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As Filed With The Securities And Exchange Commission on October 31, 1995
Registration No. 33-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Delaware 94-1655526
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. employer
of incorporation or organization) identification number)
3050 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, California 95054
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
EMPLOYEES' STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
STOCK PURCHASE PLAN FOR OFFSHORE EMPLOYEES
(Full title of the plan)
James C. Morgan
Applied Materials, Inc.
3050 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, California 95054
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (408) 748-5555
Copy to:
Donald A. Slichter, Esq.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
400 Sansome Street
San Francisco, California 94111
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Title of Maximum Maximum
Securities Amount Offering Aggregate Amount of
to be to be Price Offering Registration
Registered Registered Per Share* Price* Fee*
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Common Stock 4,000,000 shares $46.625 $186,500,000 $64,311
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* Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
on the basis of $46.625 per share, the average of the high and low trade prices
for the Common Stock on October 26, 1995, as reported by NASDAQ.
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement: (i) Applied Materials, Inc.'s (the "Company") latest annual report
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 by the
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end
of the fiscal year covered by the Company's latest annual report; and (iii) the
description of the Company's common stock set forth in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-B relating thereto, including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description. All documents filed
by the Company after the date of this registration statement pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment (that indicates all securities offered have been
sold or 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
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 and Bylaws provide
for indemnification of the Registrant's directors, officers, employees and
other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware Law. In addition,
the Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its officers
and directors.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Inapplicable.
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
4.1 The Applied Materials, Inc. Employees' Stock Purchase Plan.
4.2 The Applied Materials, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan for Offshore
Employees.
5.1 Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.
23.1 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.
23.2 Consent of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is included in Exhibit 5.1.
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 registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed 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
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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 the 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 Act 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 31st day of
October, 1995.
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
(Registrant)
/s/ James C. Morgan
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James C. Morgan
Chairman of the Board and
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
dated indicated.
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Principal Executive Officer:
/s/ James C. Morgan
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James C. Morgan Chairman of the October 31, 1995
Board Chief
Executive Officer
Principal Financial Officer:
/s/ Gerald F. Taylor
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Gerald F. Taylor Senior Vice October 31, 1995
President and
Chief Financial
Officer
Principal Accounting Officer:
/s/ Michael K. O'Farrell
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Michael K. O'Farrell Vice President October 31, 1995
and Corporate
Controller
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Directors:
*/s/ James C. Morgan
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James C. Morgan Director October 31, 1995
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Michael Armacost Director October 31, 1995
*/s/ James W. Bagley
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James W. Bagley Director October 31, 1995
*/s/ Herbert M. Dwight, Jr.
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Herbert M. Dwight, Jr. Director October 31, 1995
*/s/ George B. Farnsworth
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George B. Farnsworth Director October 31, 1995
*/s/ Philip V. Gerdine
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Philip V. Gerdine Director October 31, 1995
*/s/ Paul R. Low
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Paul R. Low Director October 31, 1995
*/s/ Dan Maydan
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Dan Maydan Director October 31, 1995
*/s/ Alfred J. Stein
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Alfred J. Stein Director October 31, 1995
*By /s/ Donald A. Slichter
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Donald A. Slichter
Attorney-in-Fact
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A majority of the members of the Board of Directors.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1 The Applied Materials, Inc. Employees' Stock Purchase Plan.
4.2 The Applied Materials, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan for Offshore
Employees.
5.1 Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.
23.1 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP.
23.2 Consent of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is included in Exhibit 5.1.
24.1 Power of Attorney of Directors.
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EXHIBIT 4.1
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
EMPLOYEES' STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(as amended and restated October 16, 1995)
1. ESTABLISHMENTS; PURPOSE
Effective as of October 16, 1995, the Corporation hereby
amends, restates and continues in its entirety, the Applied Materials, Inc.
Employees' Stock Purchase Plan on the following terms and conditions. The Plan
is intended to encourage ownership of Common Stock of the Corporation by all
Eligible Employees and to provide incentives for them to exert maximum efforts
for the success of the Corporation and its Affiliates. By extending to
Eligible Employees the opportunity to acquire proprietary interests in the
Corporation and to participate in its success, the Plan may be expected to
benefit the Corporation and its shareholders by making it possible for the
Corporation to attract and retain qualified employees. The Plan is intended to
qualify as an employee stock purchase plan under section 423 of the Code.
