---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000056978-23-000167"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KLIC"
cik: "0000056978"
company_name: "KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T02:53:27.463078+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kulicke & Soffa raises quarterly dividend to $0.20/share, 4th straight annual increase

## Summary
- Dividend increased by $0.01 to $0.20 per share; payable Jan 9, 2024 to holders of record Dec 21, 2023.
- Fourth consecutive annual dividend raise, consistent with shareholder return strategy.
- In FY2023, K&S returned $111.2M via dividends and share repurchases; repurchased 1.5M shares (~2.6% of share count).
- President CEO cites execution in HPC, co-packaged optics, and heterogeneous integration as growth drivers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000056978-23-000167
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KLIC
- cik: 0000056978
- company_name: KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697823000167/0000056978-23-000167-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697823000167/klic-20231115.htm

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