X0306 4 2013-03-05 0000006951 APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE AMAT 0001218363 SWAN ROBERT HOLMES 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 100735 D Represents automatic annual grant of restricted stock units to non-employee member of the Board of Directors (the "Board") pursuant to the Applied Materials, Inc. ("Applied") Employee Stock Incentive Plan. These restricted stock units are scheduled to vest on March 1, 2014 (subject to continued service as a director through the vest date). Pursuant to Mr. Swan's election to defer, any shares that vest from this grant will be converted to shares of Applied common stock and paid to him on the date of his termination of service from the Applied Board. Number of shares includes 28,939 restricted stock units previously reported, of which (a) 18,537 units have vested and which, pursuant to Mr. Swan's election to defer, will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied common stock and paid to him on the date of his termination of service from the Board and (b) 10,402 units are scheduled to vest in installments during each March of 2014 and 2015 and which, pursuant to Mr. Swan's election to defer, will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied common stock and paid to him on the date of his termination of service from the Applied Board (all vesting is subject to continued service as a director through each applicable vest date). /s/ Charmaine Mesina, Attorney-in-Fact 2013-03-07