UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Form 10-K Washington, D.C. 20549 (Mark one) ☑ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 or Applied Materials, Inc. Commission file number 000-06920 For the transition period from to (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 94-1655526 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 3050 Bowers Avenue P.O. Box 58039 Santa Clara, California 95052-8039 (Address of principal executive offices) (408) 727-5555 For the fiscal year ended October 25, 2020 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of Each Class Common Stock, par value $.01 per share Trading Symbol AMAT Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☑ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☑ No ☐ Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit). Yes ☑ No ☐  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  Large accelerated filer  ☑ Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☐ Accelerated filer ☐ Emerging growth company ☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C.7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☑ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☑ Aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of April 26, 2020, based upon the closing sale price reported by the NASDAQ Global Select Market on that date: $47,228,292,437 Number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock, $.01 par value, as of December 4, 2020: 914,344,189 Portions of Part III will be provided in accordance with Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K no later than February 22, 2021. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: Table of Contents