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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event
reported): October 2, 2012</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.</B></P>

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in its charter) </B></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">6 Serangoon North, Avenue 5, #03-16, Singapore</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">554910</TD></TR>
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including area code: (215) 784-6000 </B></P>

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since last report) </B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 96px; font-weight: bold">Item 5.02&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On October 2, 2012, the Management Development
and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the &ldquo;Committee&rdquo;) of Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
granted performance share unit awards (&ldquo;PSUs&rdquo;) and time-vested restricted stock unit awards (&ldquo;RSUs&rdquo;) under
the Company&rsquo;s 2009 Equity Plan, as amended (the &ldquo;2009 Plan&rdquo;), to certain of its employees, including the following
executive officers in the amounts indicated below:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 46%; border: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 5.4pt">Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 27%; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">PSUs</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 27%; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">RSUs</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-left: 5.4pt">Bruno Guilmart</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: right">165,095</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: right">55,032</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-left: 5.4pt">Jonathan Chou</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: right">76,651</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: right">25,550</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-left: 5.4pt">T.C. Mak</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: right">-</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: right">9,852</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">With the exception of the RSUs granted to
Mr. Mak, one-third of RSUs will vest equally on each of the three anniversaries of the grant date, if the officer is employed by
the Company on such dates. The RSUs granted to Mr. Mak will vest on September 30, 2013.&nbsp;&nbsp;If an officer is involuntarily
terminated without cause (as defined in the 2009 Plan) the Committee may, in its sole discretion, upon the occurrence of such event,
accelerate the vesting of a pro rata portion of the RSUs which would otherwise vest on the next anniversary of the grant date.&nbsp;&nbsp;The
pro rata portion will be calculated based on vesting months as measured from the day of the month on which the grant was made to
the corresponding day of each succeeding month.&nbsp;&nbsp;The vesting date for this purpose shall be the date of the Committee&rsquo;s
decision to accelerate vesting.&nbsp;&nbsp;There is no entitlement to such accelerated vesting and the Committee expects to exercise
such discretion only in limited and special circumstances.&nbsp;&nbsp;If the officer terminates employment for any other reason,
any unvested RSUs are forfeited.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The vesting of PSUs is tied to total shareholder
return relative to the companies comprising the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (the &ldquo;Index&rdquo;), measured over a three-year
performance measurement period.&nbsp;&nbsp;These PSUs will vest on the third anniversary of the grant date at between zero and
200% based on total shareholder return relative to the Index.&nbsp;&nbsp;If a participant retires, dies or becomes disabled before
the end of the performance measurement period, the PSUs will vest pro rata based on the participant&rsquo;s length of employment
during the performance period, to the extent the performance goals are met for the performance period.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, in the
event a participant is involuntarily terminated without cause (as defined in the 2009 Plan), the Committee may, in its sole discretion,
upon the occurrence of such event, entitle the participant to a pro rata portion of the PSUs the participant would otherwise have
earned based on the actual achievement of the performance goals as determined at the end of the performance period had he or she
remained employed to the end of the performance period.&nbsp;&nbsp;The pro rata portion will be calculated based on vesting months
as measured from the day of the month on which the grant was made to the corresponding day of each succeeding month.&nbsp;&nbsp;The
vesting date for this purpose shall be the date of the Committee&rsquo;s decision to accelerate vesting.&nbsp;&nbsp;There is no
entitlement to such accelerated vesting and the Committee expects to exercise such discretion only in limited and special circumstances.</P>

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Mr. Guilmart will also receive &ldquo;strategic&rdquo; PSUs (&ldquo;Strategic PSUs&rdquo;) at a date to be determined. The vesting
of these Strategic PSUs is expected to be tied to the advanced packaging business of the Company; however, the performance metrics
have not yet been determined.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The foregoing summary of the 2009 Plan is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual terms of the 2009 Plan, the forms of Officer Performance Share Award Agreement
and the forms of Officer Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement, included hereto as Exhibits 10.1 (the amendments to the 2009 Plan
included hereto as Exhibits 10.2 and 10.3), 10.4 and 10.5, respectively.&nbsp;&nbsp;For additional information regarding the 2009
Plan, refer to &ldquo;Compensation of Executive Officers&rdquo; in the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;30, 2010.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Financial Statements and Exhibits.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>(d) Exhibits.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 86%; text-decoration: underline">Description</TD></TR>
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    <TD>10.1</TD>
    <TD>Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on February 10, 2009).&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>10.2</TD>
    <TD>Amendment No. 1 to the Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 15, 2009).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>10.3</TD>
    <TD>Amendment No. 2 to the Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 15, 2009).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>10.4</TD>
    <TD>Form of Officer Performance Share Award Agreement regarding the 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 9, 2010).</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>10.5</TD>
    <TD>Form of Officer Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement regarding the 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 9, 2010).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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.</P>

