News Release

Applied Materials to hold 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on March 22, 2006, 11:00 a.m. PT

Mar 8, 2006 at 4:00 PM EST

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2006--Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) will hold its 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at its corporate offices at 3050 Bowers Avenue, Building 1, Santa Clara, California 95054 on Wednesday, March 22, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time (2:00 p.m. Eastern Time).

A live webcast of the Annual Meeting will be available on Applied Materials' website at: http://www.appliedmaterials.com/investors/index.html.

If you are unable to join the live webcast, replays will be available: Replay start date: Wednesday, March 22 at 4:00 p.m. PT Replay end date: Wednesday, April 5 at 5:00 p.m. PT

There is no telephone conference call feature for this meeting.

Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT), is the global leader in Nanomanufacturing Technology(TM) solutions for the electronics industry with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products. At Applied Materials, we apply nanomanufacturing technology to improve the way people live. Learn more at www.appliedmaterials.com.

CONTACT: Applied Materials, Inc.
Paul Bowman (Investment community), 408-563-1698
investor_relations@amat.com
David Miller (Editorial/Media), 408-563-9582
david_miller@amat.com

SOURCE: Applied Materials, Inc.