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MKS Instruments, Inc.

How funds and institutional managers reported voting their shares, year to 30 June 2026

Filers reporting
745year to 30 June 2026
Against management on pay
4.2%30 of 712 reporting filers
Same, by reported shares
1.6%shares reported on Form N-PX
Meetings on file
4across 3 seasons
91.6% for4.2% against4.2% other4.2% against management741 filers on say-on-pay

foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management

745 Form N-PX filers reported votes at MKS Instruments, Inc. for the year to 30 June 2026, across 2 meetings.

On the advisory vote on executive pay, 30 of the 712 filers that reported a position voted against management (4.2%), 2.4 percentage points below the median company on this site (6.6%). By reported shares the figure is 1.6% (median 2.9%). These are shares of the filers reporting on Form N-PX, not of all votes cast at the meeting.

Meetings

Meeting dateSeasonFilers reportingItemsAgainst management on pay
11 May 2026year to 30 June 202674574.2%
12 May 2025year to 30 June 202558954.9%
5 Jul 2024year to 30 June 2024310.0%
7 May 2024year to 30 June 202455956.2%

Meetings with 20 or more reporting filers have their own page with every item. Dates are as filers typed them; dates up to three days apart are treated as one meeting.

Say-on-pay: this company and the median

year to 30 June 2026MKS Instruments, Inc.Median company
Reporting filers voting against management4.2%6.6%
Reported shares voted against management1.6%2.9%

Among filers reporting on Form N-PX. The median is over 3,799 companies with a say-on-pay item reported by 20 or more filers.

How the largest families voted

Meeting of 11 May 2026: say-on-pay and each shareholder proposal that could be told apart.

FamilySay-on-payProposal A
VanguardForAgainst
BlackRock and iSharesForAgainst
FidelityForAgainst
DimensionalForAgainst
State Street and SPDRForAgainst
American CenturyForAgainst
Franklin TempletonForFor *
InvescoForFor *
EquitableForFor *
Charles SchwabForAgainst
Nuveen and TIAAForAgainst
ProShares and ProFundsForFor *
John Hancock and ManulifeForFor *
Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and CalvertForFor *
J.P. MorganForAgainst
Goldman SachsForFor *
WisdomTreeForAgainst
PGIM and PrudentialForFor *
Jackson National fundsForAgainst
Northern Trust and FlexSharesForFor *
SEIForFor *
T. Rowe PriceForAgainst
ThriventForAgainst
Lincoln FinancialForFor *
VoyaForAgainst
First TrustForFor *
Russell InvestmentsForFor *
NationwideForAgainst
Victory CapitalForFor *
Brighthouse FundsForAgainst *
Guggenheim and RydexForFor *
Columbia ThreadneedleForFor *
BNY MellonForFor *
PrincipalForAgainst
Capital Group and American FundsForAgainst
Pacific Life fundsForFor *
TransamericaForFor *
Federated HermesForFor *
AllianceBernsteinForFor *
Hartford FundsForFor *
DWSForFor *
PIMCOForFor *
AllspringSplit or no voteNo report
MassMutualForAgainst
Harbor FundsForFor *
VirtusForFor *
Macquarie and Delaware FundsForFor *
Neuberger BermanForAgainst
American BeaconForAgainst
Natixis and Loomis SaylesForFor *
Lord AbbettForAgainst
BairdForNo report

* against management. A family's position is the way most of its reported shares were voted across its filers; "split" means no single position led. "No report" means none of the family's filers listed the item.

By season

SeasonFilers reportingAgainst management on pay, filersBy reported sharesSay-on-pay split
year to 30 June 20245646.2%0.9%
year to 30 June 20255934.9%2.1%
year to 30 June 20267454.2%1.6%

Category mix

Share of the vote records reported for this company, by the category filers chose.

CategoryVote recordsShare
DIRECTOR ELECTIONS4,05533.2%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES3,06325.1%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE2,67321.9%
AUDIT-RELATED1,51012.4%
COMPENSATION5824.8%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES3212.6%

Questions

How did large funds vote at MKS Instruments, Inc.?

For the year to 30 June 2026, 712 Form N-PX filers reported a say-on-pay vote at MKS Instruments, Inc.; 30 voted against management (4.2%). The table on this page lists the position of each of the largest fund families on say-on-pay and on each shareholder proposal that could be told apart in the filings.

Were there shareholder proposals at MKS Instruments, Inc.?

Filers reported one proposal from security holders that could be told apart in the year to 30 June 2026. Across them, 47.8% of reporting filers voted for at the median proposal.

Is this the meeting result?

No. The figures are shares of the funds and managers that file Form N-PX, and of the shares they reported. Holders that do not file the form (individuals, most foreign investors, insiders) are not included, so the split here can differ widely from the certified result, which MKS Instruments, Inc. reports on Form 8-K.

Where does the data come from?

From Form N-PX filings on the SEC's EDGAR system, grouped by company. Filers type company names and meeting dates themselves; this site groups spellings of the same company and folds meeting dates up to three days apart. Data runs through 23 Sep 2026; the median compares 3,799 companies.

Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings that list MKS Instruments, Inc., grouped by company. The name is the most common spelling among filers. Not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.