APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2011

Jul 7, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2011-07-01

Reporting Person: EDMAN THOMAS T (Group VP & GM, Display and AKT)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-07-01	Common Stock	F	2293	$13.29	Disposed	161153	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents shares that were automatically withheld upon vesting of performance shares (restricted stock units) to cover tax withholding obligations in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.

F2: Number of shares includes 134,000 performance shares (restricted stock units) 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) 6,000 shares are scheduled to vest during August 2011; (b) 12,500 shares are scheduled to vest in installments during each July of 2012 and 2013; (c) 93,000 shares are scheduled to vest in installments during each January of 2012 through 2015; and (d) 22,500 shares are scheduled to vest in installments during each February of 2012 through 2014 (all vesting is subject to continued employment through each vest date).