---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000056978-22-000086"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KLIC"
cik: "0000056978"
company_name: "KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-09-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T13:15:20.353558+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kulicke & Soffa agrees to acquire Advanced Jet Automation, expanding dispensing capabilities

## Summary
- Subsidiary K&S Luxembourg signs definitive agreement to acquire AJA and certain dispensing assets from Samurai Spirit Inc.
- Acquisition expected to close in Q2 of fiscal 2023 (by March 2023), subject to regulatory approvals.
- AJA's high-precision dispensing technology complements K&S's PIXALUX system for mini LED and advanced packaging.
- Dispensing equipment market expected to approach $2B in calendar 2023, providing new growth opportunities.
- No purchase price or financial terms disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000056978-22-000086
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KLIC
- cik: 0000056978
- company_name: KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-09-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697822000086/0000056978-22-000086-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697822000086/klic-20220908.htm

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