secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC (KLIC)
CIK:        0000056978
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000056978-24-000145
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697824000145/0000056978-24-000145-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697824000145/klic-20241113.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000056978-24-000145

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