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Exhibit 99.1

Kulicke & Soffa Pte Ltd
6 Serangoon North Ave 5
#03-16 Singapore 554910
     
65.6880.9600 phone
65.6880.9580 fax
www.kns.com
 

Kulicke & Soffa Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2013 Results
 
Singapore – November 7, 2013 – Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) (“Kulicke & Soffa”, “K&S” or the “Company”) today announced results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 28, 2013.
 
Quarterly Results
 
 
Fiscal Q4 2013
 
Change vs.
Fiscal Q4 2012
Change vs.
Fiscal Q3 2013
Net Revenue
$173.6 million
(35.5)%
23.0%
Gross Profit
$80.7 million
(34.4)%
22.4%
Gross Margin
46.5%
80 bps
(20) bps
Income from Operations
$34.5 million
(50.9)%
83.1%
Operating Margin
19.9%
(620) bps
650 bps
Net Income
$29.5 million
(56.1)%
56.4%
Net Margin
17.0%
(800) bps
360 bps
EPS – Diluted
$0.39
(56.7)%
56%

Bruno Guilmart, Kulicke & Soffa's President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “For the most part, the fourth quarter developed as expected, but was a lot more dynamic than we anticipated. Demand has rebounded in our wedge bonder business and remained solid for our ball bonders, especially for our copper solutions. During the quarter, we ramped production through our flexible and efficient manufacturing model, and continued to drive overall profitability and free cash flow generation for the Company.”
Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2013 Key Product Trends
Ball bonder equipment net revenue increased 24.5% over the June quarter.
80.2% of ball bonder equipment was sold as copper capable.
Wedge bonder equipment net revenue increased 95.5% over the June quarter.
Fiscal Year 2013 Financial Highlights
Net revenue of $534.9 million.
Gross margin of 46.2%.
Net income was $59.4 million or $0.78 per share.
Cash, cash equivalents and investments were $525.0 million as at September 28, 2013.
First Quarter Fiscal 2014 Outlook
The Company expects net revenue in the first fiscal quarter of 2014 ending December 28, 2013 to be approximately $70 million to $80 million.
Looking forward, Bruno Guilmart commented, “Our organization’s collective expertise continues to allow K&S to optimize performance in periods of both rapid expansion and contraction. We remain confident as we continue to build on to our market leading positions within both our equipment and expendable tools portfolios. As an example, we released several new core products during the September quarter. Over the next week we plan to ship the first alpha version of our advanced packaging solution to a key strategic customer for evaluation. We are excited about this progress and we will keep the market updated on future developments.”

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Earnings Conference Call Details
A conference call to discuss these results will be held today, November 7, 2013, beginning at 8:00 am (EST). To access the conference call, interested parties may call +1-877-407-8037 or internationally +1-201-689-8037. The call will also be available by live webcast at investor.kns.com.
A replay will be available from approximately one hour after the completion of the call through November 14, 2013 by calling toll-free +1-877-660-6853 or internationally +1-201-612-7415 and using the replay ID number of 421598. A webcast replay will also be available at investor.kns.com.


About Kulicke & Soffa
Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ: KLIC) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of semiconductor and LED assembly equipment. As a pioneer in this industry, K&S has provided customers with market leading packaging solutions for decades.  In recent years, K&S has expanded its product offerings through strategic acquisitions, adding wedge bonding and a broader range of expendable tools to its core ball bonding products. Combined with its extensive expertise in process technology, K&S is well positioned to help customers meet the challenges of assembling the next-generation semiconductor and LED devices. (www.kns.com)


Caution Concerning Results and Forward Looking Statements
In addition to historical statements, this press release contains statements relating to future events and our future results. These statements are “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and include, but are not limited to, statements that relate to our future revenue, sustained, increasing, continuing or strengthening demand for our products, the continuing transition from gold to copper wire bonding, replacement demand, our research and development efforts, our ability to identify and realize new growth opportunities and our ability to control costs. While these forward-looking statements represent our judgments and future expectations concerning our business, a number of risks, uncertainties and other important factors could cause actual developments and results to differ materially from our expectations. These factors include, but are not limited to: the risk that customer orders already received may be postponed or canceled, generally without charges; the risk that anticipated customer orders may not materialize; the risk that our suppliers may not be able to meet our demands on a timely basis; the volatility in the demand for semiconductors and our products and services; a slowdown of transition from gold to copper wire bonding by our customers and the industry, volatile global economic conditions, which could result in, among other things, sharply lower demand for products containing semiconductors and for the Company’s products, and disruption of capital and credit markets; the risk of failure to successfully manage our operations; acts of terrorism and violence; risks, such as changes in trade regulations, currency fluctuations, political instability and war, which may be associated with a substantial non-U.S. customer and supplier base and substantial non-U.S. manufacturing operations; and the factors listed or discussed in Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.


