Document:

Exhibit
10.1

       

    
      
        	
                

              	
                Kulicke
      & Soffa Industries Inc. 

              
	
                1005
      Virginia Drive 

              
	
                Fort
      Washington, PA  19034 USA

              
	 
      	
                 
      

              
	 
      	
                215-784-6000
      phone 

              
	 
      	
                215-659-7588
      fax 

              
	 
      	
                www.kns.com
      

              

      

    

    

    October
7, 2010

    

    Mr. C.
Scott Kulicke

    [Address
Omitted]

     

    

    Dear
Scott:

    

    This letter confirms the arrangements
related to your upcoming retirement from employment with Kulicke and Soffa
Industries, Inc. (the “Company”).  You ceased to be the chief
executive officer of the Company and a member of the board of directors as of
September 30, 2010 and your last day of employment will be October 9, 2010 (the
“Retirement Date”).  On behalf of the Company, I would like to thank
you for your contributions to the Company during your tenure.

    

    In connection with your retirement from
the Company:

    

    1.           The
Company will pay you your earned but unpaid base salary and accrued vacation
(currently six (6) days total) through the Retirement Date, which amount will be
included in your final paycheck.  Except as otherwise provided herein,
all Company compensation and other payments and benefits shall cease as of the
Retirement Date.  You acknowledge that, other than as set forth in
this letter, you have received payment in full of all of the compensation,
benefits and/or payments of any kind due to you from the Company through the
Retirement Date, including all wages, bonuses, equity, expense reimbursements,
payments to benefit plans and any other payment under a Company plan, program,
practice or promise.

    

    2.           You
are eligible to be paid a quarterly cash incentive under the Company’s Officer
Incentive Compensation Plan for the Company’s fourth fiscal quarter ended
October 2, 2010 in accordance with the terms of the Plan.  Payment
will be made in December 2010 in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll
practices existing at that time.

    

    3.           In
accordance with the terms of the applicable employee stock option and equity
plans, all of your unvested options to purchase shares of common stock in the
Company will vest on the Retirement Date and will be exercisable until the
earlier of (i) 12 months from your Retirement Date or (ii) the end of the
otherwise applicable term of such stock options as set forth in the applicable
stock option agreement.

    

    4.           In
accordance with the terms of the 2006 Equity Plan, the applicable length of
service period (the three (3) year performance period) for all performance share
units granted to you on October 2, 2007 will be complete before the Retirement
Date.  The number of performance shares received by you, if any, will
be calculated based on the achievement of the applicable performance goals of
the Company.  For each performance share unit earned, one share of
common stock of the Company will be delivered to you no later than the fifteenth
day of the third month following the end of the calendar year in which the
relevant performance period ends (estimated as February 2011).

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

    

    5.           In
accordance with the terms of the 2008 Equity Plan, the number of performance
share units granted to you on October 8, 2008 will be pro rated based on the
full number of months in the applicable length of service period (the three (3)
year performance period) you worked through your Retirement Date (i.e., 24
months).  The number of performance shares received by you, if any,
will be calculated based on the achievement of the applicable performance goals
of the Company.  For each performance share earned, one share of
common stock of the Company will be delivered to you no later than the fifteenth
day of the of the third month following the end of the calendar year in which
the relevant performance period ends (estimated as February 2012).

    

    6.           The
Company will pay you in cash an amount equal to (i) the fair market value of the
shares of common stock of the Company to which you would have been entitled
pursuant to pro rata vesting under the performance share unit award granted to
you on October 8, 2008 had you remained employed through June 30, 2011 minus (ii) the fair
market value of the shares of common stock of the Company you actually received
pursuant to such award.  For purposes of this paragraph 6, the fair
market value of the shares of common stock will be the average closing sale
price per common share on the NASDAQ Global Market for the first five (5)
trading days of February 2012.  If the common shares are not listed on
the NASDAQ Global Market on such dates, the fair market value of the shares
shall be calculated in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company.  Such cash payment, if any, will be made in February
2012.

    

    7.           In
accordance with the terms of the 2008 Equity Plan, an additional 1/3 of the
restricted stock granted to you on October 8, 2008 will vest before the
Retirement Date and the remaining 1/3 of the restricted stock award will be
forfeited.

