KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting: Mui Sung Yeo

KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Ms. Mui Sung Yeo”): 29,641,766 for, 18,477,707 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed March 14, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 62% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 100 managers: 19,246,877 for, 10,565,678 withheld, 789,993 abstained, 42,596 not voted, 512 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 3 managers: 528,217 for.

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting: David Jeffrey Richardson

KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Mr. David Jeffrey Richardson”): 29,626,068 for, 18,493,405 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed March 14, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 62% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 99 managers: 19,241,877 for, 10,565,678 withheld, 789,993 abstained, 42,596 not voted, 512 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 3 managers: 528,217 for.

Description as filed by funds: To approve the amendment to the Company's amended and restated by-laws to limit the liability of officers of the Company as permitted by the recent amendments to the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988.

KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“The Company's shareholders approved the amendment to the Company's amended and restated by-laws to limit the liability of officers of the Company as permitted by the recent amendments to the Pennsylvania Business Corpora”): 43,839,564 for, 4,179,565 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed March 14, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The Company's shareholders approved the amendment to the Company's amended and restated by-laws to limit the liability of officers of the Company as permitted by the recent amendments to the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988.”
Support: 91% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Approve Article Amendments” (2 managers, Fund and manager reports combined; may count the same shares twice; no share total shown).

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 99 managers: 28,607,566 for, 1,684,004 against, 3,430 abstained, 512 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 3 managers: 528,920 for.

Description as filed by funds: To approve, on a non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.

KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“The Company's shareholders approved, on a non-binding basis, the overall compensation of the Company's named executive officers as described in the Compensation Discussion & Analysis and the accompanying tabular and narr”): 47,178,831 for, 862,880 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed March 14, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The Company's shareholders approved, on a non-binding basis, the overall compensation of the Company's named executive officers as described in the Compensation Discussion & Analysis and the accompanying tabular and narrative disclosure included in the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual …”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation” (9 managers, Fund and manager reports combined; may count the same shares twice; no share total shown).

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 101 managers: 30,402,558 for, 13,935 against, 8,430 abstained, 512 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 261 managers: 28,471,636 for, 973,540 against, 25,662 abstained, 151 not voted, 663 1 year. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 28, 2024.

KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“The Company's shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 28, 2024.”): 51,763,832 for, 343,621 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed March 14, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The Company's shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 28, 2024.”
Support: 99.3% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 102 managers: 30,424,755 for, 30,290 against, 3,430 abstained, 42,596 not voted, 512 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 5 managers: 529,110 for.