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: HALLIDAY ROBERT J (Senior Vice President & CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-12-07	Common Stock	A	185087	—	Acquired	547862	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents performance shares 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 no earlier than in four equal annual installments beginning December 19, 2016, depending on the achievement of specified performance goals and continued employment through each applicable vest date. The number of shares shown 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.

F2: Number of shares includes 279,389 performance shares 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) 40,000 shares are scheduled to vest in November 2016; (b) 20,000 shares are scheduled to vest in installments in January of 2016 and 2017; (c) 75,000 shares are scheduled to vest in installments in December 2015 and 2016; and (d) 144,389 shares will be scheduled to vest in installments in December of 2015 through 2018, 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 achievement of specified performance goals (all vesting is subject to continued employment through each applicable vest date).