    

    8.           In
accordance with the terms of the 2009 Equity Plan, the number of performance
share units granted to you on December 8, 2009 will be pro rated based on the
full number of months in the applicable length of service period (the
performance period ending June 30, 2011) you worked through your Retirement Date
(i.e. 10 months).  The number of performance shares received by you,
if any, will be calculated based on the achievement of the applicable
performance goals of the Company for the performance period ending June 30,
2011.  For each performance share earned, one share of common stock of
the Company will be delivered to you no later than the fifteenth day of the of
the third month following the end of the performance period.

    

    9.           The
Company will pay you in cash an amount equal to (i) the fair market value of the
shares of common stock of the Company to which you would have been entitled
pursuant to the performance share unit award granted to you on December 8, 2009
had you remained employed through the last day of the applicable length of
service period (the performance period ending June 30, 2011) minus (ii) the fair
market value of the shares of common stock of the Company you actually received
pursuant to such award.  For purposes of this paragraph 9, the fair
market value of the shares of common stock will be the average closing sale
price per common share on the NASDAQ Global Market for the first five (5)
trading days of July 2011.  If the common shares are not listed on the
NASDAQ Global Market on such dates, the fair market value of the shares shall be
calculated in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company.  Such cash payment, if any, will be made in July
2011.

    
      
         

      

      
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    10.           You
agree to hold through December 31, 2011 the shares of common stock earned by you
under the performance share unit award granted to you on December 8,
2009.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may sell such shares to
cover any federal or state tax liability to the extent the taxes triggered by
the vesting of such units and the cash you receive pursuant to Section 9 above
exceed the amount of the cash you receive pursuant to Section 9
above.

    

    11.           You
acknowledge that you are subject to stock ownership requirements of 66,000
shares of common stock of the Company through October 9, 2010 and that you are
prohibited from trading in the Company’s common stock, except pursuant to an
authorized 10b5-1 plan, until, at the earliest, the second business day after
the filing of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
October 2, 2010.

    

    12.           You
acknowledge that you are not otherwise entitled to certain of the payments and
benefits described in this letter, and the Company’s provision of these payments
and benefits is in consideration of your execution of a release of all
employment-related and other claims that you may have against the Company, its
officers, directors and stockholders.  You shall have 21 days to
consider the terms of this letter and the accompanying release.  If
you execute and do not revoke the release within seven days of its execution,
the release will become effective and the Company will commence cash payments in
accordance with the terms of this letter.  If you do not sign the
release or if you timely revoke it, you will not receive any cash payments from
the Company.  The form of the release is attached as Exhibit A to this
letter.

    

    13.           You
acknowledge that following the Retirement Date, you continue to be bound by the
confidentiality, noncompetition, nonsolicitation and other provisions in Section
3 of the Consulting Agreement between you and the Company dated as of the date
hereof (the “Consulting Agreement”).

    

    14.           The
Company’s Policy on Recovery of Previously Paid Executive Compensation adopted
by the Management Development and Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board
of Directors in December 2009 shall continue to apply to the performance share
unit awards described in this Letter Agreement and the cash incentives awarded
under the Company’s Officer Incentive Compensation Plan (including the cash
incentive described in paragraph 2 herein), and shall apply to the cash awards
described in paragraphs 6 and 9 of this Letter Agreement.

    

    15.           The
Company hereby reserves all of its rights and remedies under the Consulting
Agreement and under applicable law, and nothing in this letter shall be
construed as a waiver of those rights or remedies.

    

    16.           This
letter and the accompanying release shall be construed as a whole according to
their fair meaning.  They shall not be construed strictly for or
against you or the Company.  This letter and the accompanying release
shall be governed by the statutes and common law of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.

    

    17.           This
letter and the accompanying release constitute the entire agreement between you
and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof.  Amendments
to this letter and the accompanying release shall not be effective unless they
are in writing signed by you and a duly

    
      
         

      

      
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    authorized
representative of the Company.

    

    Please acknowledge you understand and
agree with the arrangement described above by signing below and returning a copy
of this letter and the executed release.

