8-K
filed March 11, 2024, 7:59 PM ET
ticker AMAT
CIK 0000006951
other
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.15
Applied Materials annual meeting elects 10 directors, approves say-on-pay, rejects two shareholder proposals
APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE
- All ten director nominees elected, including CEO Gary Dickerson and Aart de Geus.
- Advisory vote on NEO compensation for FY2023 passed with ~572M for, ~53M against.
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2024 with ~688M votes in favor.
- Shareholder proposal on lobbying report defeated (~104M for, ~516M against).
- Shareholder proposal on pay equity reporting also defeated (~133M for, ~490M against).
Key facts
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.95
APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2024 at the 2024-03-07 meeting.
- Proposal
- auditor ratification
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-03-07
Exact text from the filing
The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 was ratified.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.95
APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE shareholders rejected Shareholder Proposal Regarding Pay Equity Reporting at the 2024-03-07 meeting.
- Outcome
- failed
- Meeting
- 2024-03-07
Exact text from the filing
The shareholder proposal requesting that the Company report on quantitative median and adjusted pay gaps across race and gender was not approved.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.95
APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE shareholders rejected Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Report at the 2024-03-07 meeting.
- Outcome
- failed
- Meeting
- 2024-03-07
Exact text from the filing
The shareholder proposal requesting that the Company prepare a report disclosing Company policy and procedures governing lobbying and payments by the Company used for lobbying was not approved.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.95
APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE shareholders approved Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers for Fiscal Year 2023 at the 2024-03-07 meeting.
- Proposal
- say on pay
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-03-07
Exact text from the filing
The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting, was approved on an advisory basis.
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Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.95
APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-03-07 meeting.
- Proposal
- director election
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2024-03-07
Exact text from the filing
Each of the ten nominees was elected to serve as a director for a one-year term and until he or she is succeeded by another qualified director who has been elected, or, if earlier, until his or her death, resignation or removal.
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