APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2015

Dec 10, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2015-12-07

Reporting Person: READ CHARLES (Corp. VP, Corp. Contrlr. & CAO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-12-07	Common Stock	A	21153	—	Acquired	65288	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents restricted stock units that 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 in four equal annual installments beginning January 1, 2017 (subject to continued employment through each applicable vest date).

F2: Increased number of shares reflects periodic payroll acquisitions under Employees' Stock Purchase Plan that are exempt under Rule 16a-10 and Rule 16b-3. Number of shares includes 33,564 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) 15,000 shares are scheduled to vest in installments in October of 2016 and 2017 and (b) 18,564 shares are scheduled to vest in installments in January of 2016 through 2019 (all vesting is subject to continued employment through each applicable vest date).