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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">94-1655526</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3050 Bowers Avenue, P.O. Box 58039, Santa Clara, California 95052-8039 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 2016 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Teri A. Little </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior
Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Applied Materials, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3050 Bowers Avenue, P.O. Box 58039, Santa Clara, California 95052-8039 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (408) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">727-5555</FONT></B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Emerging&nbsp;growth&nbsp;company</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents are incorporated by reference in this registration statement: (i)&nbsp;
the latest <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695122000043/amat-20221030.htm">annual report</A> of Applied Materials, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;); and (ii)&nbsp;all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered
by the annual report referred to in clause (i)&nbsp;above (other than the portions of these documents not deemed to be filed). All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(other than the portions of these documents not deemed to be filed), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;4.
Description of Securities. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The securities being registered pursuant to this registration statement represent unsecured general obligations of the
Registrant (the &#147;Obligations&#148;) to pay certain deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Applied Materials, Inc. 2016 Deferred Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The Obligations rank equally with other
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Registrant. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the Plan, the Registrant may provide eligible employees of the Registrant and its
participating affiliates (each, a &#147;Participating Employer&#148;) with the opportunity to elect to defer certain eligible compensation that is otherwise payable by a Participating Employer, as set forth in the Plan. Employer contributions also
may be made by a Participating Employer, in its sole discretion, on behalf of a Plan participant, as set forth in the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Plan participant&#146;s
deferral contributions and any discretionary employer contributions made on his or her behalf under the Plan will be credited to the participant&#146;s account(s) under the Plan. A participant&#146;s Plan account(s) will be credited with deemed
investment returns equal to the experience of selected investment funds offered under the Plan, as elected by the participant in accordance with the Plan&#146;s procedures. If a participant fails to make an investment election with respect his or
her Plan account(s), the account(s) will be deemed invested in the Plan&#146;s default investment fund, as determined by the Plan&#146;s administrative committee (the &#147;Committee&#148;) in its discretion. Amounts deferred into the Plan prior to
2016 will be credited with deemed interest at a rate determined under the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A participant will be 100% vested at all times in his or her deferral
contributions under the Plan. A participant generally will be vested in any employer contributions made on his or her behalf by a Participating Employer in accordance with the vesting schedules established by the Committee at the time such amounts
are first credited to the participant&#146;s Plan account. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Obligations generally are payable upon a participant&#146;s separation from service or the
date(s) elected by the participant in accordance with the terms of the Plan, subject to exceptions as provided in the Plan, such as death, qualifying disability, unforeseeable emergency or qualifying change in control of the Registrant. The
Obligations generally are payable in the form of a lump sum cash payment or annual cash installment payments, at the election of the participant made in accordance with the terms of the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Plan participant may designate one or more beneficiaries to receive any portion of his or her Plan account payable in the event of the participant&#146;s
death, in accordance with the Plan&#146;s procedures. Plan participants or their beneficiaries generally may not sell, transfer, pledge, assign or otherwise dispose of any right or interest in the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant may, in its sole discretion, establish a grantor trust, commonly known as a rabbi trust, as a vehicle for accumulating assets to pay the
Obligations. Any such rabbi trust shall be constructed to constitute an unfunded arrangement that shall not affect the status of the Plan as an unfunded plan for purposes of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act or the Internal Revenue Code.
