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Issuer:     APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK:        0000006951
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-26T20:34:29+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-067303
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Applied Materials to lift Besi stake to ~20% via accelerated share purchase, pending HSR review
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- Applied Materials entered an accelerated share purchase agreement for BE Semiconductor (Besi) shares, raising its stake to ~20% of Besi's outstanding stock from an initial April 2025 investment.
- Delivery of the Besi shares is conditioned on expiration or termination of the HSR Act antitrust waiting period; no purchase price, share count or deal value disclosed.
- Applied said it has no intention to increase its investment beyond ~20% and does not intend to seek board representation at Besi.
- Collaboration dates to 2020 and was recently expanded with Besi joining Applied's EPIC Center as an Innovation Partner, covering hybrid bonding, 3D IC scaling and die-on-wafer/panel.
- Prabu Raja, President of Applied's Semiconductor Products Group, framed hybrid bonding and next-gen interconnect as enablers of energy-efficient AI compute.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000162828026067303/0001628280-26-067303-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000162828026067303/amat-20261026.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-067303

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