APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2012

Dec 8, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2011-06-22

Reporting Person: ROGERS JAMES E (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-06-22	Common Stock	P	265.655	$12.65	Acquired	97895.655	Direct
2011-09-21	Common Stock	P	298.486	$11.33	Acquired	98194.141	Direct
2011-12-14	Common Stock	P	320.996	$10.61	Acquired	98515.137	Direct
2012-03-15	Common Stock	P	271.296	$12.65	Acquired	115445.433	Direct
2012-06-14	Common Stock	P	399.602	$10.85	Acquired	115845.035	Direct
2012-09-13	Common Stock	P	375.143	$11.65	Acquired	116220.178	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents number of shares acquired under a broker-administered dividend reinvestment program that automatically reinvested dividends paid on Applied Materials, Inc. ("Applied") common stock.

F2: Number of shares includes 55,630 restricted stock units previously reported, of which (a) 14,913 units have vested and which, pursuant to Mr. Rogers' election to defer, will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied common stock and paid to him on the date of his termination of service as a member of the Applied Board of Directors (the "Board"); (b) 5,000 units are scheduled to vest in April 2012, and (c) 35,717 units are scheduled to vest in installments during each March of 2012 through 2015 and which, pursuant to Mr. Rogers' election to defer, will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied common stock and paid to him on the date of his termination of service from the Applied Board (all vesting is subject to continued service as a director through each vest date).

F3: Number of shares includes 72,289 restricted stock units previously reported, of which (a) 27,570 units have vested and which, pursuant to Mr. Rogers' election to defer, will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied common stock and paid to him on the date of his termination of service as a member of the Applied Board; (b) 5,000 units are scheduled to vest in April 2012, and (c) 39,719 units are scheduled to vest in installments during each March of 2013 through 2015 and which, pursuant to Mr. Rogers' election to defer, will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied common stock and paid to him on the date of his termination of service from the Applied Board (all vesting is subject to continued service as a director through each vest date).

F4: Number of shares includes 67,289 restricted stock units previously reported, of which (a) 27,570 units have vested and which, pursuant to Mr. Rogers' election to defer, will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied common stock and paid to him on the date of his termination of service as a member of the Applied Board; and (b) 39,719 units are scheduled to vest in installments during each March of 2013 through 2015 and which, pursuant to Mr. Rogers' election to defer, will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied common stock and paid to him on the date of his termination of service from the Applied Board (all vesting is subject to continued service as a director through each vest date).