APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2017

Oct 4, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2017-10-01

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-10-01	Common Stock	F	14996	$52.09	Disposed	538910	Direct

Footnotes

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

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 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, Inc. common stock upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur as follows: (a) 77,351 performance shares are scheduled to vest in installments in December of each of 2017 and 2018, (b) 99,154 performance shares are scheduled to vest in installments in December of each of 2017 through 2019, with up to an additional 66,102 shares that may vest, depending on achievement of specified performance goals, (c) 30,000 shares are scheduled to vest in October 2018, (d) 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 (e) 66,446 restricted stock units are scheduled to vest in installments in December of each of 2017 through 2019, depending on achievement of a specified performance goal (all vesting is subject to continued employment through each applicable vest date).