X0306 4 2017-01-01 0000006951 APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE AMAT 0001587870 READ CHARLES C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3050 BOWERS AV. P.O. BOX 58039, M/S 1268 SANTA CLARA CA 95052-8039 1 Corp. VP, Corp. Contrlr. & CAO Common Stock 2017-01-01 4 F 0 3948 32.27 D 70670 D Represents number of shares that was automatically withheld upon vesting of restricted stock units to cover tax withholding obligations in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3. Number of shares includes 45,937 restricted stock units 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) 7,500 shares are scheduled to vest in October 2017 and (b) 38,437 shares are scheduled to vest in installments in January of each of 2018 through 2021 (all vesting is subject to continued employment through each applicable vest date). /s/ To-Anh Nguyen, Attorney-in-Fact 2017-01-04