---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-046107"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMAT"
cik: "0000006951"
company_name: "APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE"
filed_at: "2025-10-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:36:31.548571+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Materials to cut ~4% of workforce; expects $160M-$180M in charges

## Summary
- Approximately 4% of global workforce impacted; expects $160M-$180M in charges, primarily severance and one-time benefits.
- Most charges to be recognized in Q4 fiscal 2025; plan expected to complete in Q1 fiscal 2026.
- CEO Gary Dickerson cited automation, digitalization, and geographic shifts as drivers for reorganization.
- Action aims to build a high-velocity, high-productivity organization positioned for semiconductor industry growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-046107
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMAT
- cik: 0000006951
- company_name: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE
- filed_at: 2025-10-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000162828025046107/0001628280-25-046107-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000162828025046107/amat-20251023.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-046107
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-046107.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 6193c98ddaa8fa7d227e12afc857c671c4b3eb6c
  claim: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE announced a restructuring with charges of approximately $160 million to $180 million (approximately four percent of its global workforce).
  evidence_excerpt: On October 23, 2025, Applied Materials, Inc. (“Applied” or the “Company”) approved a workforce reduction plan to position the Company for continued growth as a more competitive and productive organization. Applied expects approximately four percent of its global workforce to be impacted under this action and the Company to incur charges of approximately $160 million to $180 million, consisting primarily of severance and other one-time employment termination benefits to be paid in cash, and other non-cash related charges.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000162828025046107/0001628280-25-046107-index.htm

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