secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MKS INC (MKSI)
CIK:        0001049502
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-028405
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MKS Instruments appoints Michelle McCarthy as VP and Chief Accounting Officer effective March 4, 2024
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- Michelle McCarthy to replace Seth Bagshaw as principal accounting officer; Bagshaw remains CFO until retirement on April 1, 2024.
- McCarthy receives $400k base salary, 50% bonus target, $350k equity for 2024, plus $300k sign-on cash and $400k sign-on RSUs.
- Sign-on equity vests in three equal annual installments; grants expected April 15, 2024.
- McCarthy previously served as SVP & CAO at Mercury Systems and as Corporate Controller at Analog Devices.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049502/000119312524028405/0001193125-24-028405-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049502/000119312524028405/d758144d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-028405

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