VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC — Director's Dealing 2011

Apr 29, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC (VECO)
CIK: 0000103145
Period of Report: 2011-04-27

Reporting Person: DAMORE RICHARD A (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-04-27	Common Stock	M	10000	$23.98	Acquired	79436	Direct
2011-04-27	Common Stock	S	10000	$50.5246	Disposed	69436	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-04-27	Stock Option (right to purchase)	$23.98	M	10000	Disposed	2011-05-06	common stock (10000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents weighted average sale price. Actual sale prices ranged from $50.47 to $50.59 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.