Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:
Each of the undersigned directors or officers of Applied Materials, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints George S. Davis and Joseph J. Sweeney, and each of them with power to act alone, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute a Registration Statement on Form S-3 for the registration of an indeterminate amount of securities of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement and any Registration Statement relating to any offering made pursuant to this Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file such Registration Statement(s) and any and all amendments thereto, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand on the date set forth below.
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ Michael R. Splinter Michael R. Splinter |
President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
May 25, 2011 | ||
| /s/ George S. Davis George S. Davis |
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
May 25, 2011 | ||
| /s/ Thomas S. Timko Thomas S. Timko |
Corporate Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) |
May 25, 2011 | ||
| Directors: |
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| /s/ Michael R. Splinter Michael R. Splinter |
Chairman of the Board | May 25, 2011 | ||
| /s/ Aart J. de Geus Aart J. de Geus |
Director | May 27, 2011 | ||
| /s/ Stephen R. Forrest Stephen R. Forrest |
Director | May 26, 2011 | ||
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ Thomas J. Iannotti Thomas J. Iannotti |
Director | May 27, 2011 | ||
| /s/ Susan M. James Susan M. James |
Director | May 27, 2011 | ||
| /s/ Alexander A. Karsner Alexander A. Karsner |
Director | May 27, 2011 | ||
| /s/ Gerhard H. Parker Gerhard H. Parker |
Director | May 23, 2011 | ||
| /s/ Dennis D. Powell Dennis D. Powell |
Director | May 26, 2011 | ||
| /s/ Willem P. Roelandts Willem P. Roelandts |
Director | May 26, 2011 | ||
| /s/ James E. Rogers James E. Rogers |
Director | May 26, 2011 | ||
| /s/ Robert H. Swan Robert H. Swan |
Director | May 26, 2011 | ||