2. DEFINITIONS
The following words and phrases shall have the following
meanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
2.1 "Affiliate" means any (i) parent to the Corporation
as determined under Section 424(e) of the Code and (ii) any subsidiary to the
Corporation as determined under Section 424(f) of the Code which parent or
subsidiary has been designated by the Board as a corporation employees of which
may participate in the Plan.
2.2 "Board" means the Board of Directors of the
Corporation, as from time to time constituted.
2.3 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time.
2.4 "Common Stock" means the common stock of the
Corporation.
2.5 "Corporation" means Applied Materials, Inc., a
Delaware Corporation.
2.6 "Eligible Employee" means any employee eligible to
participate in the Plan in accordance with Section 5.
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2.7 "Grant Date" means that date specified by the Board
under Section 7 for the granting of Options in an Offering under the Plan.
2.8 "Offering" means an offer to purchase stock under
Section 6.
2.9 "Option" means an option to acquire Common Stock
under the terms of this Plan.
2.10 "Participating Employee" means, with respect to each
Offering under the Plan, any Eligible Employee who has elected to participate
in accordance with Section 7.
2.11 "Plan" means this Employees' Stock Purchase Plan, as
amended from time to time.
2.12 "Plan Administrator" means the employee or employees of
the Corporation selected by the Board or the Committee (if authorized by the
Board under Section 4.3) to perform certain ministerial duties in the
administration of the Plan.
3. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
No more than 2,400,000 shares of Common Stock may be issued
upon the exercise of Options granted under the Plan, subject to adjustments as
provided in Section 9, which may be unissued shares, reacquired shares, or
shares brought on the market. If any Option which shall have been granted
shall expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised in full,
the unpurchased shares shall again become available for purposes of the Plan
(unless the Plan shall have been terminated).
4. ADMINISTRATION
4.1 The Plan shall be administered by the Board, except
to the extent that the Board shall delegate responsibility for the
administration of the Plan as stated in Section 4.3.
4.2 The Board shall have the plenary power, subject to
and within the limits of the express provisions of the Plan:
(a) To construe and interpret the Plan and Options
granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and
regulations for its administration. The Board, in the exercise of
this power, shall generally determine all questions of policy and
expediency that may arise, and may correct any defect, supply any
omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any
instrument associated
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with the Plan, in such manner and to such extent as the Board shall
deem necessary to make the Plan fully effective.
(b) To establish the terms of each Offering of Common
Stock under the Plan.
(c) Adopt such procedures and subplans as are necessary
or appropriate to permit participation in the Plan by Eligible Employees who are
foreign nationals or employed outside of the United States.
4.3 The Board, by resolution, may delegate responsibility
for the administration of the Plan or any part thereof, to a committee (the
"Committee") composed of not less than the minimum number of disinterested
members of the Board as is necessary to maintain the qualification of the Plan
under Rule 16b-3 or any similar or successor rule promulgated under the
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Rule 16b-3"). The Board may from time to
time remove members from, or add members to, the Committee. Vacancies on the
Committee, howsoever caused, shall be filled by the Board. To the extent that
responsibility for the administration of the Plan is delegated to the
Committee, the Committee shall have the powers theretofore possessed by the
Board and to the extent that the Committee has been so authorized to act, all
references in this Plan to the Board shall include the Committee, subject,
however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan,
as, from time to time, may be adopted by the Board. The Board at any time, by
resolution, may revoke such delegation and re-vest in the Board all or any part
of the responsibility for the administration of the Plan.
4.4 The Board or the Committee (if authorized by the
Board under Section 4.3) may delegate to the Plan Administrator the
responsibility to perform certain ministerial duties in the administration of
the Plan as are specified in this Plan. To the extent that the Board or
Committee has not delegated such duties to the Plan Administrator, all
references in this Plan to Plan Administrator shall include the Board or
Committee as appropriate.
5. ELIGIBILITY
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.14, an individual shall
be eligible to participate in any Offering under the Plan if he or she (a) has
been continuously employed by the Corporation and/or an Affiliate for such
minimum period (not to exceed two years) prior to such Grant Date as the Board
shall fix and (b) is customarily employed by the Corporation and/or an
Affiliate at least 20 hours per week and five months per calendar year. A
member of the Board who is not also an
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employee of the Corporation and/or an Affiliate shall not be eligible to
participate in the Plan.
