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To: Gary Burton who wrote (21587)	7/11/1998 7:29:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 70976

Gary, not to argue with insider.com - I checked two sources other than Yahoo and found no such filing. If true, it would be unbelievably stupid timing, if not illegal. If true, there would be a number of lawyers salivating to sue. Let's keep an eye on this to see how credible your source is. Below the URLs of the searches I did. edgar-online.com sec.gov here you type in "Applied Materials", select "last month" and hit "submit choices". (sorry, the URL didn't transfer) Gottfried

To: Gary Burton who wrote (21587)	7/11/1998 8:14:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 70976

Gary, about the 144 filing: I'm glad you referred to it, because that made me look at the definition: 144: This form must be filed by "insiders" prior to their intended sale of restricted stock (issued stock currently unregistered with the SEC). Filing this form results in each seller receiving an automatic exemption from SEC registration requirements for this one transaction. A Form 144 is NOT an EDGAR electronic filing; each 144 is filed by the seller in paper during the day at the SEC. EDGAR Online cumulates and adds all of the current day's 144 paper filings to our electronic database at the END of each business day. The value of the EDGAR Online end-of-day listing of 144's is that the first notification of a 144 filing sometimes is the precursor of other 144 filings. 144 sales frequently come in clusters caused by events such as the end of a "lock-up" period or stock options being exercised and can be used to successfully project the onset of increased "sell side" activity in the stock of the target company. Other uses of 144's include targeting individuals who will be coming into money and may wish to deploy such funds. Thus this timely information is the source of myriad business intelligence uses. edgar-online.com Gottfried