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Technology Stocks : MKS Instruments, Inc. (MKSI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Finley who wrote (50)	12/31/2000 12:29:49 PM
From: kinkblot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104

Votes to be counted January 26th. From the joint proxy statement/prospectus dated December 13, 2000: MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC. SIX SHATTUCK ROAD ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS 01810 (978) 975-2350 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2001 We will hold a special meeting of the stockholders of MKS at 10:00 a.m., local time, on Friday, January 26, 2001, at the offices of Hale and Dorr LLP, 60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109. At the meeting, you will consider and vote on a proposal to approve the issuance of MKS common stock to the stockholders of ASTeX in the merger of ASTeX with a wholly owned subsidiary of MKS. Under the merger agreement, each outstanding share of ASTeX common stock will convert into the right to receive 0.7669 of a share of MKS common stock. ... ASTeX shareholders will consider the merger proposal at their annual meeting, to be held the same day.