VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC — Director's Dealing 2013

Dec 2, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC (VECO)
CIK: 0000103145
Period of Report: 2013-11-27

Reporting Person: Collingwood Peter (SVP WW Sales & Field Service)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-11-27	Common Stock	M	6667	$12.38	Acquired	22326	Direct
2013-11-27	Common Stock	M	6668	$8.82	Acquired	28994	Direct
2013-11-27	Common Stock	M	6667	$12.02	Acquired	35661	Direct
2013-11-27	Common Stock	M	13334	$12.36	Acquired	48995	Direct
2013-11-27	Common Stock	S	37355	$31.65	Disposed	11640	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-11-27	Stock Option (Right to Purchase)	$12.38	M	6667	Disposed	2015-10-05	Common Stock (6667)	Direct
2013-11-27	Stock Option (Right to Purchase)	$8.82	M	6668	Disposed	2016-05-17	Common Stock (6668)	Direct
2013-11-27	Stock Option (Right to Purchase)	$12.02	M	6667	Disposed	2016-06-17	Common Stock (6667)	Direct
2013-11-27	Stock Option (Right to Purchase)	$12.36	M	13334	Disposed	2016-06-28	Common Stock (13334)	Direct

Footnotes

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

F2: Represents the weighted average sale price. Actual sale prices ranged from $31.45 to $31.92 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.

F3: The option was granted on October 6, 2008 and became exercisable with respect to 1/3 of such shares on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant.

F4: The option was granted on May 18, 2009 and became exercisable with respect to 1/3 of such shares on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant.

F5: The option was granted on June 18, 2009 and became exercisable with respect to 1/3 of such shares on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant.

F6: The option was granted on June 29, 2009 and became exercisable with respect to 1/3 of such shares on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of grant.