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MKS acquisitions, on the record

The businesses MKS bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

Business	Deal	When	Value
Atotech Limited Word for word“On August 17, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), we completed the acquisition of Atotech Limited (“Atotech”), through the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Atotech by Atotech Manufacturing, Inc., a Delaware corporation and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Atotech Acquisition”).” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	August 17, 2022	—
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. Word for word“We continue to experience significant risks associated with the acquisition of Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (“ESI” and such transaction, the “ESI Merger”), which we completed in 2019.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	2019	—
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (“ESI”) Word for word“For example, in 2023, we recorded impairments of goodwill and intangible assets obtained in the Atotech Acquisition and the acquisition of Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (“ESI”), which we acquired in 2019 (the “ESI Acquisition”).” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	2019	—
Newport Corporation Word for word“We were previously involved in securities class action litigation in connection with the Newport Acquisition and the ESI Acquisition.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	—	—

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	Cash received from selling businesses	Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31	$939.6 million	—	$396 million
2017-12-31	—	$72.5 million	—
2018-12-31	—	—	$0
2019-12-31	$988.6 million	—	$474 million
2020-12-31	$0	—	—
2021-12-31	$268 million	—	$168 million
2022-12-31	$4.47 billion	—	$3.06 billion
2023-12-31	$0	—	$0
2024-12-31	$0	—	$0

Deal filings since 2016

2026-02-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2025-01-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-07-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-05-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-02-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-01-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-10-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-06-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-08-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-08-17 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2022-04-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-10-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-07-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-05-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-10-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-02-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-02-01 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2018-10-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-04-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-07-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-12-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-06-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-04-29 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2016-02-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Read from MKS’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-24. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.