-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, G+0oHgiSfpwcS4/kZgBA8HtW55fDyXY9YaDqnJLvHbt9mGPr/hYqq5MuwZ65YURZ VtV3q3b+6SYba7wPd3qPgw== 0001181431-03-007658.txt : 20030515 0001181431-03-007658.hdr.sgml : 20030515 20030514193419 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-03-007658 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030512 FILED AS OF DATE: 20030515 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SPLINTER MICHAEL R CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001188935 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-06920 FILM NUMBER: 03700723 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2200 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95052 BUSINESS PHONE: 4087658080 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000006951 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC [3559] IRS NUMBER: 941655526 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DC FISCAL YEAR END: 1026 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3050 BOWERS AVE CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95054-3299 BUSINESS PHONE: 4087275555 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3050 BOWERS AVE CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95054-3299 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: APPLIED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19730319 4 1 rrd8804.xml FORM 4 X0101 4 2003-05-12 0 0000006951 APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT) 0001188935 SPLINTER MICHAEL R 1 1 0 0 President and CEO Employee Stock Option 15.72 2003-05-12 4 A 0 1200000 0 A 2004-07-15 2013-05-12 Common Stock 1200000 1200000 D 25% of the shares are scheduled to vest on July 15, 2004 and 25% of the shares are scheduled to vest each July 15 thereafter, in each case assuming continued employment with the issuer and subject to accelerated vesting in certain circumstances Option may expire sooner following termination of employment Charmaine Mesina, Attorney-in-Fact 2003-05-14 EX-24. 3 rrd671_762.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd671_762.html POWER OF ATTORNEY
       The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Charmaine Mesina and Mary Zeigler, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

                (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a director and officer of Applied Materials, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
                (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment(s) thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
 & nbsp;              (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
                The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, wi th full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
                This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company's Secretary.
                 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 2nd day of May, 2003.
                                                         /s/ Michael R. Splinter
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                 &n bsp;                                       Michael R. Splinter

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