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Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc insiders sold $18.4M in the past 12 months. How much of their stake is that?

22% was sold under disclosed trading plans, 78% with no plan disclosed. The largest seller, Lester Wong (CFO), sold $7.3M.Share-of-stake figures for this company are being verified and will be added when that check is finished. Why

Updated Oct 16, 2026 from SEC filings · covers Oct 17, 2025 to Oct 16, 2026
$14.3M
sold with no plan disclosed, past 12 months
22%
of sales were under disclosed trading plans, past 12 months
7 of 13
officers and directors sold shares, past 12 months
Is this normal? In line with the past 5 years. 7 insiders sold; the average is 6 a year. Year by year
Latest filing: Filed Oct 16 for a stock award on Oct 14. Nelson Wong received an award of 5.7K shares. Filing
SEC ownership filings: 59 filed in the 12 months to Oct 16, 2026; 1,273 on record since Dec 4, 2000 · See the evidence

What stands out

Three insiders sold $12.6M with no disclosed plan: Lester Wong ($7.3M), Mui Yeo ($3.4M) and Nelson Wong ($2.0M). The filings don't state a reason.Lester Wong: largest such sale, Jun 18, 2026 · Mui Yeo: largest such sale, May 20, 2026 · Nelson Wong: largest such sale, Jun 12, 2026

A share of stake is shown for 0 of the 7 officers and directors who sold. 13 are left out

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Left out: Fusen Chen, Nelson Wong, Lester Wong, Peter Kong, Mui Yeo, Gregory Milzcik, Chan Chong, Robert Chylak, David Richardson, Zi Lim, Jon Olson, Denise Dignam and Rajendra Talluri (share of stake is being verified).
Disclosed company stock is not an insider's whole wealth.

Who sold, and how much of their stake

Officers and directors, past 12 months. Their share of stake is being verified and is not shown yet; amounts and trading plans are below.

Lester Wong
CFO
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$7.3MNo plan disclosed
Nelson Wong
Senior Vice President
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$6.1M68% planned 32% no plan disclosed
Mui Yeo
Director
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$3.4MNo plan disclosed
David Richardson
Director
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$676KNo plan disclosed
Robert Chylak
Senior Vice President
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$520KNo plan disclosed
All 7 sellers

Selling by month

Officers and directors, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026. Each sale is counted once: under a disclosed plan, else to cover taxes, else no plan disclosed.

Disclosed planNo plan disclosedOne dollar scale for every month; the tallest bar is labeled
OctNovDec 2025: $296K no plan disclosedDecJan 2026: $1.7M under a disclosed planJanFeb 2026: $2.4M under a disclosed planFeb 2026: $2.6M no plan disclosedFebMarAprMay 2026: $2.2M no plan disclosedMayJun 2026: $9.2M no plan disclosed$9.2MJunJulAugSepOct

Recent activity

Past 30 days, Sep 17, 2026 to Oct 16, 2026
Oct 13, 2026Robert Chylak had 1.2K shares ($102K) withheld by the company for taxes (not a market sale).
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Robert Chylak
Senior Vice President
1,157$88.54n/an/aOct 13, 2026Oct 15, 2026
Oct 11, 2026Robert Chylak had 3.9K shares ($187K) withheld by the company for taxes (not a market sale). 9.5K shares came in from vesting or option exercises the same day, so the holding rose by 5.5K net.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Robert Chylak
Senior Vice President
3,948$47.44n/an/aOct 11, 2026Oct 13, 2026

"% of total stake" is the shares in an event against all the vested shares the person held that day, across every share class and holding entity, after that day's vesting. "n/a" means the person's holdings are not confirmed, or the row is a purchase. "Holdings record incomplete" means more shares were sold than the filings show the person held that day, so a percentage would be wrong.

Common questions

Is the Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc CEO selling stock?

No. Rajendra Talluri reported no open-market sales in the past 12 months.

Why are Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc insiders selling?

Filings rarely give a reason, and we don't guess at one. What they show is how the sales were made: 22% of sales by value ran under 10b5-1 trading plans disclosed in the filings and 78% had no disclosed plan. A trading plan schedules sales in advance.

Are any Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc insiders buying?

No. Officers and directors reported no purchases in the past 12 months.