6. OFFERINGS
During the term of the Plan, the Corporation will make one or
more offerings ("Offering") in which Options to purchase Common Stock will be
granted to Eligible Employees under the Plan. The terms and conditions of
Options to be granted in any such Offering will be determined by the Board
under Section 7. In connection with any Offering, if the number of shares for
which Eligible Employees elect to participate shall be greater than the shares
remaining available, the available shares shall, at the end of the Offering
Period, be allocated among the Participating Employees pro rata on the basis of
the number of shares for which each has elected to participate.
7. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS
7.1 Subject to the limitations herein contained, the
Board shall determine the terms of Options in each Offering all of which shall
be granted on the same date (the "Grant Date").
7.2 The Option price per share for each Offering shall be
determined by the Board, but shall in no instance be less than the lower of 85%
of the fair market value of a share of the Common Stock on the Grant Date, or
85% of the fair market value of a share of the Common Stock on the date the
Option is exercised (the "Exercise Date"). The fair market value of a share of
the Common Stock on the Grant Date or the Exercise Date shall be the last trade
price of the Common Stock as reported in the NASDAQ over-the-counter market for
National Market Issues by The Wall Street Journal on such Grant Date or
Exercise Date, as determined by the Board, or if no report is available for
such date, on the next subsequent date for which such a report is available.
7.3 The expiration date of the Options granted under each
Offering shall be determined by the Board on or prior to the Grant Date for
such Offering, but in no event shall such expiration be more than 27 months
from the Grant Date for such Offering.
7.4 All Eligible Employees to whom Options are granted
shall have the same rights and privileges within the meaning of Section 423 of
the Code, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder.
7.5 Each Eligible Employee who desires to participate in
an Offering shall elect to do so in such manner as may be prescribed from time
to time by the Board.
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7.6 A Participating Employee shall exercise his or her
Option by delivering notice of exercise to the Plan Administrator or a person
designated by the Plan Administrator at such time and in such manner as the
Board shall prescribe.
7.7 Upon exercise of an Option, full payment for the
shares subject to the Option shall be made in such form or manner as the Board
shall fix.
7.8 The Board may (but is not required to) establish on
such terms and conditions as it shall determine (subject, however, to the
requirements of Section 423 of the Code) a payroll deduction system for the
purchase of shares covered by the Options hereunder. If there are payroll
deductions under any Offering, the Corporation or an Affiliate shall maintain a
payroll deduction account for each Participating Employee. The Board may (but
is not required to) provide for interest at such rate as the Board shall
determine to be credited to the payroll deduction accounts.
7.9 Subject to such requirements or limitations of
Section 423 of the Code as shall apply, the Board shall establish rules, terms
and conditions for each Offering governing the exercise of outstanding Options
in the event of a Participating Employee's termination of employment or change
in employment status.
7.10 The Corporation will seek to obtain from each
regulatory committee or agency having jurisdiction such authority as may be
required to issue and sell shares of Common Stock to satisfy Options granted
under the Plan. Inability of the Corporation to obtain from any such
regulatory commission or agency authority which counsel for the Corporation
deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of its Common Stock to satisfy
Options granted under the Plan, shall relieve the Corporation from any
liability for failure to issue and sell Common Stock to satisfy such Options
pending the time when such authority is obtained or is obtainable.
7.11 Neither an Eligible Employee to whom an Option is
granted under the Plan nor his or her transferee shall have any rights as a
stockholder with respect to any shares covered by his or her Option until the
date of the issuance of a stock certificate to him or her for such shares.
7.12 Options granted under the Plan shall not be
transferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and
may be exercised during the lifetime of a Participating Employee only by him or
her.
