---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-067015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMAT"
cik: "0000006951"
company_name: "APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE"
filed_at: "2022-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T01:19:28.282936+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Materials appoints Brice Hill as CFO, effective March 7, 2022

## Summary
- Brice Hill, former Xilinx CFO, succeeds interim CFO Bob Halliday; Halliday stays as advisor.
- Hill receives $675k base salary, 135% target bonus, $2M sign-on bonus, and $8.5M in RSUs.
- RSUs vest in three equal installments on Apr 1 of 2023, 2024, 2025 subject to continued employment.
- Sign-on bonus subject to full or pro-rata repayment if Hill resigns or is terminated for cause within two years.
- Hill brings 25 years of semiconductor finance experience from Intel and Xilinx.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-067015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMAT
- cik: 0000006951
- company_name: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE
- filed_at: 2022-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000119312522067015/0001193125-22-067015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000119312522067015/d580796d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-067015.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brice Hill was appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  source text: appointed Brice Hill, age 55, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, of the Company, effective on March 7, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000119312522067015/0001193125-22-067015-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert J. Halliday changed role as Corporate Vice President and Advisor at APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE.
  - Action: succeeded
  - Role: Corporate Vice President and Advisor
  source text: Mr. Hill will succeed Robert J. Halliday, the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Halliday will remain with the Company to support a smooth transition and resume his role as a Corporate Vice President and Advisor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000119312522067015/0001193125-22-067015-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.