The Obligations may be paid from the general assets of the Participating Employers or from the assets of any such rabbi trust; <I>provided</I>, in each case a Plan participant (or their beneficiaries) shall be an unsecured general creditor of the
Registrant and any Obligations owed to such Plan participant (or their beneficiaries) shall be subject to the risk of corporate insolvency. In addition, the Plan participant&#146;s deferral contributions and employer contributions made on his or her
behalf shall be mingled with the general funds of the Registrant and may therefore be subject to the rights of other creditors, including any lien or security interest. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant has reserved the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time and for any reason,
provided that any such amendment may not reduce or delay the vesting of account balances of any participant accrued as of the date of any such amendment. Termination of the Plan generally must be consistent with the requirements of Section&nbsp;409A
of the Internal Revenue Code. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Obligations are not convertible into any other security of the Registrant. The Obligations will not have the benefit of
a negative pledge or any other affirmative or negative covenant on the part of the Registrant. No trustee has been appointed to take action with respect to the Obligations and each Plan participant or beneficiary will be responsible for enforcing
his or her own rights, if any, with respect to the Obligations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing is not a complete description of the Obligations, and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the terms of the Plan document. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Inapplicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and
Officers. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a corporation&#146;s board of directors to grant,
indemnity to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The
Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation provides for indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s directors, officers, employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. In addition, the Registrant
has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of its officers. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Inapplicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6951/000000695122000043/ex1015_amatq42022.htm">Applied Materials, Inc. 2016 Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated on January&nbsp;
1, 2021, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> (file no. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">000-06920)</FONT> filed December&nbsp;16, 2022. </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or </P>
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high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Provided, however, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant
to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Santa Clara, State of California on
the 24<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of August, 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Gary E. Dickerson</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Gary E. Dickerson</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>President, Chief Executive Officer</I></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the undersigned
directors and officers of Applied Materials, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), hereby constitutes and appoints Gary E. Dickerson, Brice Hill and Teri A. Little and each of them with power to act alone,<B> </B>his or her true
and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact,</FONT></FONT> with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
act on, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, and to act on, sign and file such
certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">****** </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Gary E. Dickerson</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Gary E. Dickerson</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Brice Hill</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Brice Hill</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Jeff Bodner</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jeff Bodner</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Thomas J. Iannotti</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chairman of the Board</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Rani Borkar</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Rani Borkar</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Judy Bruner</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Judy Bruner</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Xun Chen</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Xun Chen</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Aart J. de Geus</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Aart J. de Geus</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Alexander A. Karsner</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Alexander A. Karsner</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">August&nbsp;24, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Kevin P. March</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Kevin P. March</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">August&nbsp;24, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Yvonne McGill</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Yvonne McGill</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">August&nbsp;24, 2023</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Scott A. McGregor</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 24, 2023
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
94-1655526
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
3050 Bowers Avenue, P.O. Box 58039, Santa Clara, California 95052-8039
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 2016 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Teri A. Little
Senior
Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Applied Materials, Inc.
3050 Bowers Avenue, P.O. Box 58039, Santa Clara, California 95052-8039
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (408)
727-5555
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents are incorporated by reference in this registration statement: (i) 
the latest
annual report
of Applied Materials, Inc. (the "Registrant") filed pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"); and (ii) all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered
by the annual report referred to in clause (i) above (other than the portions of these documents not deemed to be filed). All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(other than the portions of these documents not deemed to be filed), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
The securities being registered pursuant to this registration statement represent unsecured general obligations of the
Registrant (the "Obligations") to pay certain deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Applied Materials, Inc. 2016 Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). The Obligations rank equally with other
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Registrant.
Under the Plan, the Registrant may provide eligible employees of the Registrant and its
participating affiliates (each, a "Participating Employer") with the opportunity to elect to defer certain eligible compensation that is otherwise payable by a Participating Employer, as set forth in the Plan. Employer contributions also
may be made by a Participating Employer, in its sole discretion, on behalf of a Plan participant, as set forth in the Plan.
A Plan participant's
deferral contributions and any discretionary employer contributions made on his or her behalf under the Plan will be credited to the participant's account(s) under the Plan. A participant's Plan account(s) will be credited with deemed
investment returns equal to the experience of selected investment funds offered under the Plan, as elected by the participant in accordance with the Plan's procedures. If a participant fails to make an investment election with respect his or
her Plan account(s), the account(s) will be deemed invested in the Plan's default investment fund, as determined by the Plan's administrative committee (the "Committee") in its discretion. Amounts deferred into the Plan prior to
2016 will be credited with deemed interest at a rate determined under the Plan.
A participant will be 100% vested at all times in his or her deferral
contributions under the Plan. A participant generally will be vested in any employer contributions made on his or her behalf by a Participating Employer in accordance with the vesting schedules established by the Committee at the time such amounts
are first credited to the participant's Plan account.
