Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this Amendment), dated as of July 23, 2024, is entered into by and among
MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC., a Massachusetts corporation, as Parent Borrower (the Parent Borrower), the other Loan Parties party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (JPM), in its capacity as Administrative Agent, and
each 2024-1 Term B Participating Lender (as defined below) party hereto (including pursuant to an executed 2024-1 Dollar Term B Participation Notice (as defined below)
or an executed 2024-1 Euro Term B Participation Notice (as defined below), as applicable), under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of August 17, 2022, among the Parent Borrower, JPM, as
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and an L/C Issuer, the Lenders party thereto from time to time and the other Persons party thereto from time to time (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented and otherwise modified prior to the
date hereof, the Existing Credit Agreement, and as amended by this Amendment, and as otherwise amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit
Agreement). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Engagement Letter, dated as of June 17, 2024 (as amended, modified, supplemented or waived
from time to time, the Engagement Letter), between the Parent Borrower and JPM (the Engagement Party);
WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower has appointed each of JPM, Barclays Bank PLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citibank, N.A., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.,
Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and PNC Bank, National Association as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Lead Bookrunners for this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby (each in such capacities, a 2024-1 Lead Arranger);
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof and prior to giving effect to this
Amendment, the Parent Borrower has previously obtained under the Existing Credit Agreement 2023-1 Dollar Term B Loans denominated in Dollars with respect to which the aggregate principal amount of
$2,649,518,987.34 remains outstanding (the Existing 2023-1 Dollar Term B Loans) and Initial Euro Term B Loans denominated in Euros with respect to which the aggregate principal amount of
800,000,000.00 remains outstanding (the Existing Initial Euro Term B Loans, and together with the Existing 2023-1 Dollar Term B Loans, the
2024-1 Repriced Term B Loans); and each Lender holding a 2024-1 Repriced Term B Loan immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment, an
Existing Term B Lender);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.18 of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Parent Borrower,
the Administrative Agent and each Lender providing Specified Refinancing Debt may amend the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment to add new term loan facilities to the Facilities to refinance all or any portion of any Term
Loan Tranche then outstanding;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.18 of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Parent Borrower desires to
refinance (i) the Existing 2023-1 Dollar Term B Loans with, and create a new Class of, 2024-1 Dollar Term B Loans (as defined below) in an aggregate principal
amount of $2,649,518,987.34, and (ii) the Existing Initial Euro Term B Loans with, and create a new Class of, 2024-1 Euro Term B Loans (as defined below) in an aggregate principal amount of
800,000,000.00;
WHEREAS, on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), each Existing Term B Lender executing and
delivering (i) a 2024-1 Dollar Term B Participation Notice (a 2024-1 Dollar Term B Participation Notice) in substantially the form attached as
Annex B hereto (or such other form as the