Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Thakur Randhir
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE [AMAT] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP & GM, Silicon Systems
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., P.O. BOX 58039, 3050 BOWERS AV, M/S 1268		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/19/2014
(Street)

SANTA CLARA, CA 95054		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 12/19/2014   A   175,000 (1) A $ 0 1,079,064 D  
Common Stock 12/19/2014   F   247,858 (2) D $ 24.89 831,206 (3) D  
Common Stock               4,390.238 (4) I By 401(k) Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Thakur Randhir
C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
P.O. BOX 58039, 3050 BOWERS AV, M/S 1268
SANTA CLARA, CA 95054		       EVP & GM, Silicon Systems  

Signatures

 /s/ To-Anh Nguyen, Attorney-in-Fact   12/23/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents performance shares and restricted stock acquired based on achievement of specified performance goals related to performance shares and restricted stock previously granted. This acquisition is exempt under Rule 16b-3. The shares are subject to vesting as follows: 100,000 shares vested on December 19, 2014, and 75,000 shares are scheduled to vest in installments in December of 2015 and 2016 (all vesting is subject to continued employment through each applicable vest date).
(2) Represents number of shares that were automatically withheld upon vesting of performance shares and restricted stock to cover tax withholding obligations in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.
(3) Number of shares includes: (a) 494,400 performance shares that in the future will be converted on a one-for-one basis into shares of Applied common stock upon vesting, which vesting is scheduled to occur as follows: (i) 147,000 shares are scheduled to vest in installments in July of 2015 and 2016, (ii) 90,000 shares will be scheduled to vest in installments in July 2015 and 2016, which number of shares is the target amount, and the actual number of shares that may vest ranges from 0% to 140% of the target amount, depending on achievement of specified performance goals; and (iii) 257,400 shares are scheduled to vest in installments in December of 2015 and 2016; and (b) 5,100 shares of restricted stock that are scheduled to vest in December 2015 (notwithstanding the foregoing, vesting of shares described in (a) and (b) that is scheduled to occur in calendar year 2015 will accelerate as of three trading days prior to the expected closing date of the business combination between Applied and Tokyo Electron Limited, subject to Dr. Thakur's continued employment and being a "disqualified individual" under IRS Code Section 4985 through the accelerated vest date). Number of shares also includes 103,135 performance shares that will be scheduled to vest in installments in December 2015 through 2018, 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.
(4) Increased number of shares reflects dividend reinvestment under 401(k) Plan that is exempt under Rule 16b-3.

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