    

    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                  	
                          Sincerely,

                        
	 
      
	
                          /s/ Bruno Guilmart
      

                        
	
                          Bruno
      Guilmart

                        
	
                          President
      and Chief Executive
Officer

                        

                

              

            

          

        

      

    

    

    ACCEPTED
AND AGREED

    

    
      
        
          
            
              	
                      /s/ C. Scott Kulicke

                    
	
                      C.
      Scott
Kulicke

                    

            

          

        

      

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    RELEASE

    

    1.           Release.  In further
consideration of the compensation and benefits provided pursuant to the letter
between Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) and C. Scott Kulicke
(the “Executive”) and intending to be legally bound, Executive hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally releases and forever discharges the Company and
any and all of its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, related entities, joint
venturers and each of its and their predecessors, successors, insurers, owners,
stockholders, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, and other agents
(“Released Parties”) of and from any and all rights, obligations, promises,
agreements, debts, losses, controversies, claims, causes of action, liabilities,
damages, and expenses, including without limitation attorneys’ fees and costs,
of any nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted,
which he ever had, now has, or hereafter may have against the Released Parties,
or any of them, that arose at any time before or upon his signing this Release,
including without limitation the right to take discovery with respect to any
matter, transaction, or occurrence existing or happening at any time before or
upon his signing this Release and any and all claims arising under any oral or
written Company program, policy or practice, contract, agreement or
understanding any common-law principle of any jurisdiction, any federal, state
or local statute or ordinance, with all amendments thereto, including without
limitation the National Labor Relations Act of 1947, the Civil Rights Acts of
1866, 1871, 1964, and 1991, the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967 (as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act),
the Bankruptcy Code, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Worker Adjustment and
Retraining Notification Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, the Family and Medical Leave
Act of 1993, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, and any
other employee-protective law of any jurisdiction that may
apply.  (All claims encompassed by this Paragraph are hereinafter
referred to collectively as the “Claims”).

    

    2.           Covenant Not To
Sue.  Executive hereby represents and warrants that he has
brought no complaint, claim, charge, action or proceeding against any of the
Released Parties in any judicial, administrative or any other
forum.  Executive covenants to the fullest extent permitted by law
that he will not pursue any Claim in court, whether or not arising out of or
related to his employment by or the performance of any services to or on behalf
of the Company or the termination of that employment or those
services.

    

    3.           Knowing and
Voluntary Agreement.  Executive
acknowledges that he has carefully read and fully understands all of the
provisions and effects of this Release and the accompanying letter agreement;
that the Company has advised him in writing, by this Paragraph, to consult with
an attorney, and that he has consulted with an attorney of his choice, before
signing this Release and the accompanying letter agreement; that the Company has
provided him with no less than twenty-one (21) days to consider this Release and
the accompanying letter agreement before signing them; that the Company has
provided him with no less than seven days within which to revoke this Release
and the accompanying letter agreement after signing them, if he desires to do
so; that Executive is voluntarily entering into this Release and the
accompanying letter agreement free of coercion and duress; and that neither the
Company nor any of its agents or attorneys has made any representations or
promises concerning the terms or effects of this Release and the accompanying
letter agreement.

    
      
         

      

      
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    4.           Severability.  If
any provision of this Release is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the
remainder of this Release other than such provision shall not be affected and
will remain in full force and effect; provided, however, that if any release or
waiver set forth in Section 1 of this Release is declared to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable in whole or in material respect, the party on whose benefit the
release or waiver was provided shall have the right to elect to consider this
Release and the accompanying letter agreement to be nullified and, in such case,
any payments or benefits that have been or were to be afforded under this
Release and the accompanying letter agreement shall be returned to the Company
with interest unless prohibited by law.

    

    5.           Good Faith Settlement / Continuing
Rights and Obligations.  This Release and the accompanying
letter agreement constitute the good faith settlement of all claims or potential
claims Executive may have against the Released Parties, or any of them, and are
not and shall not in any way be construed as an admission of any wrongful or
discriminatory act against Executive or that the termination of Executive’s
employment was in any way wrongful or unlawful.  This Release and the
accompanying letter agreement shall not in any way impact or diminish the rights
and entitlements that the Company has under the Consulting Agreement or the
continuing duties and obligations that Executive owes the Company and others
under the Consulting Agreement.

    

    6.           Non-Disparagement.  Executive
agrees not to make any derogatory, unfavorable, negative or disparaging
statements concerning the Company and its affiliates, officers, directors,
managers, employees or agents, or its or their business affairs or
performance.

