X0306 4 2014-01-01 0000006951 APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE AMAT 0001510815 Nalamasu Omkaram C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. P.O. BOX 58039 3050 BOWERS AV, M/S 1268 SANTA CLARA CA 95054 1 Senior VP, CTO Common Stock 2014-01-01 4 F 0 4758 17.68 D 462939 D Represents number of shares that was automatically withheld upon vesting of performance shares to cover tax withholding obligations in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3. 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 451,875 performance shares 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) 19,000 shares are scheduled to vest in installments during each February of 2014 and 2015; (b) 7,875 shares are scheduled to vest in January 2015; (c) 100,000 shares are scheduled to vest in installments during each July of 2014 through 2017; and (d) provided specified performance goals are achieved, 325,000 shares will be scheduled to vest in installments during each December of 2014 through 2016, which number of shares is the target amount, and the actual number of shares that may vest ranges from 0% to 150% of the target amount depending on achievement of specified performance goals (all vesting is subject to continued employment through each applicable vesting date). /s/ Harpreet S. Bal, Attorney-in-Fact 2014-01-03