SEC Form 4
FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Morgan, James C

(Last)                      (First)                      (Middle)
C/O Applied Materials, Inc
3050 Bowers Avenue, M/S 2023

(Street)
Santa Clara,    CA   95054

(City)                      (State)                      (Zip)

2. Issuer Name
and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Applied Materials, Inc
(AMAT)

3. I.R.S. Identification
    Number of Reporting
    Person, if an entity
    (voluntary)
4. Statement for
    (Month/Day/Year

01/28/2003


5. If Amendment,
    Date of Original
    (Month/Day/Year)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X Director      10% Owner
X Officer (give title below)        Other (specify below)

Description           Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

7. 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.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. Owner-
    ship
    Form:
    Direct (D)
    or
    Indirect (I)

    (Instr. 4)
7. Nature of
     Indirect
     Beneficial
     Ownership

    (Instr. 4)
Code
V
Amount
A/D
Price
Common Stock
01/28/2003
M
560,000
A
$4.6250
4,650,759
D
Common Stock
141,680.995 (1)
I
By 401(k) Plan

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. Conver-
    sion or
    Exercise
    Price of
    Deri-
    vative
    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(DE) and
    Expiration Date(ED)
    (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. Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Securities:
Direct (D)
or
Indirect (I)

(Instr.4)
11. Nature of
      Indirect
      Beneficial
      Ownership
      (Instr.4)
Code
V
A
D
DE
ED
Title
Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) $ 01/28/2003
M
       560,000
+
01/30/2003
Common Stock
560,000
$4.6250
0
D
$
             
Total
4,280,000
D
Explanation of Responses:
 
(1) Increased number of shares reflects periodic payroll acquisitions under 401(k) Plan that are exempt under Rule 16b-3.

+ Vesting schedule: 560,000 stock option shares vested and became exercisable on January 31, 1999.

By: Date:
/s/ January 30, 2003
Charmaine Mesina, James C. Morgan's attorney-in-fact
** Signature of Reporting Person
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Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Morgan, James C

(Last)                      (First)                      (Middle)
C/O Applied Materials, Inc
3050 Bowers Avenue, M/S 2023

(Street)
Santa Clara,    CA   95054

(City)                      (State)                      (Zip)

Issuer Name
and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Applied Materials, Inc
(AMAT)

Statement for
(Month/Day/Year)

01/28/2003


 
                                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

       The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Charmaine Mesina and Mary Zeigler, 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 and officer 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 unders igned 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 po wer 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 Company's Secretary.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 30th day of August, 2002.

                                                         /s/ James C. Morgan
                                &n bsp;                        _____________________
                                                         James C. Morgan