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: JAMES SUSAN M. (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-03-06	Common Stock	A	16659	—	Acquired	49443	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents automatic annual grant of restricted stock units to non-employee member of the Board of Directors (the "Board") pursuant to the Applied Materials, Inc. ("Applied") Employee Stock Incentive Plan. These restricted stock units are scheduled to vest on March 1, 2013 (subject to continued service as a director through the vest date). Pursuant to Ms. James' election to defer, any units that vest from this grant will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied common stock and paid to her on the date of her termination of service from the Applied Board.

F2: Number of shares includes 30,862 restricted stock units previously reported, of which (a) 11,302 units have vested and which, pursuant to Ms. James' election to defer, will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied common stock and paid to her on the date of her termination of service from the Applied Board, (b) 1,923 units will be converted in the future on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied common stock upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur in installments during each December of 2012 and 2013, and (c) 17,637 units are scheduled to vest in installments during each March of 2013 through 2015 and which, pursuant to Ms. James' election to defer, will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied common stock and paid to her on the date of her termination of service from the Applied Board (all vesting is subject to continued service as a director through each vest date).