APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2017

Dec 19, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2017-12-14

Reporting Person: Salehpour Ali (Sr. VP, GM New Mrkts & Service)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-12-14	Common Stock	A	66103	—	Acquired	605013	Direct
2017-12-14	Common Stock	A	35861	—	Acquired	640874	Direct
2017-12-14	Common Stock	A	35861	—	Acquired	676735	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents performance shares acquired based on achievement of specified performance goals related to performance shares previously granted. This acquisition is exempt under Rule 16b-3. The performance shares will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied Materials common stock upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur as follows: 33,051 shares are scheduled to vest on December 19, 2017 and 16,526 shares are scheduled to vest on December 19 of each of 2018 and 2019 (all vesting is subject to continued employment through each applicable vest date).

F2: Represents performance shares that will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied Materials common stock upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur on December 19, 2020, depending on the achievement of specified performance goals and continued employment through the vest date. The number of shares shown is the target amount, and the actual number of shares that may vest ranges from 0% to 200% of the target amount, depending on the achievement of specified performance goals.

F3: 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 three equal annual installments beginning December 19, 2018, depending on the achievement of a specified performance goal and continued employment through each applicable vest date.

F4: Number of shares includes 339,397 performance shares and restricted stock units previously reported that in the future will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied Materials common stock upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur as follows: (a) 176,505 performance shares are scheduled to vest in installments in December of 2017 through 2019, (b) 30,000 shares are scheduled to vest in October 2018, (c) 66,446 performance shares are scheduled to vest in December 2019, which number of shares is the target amount, and the actual number of shares that may vest ranges from 0% to 200% of the target amount, depending on achievement of specified performance goals, and (d) 66,446 restricted stock units are scheduled to vest in installments in December of 2017 through 2019 (all vesting is subject to continued employment through each applicable vest date).