The Obligations generally are payable upon a participant's separation from service or the
date(s) elected by the participant in accordance with the terms of the Plan, subject to exceptions as provided in the Plan, such as death, qualifying disability, unforeseeable emergency or qualifying change in control of the Registrant. The
Obligations generally are payable in the form of a lump sum cash payment or annual cash installment payments, at the election of the participant made in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
A Plan participant may designate one or more beneficiaries to receive any portion of his or her Plan account payable in the event of the participant's
death, in accordance with the Plan's procedures. Plan participants or their beneficiaries generally may not sell, transfer, pledge, assign or otherwise dispose of any right or interest in the Plan.
The Registrant may, in its sole discretion, establish a grantor trust, commonly known as a rabbi trust, as a vehicle for accumulating assets to pay the
Obligations. Any such rabbi trust shall be constructed to constitute an unfunded arrangement that shall not affect the status of the Plan as an unfunded plan for purposes of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act or the Internal Revenue Code.
The Obligations may be paid from the general assets of the Participating Employers or from the assets of any such rabbi trust;
provided
, in each case a Plan participant (or their beneficiaries) shall be an unsecured general creditor of the
Registrant and any Obligations owed to such Plan participant (or their beneficiaries) shall be subject to the risk of corporate insolvency. In addition, the Plan participant's deferral contributions and employer contributions made on his or her
behalf shall be mingled with the general funds of the Registrant and may therefore be subject to the rights of other creditors, including any lien or security interest.
The Registrant has reserved the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time and for any reason,
provided that any such amendment may not reduce or delay the vesting of account balances of any participant accrued as of the date of any such amendment. Termination of the Plan generally must be consistent with the requirements of Section 409A
of the Internal Revenue Code.
The Obligations are not convertible into any other security of the Registrant. The Obligations will not have the benefit of
a negative pledge or any other affirmative or negative covenant on the part of the Registrant. No trustee has been appointed to take action with respect to the Obligations and each Plan participant or beneficiary will be responsible for enforcing
his or her own rights, if any, with respect to the Obligations.
The foregoing is not a complete description of the Obligations, and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the terms of the Plan document.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Inapplicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and
Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant,
indemnity to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides for indemnification of the Registrant's directors, officers, employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. In addition, the Registrant
has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of its officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Inapplicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
Applied Materials, Inc. 2016 Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated on January 
1, 2021, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Registrant's Form
10-K
(file no.
000-06920)
filed December 16, 2022.
5.1
Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2
Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement).
107.1
Filing Fee Table.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant
to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Santa Clara, State of California on
the 24
th
day of August, 2023.
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
By:
/s/ Gary E. Dickerson
Gary E. Dickerson
President, Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:
Each of the undersigned
directors and officers of Applied Materials, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Gary E. Dickerson, Brice Hill and Teri A. Little and each of them with power to act alone,
his or her true
and lawful
attorney-in-fact,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
act on, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, and to act on, sign and file such
certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact
full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact
or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
******
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Gary E. Dickerson
Gary E. Dickerson
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
August 24, 2023
/s/ Brice Hill
Brice Hill
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
August 24, 2023
/s/ Jeff Bodner
Jeff Bodner
Corporate Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
August 24, 2023
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas J. Iannotti
Thomas J. Iannotti
Chairman of the Board
August 24, 2023
/s/ Rani Borkar
Rani Borkar
Director
August 24, 2023
/s/ Judy Bruner
Judy Bruner
Director
August 24, 2023
/s/ Xun Chen
Xun Chen
Director
August 24, 2023
/s/ Aart J. de Geus
Aart J. de Geus
Director
August 24, 2023
/s/ Alexander A. Karsner
Alexander A. Karsner
Director
August 24, 2023
/s/ Kevin P. March
Kevin P. March
Director
August 24, 2023
/s/ Yvonne McGill
Yvonne McGill
Director
August 24, 2023
/s/ Scott A. McGregor
Scott A. McGregor
Director
August 24, 2023