APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2011

Mar 11, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2011-03-08

Reporting Person: DE GEUS AART (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-03-08	Common Stock	A	12666	—	Acquired	70630	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 3/1/2012 (subject to continued service as a director through each vest date).

F2: Number of shares includes 28,051 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) 5,000 shares are scheduled to vest on 7/23/2011, and (b) 23,051 shares are scheduled to vest in installments during each March of 2012 through 2014 (all vesting is subject to continued service as a director through each vest date).