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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed March 6, 2025 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 14, 2026.
Meeting of March 5, 2025: 4 items on Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed March 6, 2025: 3 approved · 1 without a stated outcome.
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Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided
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These tallies are Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed March 6, 2025 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.
| Ballot item | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Broker non-votes | Support (of votes cast) | Reported outcome | Voting standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elect Director: Ms. Denise Dignam | 42,909,841 | -- | -- | 2,064,816 | 3,731,464 | 95% | Not verified | — |
| The Company's shareholders approved the amendment to the Company's 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, such amendment as described in the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting. | 41,086,840 | 3,784,194 | 103,623 | -- | 3,731,464 | 92% | Approved | — |
| The Company's shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 4, 2025. | 48,287,385 | 373,150 | 45,586 | -- | -- | 99.2% | Approved | — |
| 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 inc | 44,113,506 | 802,758 | 58,393 | -- | 3,731,464 | 98% | Approved | — |
Source: Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 6, 2025 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 306 asset managers that disclosed a Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.
Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
95% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors to serve until the 2029 Annual Meeting: Denise M. Dignam
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Ms. Denise Dignam”): 42,909,841 for, 2,064,816 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed March 6, 2025 (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: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 86 asset managers below reported 28,834,762 for, 277,638 withheld, 174,532 abstained, 47,804 not voted.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 6,404,127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 4,306,948 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 3,076,035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 3,072,097 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 1,729,539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 1,541,679 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 1,306,140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 1,051,565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 732,279 | 0 | 0 | 196 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 612,229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 515,298 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 415,537 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WASATCH FUNDS TRUST | 390,297 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 335,223 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS | 253,966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 213,394 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BBR ALO Fund, LLC | 174,868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 133,872 | 0 | 26,081 | 0 | Mixed |
| PARADIGM FUNDS | 158,475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 88,752 | 0 | 0 | 66,965 | Mixed |
| DWS | 148,254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 49,498 | 0 | 0 | 97,721 | Mixed |
| FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST | 0 | 0 | 146,899 | 0 | Abstain |
| TIAA | 145,760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 143,999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 86 asset managers. See all 86 in the interactive database.
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
92% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPANY'S 2021 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“The Company's shareholders approved the amendment to the Company's 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, such amendment as described in the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting.”): 41,086,840 for, 3,784,194 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed March 6, 2025 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The Company's shareholders approved the amendment to the Company's 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, such amendment as described in the Company's Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting.”
Support: 92% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 89 asset managers below reported 26,027,428 for, 3,310,152 against, 3,430 abstained, 47,804 not voted.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 6,404,127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 4,306,948 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 3,076,035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 0 | 3,072,097 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Dimensional | 1,729,539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 1,541,679 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 1,306,140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 1,051,565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 732,427 | 48 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 612,229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 515,298 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 415,537 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WASATCH FUNDS TRUST | 390,297 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 335,223 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS | 253,966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 213,394 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BBR ALO Fund, LLC | 174,868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 10,594 | 149,359 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| PARADIGM FUNDS | 158,475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 155,717 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| DWS | 148,254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 147,219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST | 146,899 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 145,760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 143,999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 89 asset managers. See all 89 in the interactive database.
Combines 9 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
98% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To approve, on a non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
Kulicke and 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”): 44,113,506 for, 802,758 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed March 6, 2025 (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 2025 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 and 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).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 6,404,127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 4,306,948 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 3,076,035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 3,072,097 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 1,729,539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 1,541,679 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 1,306,140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 1,051,565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 732,475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 612,229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 515,298 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 415,537 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WASATCH FUNDS TRUST | 390,297 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 335,223 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS | 253,966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 213,394 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BBR ALO Fund, LLC | 174,868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 159,953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 155,717 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| DWS | 148,254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 147,219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST | 146,899 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 145,760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 143,999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WisdomTree | 136,736 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 81 managers: 28,994,545 for, 36,682 against, 3,430 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Group | 4,307,268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 2,422,840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 2,230,819 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 1,845,020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 1,615,872 | 693 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 1,567,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1,165,915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Copeland Capital Management, LLC | 1,021,642 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Point72 | 822,006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Divisar Capital Management LLC | 797,014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 670,276 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 661,004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC | 575,123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | 496,481 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP | 405,858 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp | 384,705 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | 333,130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 318,845 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 295,912 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS | 271,742 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 266,830 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Herald Investment Management Ltd | 248,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST | 244,620 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC | 242,087 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 230,068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 240 managers: 27,858,460 for, 449,574 against, 968 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.2% Approved · of votes cast
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 October 4, 2025.
Kulicke and 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 October 4, 2025.”): 48,287,385 for, 373,150 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed March 6, 2025 (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 October 4, 2025.”
Support: 99.2% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 86 asset managers below reported 29,247,953 for, 35,549 against, 3,430 abstained, 47,804 not voted.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 6,404,127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 4,306,948 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 3,076,035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 3,072,097 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 1,729,539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Victory Capital | 1,541,679 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 1,306,140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 1,051,565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 732,427 | 48 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 612,229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 515,298 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 415,537 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WASATCH FUNDS TRUST | 390,297 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 335,223 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS | 253,966 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 213,394 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BBR ALO Fund, LLC | 174,868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 159,953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PARADIGM FUNDS | 158,475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 155,717 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| DWS | 148,254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 147,219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST | 146,899 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 145,760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 143,999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 86 asset managers. See all 86 in the interactive database.
Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 53,383,168 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock | 12.00% |
| 2 | Capital Group | 8.07% |
| 3 | Vanguard | 5.76% |
| 4 | American Century | 5.75% |
| 5 | Dimensional | 3.24% |
| 6 | Victory Capital | 2.89% |
| 7 | Fidelity | 2.45% |
| 8 | Royce | 1.97% |
| 9 | State Street | 1.37% |
| 10 | Charles Schwab | 1.15% |
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capital Group | 8.07% |
| 2 | Victory Capital | 4.54% |
| 3 | American Century | 4.18% |
| 4 | State Street | 3.46% |
| 5 | BlackRock | 3.03% |
| 6 | John Hancock | 2.94% |
| 7 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 2.18% |
| 8 | Copeland Capital Management, LLC | 1.91% |
| 9 | Point72 | 1.54% |
| 10 | Divisar Capital Management LLC | 1.49% |
As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.
| Holder | % outstanding | Disclosure |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 15.53% | 13F |
| Vanguard Group | 6.51% | 13F |
| State Street | 3.89% | 13F |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | 3.39% | 13F |
| Geode Capital | 2.38% | 13F |
| Morgan Stanley | 2.19% | 13F |
| Northern Trust | 1.37% | 13F |
| Invesco | 1.28% | 13F |
| Charles Schwab | 1.03% | 13F |
Percentages above are of 53,383,168 shares outstanding, as reported by Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. on its Form 10-Q dated January 31, 2025 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2024-2025 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.
Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.’s 10-Q dated January 31, 2025. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 14, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
At Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.'s shareholder meeting held March 5, 2025, in the 2024-2025 proxy season, 306 asset managers reported how they voted on 4 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 1,470 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To approve, on a non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. — Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 98% support of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side). Source: Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2025.
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