News Release

Applied Materials to hold an Analyst Meeting on July 11, 2006 at 8:00 a.m. PDT at SEMICON/West 2006

Jun 20, 2006 at 4:00 PM EDT

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2006--Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) will hold an analyst meeting on Tuesday, July 11, 2006, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time) in San Francisco, California.

A live webcast of the analyst meeting will be available on Applied Materials' website at http://www.appliedmaterials.com.

If you are unable to join the live webcast, replays will be available. Replay start date: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. PDT, (4:00 p.m. EDT). Replay end date: Tuesday, July 25 at 5 p.m. PDT (8:00 p.m. EDT).

There is no conference call scheduled for the event. For more information about the event, please visit http://www.appliedmaterials.com on the Investors section.

Applied Materials, Inc. 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.
Randy Bane, 408-748-5227 (Investment community)
investor_relations@amat.com
or
David Miller, 408-563-9582 (Editorial/Media)
david_miller@amat.com

SOURCE: Applied Materials, Inc.