MKS INC — Director's Dealing 2022

Aug 29, 2022

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MKS INSTRUMENTS INC (MKSI)
CIK: 0001049502
Period of Report: 2022-08-17

Reporting Person: Carlyle Group Inc. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Carlyle Holdings II GP L.L.C. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: Carlyle Holdings II L.L.C. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings Sub L.P. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: TC Group VI Cayman, L.L.C. (10% Owner)
Reporting Person: TC Group VI Cayman, L.P. (10% Owner)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	8482732	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes 5,180,030 shares held by Carlyle Partners VI Cayman Holdings, L.P., 2,259,743 shares held by CEP IV Participations, S.a r.l. SICAR and 1,042,959 shares held by Gamma Holding Company Limited.

F2: The Carlyle Group Inc., which is a publicly traded entity listed on Nasdaq, is the sole member of Carlyle Holdings II GP L.L.C., which is the managing member of Carlyle Holdings II L.L.C., which, with respect to the securities reported herein, is the managing member of CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C., which is the general partner of TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P., which is the general partner of TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings Sub L.P., which is the sole shareholder of TC Group VI Cayman, L.L.C., which is the general partner of TC Group VI Cayman, L.P., which is the general partner of Carlyle Partners VI Cayman Holdings, L.P.

F3: TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings Sub L.P. is also the sole shareholder of CEP IV Managing GP Holdings, Ltd. and the sole member of CAP IV, L.L.C. CEP IV Managing GP Holdings, Ltd. is the general partner of CEP IV Managing GP, L.P., which is the managing general partner of Carlyle Europe Partners IV, L.P., which is the majority shareholder of CEP IV Participations, S.a r.l. SICAR. CAP IV, L.L.C. is the general partner of CAP IV General Partner, L.P., which is the general partner of Carlyle Asia Partners IV, L.P., which is the majority shareholder of Gamma Holding Company Limited.

F4: Accordingly, each of these entities may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities held of record by Carlyle Partners VI Cayman Holdings, L.P., CEP IV Participations, S.a r.l. SICAR and Gamma Holding Company Limited. Each of them disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities.