On December 4, 2012, the Management Development and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Committee") of Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
(the "Company") granted an award of 57,484 performance share units ("PSUs")
under the Company's 2009 Equity Plan, as amended (the "2009 Plan"), to Bruno Guilmart, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

The vesting of PSUs is tied to the performance, measured over a three- and five-year performance measurement period, of the Company's advanced packaging business and other non-core businesses, specifically the cumulative incremental revenue contributed by these opportunities (the "Performance Goals"). These PSUs will vest in equal installments on the third and fifth anniversaries of the grant date at between zero and 200% based on achievement of the Performance Goals. If Mr. Guilmart retires, dies or becomes disabled before the end of the performance measurement period, the PSUs will vest pro rata based on his length of employment during the performance period, to the extent the Performance Goals are met for the performance period. However, in the event Mr. Guilmart 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 him to a pro rata portion of the PSUs he would otherwise have earned based on the actual achievement of the Performance Goals as determined at the end of the performance period had he 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.

The foregoing summary of the 2009 Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual terms of the 2009 Plan included hereto as Exhibits 10.1 (the amendments to the 2009 Plan included hereto as Exhibits 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4).

(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        Amendment No. 3 to the Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. 2009
            Equity Plan.

10.5        Form of Officer Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement regarding the
            2009 Equity Plan.