APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2009

Mar 13, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2009-03-10

Reporting Person: DE GEUS AART (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-03-10	Common Stock	A	21691	—	Acquired	41691	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents automatic annual grant of performance shares (restricted stock units) to non-employee member of the Board of Directors pursuant to the Applied Materials, Inc. Employee Stock Incentive Plan. These performance shares 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 four equal annual installments beginning 3/1/10 (subject to continued service as a director).

F2: Number of shares includes 15,000 performance shares (or restricted stock units) previously reported that in the future will be converted on a one-for-one basis into Applied Materials, Inc. common stock upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur in three equal annual installments beginning 7/23/09 (subject to continued service as a director).