APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2011

Dec 21, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2011-12-16

Reporting Person: PARKER GERHARD H (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-16	Common Stock	S	20000	$10.27	Disposed	103430	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Number of shares includes: (a) 35,717 performance shares (restricted stock units) previously reported that in the future 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 installments during each March of 2012 through 2015 (all vesting is subject to continued service as a director through each vest date); and (b) 42,800 shares of Applied Materials, Inc. common stock held in a living trust.