7.13 Each Option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced
by such instrument or documentation, if any, as the
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Board shall establish, which shall be dated the Grant Date and shall comply
with and be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
7.14 No Eligible Employee shall be granted an Option under
the Plan if such Eligible Employee, immediately after the Option is granted,
would own stock possessing 5% or more of the total combined voting power or
value of all classes of stock of the Corporation, determined in accordance with
Section 423(b)(3) of the Code. No Eligible Employee shall be granted an Option
under the Plan which permits his or her right to purchase Common Stock under
all employee stock purchase plans of the Corporation (qualifying under Section
423 of the Code) to accrue at a rate which exceeds $25,000 (or such other
maximum as may be prescribed from time to time by the Code) of fair market
value of the Common Stock (determined at the time the Option is granted) for
each calendar year in which the Option is outstanding at any time, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 423(b)(8) of the Code.
7.15 Nothing in the Plan or in any Option granted under
the Plan shall confer on any Participating Employee any right to continue in
the employ of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates or to interfere in any
way with the right of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates to terminate his
or her employment at any time.
8. FUNDS
All amounts held by the Corporation or an Affiliate in payroll
deduction accounts under the Plan may be used for any corporate purpose of the
Corporation or Affiliate.
9. ADJUSTMENT IN NUMBER OF SHARES AND IN OPTION PRICE
In the event there is any change in the Common Stock through
declarations of stock dividends or stock split-ups, recapitalizations resulting
in stock split-ups, or combinations or exchanges of shares, or otherwise,
appropriate adjustments in the number of shares available for Option, as well
as the shares subject to any Option and the Option price thereof, shall be
made, provided that no fractional shares shall be subject to an Option and each
Option shall be adjusted down to the nearest full share.
10. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN
The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the
Plan, provided however, that except as provided in Section 9, approval by the
Shareholders of the Company shall be required (i) to increase the aggregate
number of shares which
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may be issued under the Plan and (ii) to the extent necessary to preserve the
qualification of the Plan under Rule 16b-3.
11. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN
The Board may at any time suspend or terminate the Plan. The
Plan, unless sooner terminated, shall terminate on March 10, 2002. No Offering
shall be made under the Plan while it is suspended or after it is terminated.
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EXHIBIT 4.2
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
FOR OFFSHORE EMPLOYEES
(as amended and restated October 16, 1995)
1. ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE
Effective as of October 16, 1995, the Corporation hereby
establishes the Applied Materials, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan for Offshore
Employees on the following terms and conditions. The Plan is intended to
encourage ownership of Common Stock of the Corporation by selected Offshore
Employees of Affiliates of the Company ("Eligible Employees") and to provide
incentives for them to exert maximum efforts for the success of the
Corporation. By extending to Eligible Employees the opportunity to acquire
proprietary interests in the Corporation and to participate in its success, the
Plan may be expected to benefit the Corporation and its shareholders by making
it possible to attract and retain qualified employees.
2. DEFINITIONS
The following words and phrases shall have the following
meanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
2.1 "Affiliate" means any direct or indirect subsidiary
of the Corporation which has been designated by the Board as a corporation
employees of which may participate in the Plan.
2.2 "Board" means the Board of Directors of the
Corporation, as from time to time constituted.
2.3 "Common Stock" means the common stock of the
Corporation.
2.4 "Corporation" means Applied Materials, Inc., a
Delaware Corporation.
2.5 "Eligible Employee" means any Offshore Employee
eligible to participate in the Plan in accordance with Section 5.
2.6 "Grant Date" means that date specified by the Board
of the Committee for the granting of options in an Offering under the Plan.
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2.7 "Offshore Employee" means a natural person employed
by an Affiliate who is neither a U.S. citizen nor a U.S. resident for U.S. tax
purposes.
2.8 "Option" means an option to acquire Common Stock
under the terms of this Plan.
2.9 "Participating Employee" means, with respect to each
Offering under the Plan, any Eligible Employee who has elected to participate
in accordance with Section 7.
2.10 "Plan" means this Stock Purchase Plan for Offshore
Employees as amended from time to time.
2.11 "Plan Administrator" means the employee or employees
of the Corporation selected by the Board or the Committee (if authorized by the
Board under Section 4.3) to perform certain ministerial duties in the
administration of the Plan.
3. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
No more than 1,600,000 shares of Common Stock may be issued
upon the exercise of Options granted under the Plan, subject to adjustments as
provided in Section 9, which may be unissued shares, reacquired shares, or
shares brought on the market. If any Option which shall have been granted
shall expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised in full,
the unpurchased shares shall again become available for purposes of the Plan
(unless the Plan shall have been terminated).