The evidence

Who sold7 officers and directors: amount, % of holdings, trading plan
Who soldAmount% of holdingsTrading plan
Lester Wong
CFO
$7.3M
60K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed
Nelson Wong
Senior Vice President
$6.1M
90K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
68% under a disclosed plan 32% no plan disclosed
Mui Yeo
Director
$3.4M
39K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed
David Richardson
Director
$676K
9.4K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed
Robert Chylak
Senior Vice President
$520K
7.1K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed
Zi Lim
General Counsel
$271K
3.5K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed
Peter Kong
Director
$171K
1.6K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed
The full ownership picture0 of 13 officers and directors confirmed

Vested shares across all share classes, held directly and through trusts, LLCs and family members, as reported on SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5. Unvested awards and options are never counted as owned shares.

InsiderHeld Oct 16, 2025SoldHeld Oct 16, 2026Still held
Fusen Chen
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Fusen Chen are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Fusen Chen

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Fusen Chen are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Nelson Wong
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Nelson Wong are complete.
Senior Vice President
n/a−90Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Nelson Wong

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Nelson Wong are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Lester Wong
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Lester Wong are complete.
CFO
n/a−60Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Lester Wong

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Lester Wong are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Peter Kong
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Peter Kong are complete.
Director
n/a−1.6Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Peter Kong

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Peter Kong are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Mui Yeo
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Mui Yeo are complete.
Director
n/a−39Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Mui Yeo

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Mui Yeo are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Gregory Milzcik
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Gregory Milzcik are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Gregory Milzcik

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Gregory Milzcik are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Chan Chong
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Chan Chong are complete.
Executive Vice President
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Chan Chong

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Chan Chong are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Robert Chylak
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Robert Chylak are complete.
Senior Vice President
n/a−7.1Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Robert Chylak

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Robert Chylak are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
−5.1Kwithheld by the company for taxes
David Richardson
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for David Richardson are complete.
Director
n/a−9.4Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for David Richardson

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for David Richardson are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Zi Lim
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Zi Lim are complete.
General Counsel
n/a−3.5Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Zi Lim

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Zi Lim are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Jon Olson
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Jon Olson are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Jon Olson

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Jon Olson are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Denise Dignam
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Denise Dignam are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Denise Dignam

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Denise Dignam are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Rajendra Talluri
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Rajendra Talluri are complete.
CEO, Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Rajendra Talluri

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Rajendra Talluri are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Holdings and share of stake for Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc are being verified, so no balances, unit counts or percentages are shown. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status, titles and dates come straight from individual filings.

What explains the selling$18.4M of sales by plan status, purpose, seller and month

Officer and director open-market sales: $18.4M across 210,660 shares. Plan status and stated purpose are separate questions, and a sale can have both.

By plan status

The lighter segment is sales with no plan disclosed in the filing ($14.3M), including tax-related sales outside a plan.

No plan disclosed · $14.3M

Sales with no 10b5-1 plan and no tax reference in the filing. $7.3M of it is Lester Wong. No plan disclosed is a statement about the filing, not about why the sale happened. Largest such sale: Lester Wong, Jun 18, 2026

Taxes

5,146 shares ($291K) were withheld by the company for taxes, which isn't a market sale.

SellerShares soldProceedsUnder a disclosed planShare of totalSales dates
Lester Wong
CFO
60K$7.3M0%40%Jun 18, 2026 to Jun 18, 2026
Nelson Wong
Senior Vice President
90K$6.1M68%33%Dec 8, 2025 to Jun 12, 2026
Mui Yeo
Director
39K$3.4M0%18%Feb 13, 2026 to May 20, 2026
David Richardson
Director
9.4K$676K0%4%Feb 25, 2026 to Feb 25, 2026
Robert Chylak
Senior Vice President
7.1K$520K0%3%Feb 10, 2026 to Feb 10, 2026
Zi Lim
General Counsel
3.5K$271K0%1%Dec 2, 2025 to May 11, 2026
Peter Kong
Director
1.6K$171K0%0.9%Jun 11, 2026 to Jun 11, 2026

Sales by month

MonthSale proceedsDisclosed planTo cover taxesNo plan disclosed
Oct 2025$0$0$0$0
Nov 2025$0$0$0$0
Dec 2025$296K$0$0$296K
Jan 2026$1.7M$1.7M$0$0
Feb 2026$5.1M$2.4M$0$2.6M
Mar 2026$0$0$0$0
Apr 2026$0$0$0$0
May 2026$2.2M$0$0$2.2M
Jun 2026$9.2M$0$0$9.2M
Jul 2026$0$0$0$0
Aug 2026$0$0$0$0
Sep 2026$0$0$0$0
Oct 2026$0$0$0$0
Is this normal? Selling year by year5 earlier years to compare with

In line with the past 5 years. 7 insiders sold; the average is 6 a year.

