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accession: "0001193125-22-147525"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKSI"
cik: "0001049502"
company_name: "MKS INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T20:14:04.895881+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders approve 2022 stock plan authorizing 6.2M shares; re-elect three directors

## Summary
- Approved 2022 Stock Incentive Plan with 48.1M for, 2.3M against; up to 6,200,274 shares authorized for issuance.
- Re-elected Class II directors John T.C. Lee, Jacqueline F. Moloney, and Michelle M. Warner with >48M votes each.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote passed: 49.0M for, 1.4M against.
- Ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for 2022: 51.4M for, 0.9M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-147525
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKSI
- cik: 0001049502
- company_name: MKS INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049502/000119312522147525/0001193125-22-147525-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049502/000119312522147525/d324844d8k.htm

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