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Issuer:     KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC (KLIC)
CIK:        0000056978
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-17T21:01:04+00:00
Accession:  0000056978-26-000034
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Kulicke & Soffa names Dr. Raj Talluri as President and CEO effective Sept 1, 2026
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- Dr. Raj Talluri appointed President and CEO effective Sept 1, 2026; also elected to Board effective Aug 17, 2026.
- Talluri joins from Enovix (CEO since Jan 2023); previously SVP/GM Mobile Business Unit at Micron (2018-2022).
- Compensation: $750k base salary, 110% target bonus, $14M new-hire equity (50% RSU/50% PSU), $6M annual equity (40% RSU/60% PSU).
- Lester Wong, interim CEO and CFO, continues as EVP and CFO; Chairman Peter Kong welcomes Talluri.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697826000034/0000056978-26-000034-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56978/000005697826000034/klic-20260813.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000056978-26-000034

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