12 months endingShares soldInsiders who soldProceeds
Oct 16, 2026
Latest 12 months
211K7$18.4M
Oct 16, 2025
1 year earlier
286K6$13.3M
Oct 16, 2024
2 years earlier
84K4$4.5M
Oct 17, 2023
3 years earlier
238K6$11.7M
Oct 17, 2022
4 years earlier
127K5$8.3M
Oct 17, 2021
5 years earlier
124K7$6.6M

Open-market sales (Form 4 code S) by people who were officers or directors, in split-adjusted shares. Earlier years include people who have since left. A sale that an outside holder also reports (a family trust, a fund) is counted with outside holders in every year. Shares, not dollars, are compared, so a change in the stock price doesn't look like a change in selling. Years the filings don't fully cover are shown but left out of the average.

Known gaps and uncertainty13 officers and directors not confirmed

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Balances, unit counts and every share-of-stake figure for Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc are held back until that check is finished. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status, titles and dates come straight from individual filings and are complete.

External context: we only cite outside events when a documented connection exists. None is shown for this period.

Sources and methodology1,273 filings on record, 59 filed in the 12-month period, and how we read them

All 1,273 Forms 3, 4 and 5 on record for Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc (SEC CIK 56978), filed from Dec 4, 2000 to Oct 16, 2026; 59 of them were filed in the 12 months this page covers, retrieved from SEC EDGAR on Oct 16, 2026. Prices are the ones reported in each filing, often weighted averages. 9 older filings exist only on paper and could not be read.

Holdings. Each holding line (a share class plus an owner, such as a trust or LLC) carries its last reported balance forward. Entities first reported during the period start at zero, so transfers between an insider's own trusts don't count as selling. Lines not reported for three years or more are listed separately and left out of totals.

Sales. A sale counts as under a 10b5-1 plan if its footnote cites one or the filing's Rule 10b5-1 box is checked, and as tax-related if its footnote cites tax obligations or sell-to-cover. Shares withheld by the company for taxes are listed separately. Sales with neither attribute are labeled "no plan disclosed".

Full methodology

Former or inactive filers (36)No filing in 18 months; last reported balances, not in any total
NameLast filedLast reported balance
Chin LimJan 6, 202560,657 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 2, 2025
Stephen DrakeDec 1, 202332,751 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 30, 2023
Zamir SoloveizikNov 22, 202121,870 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 18, 2021
Garrett PierceJul 1, 2020137,203 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 29, 2020
Brian BachmanJan 6, 202063,014 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 2, 2020
Deepak SoodNov 4, 2019149,595 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 31, 2019
Hoang HoangOct 15, 201935,971 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 10, 2019
Thiam LimOct 19, 201883,060 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 12, 2018
Irene LeeOct 9, 201899,109 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 6, 2018
Jonathan ChouOct 10, 2017193,016 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 8, 2017
Yih-Neng LeeFeb 24, 201750,897 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 22, 2017
Bruno GuilmartMar 3, 201583,161 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 27, 2015
Sooli LamJan 30, 201519,047 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 28, 2015
Macdonell Roehm Jr.Jul 3, 2014125,232 shares, last reported balance as of Jul 1, 2014
Alan SchindlerApr 3, 2014154,413 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 1, 2014
Steen OJan 6, 201484,787 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 2, 2014
Matthew VoronaOct 18, 201322,071 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 16, 2013
Barry WaiteOct 9, 201339,879 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 7, 2013
Tek MakMar 15, 201339,363 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 14, 2013
Charles SalmonsDec 19, 201238,685 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 17, 2012
William ZadelJul 7, 201146,838 shares, last reported balance as of Jul 6, 2011
Shay TortonJul 5, 201136,042 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 30, 2011
Christian RheaultMay 16, 201173,407 shares, last reported balance as of May 12, 2011
David AndersonFeb 17, 201147,615 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 15, 2011
Ran BareketDec 16, 201010,687 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 14, 2010
Michael MorrisNov 4, 201032,252 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 2, 2010
Jason LivingstonNov 4, 201013,587 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 29, 2010
Charles KulickeAug 4, 2010711,209 shares, last reported balance as of Aug 2, 2010
Gregg KellyFeb 3, 20092,446,376 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 6, 2008
Maurice CarsonOct 10, 200837,138 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 8, 2008
Jagdish BelaniOct 4, 2007730 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 2, 2007
Bruce GriffingOct 4, 2007128 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 2, 2007
Philip GerdineMar 2, 2005100 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 28, 2005
Oded LendnerNov 2, 20042,499 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 29, 2004
Allison PageMar 1, 20041,040 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 27, 2004
Samuel WennbergOct 9, 20031,614 shares, last reported balance as of Oct 7, 2003

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