As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 30, 2007
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. 2005 EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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
Copy to:
John E. Aguirre, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
| 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 | ||||||||
| Deferred Compensation Obligations (1) |
$ | 10,000,000.00 | 100 | % | $ | 10,000,000.00 | $ | 307.00 | ||||
| (1) | The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of the Registrant to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Applied Materials, Inc. 2005 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan described herein. |
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 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, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates 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 |
The securities being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement represent obligations (the “Obligations”) of the Registrant to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Applied Materials, Inc. 2005 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended (the “Plan”).
The Obligations are general unsecured obligations of the Registrant to pay deferred compensation in the future according to the terms of the Plan from the general assets of the Registrant, and rank equally with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Registrant.
The amount of eligible compensation to be deferred by each Plan participant is determined in accordance with the terms of the Plan based on elections by the participant. Compensation deferrals that are credited to a participant’s Plan account are credited at the end of each pay period during a plan year (that is, the calendar year) with deemed interest equal to 1/26th of the “Deferral Interest Rate” for that year. The “Deferral Interest Rate” for a particular plan year is the sum of (a) the yield-to-maturity of five-year U.S. Treasury notes as of the first business day of the December immediately preceding such plan year, plus (b) 1.5%.
The Obligations generally are payable upon the date(s) elected by the participant in accordance with the terms of the Plan, subject to certain exceptions as provided in the Plan, such as death, disability, a separation from service, a change in control event, or in-service withdrawals due to extreme financial hardship. The Obligations generally are payable in the form of a lump sum cash payment or a fixed number of annual cash installment payments (not to exceed ten), at the election of the participant made in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
Participants or their beneficiaries generally may not sell, transfer, anticipate, assign, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of any right or interest in the Plan. A Plan participant may designate one or more beneficiaries to receive any portion of any Obligations payable in the event of the participant’s death.
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The Registrant has reserved the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time and for any reason.
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 will be responsible for enforcing his or her own rights 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 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 (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. 2005 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.49 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 13, 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. | |
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| 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.
(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
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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 August, 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 | August 30, 2007 | ||
| Michael R. Splinter | ||||
| Principal Financial Officer: | ||||
| /s/ George S. Davis |
Senior Vice President, Chief | August 30, 2007 | ||
| George S. Davis | Financial Officer | |||
| Principal Accounting Officer: | ||||
| /s/ Yvonne Weatherford |
Corporate Vice President, | August 30, 2007 | ||
| Yvonne Weatherford | Corporate Controller | |||
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| Directors: | ||||
| * |
Chairman of the Board | August 30, 2007 | ||
| James C. Morgan | ||||
| * |
Director | August 30, 2007 | ||
| Michael H. Armacost | ||||
| * |
Director | August 30, 2007 | ||
| Robert H. Brust | ||||
| * |
Director | August 30, 2007 | ||
| Deborah A. Coleman | ||||
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Director | August 30, 2007 | ||
| Aart J. de Geus | ||||
| * |
Director | August 30, 2007 | ||
| Philip V. Gerdine | ||||
| * |
Director | August 30, 2007 | ||
| Thomas J. Iannotti | ||||
| * |
Director | August 30, 2007 | ||
| Charles Y.S. Liu | ||||
| * |
Director | August 30, 2007 | ||
| Gerhard H. Parker | ||||
| * |
Director | August 30, 2007 | ||
| Willem P. Roelandts | ||||
| * |
Director | August 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** |
| ** | 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. 2005 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.49 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 13, 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. | |
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EXHIBIT 5.1
August 29, 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 of $10,000,000 in aggregate amount of deferred compensation obligations (the “Obligations”) of Applied Materials, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to the Applied Materials, Inc. 2005 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended (the “Plan”). The Obligations are unsecured obligations of the Company to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
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 $10,000,000 of Obligations to be issued by the Company pursuant to the Plan are binding obligations of the Company, and, when issued and paid for 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.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
| WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI, |
| Professional Corporation |
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 |
| August 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 James C. Morgan, Nancy H. Handel 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 up to $10 million of general unsecured obligations of the Company to pay deferred compensation pursuant to the Company’s 2005 Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, 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 13th day of September, 2006.
| /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/ Deborah A. Coleman |
/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 | |||