APPLIED MATERIALS INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Rani Borkar

APPLIED MATERIALS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Rani Borkar”): 618,463,635 for, 8,746,523 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 11, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the ten nominees was elected to serve as a director for a one-year term and until he or she is succeeded by another qualified director who has been elected, or, if earlier, until his or her death, resignation or removal.”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 224 asset managers below reported 230,425,389 for, 1,935 against, 164,565 abstained, 58,773 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Judy Bruner

APPLIED MATERIALS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Judy Bruner”): 591,928,448 for, 34,501,691 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 11, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the ten nominees was elected to serve as a director for a one-year term and until he or she is succeeded by another qualified director who has been elected, or, if earlier, until his or her death, resignation or removal.”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 224 asset managers below reported 225,844,712 for, 4,605,535 against, 141,643 abstained, 58,773 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Xun (Eric) Chen

APPLIED MATERIALS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Xun (Eric) Chen”): 616,837,648 for, 10,397,549 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 11, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the ten nominees was elected to serve as a director for a one-year term and until he or she is succeeded by another qualified director who has been elected, or, if earlier, until his or her death, resignation or removal.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 224 asset managers below reported 230,448,248 for, 2,064 against, 141,578 abstained, 58,773 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Aart J. de Geus

APPLIED MATERIALS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Aart J. de Geus”): 612,129,046 for, 15,103,817 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 11, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the ten nominees was elected to serve as a director for a one-year term and until he or she is succeeded by another qualified director who has been elected, or, if earlier, until his or her death, resignation or removal.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 224 asset managers below reported 230,438,228 for, 15,285 against, 141,578 abstained, 58,773 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Gary E. Dickerson

APPLIED MATERIALS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Gary E. Dickerson”): 617,051,409 for, 10,251,779 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 11, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the ten nominees was elected to serve as a director for a one-year term and until he or she is succeeded by another qualified director who has been elected, or, if earlier, until his or her death, resignation or removal.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 224 asset managers below reported 230,413,210 for, 37,108 against, 141,572 abstained, 58,773 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Thomas J. Iannotti

APPLIED MATERIALS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Thomas J. Iannotti”): 573,571,730 for, 53,670,216 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 11, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the ten nominees was elected to serve as a director for a one-year term and until he or she is succeeded by another qualified director who has been elected, or, if earlier, until his or her death, resignation or removal.”
Support: 91% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 224 asset managers below reported 229,409,757 for, 1,040,012 against, 141,577 abstained, 58,773 not voted, 544 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Alexander A. Karsner

APPLIED MATERIALS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Alexander A. Karsner”): 582,336,774 for, 44,897,040 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 11, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the ten nominees was elected to serve as a director for a one-year term and until he or she is succeeded by another qualified director who has been elected, or, if earlier, until his or her death, resignation or removal.”
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 224 asset managers below reported 225,395,094 for, 5,054,675 against, 141,577 abstained, 58,773 not voted, 544 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Kevin P. March

APPLIED MATERIALS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Kevin P. March”): 624,701,896 for, 2,521,384 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 11, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the ten nominees was elected to serve as a director for a one-year term and until he or she is succeeded by another qualified director who has been elected, or, if earlier, until his or her death, resignation or removal.”
Support: 99.5% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 224 asset managers below reported 230,449,644 for, 668 against, 141,579 abstained, 58,773 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Yvonne McGill

APPLIED MATERIALS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Yvonne McGill”): 614,878,299 for, 12,392,131 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 11, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the ten nominees was elected to serve as a director for a one-year term and until he or she is succeeded by another qualified director who has been elected, or, if earlier, until his or her death, resignation or removal.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 224 asset managers below reported 226,683,607 for, 3,766,708 against, 141,575 abstained, 58,773 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Scott A. McGregor

APPLIED MATERIALS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Scott A. McGregor”): 624,743,004 for, 2,513,316 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 11, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the ten nominees was elected to serve as a director for a one-year term and until he or she is succeeded by another qualified director who has been elected, or, if earlier, until his or her death, resignation or removal.”
Support: 99.5% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 224 asset managers below reported 230,449,646 for, 668 against, 141,576 abstained, 58,773 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of Applied Materials' named executive officers for fiscal year 2023.

APPLIED MATERIALS INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers for Fiscal Year 2023”): 572,991,421 for, 53,019,540 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed March 11, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The compensation of the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting, was approved on an advisory basis.”
Support: 92% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of APPLIED MATERIALS INC.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Compensation” (2 managers, 566 for).

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 218 managers: 229,582,254 for, 820,711 against, 334,056 abstained, 58,773 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 1,051 managers: 320,021,800 for, 30,379,404 against, 2,043 withheld, 490,170 abstained, 76,154 not voted, 19,284 unknown, 996 1 year. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as Applied Materials' independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024.

APPLIED MATERIALS INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2024”): 687,915,040 for, 32,706,079 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed March 11, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 was ratified.”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 229 asset managers below reported 230,036,711 for, 492,712 against, 186,755 abstained, 58,773 not voted, 544 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Shareholder proposal requesting that Applied Materials report on quantitative median and adjusted pay gaps across race and gender.

APPLIED MATERIALS INC.’s own tally for this item (“5. Shareholder Proposal Regarding Pay Equity Reporting”): 132,865,911 for, 489,590,154 against — failed, per its Form 8-K filed March 11, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Not approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 5: Shareholder Proposal Regarding Pay Equity Reporting”
Support: 21% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 223 asset managers below reported 22,922,344 for, 176,353,293 against, 3,089,275 abstained, 58,773 not voted, 133 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Shareholder proposal requesting that Applied Materials prepare a report disclosing Applied Materials' policy and procedures governing lobbying and payments by Applied Materials used for lobbying.

APPLIED MATERIALS INC.’s own tally for this item (“4. Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Report”): 104,007,724 for, 515,597,291 against — failed, per its Form 8-K filed March 11, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Not approved, in the filing’s own words: “The shareholder proposal requesting that the Company prepare a report disclosing Company policy and procedures governing lobbying and payments by the Company used for lobbying was not approved.”
Support: 17% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of APPLIED MATERIALS INC.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy” (10 managers, 97,310 for, 28,492,477 against).

The 219 asset managers below reported 5,252,691 for, 193,254,870 against, 3,601,262 abstained, 58,773 not voted, 257 unknown.

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