APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2010

Mar 12, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2010-03-09

Reporting Person: Karsner Alexander (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-03-09	Common Stock	A	16273	—	Acquired	57964	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 upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur in four equal annual installments beginning 3/1/11 (subject to continued service as a director through each vest date).

F2: Number of shares includes 31,269 performance shares (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 as follows: (a) 15,000 shares are scheduled to vest in three equal annual installments beginning 9/23/10 and (b) 16,269 shares are scheduled to vest in three equal annual installments beginning 3/1/11 (all vesting is subject to continued service as a director through each vest date).