TABLE OF MOST VALUED RESPONSIBILITY WORLD CLASS CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PARTNER WINNING TEAM & INTEGRITY PERFORMANCE RESOURCES Back Next Last Page 8 WE COLLABORATE BROADLY TO SOLVE CUSTOMER HIGH-VALUE PROBLEMS FASTER AND BETTER. WE BUILD TRUST BY MEETING OUR COMMITMENTS AND RELENTLESSLY SAFEGUARDING IP AND DATA. DID YOU KNOW? Confidential Information (also referred to as CI) is any business or technical information belonging to Applied, its customers, suppliers We protect intellectual property and We protect our innovation or other third parties that is not publicly known or that has been provided or received under an confidential information All inventions, whether patentable or not, that our employees obligation of confidentiality. They are the bedrock of our innovation and drive our competitive innovate are the property of Applied Materials. An exception to this APPLIED VALUES IN ACTION advantage in the marketplace. We all have a responsibility to rule is for inventions that are not related in any way to Applied’s Can I share confidential information with protect this information from theft and unintended disclosure. products, research or business, are developed entirely on an other Applied employees? In addition, we are responsible for respecting and protecting the employee’s own time, and are developed without the use of any of You should only share confidential information intellectual property rights of our customers, suppliers, and other Applied’s assets, equipment, facilities, or resources. with employees who are authorized to see it and third parties with whom we do business. Under no circumstances have a need to know the information as part of do we improperly acquire or attempt to acquire the proprietary or After conceiving an invention, employees are expected to promptly their job duties. confidential information of others. submit an Invention Disclosure Form to the patent management FIND OUT MORE: system (IPMatters/), even if they are unsure whether the invention If we need to disclose confidential information to any company or is patentable or will be used in a product. Global Social Media Policy person, we first obtain the appropriate authorization and ensure Management of Confidential Information a non-disclosure agreement approved by the Legal & Compliance Protection of Trade Secrets Organization has been executed. We also seek guidance from the ipmatters/ Legal & Compliance Organization before requesting confidential vip/ information from an external party.