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8-K filed December 13, 2023, 6:59 PM ET ticker AMAT CIK 0000006951
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Applied Materials accounting officer departs, by-laws amended to allow lower shareholder meeting threshold

APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE

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Appointed (interim)

Charles Read

interim principal accounting officer
AMAT · APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE
Effective
2023-12-11
Filed
December 13, 2023, 6:59 PM ET
Charles Read will serve as the Company’s interim principal accounting officer, effective immediately.
Departed

Jeff Bodner

principal accounting officer
AMAT · APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE
Effective
2023-12-11
Successor
Charles Read
Filed
December 13, 2023, 6:59 PM ET
On December 11, 2023, Jeff Bodner, the principal accounting officer of Applied Materials, Inc. (the “Company” or “Applied”), departed the Company.

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Executive change SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 0.95

Charles Read was appointed as interim principal accounting officer at APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE.

Action
appointed
Role
interim principal accounting officer
Exact text from the filing
Charles Read will serve as the Company’s interim principal accounting officer, effective immediately.
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Executive change SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 0.95

Jeff Bodner departed as principal accounting officer at APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE.

Action
departed
Role
principal accounting officer
Exact text from the filing
On December 11, 2023, Jeff Bodner, the principal accounting officer of Applied Materials, Inc. (the “Company” or “Applied”), departed the Company.
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Governance Changes SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06 confidence 0.9

APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE: Lowered ownership threshold for calling special meetings from 20% to 10%, reflected Delaware law amendments, and made ministerial changes (effective 2023-12-08).

Change
bylaw amendment
Effective
2023-12-08
Exact text from the filing
On December 8, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company amended its Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective immediately, to: lower the ownership threshold required for stockholders to call a special meeting from 20% to 10%; reflect recent Delaware law amendments, including but not limited to communications regarding adjourned stockholder meetings, proxy requirements, and requirements for action by written consent of the Board; and make technical edits and clarifying, conforming and ministerial changes.
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