APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2014

Jan 3, 2014

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2014-01-01

Reporting Person: HALLIDAY ROBERT J (Senior Vice President & CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2014-01-01	Common Stock	F	4038	$17.68	Disposed	315652	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents shares that were automatically withheld upon vesting of performance shares to cover tax withholding obligations in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.

F2: Number of shares includes 290,000 performance shares that in the future will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied common stock upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur as follows: (a) 160,000 shares are scheduled to vest in installments during each November of 2014 through 2016; (b) 30,000 shares are scheduled to vest in installments during each January of 2015 through 2017; and (c) provided specified performance goals are achieved, 100,000 shares will be scheduled to vest in installments during each December of 2014 through 2016, which number of shares is the target amount, and the actual number of shares that may vest ranges from 0% to 150% of the target amount, depending on the achievement of specified performance goals (all vesting is subject to continued employment through each applicable vest date).