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-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, KBFxaUogPc/ofSdPQkuN1J2FayUprkE2arGVcmupSsRIsqjGgLcAvoXIEJIdpnR1 bFwSuoTCNWuPfkMUrKswRQ== 0001181431-07-029643.txt : 20070503 0001181431-07-029643.hdr.sgml : 20070503 20070503203623 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-07-029643 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070501 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070503 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070503 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KIFER RON CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001366342 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-06920 FILM NUMBER: 07817518 BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: 408-563-2153 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, P.O. BOX 58039 STREET 2: 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, M/S 2023 CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95054 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000006951 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674] IRS NUMBER: 941655526 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DC FISCAL YEAR END: 1026 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3050 BOWERS AVE CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95054-3299 BUSINESS PHONE: 4087275555 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3050 BOWERS AVE CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95054-3299 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: APPLIED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19730319 4 1 rrd157069.xml FORM 4 X0202 4 2007-05-01 0 0000006951 APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE AMAT 0001366342 KIFER RON C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. PO BOX 58039, 3050 BOWERS AVE, M/S 2023 SANTA CLARA CA 95054 0 1 0 0 Group VP & CIO Common Stock 2007-05-01 4 F 0 1565 19.42 D 138193 D Increased number of shares reflects periodic payroll acquisitions under Employees' Stock Purchase Plan that are exempt under Rule 16a-10 and Rule 16b-3. Includes 135,125 performance shares (or 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 immediately upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur as follows: 13,125 performance shares are scheduled to vest in three equal annual installments beginning 5/1/08; 50,000 performance shares are scheduled to vest in four equal annual installments beginning 8/31/07; and 72,000 performance shares are scheduled to vest in three equal annual installments beginning 8/31/07 (all vesting are subject to continued employment). /s/ Charmaine Mesina, Attorney-in-Fact 2007-05-03 EX-24. 2 rrd138623_156033.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd138623_156033.html


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Charmaine Mesina and
Mary Zeigler, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:

        (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer of Applied Materials, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4
and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder;

        (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4
or 5, complete and execute any amendment(s) thereto, and timely file such form
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and

        (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 15th day of June 2006.


                                         /s/ Ron Kifer
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                                            Ron Kifer

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