UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

  

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 30, 2012

  

 

 

KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Pennsylvania   000-00121   23-1498399

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

   
6 Serangoon North, Avenue 5, #03-16, Singapore   554910
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 784-6000

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

  

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

On October 30, 2012, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) announced Charles J. Salmons, Senior Vice President, Engineering, is leaving the Company. Mr. Salmons’s last day with the Company is expected to be December 31, 2012. The Company will commence transitioning Mr. Salmons’s duties as Senior Vice President, Engineering immediately. Mr. Salmons will receive severance and benefits consistent with a termination without cause, as provided under the Company’s Officer Severance Pay Plan.

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

October 31, 2012 KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.
       
    By:  /s/ Jonathan H. Chou
    Name: Jonathan H. Chou
    Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
       and Principal Accounting Officer