APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2011

Dec 8, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2011-12-05

Reporting Person: FLANAGAN JOSEPH GERARD (SVP,Worldwide Ops & Sply Chain)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-05	Common Stock	A	200000	—	Acquired	534275	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents performance shares (restricted stock units) that will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied Materials, Inc. common stock upon vesting. These performance shares will vest only after the achievement of specified performance goals. Provided such goals are achieved, vesting is scheduled to occur no earlier than in four equal annual installments beginning December 19, 2012 (subject to continued employment through each vest date). The number of shares shown is the target award level. The actual number of shares that may vest ranges from 0% to 150% of the target amount, depending on achievement of specified performance goals.

F2: Number of shares includes 306,250 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 as follows: (a) 131,250 shares are scheduled to vest in installments during each March of 2012 through 2014, and (b) 175,000 shares are scheduled to vest in installments during each December of 2011 through 2014 (subject to continued employment through each vest date).