicke & Soffa and PDF Solutions Announce Collaboration to Deliver New Smart Manufacturing Solutions

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
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SINGAPORE and SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) and PDF Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: PDFS) today announced their existing relationship is expanding to address the challenges of production system control and variability reduction in semiconductor assembly and packaging. As more companies adopt innovative packaging and assembly technologies to bring new products to market, it has become essential to apply smart manufacturing methods to identify the root cause of packaging and assembly issues that impact product yield, quality, and cost.

Key Points: 
  • The Kulicke & Soffa (K&S) and PDF Solutions collaboration is intended to combine assembly Fault Detection and Classification (FDC) data, collected by K&S' RPM (Real-time Process Monitoring) data-enabled tools, with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities from PDF Solutions' Exensio platform.
  • Cimetrix, Exensio, PDF Solutions, and the PDF Solutions logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of PDF Solutions, Inc. or its subsidiaries.
  • This press release contains statements relating to future events and anticipated benefits of the PDF Solutions and K&S collaboration.
  • This press release contains statements relating to future events and anticipated benefits of the PDF Solutions and K&S collaboration.

Kulicke & Soffa Announces $150 Million Accelerated Share Repurchase

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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
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SINGAPORE, March 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S" or the "Company"), today announced that it has entered into an accelerated share repurchase (ASR) agreement to repurchase $150 million of the Company's common stock.

Key Points: 
  • SINGAPORE, March 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S" or the "Company"), today announced that it has entered into an accelerated share repurchase (ASR) agreement to repurchase $150 million of the Company's common stock.
  • The ASR agreement was entered into pursuant to Kulicke & Soffa's current $800 million repurchase authorization.
  • Kulicke & Soffa anticipates completing the transactions associated with the ASR by the end of its third fiscal quarter of 2022.
  • Cumulatively, since August 27, 2014 through March 2, 2022, $407.8 million has been deployed to repurchase an aggregate of 20.6 million shares under the Company's current and prior repurchase authorizations.

Kulicke & Soffa Increases Share Repurchase Authorization by $400M

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Thursday, March 3, 2022
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SINGAPORE, March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S" or the "Company"), today announced its Board of Directors increased its current share repurchase program by an additional $400 million, to $800 million, and extended its duration by three years.

Key Points: 
  • SINGAPORE, March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S" or the "Company"), today announced its Board of Directors increased its current share repurchase program by an additional $400 million, to $800 million, and extended its duration by three years.
  • With this increase and extension, the current repurchase program has a remaining $492.2 million authorization available and will expire on August 1, 2025.
  • We will continue to opportunistically leverage this expanding share repurchase authorization as we pursue this growth strategy," stated Fusen Chen, President and Chief Executive Officer.
  • Under the share repurchase program, Kulicke & Soffa may repurchase shares of its common stock through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, at prices deemed appropriate by management.

Kulicke & Soffa Updates Revenue Outlook for its Fourth Fiscal Quarter 2021

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Monday, November 1, 2021
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SINGAPORE, Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa", "K&S" or the "Company"), today announced that it expects revenue to be approximately $485 million and non-GAAP earnings per share to be approximately $2.15 to $2.17 for the fourth fiscal quarter, ended October 2, 2021.

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  • SINGAPORE, Nov. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa", "K&S" or the "Company"), today announced that it expects revenue to be approximately $485 million and non-GAAP earnings per share to be approximately $2.15 to $2.17 for the fourth fiscal quarter, ended October 2, 2021.
  • The Company anticipates continued industry expansion through fiscal 2022 and will provide additional details during its upcoming earnings call.
  • K&S has scheduled a conference call to discuss the Company's fourth fiscal quarter 2021 financial results, and its business outlook, on Thursday November 18, 2021 at 8:00am EST.
  • The Company will issue its fourth fiscal quarter 2021 financial results on Wednesday November 17, 2021 after market close.

Kulicke & Soffa Raises Quarterly Dividend by 21%

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Monday, October 18, 2021
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SINGAPORE, Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S" or the "Company"), announced today that its Board of Directors has declared and authorized a quarterly dividend of $0.17 per share of common stock, representing a $0.03 increase over its most recent dividend payable on October 12, 2021.

Key Points: 
  • SINGAPORE, Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa," "K&S" or the "Company"), announced today that its Board of Directors has declared and authorized a quarterly dividend of $0.17 per share of common stock, representing a $0.03 increase over its most recent dividend payable on October 12, 2021.
  • The dividend payment will be made on January 10, 2022 to holders of record as of December 23, 2021.
  • Today we are following through with that commitment with our second sequential dividend increase," stated Fusen Chen, President and CEO.
  • K&S most recently raised its quarterly dividend by $0.02, prior to the December 24, 2020 record date.