The vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoionization of the methyl peroxy radical, CH 3 O 2 , and unimolecular dissociation of internal energy selected CH 3 O 2 + cations were investigated in the 9.7-12.0 eV energy range by synchrotron-based double imaging photoelectron photoion coincidence (i 2 PEPICO). A microwave discharge flow tube was employed to produce CH 3 O 2 via the reaction of methyl radicals (CH 3) with oxygen gas. After identifying and separating the different sources of CH 3 + from photoionization of CH 3 or dissociative photoionization of CH 3 O 2 , the high resolution slow photoelectron spectrum (SPES) of CH 3 O 2 was obtained exhibiting two broad bands superimposed with a complex vibrational structure. The first band of the SPES is attributed to the X 3 A″ and a 1 A′ overlapped electronic states of CH 3 O 2 + and the second is assigned to the b 1 A′ electronic state with the help of theoretical calculations. The adiabatic ionization energy (AIE) of CH 3 O 2 is derived as 10.215 ± 0.015 eV, in good agreement with high-accuracy theoretical data from the literature. The vertical ionization energy of the b 1 A' electronic state is measured to be 11.5 eV and this state fully dissociates into CH 3 + and O 2 fragments. The 0 K adiabatic appearance energy (AE 0K) of the CH 3 + fragment ion is determined to be 11.1548 ± 0.020 eV.