secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK:        0000006951
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-162237
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Applied Materials appoints Jim Anderson to Board of Directors, effective July 18, 2025
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- Jim Anderson, CEO of Coherent Corp., elected to Board and Strategy & Investment Committee effective July 18, 2025.
- Anderson brings 25+ years tech experience; previously CEO of Lattice Semiconductor, SVP at AMD, and roles at Intel, Broadcom, LSI.
- Standard non-employee director compensation: $100k annual retainer, $10k committee retainer, $240k RSU grant pro-rated to 2026 meeting.
- RSUs vest fully on March 1, 2026, subject to continued service; no material interest in transactions disclosed.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000119312525162237/0001193125-25-162237-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000119312525162237/d65774d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-162237

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