Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Nalamasu Omkaram	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) Senior VP, CTO
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., P.O. BOX 58039 3050 BOWERS AV, M/S 1268	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 12/19/2014
(Street) SANTA CLARA, CA 95054 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. 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		125000   (1)	A	$0	647329	D
Common Stock	12/19/2014		F		136974   (2)	D	$24.89	510355   (3)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. 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		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)	Represents performance shares acquired based on achievement of specified performance goals related to performance shares previously granted. This acquisition is exempt under Rule 16b-3. The shares are subject to vesting as follows: 68,750 shares vested on December 19, 2014, and 56,250 shares are scheduled to vest in installments in December 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 to cover tax withholding obligations in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.
( 3)	Number of shares includes 277,875 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: (a) 7,500 shares are scheduled to vest in February 2015; (b) 7,875 shares are scheduled to vest in January 2015; (c) 75,000 shares are scheduled to vest in installments in July 2015 through 2017; and (d) 187,500 shares are scheduled to vest in installments in December 2015 and 2016 (notwithstanding the foregoing, vesting of shares 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 Nalamasu's continued employment and being a "disqualified individual" under IRS Code Section 4985 through the accelerated vest date). Number of shares also includes 72,195 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.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Nalamasu Omkaram C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. P.O. BOX 58039 3050 BOWERS AV, M/S 1268 SANTA CLARA, CA 95054			Senior VP, CTO

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

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