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Applied Materials acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Applied Materials bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (Varian)Word for word“Before joining Applied, he served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (Varian) from 2004 until its acquisition by us in November 2011.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | November 2011 | — |
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.Word for word“Before joining Applied, he served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (Varian) from 2004 until its acquisition by us in November 2011.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | November 2011 | — |
an acquisition not named in the filingWord for word“Net proceeds from asset sale were $33 million, and net cash paid for acquisition was $29 million in fiscal 2025.” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | fiscal 2025 | $29 million |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Cash received from selling businesses |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-30 | $16 million | — |
| 2017-10-29 | $68 million | — |
| 2018-10-28 | $6 million | — |
| 2019-10-27 | $28 million | — |
| 2020-10-25 | $107 million | — |
| 2021-10-31 | $12 million | — |
| 2022-10-30 | $441 million | — |
| 2023-10-29 | $25 million | $0 |
| 2024-10-27 | $0 | $0 |
| 2025-10-26 | $29 million | $33 million |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2025-09-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-09-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-02-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-06-11 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-05-16 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2021-01-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-05-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-02-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-08-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-07-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-09-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-03-31 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Applied Materials’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2025-12-12. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.