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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, Sy9iuYKxNjyPVwXk6dC+iHMioJi6yrEQaBSYAvpzEpDWAzMgL/nV2DDe/8CcStAp 4jY6PuPRAiF4tf3iDHIxew== 0001181431-10-059708.txt : 20101206 0001181431-10-059708.hdr.sgml : 20101206 20101206203056 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-10-059708 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101203 FILED AS OF DATE: 20101206 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101206 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Karsner Alexander CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001446059 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-06920 FILM NUMBER: 101235433 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. STREET 2: 3050 BOWERS AVENUE, P.O. BOX 58039 CITY: SANTA CLARA STATE: CA ZIP: 95052-8039 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: 1031 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 rrd293167.xml FORM 4 X0303 4 2010-12-03 0 0000006951 APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE AMAT 0001446059 Karsner Alexander C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. P.O. BOX 58039, 3050 BOWERS AV, M/S 2023 SANTA CLARA CA 95054 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2010-12-03 4 S 0 15422 13.02 D 42542 D Number of shares consists of 42,542 performance shares (restricted stock units) previously reported that in the future will be converted on a one-for-one basis into Applied Materials, Inc. common stock upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur as follows: (a) 10,000 shares are scheduled to vest in two equal annual installments beginning 9/23/11; (b) 16,269 shares are scheduled to vest in three equal annual installments beginning 3/1/11; and (c) 16,273 shares are scheduled to vest in four equal annual installments beginning 3/1/11 (all vesting is subject to continued service as a director through each vest date). /s/ Charmaine Mesina, Attorney-in-Fact 2010-12-06 EX-24. 2 rrd262810_296557.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd262810_296557.html

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        The undersigned  hereby  constitutes and appoints each of Charmaine Mesina
and  Yvonne  Leyba,   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 a director 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 23rd day of September, 2008.

                                        /s/ Alexander Karsner
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                                            Alexander Karsner

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