APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE — Director's Dealing 2021

May 6, 2021

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE (AMAT)
CIK: 0000006951
Period of Report: 2021-05-03

Reporting Person: Durn Daniel (Senior Vice President, CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2021-05-03	Common Stock	S	2663	$132.21	Disposed	396908	Direct
2021-05-03	Common Stock	S	1651	$133.13	Disposed	395257	Direct
2021-05-03	Common Stock	S	686	$133.95	Disposed	394571	Direct
2021-05-03	Common Stock	S	500	$135.00	Disposed	394071	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on March 31, 2021.

F2: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $131.74 to $132.68, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Applied Materials, Inc. ("Applied"), any security holder of Applied, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnotes 2, 4 and 5 to this Form 4.

F3: Number of shares includes 253,663 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 common stock upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur as follows: (a) 72,151 restricted stock units are scheduled to vest in installments in December of 2021 through 2023, (b) 123,440 performance shares are scheduled to vest in installments in December of 2021 through 2023, 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, (c) 33,769 performance shares are scheduled to vest in October of 2025, 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; notwithstanding the foregoing, if Mr. Durn's employment is terminated without cause prior to the end of the performance period, any unvested portion of the award will vest based on achievement of specified performance goals through his last day of employment, and (d) 24,303 restricted stock units are scheduled to vest in November of 2021 (all vesting is subject to continued employment through each applicable vesting date).

F4: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $132.74 to $133.68, inclusive.

F5: The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $133.74 to $134.16, inclusive.