4. ADMINISTRATION
4.1 The Plan shall be administered by the Board except to
the extent that the Board shall delegate responsibility for the administration
of the Plan as stated in Section 4.3.
4.2 The Board shall have the plenary power, subject to
and within the limits of the express provisions of the Plan:
(a) To construe and interpret the Plan and
Options granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke
rules and regulations for its administration. The Board, in
the exercise of this power, shall generally determine all
questions of policy and expediency that may arise, and may
correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any
inconsistency in the Plan or in any instrument associated with
the Plan, in such manner and to such extent as the Board shall
deem necessary to make the Plan fully effective.
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(b) To establish the terms of each Offering of
Common Stock under the Plan.
4.3 The Board, by resolution, may delegate responsibility
for the administration of the Plan or any part thereof, to a committee (the
"Committee") composed of members of the Board. The Board may from time to time
remove members from, or add members to, the Committee. Vacancies on the
Committee, howsoever caused, shall be filled by the Board. To the extent that
responsibility for the administration of the Plan is delegated to the
Committee, the Committee shall have the powers theretofore possessed by the
Board, and to the extent that the Committee has been authorized to act, all
references in this Plan to the Board shall include the Committee, subject,
however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan,
as, from time to time, may be adopted by the Board. The Board at any time, by
resolution, may revoke such delegation and re-vest in the Board all or any part
of the responsibility for the administration of the Plan.
4.4 The Board or Committee (if authorized by the Board)
may delegate to the Plan Administrator the responsibility to perform certain
ministerial duties in the administration of the Plan as are specified in the
Plan. To the extent that the Board or Committee has not delegated such duties
to the Plan Administrator, all references in this Plan to Plan Administrator
shall include Board or Committee, as appropriate.
5. ELIGIBILITY
The Committee shall designate the Eligible Employees who shall
be eligible to participate in any Offering under the Plan.
6. OFFERINGS
During the term of the Plan, the Corporation will make one or
more Offerings ("Offering") in which Options to purchase Common Stock will be
granted to Eligible Employees under the Plan. The terms and conditions of
Options to be granted in any such Offering will be determined by the Board
under Section 7. In connection with any Offering, if the number of shares for
which Eligible Employees elect to participate shall be greater than the shares
remaining available, the available shares shall, at the end of the Offering
Period, be allocated among the Participating Employees pro rata on the basis of
the number of shares for which each has elected to participate.
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7. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS
7.1 Subject to the limitations herein contained, the
Board shall determine the terms of Options in each Offering all of which shall
be granted on the same date (the "Grant Date").
7.2 The Option price per share for each Offering shall be
as determined by the Board.
7.3 The expiration date of the Options granted under each
Offering shall be determined by the Board on or prior to the Grant Date for
such Offering.
7.4 All Eligible Employees to whom Options are granted
shall be entitled to purchase the number of full shares as shall be established
by the Board at the Grant Date. Each eligible Employee may elect to
participate for less than the maximum number of shares which he or she is
entitled to purchase under his or her Option. If an Eligible Employee elects
to participate for less than the maximum number of shares which he or she is
entitled to purchase, his or her Option shall at that time terminate and become
void to the extent of the number of shares for which he or she does not elect
to participate.
7.5 Each Eligible Employee who desires to participate in
an Offering shall elect to do so by completing and delivering to the Plan
Administrator or a person designated by the Plan Administrator in a timely
fashion such form or forms as may be prescribed by the Board.
7.6 A Participating Employee shall exercise his or her
Option by delivering notice of exercise to the Plan Administration or a person
designated by the Plan Administrator at such time and in such form and manner
as the Board shall prescribe.
7.7 Upon exercise of an Option, full payment for the
shares subject to the Option shall be made in such form or manner as the Board
shall fix.
7.8 The Board may (but is not required to) establish on
such terms and conditions as it shall determine a payroll deduction system for
the purchase of shares covered by the Options hereunder. If there are payroll
deductions under any Offering, the Corporation or an Affiliate shall maintain a
payroll deduction account for each Participating Employee. The Board may (but
is not required to) provide for interest at such rate as the Board shall
determine to be credited to the payroll deduction accounts.
