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*
MORGAN JAMES C

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

(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
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chairman of the Board
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/18/2005
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
Common Stock 02/18/2005 S 486,110 D $17.41 3,874,633 D
Common Stock 142,165.311(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. 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
Explanation of Responses:
1. Increased number of shares reflects periodic payroll acquisitions under 401(k) Plan that are exempt under Rule16b-3.
/s/ Charmaine Mesina, Attorney-in-Fact 02/22/2005
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                                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
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
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
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                             James C. Morgan