X0306 4 2015-12-19 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 2015-12-19 4 F 0 68124 18.10 D 477487 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. Number of shares includes 271,691 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) 50,000 shares are scheduled to vest in installments in July of each of 2016 and 2017, (b) 75,000 shares are scheduled to vest in December 2016, (c) 54,147 shares are scheduled to vest in installments in December of each of 2016 through 2018, with up to an additional 36,098 shares that may vest, depending on achievement of specified performance goals, and (d) 92,544 shares will be scheduled to vest in installments in December of each of 2016 through 2019, 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 vest date). /s/ Harpreet S. Bal, Attorney-in-Fact 2015-12-22