Prospectus Supplement No. 8 Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Dated March 20, 2002 Registration No. 333-69744
(to Prospectus dated October 4, 2001) Cusip No. 501242AJ0
$125,000,000
KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.
5 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006 and
the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes
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The following table supplements and amends the information set
forth on pages 31 to 33 in the prospectus under Selling
Securityholders with respect to the selling securityholders and the
principal amount of notes beneficially owned by such selling
securityholders that may be offered and sold pursuant to the
prospectus dated October 4, 2001. This prospectus supplement is not
complete without, and may not be delivered or utilized except in
connection with, the prospectus.
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Principal Amount Number of Number of
At Maturity of Shares of Shares of
Notes Beneficially Percentage Common Stock Common Stock Percentage of
Owned that May of Notes Owned Prior that May Common Stock
Name Be Sold Outstanding to the Offering Be Sold (1) Outstanding (2)
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Northern Income Equity Fund $500,000 * 25,320 25,320 *
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* Less than 1%
(1) Assumes conversion of all of the holder's notes at a conversion
ratio of 50.6401 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes.
However, this conversion ratio will be subject to further
adjustment as described under "Description of Notes-Conversion of
Notes." As a result, the amount of common stock issuable upon
conversion of the notes may increase or decrease in the future.
(2) Calculated based on Rule 13d-3(d)(i) of the Exchange Act using
49,034,316 shares of common stock outstanding as of September 14,
2001. In calculating this amount, we treated as outstanding the
number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of all
of that particular holder's notes. However, we did not assume the
conversion of any other holder's notes.
Because the selling securityholders listed above and in the prospectus
under the caption Selling Securityholders may, pursuant to the prospectus,
as supplemented, offer all or some portion of the notes, no estimate can be
given as to the amount of notes that will be held by the selling
securityholders upon termination of any such sales.
Furthermore, the selling securityholders identified in the table set
forth in the prospectus under the caption Selling Securityholders may have
sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of all or a portion of their notes
or common stock since the date on which they provided us with information
regarding their notes or common stock, and we have not made any independent
inquiries as to the foregoing.
Unless otherwise noted, all information provided in this prospectus
supplement is as of March 20, 2002.