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    <TD>October 5, 2012</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4">KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 29%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;/s/ Jonathan H. Chou</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name:</TD>
    <TD>Jonathan H. Chou</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;and Principal Accounting Officer</TD></TR>
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    <TD>10.1</TD>
    <TD>Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A to the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on February 10, 2009).&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>10.2</TD>
    <TD>Amendment No. 1 to the Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 15, 2009).</TD></TR>
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    <TD>10.3</TD>
    <TD>Amendment No. 2 to the Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 15, 2009).</TD></TR>
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    <TD>10.4</TD>
    <TD>Form of Officer Performance Share Award Agreement regarding the 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 9, 2010).</TD></TR>
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    <TD>10.5</TD>
    <TD>Form of Officer Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement regarding the 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 9, 2010).</TD></TR>
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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 2, 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):
¨
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¨
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¨
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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 2, 2012, the Management Development
and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Committee") of Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (the "Company")
granted performance share unit awards ("PSUs") and time-vested restricted stock unit awards ("RSUs") under
the Company's 2009 Equity Plan, as amended (the "2009 Plan"), to certain of its employees, including the following
executive officers in the amounts indicated below:
Executive Officer
PSUs
RSUs
Bruno Guilmart
165,095
55,032
Jonathan Chou
76,651
25,550
T.C. Mak
-
9,852
With the exception of the RSUs granted to
Mr. Mak, one-third of RSUs will vest equally on each of the three anniversaries of the grant date, if the officer is employed by
the Company on such dates. The RSUs granted to Mr. Mak will vest on September 30, 2013.  If an officer is involuntarily
terminated without cause (as defined in the 2009 Plan) the Committee may, in its sole discretion, upon the occurrence of such event,
accelerate the vesting of a pro rata portion of the RSUs which would otherwise vest on the next anniversary of the grant date.  The
pro rata portion will be calculated based on vesting months as measured from the day of the month on which the grant was made to
the corresponding day of each succeeding month.  The vesting date for this purpose shall be the date of the Committee's
decision to accelerate vesting.  There is no entitlement to such accelerated vesting and the Committee expects to exercise
such discretion only in limited and special circumstances.  If the officer terminates employment for any other reason,
any unvested RSUs are forfeited.
The vesting of PSUs is tied to total shareholder
return relative to the companies comprising the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (the "Index"), measured over a three-year
performance measurement period.  These PSUs will vest on the third anniversary of the grant date at between zero and
200% based on total shareholder return relative to the Index.  If a participant retires, dies or becomes disabled before
the end of the performance measurement period, the PSUs will vest pro rata based on the participant's length of employment
during the performance period, to the extent the performance goals are met for the performance period.  However, in the
event a participant is involuntarily terminated without cause (as defined in the 2009 Plan), the Committee may, in its sole discretion,
upon the occurrence of such event, entitle the participant to a pro rata portion of the PSUs the participant would otherwise have
earned based on the actual achievement of the performance goals as determined at the end of the performance period had he or she
remained employed to the end of the performance period.  The pro rata portion will be calculated based on vesting months
as measured from the day of the month on which the grant was made to the corresponding day of each succeeding month.  The
vesting date for this purpose shall be the date of the Committee's decision to accelerate vesting.  There is no
entitlement to such accelerated vesting and the Committee expects to exercise such discretion only in limited and special circumstances.
Additionally, the Committee decided that
Mr. Guilmart will also receive "strategic" PSUs ("Strategic PSUs") at a date to be determined. The vesting
of these Strategic PSUs is expected to be tied to the advanced packaging business of the Company; however, the performance metrics
have not yet been determined.
The foregoing summary of the 2009 Plan is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual terms of the 2009 Plan, the forms of Officer Performance Share Award Agreement
and the forms of Officer Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement, included hereto as Exhibits 10.1 (the amendments to the 2009 Plan
included hereto as Exhibits 10.2 and 10.3), 10.4 and 10.5, respectively.  For additional information regarding the 2009
Plan, refer to "Compensation of Executive Officers" in the Company's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 2010.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on February 10, 2009).
10.2
Amendment No. 1 to the Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 15, 2009).
10.3
Amendment No. 2 to the Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 15, 2009).
10.4
Form of Officer Performance Share Award Agreement regarding the 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 9, 2010).
10.5
Form of Officer Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement regarding the 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 9, 2010).
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 5, 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
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on February 10, 2009).
10.2
Amendment No. 1 to the Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 15, 2009).
10.3
Amendment No. 2 to the Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 15, 2009).
10.4
Form of Officer Performance Share Award Agreement regarding the 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 9, 2010).
10.5
Form of Officer Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement regarding the 2009 Equity Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 9, 2010).