MKS Instruments Announces Pricing of Upsized Private Offering of $1.2 Billion of 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes
ANDOVER, Mass., May 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MKS Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKSI) (“MKS”) today announced the pricing of its offering of $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.25% convertible senior notes due 2030 (the “notes”). The notes will be offered and sold in a private placement (the “offering”) to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). MKS also granted to the initial purchasers of the notes an option to purchase, within a 13-day period beginning on, and including, the date MKS first issues the notes, up to an additional $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of the notes. The offering is expected to close on May 16, 2024, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The offering was upsized from the previously announced offering of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes.