Document and Entity Information
Document and Entity Information | Aug. 17, 2022 |
Cover [Abstract] | |
Entity Registrant Name | MKS INSTRUMENTS INC |
Amendment Flag | true |
Entity Central Index Key | 0001049502 |
Document Type | 8-K/A |
Document Period End Date | Aug. 17, 2022 |
Entity Incorporation State Country Code | MA |
Entity File Number | 000-23621 |
Entity Tax Identification Number | 04-2277512 |
Entity Address, Address Line One | 2 Tech Drive |
Entity Address, Address Line Two | Suite 201 |
Entity Address, City or Town | Andover |
Entity Address, State or Province | MA |
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 01810 |
City Area Code | 978 |
Local Phone Number | 645-5500 |
Written Communications | false |
Soliciting Material | false |
Pre Commencement Tender Offer | false |
Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
Security 12b Title | Common Stock, no par value |
Trading Symbol | MKSI |
Security Exchange Name | NASDAQ |
Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |
Amendment Description | On August 17, 2022, MKS Instruments, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Form 8-K”) to report, among other things, the completion of its acquisition of Atotech Limited, a Bailiwick of Jersey company (“Atotech”), through the acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Atotech by Atotech Manufacturing, Inc., a Delaware corporation and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Acquisition”), pursuant to that certain Implementation Agreement by and between the Company and Atotech, dated as of July 1, 2021, as amended by the Letter Agreement dated October 29, 2021 by and among the Company, Atotech and Atotech Manufacturing, Inc. and as further amended by the Amendment to the Implementation Agreement dated April 1, 2022 by and among the Company, Atotech and Atotech Manufacturing, Inc. Pursuant to Item 9.01(a)(4) and 9.01(b)(2) of Form 8-K, this Amendment No. 1 to the Original Form 8-K (“Amendment No. 1”) amends and supplements Item 9.01 of the Original Form 8-K to provide the required historical audited financial statements of Atotech and the pro forma financial information that were not filed with the Original Form 8-K. Except as provided herein, the disclosures contained in this Amendment No. 1 have not been updated to reflect events, results or developments that have occurred since the filing of the Original Form 8-K. This Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with the Original Form 8-K, which provides a more complete description of the Acquisition. |