Carlyle Partners VI Cayman Holdings, L.P. - Aug 17, 2022 Form 3 Insider Report for MKS INSTRUMENTS INC (MKSI)

Role: 10%+ Owner
Signature: Carlyle Partners VI Cayman Holdings, L.P., By: TC Group VI Cayman, L.P., its general partner, By: TC Group VI Cayman, L.L.C., its general partner, By: /s/ Jeremy W. Anderson, Authorized Person
Stock symbol: MKSI
Transactions as of: Aug 17, 2022
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 3
Date filed: 8/29/2022, 07:05 PM
Next filing: May 10, 2023

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
holding	MKSI	Common Stock						8.48M	Aug 17, 2022	See footnotes	F1, F2, F3, F4

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
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.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney. Due to the limitations of the electronic filing system, each of The Carlyle Group Inc., Carlyle Holdings II GP L.L.C., Carlyle Holdings II L.L.C., CG Subsidiary Holdings L.L.C., TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings, L.P., TC Group Cayman Investment Holdings Sub L.P., TC Group VI Cayman, L.L.C. and TC Group VI Cayman, L.P. are filing a separate Form 3.