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                                                  <H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=5>UNITED STATES<BR>
                                                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR></FONT>
                                                        <FONT SIZE=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT></H1>


                                                               <H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=5>FORM 8-K</FONT></H1>


                                                            <H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=4>CURRENT REPORT</FONT></H1>
                                                  <H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=4>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF<br>
                                                  THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</FONT></H1>


                          <H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) February 13, 2003</FONT></H1>

<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2>Commission File Number<br>0-25424</FONT></H1>

 <p ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=5><b>SEMITOOL, INC.</b></font><br><font size=2>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</FONT></P>


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<TD align="center" width="445"><B><FONT SIZE=2>Montana</FONT></B></TD>
<TD align="center" width="445"><B><FONT SIZE=2><U>81-0384392</U></FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD align="center" width="445"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center" width="445"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=2><b>Semitool, Inc.<br>655 West Reserve Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901<br>(406) 752-2107</b><BR>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)</FONT></P>





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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Item 5. Other Events </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>On February 11, 2003, the Board of
Directors of the Company appointed Donald P. Baumann as a director. See the following
press release, dated February 13, 2003, announcing the appointment of Donald P. Baumann to
Semitool&#146;s Board of Directors. </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Contacts:Semitool, Inc.<BR>Bill Freeman, Chief
Financial Officer<BR>(406) 752-2107 <BR>Investor Relations Partners, Inc.<BR> Shellie Roth (973) 535-8389<BR>
          roth@irpartners.com </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Donald P. Baumann
Appointed to Semitool&#146;s Board of Directors </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Kalispell, MT, February 13, 2003
&#150; Semitool&reg;, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMTL), a leading supplier of wafer surface
preparation and electrochemical deposition systems, today announced the appointment of
Donald P. Baumann to Semitool&#146;s board of directors. The addition of Baumann brings
the number of Semitool directors to eight. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&#147;We are pleased to have Don
Baumann join our Board, and we welcome his energy and advice,&#148; said Ray Thompson,
Semitool&#146;s president and chief executive officer. &#147;Don adds extensive experience
in sales, marketing and operations to the already existing strengths of our Board. Don
brings 40 years of experience in the semiconductor capital equipment industry, where he is
known as a strategic innovator in managing the volatile trends in our industry. His
talents will be of significant benefit to Semitool as we plan our path forward in markets
that are subject to increasingly changing dynamics.&#148; </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Baumann is currently president and
general partner of Baumann International, where he focuses on strategic and tactical
advisory services for a variety of global industries. From 1994 through 2001 he served as
president of SEZ North America, a subsidiary of The SEZ Group, registered in Zurich,
Switzerland. Earlier in his career he held senior management positions in worldwide sales
and marketing for major companies in the semiconductor industry. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Baumann was born in Shanghai, China
and raised in the Far East. He graduated from high school in Yokohama, Japan and initiated
university studies in Tokyo, Japan, prior to graduating with an Electronics Engineering
degree from the University of Santa Clara in Santa Clara, California. </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>About Semitool, Inc. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Semitool designs, manufactures and
supports high performance, single-wafer and multi-wafer batch wet chemical processing
equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor devices. The company&#146;s primary
suites of equipment include electrochemical deposition systems for electroplating copper,
gold, solder and other metals; surface preparation systems for cleaning, stripping and
etching silicon wafers; and wafer transport container cleaning systems. The company&#146;s
equipment is used in semiconductor fabrication front-end and back-end processes, including
wafer level packaging. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Headquartered in Kalispell, Montana,
Semitool maintains sales and support centers in the United States, Europe and Asia. The
company&#146;s stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol SMTL. For more
information, please visit the company&#146;s website at www.semitool.com. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Semitool is a registered trademark of
Semitool, Inc. </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Signatures </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P>

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                                            SEMITOOL, INC.
                                            (Registrant)




Date: February 13, 2003                     By:   /s/William A. Freeman
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                                                  William A. Freeman
                                                  Chief Financial Officer

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Appointment to Board of Directors
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) February 13, 2003
Commission File Number
0-25424
SEMITOOL, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Montana
81-0384392
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Semitool, Inc.
655 West Reserve Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901
(406) 752-2107
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Item 5. Other Events
On February 11, 2003, the Board of
Directors of the Company appointed Donald P. Baumann as a director. See the following
press release, dated February 13, 2003, announcing the appointment of Donald P. Baumann to
Semitool's Board of Directors.
Contacts:Semitool, Inc.
Bill Freeman, Chief
Financial Officer
(406) 752-2107
Investor Relations Partners, Inc.
Shellie Roth (973) 535-8389
roth@irpartners.com
Donald P. Baumann
Appointed to Semitool's Board of Directors
Kalispell, MT, February 13, 2003
– Semitool®, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMTL), a leading supplier of wafer surface
preparation and electrochemical deposition systems, today announced the appointment of
Donald P. Baumann to Semitool's board of directors. The addition of Baumann brings
the number of Semitool directors to eight.
"We are pleased to have Don
Baumann join our Board, and we welcome his energy and advice," said Ray Thompson,
Semitool's president and chief executive officer. "Don adds extensive experience
in sales, marketing and operations to the already existing strengths of our Board. Don
brings 40 years of experience in the semiconductor capital equipment industry, where he is
known as a strategic innovator in managing the volatile trends in our industry. His
talents will be of significant benefit to Semitool as we plan our path forward in markets
that are subject to increasingly changing dynamics."
Baumann is currently president and
general partner of Baumann International, where he focuses on strategic and tactical
advisory services for a variety of global industries. From 1994 through 2001 he served as
president of SEZ North America, a subsidiary of The SEZ Group, registered in Zurich,
Switzerland. Earlier in his career he held senior management positions in worldwide sales
and marketing for major companies in the semiconductor industry.
Baumann was born in Shanghai, China
and raised in the Far East. He graduated from high school in Yokohama, Japan and initiated
university studies in Tokyo, Japan, prior to graduating with an Electronics Engineering
degree from the University of Santa Clara in Santa Clara, California.
About Semitool, Inc.
Semitool designs, manufactures and
supports high performance, single-wafer and multi-wafer batch wet chemical processing
equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor devices. The company's primary
suites of equipment include electrochemical deposition systems for electroplating copper,
gold, solder and other metals; surface preparation systems for cleaning, stripping and
etching silicon wafers; and wafer transport container cleaning systems. The company's
equipment is used in semiconductor fabrication front-end and back-end processes, including
wafer level packaging.
Headquartered in Kalispell, Montana,
Semitool maintains sales and support centers in the United States, Europe and Asia. The
company's stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol SMTL. For more
information, please visit the company's website at www.semitool.com.
Semitool is a registered trademark of
Semitool, Inc.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
SEMITOOL, INC.
                                            (Registrant)

Date: February 13, 2003                     By:   /s/William A. Freeman
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                                                  William A. Freeman
                                                  Chief Financial Officer