Contacts:

Kulicke & Soffa                                    
Joseph Elgindy
Investor Relations & Strategic Planning
P: +1-215-784-7518
F: +1-215-784-6180
jelgindy@kns.com

Global IR Partners
David Pasquale
P: +1-914-337-8801
klic@globalirpartners.com

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KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share and employee data)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Three months ended
 
Twelve months ended
 
 
September 28, 2013
 
September 29, 2012
 
September 28, 2013
 
September 29, 2012
Net revenue:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Equipment
 
$
156,479

 
$
252,785

 
$
472,567

 
$
727,082

Expendable Tools
 
17,129

 
16,381

 
62,371

 
63,941

Total net revenue
 
173,608

 
269,166

 
534,938

 
791,023

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of sales:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equipment
 
86,066

 
139,479

 
261,270

 
397,210

Expendable Tools
 
6,856

 
6,703

 
26,723

 
26,423

Total cost of sales
 
92,922

 
146,182

 
287,993

 
423,633

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross profit:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equipment
 
70,413

 
113,306

 
211,297

 
329,872

Expendable Tools
 
10,273

 
9,678

 
35,648

 
37,518

Total gross profit
 
80,686

 
122,984

 
246,945

 
367,390

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Selling, general and administrative
 
28,072

 
31,029

 
108,401

 
110,966

Research and development
 
15,377

 
17,369

 
61,620

 
63,446

Amortization of intangible assets
 
2,292

 
2,295

 
9,175

 
9,178

Restructuring
 
401

 
1,959

 
1,943

 
4,574

Total operating expenses
 
46,142

 
52,652

 
181,139

 
188,164

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from operations:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equipment
 
30,344

 
67,046

 
52,991

 
165,791

Expendable Tools
 
4,200

 
3,286

 
12,815

 
13,435

Total income from operations
 
34,544

 
70,332

 
65,806

 
179,226

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest income
 
254

 
182

 
883

 
833

Interest expense
 
(20
)
 

 
(21
)
 
(633
)
Interest expense: non-cash
 

 
(1
)
 

 
(5,175
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from operations before income taxes
 
34,778

 
70,513

 
66,668

 
174,251

Provision for income taxes
 
5,247

 
3,231

 
7,310

 
13,671

Net income
 
$
29,531

 
$
67,282

 
$
59,358

 
$
160,580

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
$
0.39

 
$
0.91

 
$
0.79

 
$
2.17

Diluted
 
$
0.39

 
$
0.89

 
$
0.78

 
$
2.13

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
75,279

 
74,116

 
75,132

 
73,887

Diluted
 
76,565

 
75,942

 
76,190

 
75,502

  

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Three months ended
 
Twelve months ended
Supplemental financial data:
 
September 28, 2013
 
September 29, 2012
 
September 28, 2013
 
September 29, 2012
Depreciation and amortization
 
$
4,187

 
$
4,615

 
$
18,489

 
$
17,265

Capital expenditures
 
11,215

 
1,757

 
17,172

 
6,902

Equity-based compensation expense:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of sales
 
20

 
86

 
295

 
312

Selling, general and administrative
 
2,049

 
1,575

 
8,457

 
6,602

Research and development
 
480

 
461

 
1,918

 
1,777

Total equity-based compensation expense
 
$
2,549

 
$
2,122

 
$
10,670

 
$
8,691

 
 
 
As of
 
 
September 28, 2013
 
September 29, 2012
Backlog of orders
 
$
52,100

 
$
90,000

Number of employees
 
2,164

 
2,936

 


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KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 
As of
 
 
September 28, 2013
 
September 29, 2012
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
521,788

 
$
440,244

Short-term investments
 
3,252

 

Accounts and notes receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $504 and $937 respectively
 
162,714

 
188,986

Inventories, net
 
38,135

 
58,994

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
24,012

 
21,577

Deferred income taxes
 
4,487

 
3,515

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
 
754,388

 
713,316

 
 
 
 


Property, plant and equipment, net
 
47,541

 
28,441

Goodwill
 
41,546

 
41,546

Intangible assets
 
11,209

 
20,387

Other assets
 
8,310

 
11,919

TOTAL ASSETS
 
$
862,994

 
$
815,609

 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
 
 

 
 

Accounts payable
 
$
37,030

 
$
57,231

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
 
38,868

 
57,946

Income taxes payable
 
1,504

 
8,192

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
 
77,402

 
123,369

 
 
 
 
 
Built-to-suit liability
 
19,396

 

Deferred income taxes
 
40,709

 
37,875

Other liabilities
 
8,822

 
10,698

TOTAL LIABILITIES
 
146,329

 
171,942

 
 
 
 
 
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
 

 
 

Common stock, no par value
 
467,525

 
455,122

Treasury stock, at cost
 
(46,356
)
 
(46,356
)
Accumulated income
 
291,878

 
232,520

Accumulated other comprehensive income
 
3,618

 
2,381

TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
$
716,665

 
$
643,667

 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
$
862,994

 
$
815,609


 




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KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Three months ended
 
Twelve months ended
 
 
September 28, 2013
 
September 29, 2012
 
September 28, 2013
 
September 29, 2012
Net cash provided by operations
 
$
26,644

 
$
59,321

 
$
94,824

 
$
183,969

Net cash used in discontinued operations
 

 
(29
)
 

 
(1,498
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
26,644

 
59,292

 
94,824

 
182,471

Net cash used in investing activities, continuing operations
 
(14,467
)
 
(1,757
)
 
(15,114
)
 
(15,386
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities, continuing operations
 
865

 
1,834

 
1,733

 
(105,138
)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
 
253

 
178

 
101

 
109

Changes in cash and cash equivalents
 
13,295

 
59,547

 
81,544

 
62,056

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
 
508,493

 
380,697

 
440,244

 
378,188

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
 
$
521,788

 
$
440,244

 
$
521,788

 
$
440,244

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short-term investments & restricted cash
 
3,252

 

 
3,252

 

Total cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments
 
$
525,040

 
$
440,244

 
$
525,040

 
$
440,244

 
 



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