X0306 4 2014-02-24 0000006951 APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE AMAT 0001231878 POWELL DENNIS D C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3050 BOWERS AVE, M/S 1268 P.O. BOX 58039 SANTA CLARA CA 95054 1 Common Stock 2014-02-24 4 S 0 38537 19.30 D 64108 D The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $19.28 to $19.32, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Applied Materials, Inc., any security holder of Applied Materials, Inc., 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 footnote 1 to this Form 4. Number of shares includes 63,308 restricted stock units previously reported, of which (a) 38,350 units have vested and which, pursuant to Mr. Powell'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, (b) 10,402 units will be converted in the future on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied common stock upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur in installments during each March of 2014 and 2015, and (c) 14,556 units are scheduled to vest in March 2014 and which, pursuant to Mr. Powell'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/ Yvonne Leyba, Attorney-in-Fact 2014-02-26