X0306 4 2013-03-05 0000006951 APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE AMAT 0001446059 Karsner Alexander C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3050 BOWERS AV, M/S 1268 P.O. BOX 58039 SANTA CLARA CA 95054 1 Common Stock 2013-03-05 4 A 0 14556 0 A 86423 D Represents automatic annual grant of restricted stock units to non-employee member of the Board of Directors pursuant to the Applied Materials, Inc. Employee Stock Incentive Plan. These restricted stock units 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 on March 1, 2014 (subject to continued service as a director through the vest date). Number of shares includes 10,402 restricted stock units previously reported that in the future will be converted on a one-for-one basis into Applied Materials, Inc. common stock upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur in installments during each March of 2014 and 2015 (subject to continued service as a director through each applicable vest date). /s/ Charmaine Mesina, Attorney-in-Fact 2013-03-07