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Issuer:     APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK:        0000006951
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-12-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-293900
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Applied Materials accounting officer departs, by-laws amended to allow lower shareholder meeting threshold
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- Jeff Bodner, principal accounting officer, departed December 11, 2023; departure not due to any disagreement with company.
- Charles Read, Corporate VP and Business Units CFO, appointed interim principal accounting officer effective immediately.
- Board amended by-laws to lower special meeting threshold from 20% to 10% and reflect recent Delaware law amendments.
- By-laws also include technical, clarifying, conforming, and ministerial changes.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000119312523293900/0001193125-23-293900-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000119312523293900/d601728d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-293900

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