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APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. PERFORMANCE SHARES AGREEMENT NOTICE OF GRANT

Performance Shares Agreement • February 19th, 2015 • Applied Materials Inc /De • Semiconductors & related devices • California

• Contract Type
  Performance Shares Agreement
• Filed
  February 19th, 2015
• Company
  Applied Materials Inc /De
• Industry
  Semiconductors & related devices
• Jurisdiction
  California

Applied Materials, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants you, [EMPL_NAME] (the “Employee”), an award of Performance Shares under the Company’s Employee Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The date of this Performance Shares Agreement (the “Agreement”) is December 8, 2014 (the “Grant Date”). Subject to the Terms and Conditions of Performance Shares Agreement (the “Terms and Conditions”) and Exhibit A (attached) and of the Plan, the principal features of this Award are as follows:

Re: Amendment to Retention Bonus and Equity Award Amendments

Retention Bonus and Equity Award Amendments • February 19th, 2015 • Applied Materials Inc /De • Semiconductors & related devices

• Contract Type
  Retention Bonus and Equity Award Amendments
• Filed
  February 19th, 2015
• Company
  Applied Materials Inc /De
• Industry
  Semiconductors & related devices

This letter is an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Retention Bonus and Equity Award Amendments letter, dated October 4, 2013, between you and Applied Materials, Inc. (the “Original Agreement” and, together with this Amendment, the “Agreement”). Any capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment have the meanings assigned to them in the Original Agreement.