secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MKS INC (MKSI)
CIK:        0001049502
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-134237
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049502/000119312524134237/0001193125-24-134237-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049502/000119312524134237/d823364d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-134237

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