SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* EMERSON ELECTRIC CO (Last) (First) (Middle) 8000 W. FLORISSANT AVE. (Street) ST LOUIS MO 63136 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MKS INSTRUMENTS INC [ MKSI ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/07/2006
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	07/07/2006		S		25,000	D	$19.5044(1)(2)	5,322,405	I	Through a subsidiary.
Common Stock	07/10/2006		S		17,400	D	$19.2217(3)(4)	5,305,005	I	Through a subsidiary.
Common Stock								1,065,182	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The sales were effected in multiple transactions, at varying prices, on July 7, 2006, as follows and as described in Footnote 2 below: 61 shares at $19.18; 71 at $19.21; 168 at $19.22; 200 at $19.23; 200 at $19.24; 1,000 at $19.25; 400 at $19.26; 1,200 at $19.27; 396 at $19.28; 300 at $19.29; 700 at $19.30; 700 at $19.31; 600 at $19.32; 600 at $19.33; 400 at $19.34; 299 at $19.35; 200 at $19.37; 100 at $19.39; 464 at $19.44; 119 at $19.45; 117 at $19.46; 100 at $19.47; 400 at $19.48; 491 at $19.49; 482 at $19.50; 207 at $19.51; 1,028 at $19.52; 970 at $19.53; 619 at $19.54; and 353 at $19.55.

2. This footnote sets forth additional detail with respect to the transactions described in Footnote 1, as follows: 825 shares at $19.56; 642 at $19.57; 900 at $19.58; 955 at $19.59; 400 at $19.60; 723 at $19.61; 741 at $19.62; 709 at $19.63; 1,536 at $19.64; 816 at $19.65; 963 at $19.66; 146 at $19.67; 549 at $19.68; 100 at $19.69; 9 at $19.70; 300 at $19.71; 485 at $19.72; 300 at $19.73; 595 at $19.74; 120 at $19.75; 200 at $19.76; and 41 at $19.78. The weighted average sales price for these transactions was $19.5044 per share.

3. The sales were effected in multiple transactions, at varying prices, on July 10, 2006, as follows and as described in Footnote 4 below: 2,200 shares at $19.00; 100 at $19.04; 100 at $19.05; 100 at $19.06; 200 at $19.07; 200 at $19.08; 158 at $19.09; 200 at $19.10; 300 at $19.11; 100 at $19.12; 156 at $19.13; 600 at $19.14; 42 at $19.15; 844 at $19.16; 200 at $19.17; 100 at $19.18; 400 at $19.19; 700 at $19.20; 600 at $19.21; 752 at $19.22; 400 at $19.23; 1,329 at $19.24; and 319 at $19.25.

4. This footnote sets forth additional detail with respect to the transactions described in Footnote 3 as follows: 200 shares at $19.26; 700 at $19.27; 300 at $19.28; 100 at $19.29; 200 at $19.30; 500 at $19.32; 2,187 at $19.33; 1,100 at $19.34; 100 at $19.35; 613 at $19.36; 241 at $19.37; 100 at $19.38; 800 at $19.40; and 159 at $19.41. The weighted average sales price for these transactions was $19.2217 per share.

	/s/ Timothy G. Westman, Assistant Secretary	07/11/2006
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