APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2012

Mar 9, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2012-03-06

Reporting Person: Iannotti Thomas J (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-03-06	Common Stock	A	16659	—	Acquired	77289	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents automatic annual grant of restricted stock units to non-employee member of the Board of Directors pursuant to the Applied Materials, Inc. Employee Stock Incentive Plan. These restricted stock units 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 on March 1, 2013 (subject to continued service as a director through the vest date).

F2: Number of shares includes 23,060 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 2013 through 2015 (all vesting is subject to continued service as a director through each vest date).