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MKS Instruments, Inc.: meeting of 12 May 2025
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
589 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the MKS Instruments, Inc. meeting of 12 May 2025. Their records fall into 5 items below, in ballot order: management items first, then proposals from security holders. Each bar shows how the reporting filers split; it is not the result of the meeting.
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
Items
DIRECTOR ELECTIONSIssuer
Director elections
2 nominees; 94.8% of reported votes for; 20 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
941 vote records from 214 filers. 1 of the 213 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Advisory vote on executive pay (say-on-pay)
929 vote records from 585 filers. 28 of the 568 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 17 filers reported this item without a management mark.
AUDIT-RELATEDIssuer
Audit-related items (auditor ratification)
471 vote records from 213 filers. 12 of the 212 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSESIssuer
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
203 vote records from 54 filers. 5 of the 54 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCEIssuer
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
1,202 vote records from 209 filers. 1 of the 208 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 1 filer reported this item without a management mark.
How the largest families voted
* 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.
Questions
How did large funds vote at the MKS Instruments, Inc. meeting?
589 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 12 May 2025. On say-on-pay, 28 of 568 voted against management (4.9%). The family table lists each of the largest families item by item.
Is this the meeting result?
No. These are the votes of funds and managers that file Form N-PX, counted by filer and by the shares they reported. The certified result, which includes every shareholder, is reported by MKS Instruments, Inc. on Form 8-K.
Why are director elections shown as counts only?
Director records name the nominee. This site does not publish pages or rows about individuals, so for director elections it keeps the number of nominees and the split of votes and discards the wording.
Every meeting on file for MKS Instruments, Inc.
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings listing MKS Instruments, Inc. with a meeting date within three days of 12 May 2025. Proposal titles are the most common wording among filers and are replaced by the SEC category where a wording could name a person. Not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026.