EXHIBIT 3(i)



                                    EXHIBIT A
                                       TO
                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                       KULICKE AND SOFFA INDUSTRIES, INC.


     The Amended and  Restated  Articles of  Incorporation  of Kulicke and Soffa
Industries, Inc., are amended by adding a new Article 7 as follows:

     "7.   Subchapter   E--Control   Transactions   of  Chapter   25--Registered
Corporations of the Pennsylvania  Business  Corporation Law of 1988, as amended,
shall not be applicable to the corporation."