APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2012

Oct 10, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2012-10-05

Reporting Person: SWAN ROBERT HOLMES (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-10-05	Common Stock	P	2000	$11.21	Acquired	79289	Direct
2012-10-05	Common Stock	P	6890	$11.22	Acquired	86179	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Number of shares includes 51,021 restricted stock units previously reported, of which (a) 11,302 units have vested and which, pursuant to Mr. Swan's election to defer, will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied Materials, Inc. ("Applied") common stock and paid to him on the date of his termination of service from the Applied Board of Directors (the "Board"), (b) 22,082 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 March 2013, and (c) 17,637 units are scheduled to vest in installments during each March of 2013 through 2015 and which, pursuant to Mr. Swan's 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).