SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 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
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
ROELANDTS WILLEM P

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
3050 BOWERS AVE., M/S 2023, PO BOX 58039

(Street)
SANTA CLARA CA 95054

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE [ AMAT ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/30/2006
4. If Amendment, Date of 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
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
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 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: 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
Director Stock Option (right to buy)(1) $17.35 10/30/2006 A 25,000 10/30/2007(2) 10/30/2013 Common Stock 25,000 $0 25,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Annual stock option grant to non-employee member of the Board of Directors pursuant to the Applied Materials, Inc. Employee Stock Incentive Plan.
2. The stock option is scheduled to vest in four equal annual installments beginning on October 30, 2007.
/s/ Charmaine Mesina, Attorney-In-Fact 11/01/2006
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                          POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Charmaine Mesina
and Mary Beth Towne, 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 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
undersigned 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 power
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 foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 13th day of September, 2006.

                                   /s/ Willem P. Roelandts
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                                   Willem P. Roelandts