APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2012

Jan 5, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2012-01-01

Reporting Person: Timko Thomas S (Corp. VP, Corp. Contrlr. & CAO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-01-01	Common Stock	F	3279	$10.71	Disposed	124981	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 111,125 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) 37,500 shares are scheduled to vest in installments during each April of 2012 through 2014; (b) 53,625 shares are scheduled to vest in installments during each January of 2013 through 2016; and (c) 20,000 shares are scheduled to vest in installments during each June of 2012 through 2015 (all vesting is subject to continued employment through each vest date).