On September 6, 2022, Charles Read, who as Corporate Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer has served as the principal accounting officer of Applied Materials, Inc. since 2013, was appointed to a new position. Effective September 13, 2022, Mr. Read will begin serving as the Company's Corporate Vice President, Business Units and Operations CFO. On September 6, 2022, Applied appointed Jeff Bodner as the Company's new Corporate Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, effective September 13, 2022 (the “Commencement Date”).

Mr. Bodner, age 54, has served as Chief Accounting Officer since July 2021 and as Vice President, Accounting since April 2021 at ESS Tech, Inc., a company that designs, builds and deploys iron flow batteries for commercial and energy storage applications. Mr. Bodner has resigned from ESS, effective as of September 12, 2022. Prior to joining ESS, Mr. Bodner worked for almost 17 years at Intel Corporation in a variety of finance leadership roles, including Vice President of Finance and Director of Internal Audit.

Mr. Bodner also spent nearly 12 years at PwC in its assurance practice.