As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2007

Registration No. 333-             

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

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APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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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)

 

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APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. EMPLOYEES’ STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

 

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Joseph J. Sweeney

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

 

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Copy to:

John E. Aguirre, Esq.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC

650 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, California 94304

 

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

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Title of securities to be registered		Amount to be registered*		Proposed maximum offering price per share**			Proposed maximum aggregate offering price**			Amount of registration fee**
Common Stock***		70,000,000 shares		$	19.07		$	1,334,900,000.00		$	40,981.43

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Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock that become issuable under the Applied Materials, Inc. Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan described herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of Common Stock.

**	Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act based on $19.07 per share, the average of the high and low prices per share of the Registrant’s Common Stock on May 22, 2007, as reported by Nasdaq.

***	Includes associated rights to purchase preferred or common stock (the “Rights”). Until the occurrence of certain events, none of which has occurred, the Rights are not exercisable.

 

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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”); (ii) all other reports filed 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); and (iii) the description of the Registrant’s common stock set forth in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating thereto, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, 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 (other than the portions of these documents not deemed to be filed), 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

Inapplicable.

 

ITEM 5.

INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

Inapplicable.

 

ITEM 6.

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Delaware 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 Delaware 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. Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed February 14, 2007, Commission File No. 000-06920).

 

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5.1		Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation.
23.1		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2		Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, is included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.
24.1		Power of Attorney of Directors.

 

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;

(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.

 

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(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.

 

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SIGNATURES

THE REGISTRANT

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 30th day of May, 2007.

 

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.

(Registrant)

/s/ Michael R. Splinter

Michael R. Splinter

President,

Chief Executive Officer

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 dates indicated.

 

Signature		Title		Date
Principal Executive Officer:
/s/ Michael R. Splinter		President, Chief Executive Officer		May 30, 2007
Michael R. Splinter
Principal Financial Officer:
/s/ George S. Davis		Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer		May 30, 2007
George S. Davis
Principal Accounting Officer:
/s/ Yvonne Weatherford		Corporate Vice President, Corporate Controller		May 30, 2007
Yvonne Weatherford

 

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Directors:
*		Chairman of the Board		May 30, 2007
James C. Morgan
*		Director		May 30, 2007
Michael H. Armacost
*		Director		May 30, 2007
Robert H. Brust
		Director		May     , 2007
Deborah A. Coleman
*		Director		May 30, 2007
Philip V. Gerdine
*		Director		May 30, 2007
Thomas J. Iannotti
*		Director		May 30, 2007
Charles Y.S. Liu
*		Director		May 30, 2007
Gerhard H. Parker
*		Director		May 30, 2007
Willem P. Roelandts
*		Director		May 30, 2007
Michael R. Splinter

Representing a majority of the members of the Board of Directors.

 

* By		/s/ Joseph J. Sweeney
		Joseph J. Sweeney
		Attorney-in-Fact**

 

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**	By authority of the Power of Attorney of Directors filed as Exhibit 24.1 to this Registration Statement.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

4.1		Applied Materials, Inc. Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed February 14, 2007, Commission File No. 000-06920).
5.1		Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation.
23.1		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2		Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, is included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.
24.1		Power of Attorney of Directors.

EXHIBIT 5.1

May 30, 2007

Applied Materials, Inc.

3050 Bowers Avenue

P.O. Box 58039

Santa Clara, California 95052-8039

 

Re:		Form S-8 Registration Statement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

At your request, we are rendering this opinion in connection with the proposed issuance pursuant to the Applied Materials, Inc. Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), of up to 70,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value (“Common Stock”), of Applied Materials, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

We have examined instruments, documents, and records which we deemed relevant and necessary for the basis of our opinion hereinafter expressed. In such examination, we have assumed the following: (a) the authenticity of original documents and the genuineness of all signatures; (b) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; and (c) the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the records, documents, instruments and certificates we have reviewed.

Based on such examination, we are of the opinion that the 70,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued by the Company pursuant to the Plan are validly authorized shares of Common Stock and, when issued in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) and to the use of our name wherever it appears in the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not consider that we are “experts” within the meaning of such term as used in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued thereunder, with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this opinion as an exhibit or otherwise.

 

EXHIBIT 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors

Applied Materials, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement on Form S-8 of Applied Materials, Inc. of our reports dated December 14, 2006, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Applied Materials, Inc. and subsidiaries as of October 29, 2006 and October 30, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended October 29, 2006, and related financial statement schedule, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of October 29, 2006 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of October 29, 2006, which reports appear in the October 29, 2006 annual report on Form 10-K of Applied Materials, Inc.

As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, effective October 31, 2005, the Company adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment, applying the modified prospective method.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

Mountain View, California

May 30, 2007

EXHIBIT 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTORS

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

Each of the undersigned directors of Applied Materials, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Michael R. Splinter, George S. Davis and Joseph J. Sweeney 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 execute a Registration Statement or Registration Statements on Form S-8 or other appropriate form, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to an additional 70,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company issuable under the Applied Materials, Inc. Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement(s), and to file such Registration Statement(s) and any and all amendments thereto, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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, thereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this 14^th day of March, 2007.

 

/s/ Michael H. Armacost						/s/ Charles Y.S. Liu
Michael H. Armacost						Charles Y.S. Liu
/s/ Robert H. Brust						/s/ James C. Morgan
Robert H. Brust						James C. Morgan
						/s/ Gerhard H. Parker
Deborah A. Coleman						Gerhard H. Parker
/s/ Philip V. Gerdine						/s/ Willem P. Roelandts
Philip V. Gerdine						Willem P. Roelandts
/s/ Thomas J. Iannotti						/s/ Michael R. Splinter
Thomas J. Iannotti						Michael R. Splinter