News Release

Applied Materials to Hold 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 11:00 a.m. PDT

Feb 27, 2009 at 4:00 PM EST

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2009-- Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) will hold its 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at its corporate offices at 3050 Bowers Avenue, Building 1, Santa Clara, California 95054, on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) (2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, EDT).

A live webcast of the Annual Meeting will be available on Applied Materials' website at: http://www.appliedmaterials.com/investors/index.html. Replays and an audio/MP3 of the webcast will be available beginning Tuesday, March 10 at 5:00 p.m. PDT (8:00 p.m. EDT), and ending Tuesday, March 24 at 5:00 p.m. PDT (8:00 p.m. EDT).

Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) is the global leader in Nanomanufacturing Technology™ solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, services and software products for the fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panels, solar photovoltaic cells, flexible electronics and energy-efficient glass. At Applied Materials, we apply Nanomanufacturing Technology to improve the way people live. Learn more at www.appliedmaterials.com.

Source: Applied Materials, Inc.

Applied Materials, Inc.
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