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Kulicke & Soffa Industries Executive Compensation (FY25)

KLIC · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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Fusen E. Chen
Latest say-on-pay support
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March 4, 2026
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Fusen E. Chen: $7,367,854 → $7,114,527 (3.4% lower)
Say-on-pay support: 98.2% → 94.2% (4.0 points lower)
CEO pay ratio: 150:1 → 102:1 (32.0% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Kulicke & Soffa Industries' chief executive and what were they paid?
Fusen E. Chen, Chief Executive Officer, received $7,114,527 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Chen's total moved 3.4% lower from the $7,367,854 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Kulicke & Soffa Industries' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 94.2% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held March 4, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Kulicke & Soffa Industries' peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., ASM Pacific Technology Limited, Axcelis Technologies, Inc., Cirrus Logic Inc. and Cohu, Inc., among others.
What is Kulicke & Soffa Industries' chief executive pay ratio?
For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 102:1, against median employee compensation of $69,931.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Fusen Chen
President and CEO
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Lester Wong
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Nelson Wong
Senior Vice President, Global Sales & Supply Chain
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Chan Pin Chong
Executive Vice President & GM, K&S Products & Solutions
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Robert Chylak
Senior Vice President & CTO, Central Engineering
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Fusen E. Chen
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Lester Wong
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Chan Pin Chong
Executive Vice President & GM, K&S Products & Solutions
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Nelson Wong
Senior Vice President, Global Sales & Supply Chain
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Robert Chylak
Senior Vice President & CTO, Central Engineering
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Fusen E. Chen
President and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Lester Wong
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Chan Pin Chong
Executive Vice President & GM, K&S Products & Solutions
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Nelson Wong
Senior Vice President, Global Sales & Supply Chain
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Robert Chylak
Senior Vice President & CTO, Central Engineering
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Fusen E. Chen
Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Lester Wong
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Interim CEO
Served on an interim basis
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Chan Pin Chong
Executive Vice President & General Manager, K&S Products and Solutions
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Nelson Wong
Senior Vice President, Global Sales
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Robert Chylak
Senior Vice President, Central Engineering and Chief Technology Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Chan Pin ChongRSU◇——◇——◇
Chan Pin ChongPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Fusen ChenPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Fusen ChenRSU◇——◇——◇
Lester WongRSU◇——◇——◇
Lester WongPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Nelson WongPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Nelson WongRSU◇——◇——◇
Robert ChylakRSU◇——◇——◇
Robert ChylakPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Fiscal 2022, 2023 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Fusen E. ChenRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Lester WongRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Chan Pin ChongRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Nelson WongRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Robert ChylakRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.
Chan Pin Chong
Executive Vice President & General Manager, K&S Products and Solutions · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Fusen E. Chen
Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Lester Wong
Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Nelson Wong
Senior Vice President · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Severance cash amount◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Excise tax treatment◇
Robert Chylak
Senior Vice President, Central Engineering and Chief Technology Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing
Severance multiple◇
Severance base◇
Change-in-control multiple◇
Benefits continuation on change in control◇
Benefits continuation◇
Excise tax treatment◇

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Peter T. Kong
Board chair
◇◇————◇
Mui Sung Yeo
◇◇————◇
Jon A. Olson
◇◇————◇
David Jeffrey Richardson
◇◇————◇
Gregory F. Milzcik
◇◇————◇
Denise M. Dignam
◇◇————◇
Chin Hu Lim
◇◇————◇
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Board chair premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Nominating and governance member◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
  • Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. AEIS
  • ASM Pacific Technology Limited symbol not shown
  • Axcelis Technologies, Inc. ACLS
  • Cirrus Logic Inc. CRUS
  • Cohu, Inc. COHU
  • Diodes Incorporated DIOD
  • FormFactor Inc. FORM
  • Ichor Systems ICHR
  • MaxLinear, Inc. MXL
  • MKS Instruments, Inc. MKSI
  • Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. MPWR
  • Onto Innovation ONTO
  • OSI Systems, Inc. OSIS
  • Penguin Solutions PENG
  • Photronics, Inc. PLAB
  • Power Integrations, Inc. POWI
  • Semtech Corporation SMTC
  • Silicon Laboratories, Inc. SLAB
  • Synaptics, Inc. SYNA
  • Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc UCTT
  • Veeco Instruments, Inc. VECO
  • Wolfspeed, Inc. WOLF

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025March 4, 2026=◇◇◇
2024March 5, 2025=◇◇◇
2023March 13, 2024=◇◇◇
2022March 2, 2023=◇◇◇
2021March 3, 2022=◇◇◇
2020March 4, 2021=◇◇◇
2019February 18, 2020=◇◇◇
2018February 27, 2019=◇◇◇
2017March 6, 2018=◇◇◇
2016March 14, 2017=◇◇◇
2015February 23, 2016=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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Citations

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313 figures on this page: 302 cited to the filing that reported them, 11 calculated from figures it prints.
302 cited to the filing
11 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000056978-26-000014
    01,654 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 ac
  2. 0000056978-26-000006
    Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Grants of Plan-Based Awards
  3. 0000056978-25-000031
    45,586 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 ac
  4. 0000056978-25-000022
  5. 0000056978-24-000046
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0000056978-24-000024
  7. 0000056978-23-000033
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  8. 0000056978-23-000018
  9. 0000056978-22-000033
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  10. 0000056978-21-000032
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  11. 0000056978-20-000033
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  12. 0000056978-19-000033
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  13. 0000056978-18-000023
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  14. 0000056978-17-000040
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  15. 0000056978-16-000153
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Peers Kulicke & Soffa Industries discloses

The companies named in KLIC's own disclosed peer group.

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.Axcelis Technologies, Inc.Cirrus Logic Inc.Cohu, Inc.Diodes IncorporatedFormFactor Inc.Ichor SystemsMaxLinear, Inc.MKS Instruments, Inc.Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.Onto InnovationOSI Systems, Inc.Penguin SolutionsPhotronics, Inc.Power Integrations, Inc.Semtech CorporationSilicon Laboratories, Inc.Synaptics, Inc.Ultra Clean Holdings, IncVeeco Instruments, Inc.Wolfspeed, Inc.

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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