---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000056978-24-000145"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KLIC"
cik: "0000056978"
company_name: "KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T01:22:40.359210+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kulicke & Soffa raises dividend to $0.205/share, authorizes $300M buyback

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend increased to $0.205 per share, up $0.005 from prior quarter.
- Dividend payable January 7, 2025 to holders of record December 19, 2024.
- Board approved new $300 million share repurchase program; existing $800M program had $30.3M remaining.
- Existing repurchase program expected to complete in fiscal Q1 2025 before new program begins.
- Since 2014, K&S repurchased 30.2M shares at average price of approximately $28.75 per share.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000056978-24-000145
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KLIC
- cik: 0000056978
- company_name: KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697824000145/0000056978-24-000145-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697824000145/klic-20241113.htm

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