Applied Materials Shares 30 Years of Achievement and Global Growth with Employees Throughout the World.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 1997--Employees of Applied Materials Applied Materials, Inc. NASDAQ: AMAT (HKSE: 4336 ) is the global leader in nanomanufacturing technology solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products for the fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panel solar displays, solar , Inc., the world's largest supplier of capital equipment to the global semiconductor industry, will be given an opportunity to share in the company's future as it celebrates its 30th anniversary. The company will mark the occasion with a special stock option award of 200 shares of Applied Materials common stock to eligible regular full-time and part-time employees of Applied Materials, Inc. and Applied Komatsu Technology, Inc., and their subsidiaries. Executives at the level of vice president and above will not be eligible. "The phenomenal growth that Applied Materials has experienced over the past 30 years is in great part due to the hard work and dedication of our diverse global workforce," said James C. Morgan, chairman and chief executive officer of Applied Materials. "Through this award, our employees have the potential to assume an ownership stake in Applied Materials and, hopefully, share in the rewards of our future success." This one time option award will extend company stock options to nearly all of Applied Materials' approximately 14,000 employees. Applied Materials Applied Materials, Inc. is a Fortune 500 worldwide growth company and the world's largest supplier of wafer fabrication Wafer Fabrication is a procedure composed of many repeated sequential processes to produce complete electrical or photonic circuits. Examples include production of radio frequency (RF) amplifiers, LEDs, optical computer components, and CPUs for computers. systems and services to the global semiconductor industry. Applied Materials is traded on the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on National Marketing System under the symbol "AMAT AMAT Applied Materials (stock symbol) AMAT Average Memory Access Time AMAT Automatic Message Accounting Transmitter AMAT Anti-Materiel (bomb or mine) AMAT Ageing Management Assessment Team ." Applied Materials' web site is http://www.AppliedMaterials.com . CONTACT: Applied Materials, Inc. Jeff Lettes Jeff Lett was born on January 18, 1980, in Melbourne, Florida, and is the younger of 2 children. He is the bassist and does backup vocals for the band Cartel. He moved to Conyers, Georgia at the age of 16. This is where he met the other future members of Cartel. , 408/563-5161 (editorial/media) Carolyn Schwartz, 408/748-5227 (financial community) |
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