UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 3, 2017
Applied Materials, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-06920 | 94-1655526 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 3050 Bowers Avenue | ||||
| P.O. Box 58039 | ||||
| Santa Clara, CA | 95052-8039 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 727-5555
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On September 3, 2017, Applied Materials, Inc. (“Applied”) entered into an Extension Agreement (“Extension Agreement”) for the US$1,500,000,000 Credit Agreement (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of September 3, 2015, among Applied, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”). The Extension Agreement extended the termination date of the Lenders’ commitments under the Credit Agreement from September 3, 2020 to September 3, 2021.
The foregoing description of the Extension Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Extension Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Office-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
As discussed under Item 1.01 above, on September 3, 2017, Applied, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders entered into the Extension Agreement. The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference. To date, Applied has not received any advances under the Credit Agreement.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 10.1 | Extension Agreement, dated as of September 3, 2017, to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 3, 2015, among Applied Materials, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto. | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Applied Materials, Inc. (Registrant) | ||||||
| Dated: September 5, 2017 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Thomas F. Larkins | |||||
| Thomas F. Larkins Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||
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