VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC — Director's Dealing 2011

Jul 27, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC (VECO)
CIK: 0000103145
Period of Report: 2011-07-25

Reporting Person: ELFTMANN JOEL A (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-07-25	Common Stock	S	5000	$40.8262	Disposed	22549	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents secruities sold pursuant to a 10b5-1 sales plan adopted by the reporting person.

F2: Represents weighted average sale price. Actual sale prices ranged from $40.61 to $41.00 per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide, upon the request of the SEC staff, the issuer, or any security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.