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Issuer:     KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC (KLIC)
CIK:        0000056978
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000056978-25-000076
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Kulicke & Soffa CEO Fusen Chen retiring for health; CFO Lester Wong named Interim CEO
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- Dr. Fusen Chen to retire as President/CEO and board member effective Dec 1, 2025 due to health reasons.
- EVP/CFO Lester Wong appointed Interim CEO; will also remain CFO and receive S$35k monthly stipend and S$600k RSU.
- Chen to serve as board advisor for 12 months at US$75k/month; board initiating search for permanent CEO.
- Company reaffirms Q4 fiscal 2025 outlook; results expected to be reported on November 19, 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697825000076/0000056978-25-000076-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697825000076/klic-20251028.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000056978-25-000076

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