MKS Instruments amends COO's contract; extends Berlin expat assignment through Aug 2025

MKS INC

COO James Schreiner's expatriate service bonus replaced with $850K RSUs (60% vest Aug 2024, 40% Aug 2025).
Base salary raised from $465K to $472K; title changed to Executive Vice President.
Shareholders re-elected three Class I directors: Batra, Colella, Mora; say-on-pay passed.
Shareholder proposal for simple majority voting passed with 51.8M for, 10.3M against.

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

MKS INC shareholders approved Shareholder proposal regarding simple majority voting at the 2024-05-07 meeting.

Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-05-07

Exact text from the filing

A shareholder proposal regarding simple majority voting: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained 51,772,218 10,284,207 57,503 There were broker non-votes of 2,405,183 shares for this proposal.

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

MKS INC shareholders approved Approval of compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2024-05-07 meeting.

Proposal: say on pay
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-05-07

Exact text from the filing

Approval of compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers, as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and any related material disclosed in the Proxy Statement for this meeting: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained 57,810,465 4,262,593 40,870 There were broker non-votes of 2,405,183 shares on this proposal.

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

MKS INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor at the 2024-05-07 meeting.

Proposal: auditor ratification
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-05-07

Exact text from the filing

Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained 62,942,476 1,554,019 22,616 There were no broker non-votes for this proposal.

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.9

MKS INC shareholders approved Election of three Class I Directors to serve for a three-year term and until their successors are elected at the 2024-05-07 meeting.

Proposal: director election
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-05-07

Exact text from the filing

Election of three Class I Directors to serve for a three-year term and until their successors are elected: Director Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Rajeev Batra 57,707,241 4,406,687 Gerald G. Colella 59,703,395 2,410,533 Elizabeth A. Mora 49,280,867 12,833,061 There were broker non-votes of 2,405,183 shares on this proposal.

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