KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. (NASDAQ:KLIC) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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8 years ago

KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. (NASDAQ:KLIC) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (the Company) held its Annual
Meeting of Shareholders on March 14, 2017 (the 2017 Annual
Meeting).

The Companys shareholders elected Mr. Garrett E. Pierce and Mr.
Chin Hu Lim as directors to serve until the 2021 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders. The votes were cast as follows:



	For	Withhold	Broker Non-Votes
Garrett E. Pierce	33,635,263	20,963,092	8,735,293
Chin Hu Lim	53,930,579	667,776	8,735,293

The Companys shareholders ratified the appointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Companys independent registered
public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2017. The votes were cast as follows:



For	Against	Abstain
40,080,470	23,202,650	50,528

The Companys shareholders approved the Company’s 2017 Equity Plan.
The votes were cast as follows:



For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
52,146,816	2,327,678	123,861	8,735,293

The Companys shareholders approved, on a non-binding basis, the
overall compensation of the Companys named executive officers as
described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and the
accompanying tabular and narrative disclosure included in the
Companys Proxy Statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting. The votes
were cast as follows:



For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
53,179,729	1,227,027	191,599	8,735,293

The Companys shareholders approved, on a non-binding basis, the
frequency where shareholders will vote to approve the compensation
of the Companys named executive officers as described in the
Companys Proxy Statement. The votes were cast as follows:



1 Year	2 Years	3 Years	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
43,062,411	77,782	11,368,963	89,199	8,735,293

About KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. (NASDAQ:KLIC)
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells capital equipment and expendable tools, as well as services, maintains, repairs and upgrades equipment, all used to assemble semiconductor devices. The Company supplies a range of bonding equipment. The Company operates through two segments: Equipment and Expendable Tools. The Equipment segment manufactures and sells a line of ball bonders, wedge bonders, advanced packaging and surface mount technology solutions. The Expendable Tools segment manufactures and sells expendable tools for a range of semiconductor packaging applications. It offers capital equipment and expendable tools used to assemble semiconductor devices, including integrated circuits, high and low powered discrete devices, light-emitting diodes and power modules. Its customers primarily consist of semiconductor device manufacturers, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers, other electronics manufacturers and automotive electronics suppliers. KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. (NASDAQ:KLIC) Recent Trading Information
KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC. (NASDAQ:KLIC) closed its last trading session down -0.15 at 20.23 with 296,608 shares trading hands.