7.9 The Board shall establish rules, terms and conditions
for each Offering governing the exercise of
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outstanding Options in the event of a Participating Employee's termination of
employment or change in employment status.
7.10 The Corporation will seek to obtain from each
regulatory committee or agency having jurisdiction such authority as may be
required to issue and sell shares of Common Stock to satisfy Options granted
under the Plan. Inability of the Corporation to obtain from any such
regulatory commission or agency authority which counsel for the Corporation
deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of its Common Stock to satisfy
Options granted under the Plan, shall relieve the Corporation from any
liability for failure to issue and sell Common Stock to satisfy such Options
pending the time when such authority is obtained or is obtainable.
7.11 Neither an Eligible Employee to whom an Option is
granted under the Plan nor his or her transferee shall have any rights as a
stockholder with respect to any shares covered by his or her Option until the
date of the issuance of a stock certificate to him for such shares.
7.12 Options granted under the Plan shall not be
transferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and
may be exercised during the lifetime of a Participating Employee only by him.
7.13 Each Option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced
by such instrument or documentation, if any, as the Board shall establish,
which shall be dated the Grant Date and shall comply with and be subject to the
terms and conditions of the Plan.
7.14 Nothing in the Plan or in any Option granted under
the Plan shall confer on any Participating Employee any right to continue in
the employ of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates or to interfere in any
way with the right of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates to terminate his
or her employment at any time.
8. FUNDS
Any amounts held by any Affiliate in payroll deduction
accounts under the Plan may be used for any corporate purpose of the Affiliate.
9. ADJUSTMENT IN NUMBER OF SHARES AND IN OPTION PRICE
In the event there is any change in the Common Stock through
declarations of stock dividends or stock split-ups, recapitalizations resulting
in stock split-ups, or combinations or exchanges of shares, or otherwise,
appropriate adjustments in the number of shares available for Option, as well
as the shares
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subject to any Option and the Option price thereof, shall be made, provided
that no fractional shares shall be subject to an Option and each Option shall
be adjusted down to the nearest full share.
10. AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN
The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the
Plan, provided, however, the rights and obligations under the Option granted
before an amendment of the Plan is made effective shall not be altered or
impaired by the amendment without the consent of the Eligible Employee to whom
the Option was granted or the person to whom rights under the Option shall have
passed by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.
11. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN
The Board may at any time suspend or terminate the Plan. The
Plan, unless sooner terminated, shall terminate on March 10, 2002. No Offering
shall be made under the Plan while it is suspended or after it is terminated.
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EXHIBIT 5.1
October 31, 1995
Applied Materials, Inc.
3050 Bowers Avenue
Santa Clara, California 95054
Re: Employees' Stock Purchase Plan and Stock Purchase
Plan for Offshore Employees
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 and the Applied Materials, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan for
Offshore Employees (collectively, the "Plans"), of up to 4,000,000 shares of
common stock, $.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
4,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued by the Company pursuant to the
Plans are validly authorized shares of Common Stock, and, when issued in
accordance with the provisions of the Plans, 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 and to the use of our name wherever
it appears in said 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,
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated November 19, 1994, which appears on
page 47 of the 1994 Annual Report to Shareholders of Applied Materials, Inc.,
which is incorporated by reference in Applied Materials, Inc.'s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended October 30, 1994. We also consent to the
incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial Statement Schedules,
which appears on page 21 of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
San Jose, California
October 31, 1995
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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTORS
KNOW BY ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:
Each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints James
C. Morgan, Gerald F. Taylor, and Donald A. Slichter, and each of them with
power to act alone, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 sign a Registration
Statement or Registration Statements on Form S-8, or a post-effective amendment
or amendments thereto, relating to up to a total of 4,000,000 shares of common
stock issuable under the Applied Materials, Inc. Employees' Stock Purchase Plan
and the Applied Materials, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan for Offshore Employees,
and to file the same, together with exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises hereof, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might do or
could do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact or his or her substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
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Herbert M. Dwight, Jr. June 15, 1995
/s/ George B. Farnsworth
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George B. Farnsworth June 15, 1995
/s/ Philip V. Gerdine
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/s/ Tsuyoshi Kawanishi
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/s/ Paul R. Low
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/s/ Dan Maydan
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/s/ Alfred J. Stein
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