APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2004

Apr 9, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2004-04-07

Reporting Person: MAYDAN DAN (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-12-31	Common Stock	G	1	—	Disposed	0	Indirect
2004-03-23	Common Stock	G	68586	—	Disposed	0	Indirect
2004-04-07	Common Stock	M	280000	$7.44	Acquired	450672	Direct
2004-04-07	Common Stock	S	280000	$22.04	Disposed	170672	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-04-07	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$7.44	M	280000	Disposed	2005-01-15	Common Stock (280000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	679.932	Indirect
Common Stock	413456	Indirect
Common Stock	323375	Indirect
Common Stock	320	Indirect
Common Stock	1268413	Indirect
Common Stock	1	Indirect
Common Stock	30618	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Amount includes 604 shares that were purchased through the Applied Materials, Inc. Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (and exempt under Rule 16b-3) and were acquired since Dr. Maydan's last Form 4 was filed. These shares were immediately transferred from Dr. Maydan's direct holdings to the Maydan Family Trusts.