    

    7.           Effective
Date.  This Release shall become effective and enforceable,
unless sooner revoked pursuant to Paragraph 8, on the eighth day after Executive
signs this Release.  Executive shall deliver this Release bearing his
original signature to the Company at the following address:

    

     
Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.

     
1005 Virginia Drive

      Fort
Washington, PA   19034

     
Attn:  General Counsel

    

    8.           Revocation.  Executive may revoke this
Release if, before 5:00 p.m. on the seventh day after Executive signs the
Release, he delivers to the Company, at the address specified in Paragraph 8,
written notice of his intent to revoke this Release. Executive
understands that, if he validly revokes this Release, the accompanying letter
agreement shall also be of no force or effect, and Executive shall not be
entitled to the payments or benefits contained in the letter agreement, except
to the extent Executive has an independent legal entitlement to such payments or
benefits.

    

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, intending to be
legally bound, the undersigned has executed this Release this 7th day of
October, 2010.

    

    
      
        
          
            	
                          
                      /s/
      C. Scott Kulicke

                    

                  	 
      
	
                    C.
      Scott Kulicke

                  	 
      

          

        

      

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
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-Exhibit
10.2
 

    
      
        
          	
                  

                	
                  Kulicke
      & Soffa Industries Inc.

                  1005
      Virginia Drive

                  Fort
      Washington, PA  19034 USA

                
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                  215-784-6000
      phone

                
	 
      	
                  215-659-7588
      fax

                
	 
      	
                  www.kns.com

                

        

      

    

    

    CONSULTING
AGREEMENT

    
 

    This
CONSULTING AGREEMENT is made as of this 7th day of
October, 2010, by and between Kulicke and Soffa Industries,
Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), and C. Scott Kulicke
(“Consultant”).

    

    WITNESSETH:

    

    WHEREAS, Consultant was previously
employed as the Company’s chief executive officer, and the Company desires to
obtain certain services from Consultant to provide assistance in transitioning
to a new chief executive officer, and Consultant desires to provide such
services to the Company.

    

    NOW,
THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED by and among Consultant and the Company, in
consideration of the premises and intending to be legally bound hereby, as
follows:

    

    1.           Engagement

     

    (a)           Term and
Termination.  This Agreement shall become effective on October
11, 2010 (the “Effective Date”), and, unless sooner terminated pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, shall continue for a period of 36 months, expiring on
October 10, 2013 (such period, the “Term”).  The provisions of
Sections 2(c), 3 and 4 shall survive any termination of this
Agreement.

     

    (b)           Engagement and
Duties. Consultant shall be an independent contractor to perform
consulting services and assignments on an as-needed basis as the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company or any other person designated by the Chief Executive
Officer may reasonably request and which are consistent with his position as
having formerly been the chief executive officer of the
Company.  Consultant will render his services hereunder to the Company
and its subsidiaries and affiliates, as necessary and requested, and shall use
his commercially reasonable efforts in performing the duties assigned to
him.  Consultant, in his capacity as an independent contractor under
this Agreement, shall not have any right, power or authority to bind or commit
the Company or any of its subsidiaries to any act, service or other contractual
commitment, and Consultant shall not represent to any other person or entity
that he has any such right, power or authority.  In addition,
Consultant shall not have any right, power or authority to amend or terminate
any relationship between the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries and
any other person or entity.  The Company retains the right to engage
the services of other persons and entities to perform services for the Company,
whether similar or dissimilar to the services provided by Consultant to the
Company under this Agreement.

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    (c)           Provision of the
Services.  In connection with providing the services during the
Term, Consultant shall make himself available by telephone, email, or, with his
consent, in person at the offices of the Company in Fort Washington,
Pennsylvania during normal business hours of the Company as reasonably requested
by the Chief Executive Officer.

     

    2.           Compensation and Independent
Contractor Status

     

    (a)           Compensation for
Services.  As compensation for his services to the Company
under this Agreement, during the Term, Consultant shall receive Twenty-Two
Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixteen Dollars ($22,916) per month.  As
additional compensation for his services, during the Term, the Company shall
also pay an amount each month equal to the premiums due for continued medical,
dental and prescription coverage under the Company’s plans.  The
Company may pay these amounts directly to the insurers, but such amounts shall
constitute imputed income to Consultant.

