APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2007

Jan 30, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2007-01-25

Reporting Person: Pinto Mark (Chief Technology Officer & SVP)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-01-25	Performance Shares (or Restricted Stock Units)	A	225000	—	Acquired	250014	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The performance shares (or restricted stock units) will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied Materials, Inc. common stock immediately upon vesting.

F2: The performance shares will vest only after the satisfaction of specified performance goals. Provided such goals are achieved, vesting is scheduled to occur no earlier than in four equal annual installments commencing 12/19/07 (assuming continued employment).

F3: Number of shares includes 18,750 performance shares previously reported that in the future will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied Materials, Inc. common stock immediately upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur in three equal annual installments beginning 8/31/07 (assuming continued employment).