---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-059257"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMAT"
cik: "0000006951"
company_name: "APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE"
filed_at: "2026-08-27T20:12:40+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-27T20:14:19.794969+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Materials appoints Qualcomm CFO/COO Akash Palkhiwala to board

## Summary
- Akash Palkhiwala elected to board and Audit Committee effective Aug 27, 2026.
- Palkhiwala serves as Qualcomm CFO (since 2019) and COO (since 2024).
- Compensation: $100k annual retainer, $25k audit retainer, RSUs worth $250k prorated.
- RSUs vest March 1, 2027, subject to continued service as director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-059257
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMAT
- cik: 0000006951
- company_name: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE
- filed_at: 2026-08-27T20:12:40+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000162828026059257/0001628280-26-059257-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000162828026059257/amat-20260827.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-059257
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-059257.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-059257.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Akash Palkhiwala was elected as Director and Audit Committee member at APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director and Audit Committee member
  source text: On August 27, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Applied Materials, Inc. (“Applied” or the “Company”) elected Akash Palkhiwala to the Board and the Board’s Audit Committee, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000162828026059257/0001628280-26-059257-index.htm

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