     

    (b)           Expense
Reimbursement.  The Company shall reimburse Consultant for his
actual out-of-pocket expenses and disbursements incurred in connection with the
performance of the services under this Agreement, upon receipt by the Company of
proper documentation evidencing such expenses and approval thereof by the
Company in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policy in effect
from time to time.

     

    (c)           Independent
Contractor.  Consultant’s relationship to the Company under
this Agreement is solely that of an independent
contractor.  Consultant shall not be considered an employee or agent
of the Company under this Agreement or otherwise.  Nothing herein
shall be deemed or construed to create a joint venture, partnership, agency or
employee/employer relationship between the parties for any purpose, including,
without limitation, withholding for purposes of Social Security, income tax or
other tax, if any.  As an independent contractor, the Company will
issue an IRS Form 1099 for payments made pursuant to this Agreement, including
any imputed income pursuant to Section 2(a), and Consultant will be responsible
for paying all federal, state and local income and social security taxes arising
out of any such payments.

     

    3.           Certain
Restrictions

     

    (a)           At
all times during the Term and for a period of two (2) years after the Term,
Consultant shall not:

     

    (i)           directly
or indirectly, together or separately or with any third party, whether as an
individual proprietor, partner, stockholder, officer, employee, director, joint
venturer, investor, or in any other capacity whatsoever, actively engage in
business or assist anyone or any firm in business as a manufacturer, seller, or
distributor of any products or services which are the same, like, similar to, or
which compete with the products and services offered by the Company (or any of
its affiliates) in any geographic area in which the Company sells or markets its
products;

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    (ii)          directly
or indirectly recruit, solicit or encourage any employee of the Company (or any
of its affiliates) or otherwise induce such employee to leave the employ of the
Company (or any of its affiliates) or to become an employee or otherwise be
associated with his or any firm, corporation, business or other entity with
which he is or may become associated or assist another person or entity to
engage in such conduct; or

     

    (iii)         solicit,
directly or indirectly, for himself or as agent or employee of any person,
partnership, corporation, or other entity (other than for the Company) with the
intent of actively engaging in business, any then or former customer, supplier,
or client of the Company.

     

    (b)           Consultant,
on behalf of himself and his affiliates, acknowledges a duty of confidentiality
owed to the Company and agrees that he shall render the services hereunder in a
manner designed to protect the proprietary information of the Company from
improper use or disclosure.  Consultant, on behalf of himself and his
affiliates, agrees that he will not, except in the performance of his duties
hereunder, during or at any time subsequent to the Term, use, divulge, furnish
or make accessible to any person or business entity (other than with the written
permission of the Company) any knowledge, technical data, information or future
plans of the Company with respect to the Company or its business, including,
without limitation, the products of the Company, licensed technology or
technology, whether in the concept or development stage, owned or being marketed
or developed by the Company on the effective date of this Agreement or during
the Term.  All computer software, customer lists, price lists,
contract forms, catalogs, books, records and files acquired by Consultant or his
affiliates during the Term are acknowledged to be proprietary information of the
Company and shall not be duplicated, removed from the Company’s possession or
made use of other than in pursuit of the Company’s business, and, at the end of
the Term or upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, Consultant shall,
and shall cause his affiliates to, either destroy or deliver to the Company,
without further demand, all copies thereof which are then in his possession or
under control.

     

    (c)           Consultant
represents to the Company that the restrictions set forth in this Section 3 will
not be unduly burdensome to him, and he agrees that they are reasonable and do
not impose a greater restraint than is necessary to protect the Company’s
legitimate business interests.

     

    (d)           Consultant
and the Company agree that any breach or threatened breach of this Section 3 may
cause irreparable and continuing harm to the Company for which there will be no
adequate remedy at law and which could not be adequately compensated by monetary
damages.  Accordingly, Consultant and the Company agree that, in
addition to any other remedies that the Company may have at law or in equity,
the Company shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief for any breach or
threatened or anticipated breach by Consultant.  Additionally, the
Company shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement for any breach or
threatened breach of Section 3 by Consultant.

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    (e)           In
the event Consultant breaches any provision of Section 3(a) above, the time
periods set forth therein shall be extended by the amount of time that
Consultant is in breach.

