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Filing Date: 2017-07-06

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 10.1 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO TERM LOAN CREDIT
AGREEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">dated as of </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">July&nbsp;6, 2017, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">among </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC., </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">as the
Borrower, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">the other Loan Parties party hereto, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">the Participating Lenders party hereto, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">BARCLAYS BANK PLC, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">as Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger and Bookrunner </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of July&nbsp;6, 2017 (this &#147;<U>Agreement</U>&#148;), by and among MKS
Instruments, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the &#147;<U>Borrower</U>&#148;), the other Loan Parties party hereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as the administrative agent and the collateral agent (in such capacity, the &#147;<U>Administrative
Agent</U>&#148;) under the Credit Agreement referred to below, and each Participating Lender (as defined below) party hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>RECITALS:
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>WHEREAS</B>, reference is made to the Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of April&nbsp;29, 2016 (as amended by Amendment
No.&nbsp;1 to Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of June&nbsp;9, 2016, among the Borrower, the Loan Parties party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto, and by Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as
of December&nbsp;14, 2016, among the Borrower, the Loan Parties party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto, and as many be further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the &#147;<U>Credit Agreement</U>&#148;), among the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent (capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement),
pursuant to which the Lenders provided the Borrower with Term Loans in an aggregate initial principal amount of $780,000,000 (the &#147;<U>Initial Term Loans</U>&#148;); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>WHEREAS</B>, this Agreement constitutes a Refinancing Amendment, and the Borrower is hereby notifying the Administrative Agent that it is
requesting the establishment of Other Term Commitments and/or Other Term Loans, in each case, pursuant to Section&nbsp;2.15 of the Credit Agreement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>WHEREAS</B>, the Borrower requests Other Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $573,463,687.50 (the &#147;<U>Tranche <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">B-3</FONT> Term Loans</U>&#148;; the commitments in respect of such Tranche <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">B-3</FONT> Term Loans, the &#147;<U>Tranche <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">B-3</FONT> Term
Commitments</U>&#148;; and the Participating Lenders with Tranche <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">B-3</FONT> Term Commitments and any permitted assignees thereof, the &#147;<U>Tranche <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">B-3</FONT> Lenders</U>&#148;),
which will be available on the Amendment No.&nbsp;3 Effective Date (as defined below) to refinance all existing Tranche <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">B-2</FONT> Term Loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement immediately prior to effectiveness
of this Agreement (the &#147;<U>Existing Loans</U>&#148;) and which Tranche <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">B-3</FONT> Term Loans shall constitute Other Term Loans and Term Loans (as applicable) for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents; it being understood that the aggregate principal amount of the E