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PROSPECTUS DATED JUNE 28, 1995                                          PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 3
AND PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED                                         TO REGISTRATION NO. 33-60301
AUGUST 24, 1995                                                         AUGUST 30, 1995
                                                                        RULE 424(B)(2)
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. FIXED RATE MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES A Principal Amount: $10,000,000.00 Original Issue Date: September 5, 1995 Stated Maturity: September 5, 2000 Issue Price (as percentage of principal amount): 100% Interest Rate: 6.65% Interest Accrual Date: September 5, 1995 Method of Calculation: [X] 30/360 [ ] Actual/360 Interest Payment Dates: September 15, March 15 of each year, commencing March 15, 1996 Regular Record Dates (if other than the 15th day prior to each Interest Payment Date): Redemption: [X] The Notes cannot be redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity. [ ] The Notes can be redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity subject to the following terms: Initial Redemption Date: Initial Redemption Percentage: Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction: Repayment: [X] The Notes cannot be repaid prior to the Stated Maturity. [ ] The Notes can be repaid prior to the Stated Maturity at the option of the holder of the Bank Note subject to the following terms: Optional Repayment Date(s): Repayment Price(s):
Terms of Amortizing Note: 2 Original Issue Discount Note (for tax purposes): [ ] Yes [X] No If yes: Total amount of OID: Yield to maturity: Initial Accrual Period OID and Designated Method: Form of Note: [X] Book Entry or [ ] Certificated Cusip: 03822VAC5 Other Terms: Trade Date: August 30, 1995 Name of Agent: Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated Agent's DTC Participant Number: 050 Agent's Discount or Commission: $50,000.00 Net Proceeds to Company: $9,950,000.00 [ ] Agent is Acting as Agent for the Sale of Notes by the Company at a Price to the Public of [ ] 100% of Principal Amount [ ] ____% of Principal Amount [X] Agent is Purchasing Notes from the Company as Principal for resale to investors and other purchasers at [X] a fixed initial public offering price of 100% of the Principal Amount [ ] a fixed initial public offering price of ___% of the Principal Amount [ ] varying prices relating to prevailing market prices at time of resale to be determined by Agent Terms are not completed for certain items above because such items are not applicable. 2