     

    4.           Miscellaneous

     

    (a)           Other
Agreements.  Consultant represents and warrants to the Company
that there are no restrictions, agreements or understandings whatsoever to which
he is a party that would prevent or make unlawful his execution of this
Agreement, that would be inconsistent or in conflict with this Agreement or
Consultant’s obligations hereunder, or that would otherwise prevent, limit or
impair the performance by Consultant of his duties under this
Agreement.

     

    (b)           Successors and
Assigns.  The Company may assign this Agreement to (i) any
subsidiary of the Company or (ii) any successor to all or substantially all of
its assets and business by means of liquidation, dissolution, merger,
consolidation, transfer of assets, sale of stock or otherwise.  The
duties of Consultant hereunder are personal to Consultant and may not be
assigned by him but shall be binding on his heirs and estate.

     

    (c)           Governing Law and
Enforcement.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard
to the principles of conflicts of laws.  Any legal proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement will be instituted in a state or federal
court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Consultant and the Company hereby
consent to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of such court(s) and hereby
waive any objection(s) that they may have to personal jurisdiction, the laying
of venue of any such proceeding and any claim or defense of inconvenient
forum.

     

    (d)           WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL.  TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE PARTIES TO THIS
AGREEMENT HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY PROCEEDING
BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM
RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF.  THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT
ALSO WAIVE ANY BOND OR SURETY OR SECURITY UPON SUCH BOND THAT MIGHT, BUT FOR
THIS WAIVER, BE REQUIRED OF THE OTHER PARTIES.  THE SCOPE OF THIS
WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE
FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT,
INCLUDING, CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER
COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS.  THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS
RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH PARTY HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THE WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO
THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT EACH PARTY WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE WAIVER IN THEIR
RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS.  THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT FURTHER
WARRANT AND REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, AND
THAT EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES THE JURY TRIAL RIGHTS OF SUCH PARTY
FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.  THIS WAIVER IS
IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING,
AND THE WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS,
OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT.  IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS
SECTION MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE
COURT.

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

       

    (e)           Severability.  If
any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable by
a court of competent jurisdiction by reason of the nature of the covenants
contained therein, such terms shall be deemed changed or reduced to enforceable
terms, but only to the extent necessary to cure such
invalidity.  Further, whenever possible, each provision of this
Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner to be effective and valid under
applicable law.

     

    (f)           Notices.  Any
notice or communication required or permitted under this Agreement shall be made
in writing and (a) sent by overnight courier (such as Federal Express), or (b)
mailed by overnight U.S. express mail, return receipt requested, as
follows:

     

    
      	
              If
      to Consultant:

            	
              C.
      Scott Kulicke

            

    

    [Address Omitted] 

    

    
      	
              If
      to the Company:

            	
              1005
      Virginia Drive

            

    

    Fort Washington, PA 19034

    

    Attention:  General
Counsel

    

    or to
such other address as either party may from time to time duly specify by notice
given to the other party in the manner specified above.

    

    (g)           Entire Agreement;
Amendments; Waivers.  This Agreement contains the entire
agreement and understanding of the parties hereto relating to the subject matter
hereof, and merges and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous discussions,
agreements and understandings of every nature relating to the subject matter,
whether written or oral.  This Agreement may not be changed or
modified, except by an agreement in writing signed by each of the parties
hereto.  The waiver by a party of any breach of any provision of this
Agreement shall not constitute or operate as a waiver of any other breach of
such provision or of any other provision hereof, nor shall any failure to
enforce any provision hereof operate as a waiver of such provision or of any
other provision hereof.

     

    (h)           Section
Headings.  The headings of sections and paragraphs of this
Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not in any way affect the
meaning of construction of any provision of this Agreement.

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

        

    (i)           Counterparts;
Facsimile.  This Agreement may be executed in multiple
counterparts (including by facsimile or pdf. signature), each of which will be
deemed to be an original, but all of which together will constitute but one and
the same instrument.

     

    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties to this Agreement has duly executed this
Agreement as of the date first above written.

    

    
      
        	 
      	
                /s/ C. Scott Kulicke

              
	 
      	
                C.
      Scott Kulicke

              
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                KULICKE
      AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.

              
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                By:

              	
                /s/ Bruno Guilmart

              
	 
      	 
      	
                Name:  Bruno
      Guilmart

              
	 
      	 
      	
                Title:  President
      and Chief Executive
Officer

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