VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC — Director's Dealing 2013

Nov 6, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC (VECO)
CIK: 0000103145
Period of Report: 2012-06-18

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-06-18	Common Stock	M	3333	—	Acquired	20172	Direct
2012-06-18	Common Stock	F	1154	$33.28	Disposed	19018	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-06-18	Restricted Stock Unit	$0	M	3333	Disposed		common stock (3333)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive, at settlement, one share of Veeco common stock. This transaction represents the settlement of vested restricted stock units in shares of common stock.

F2: Represents secruities surrendered to Veeco to satisfy tax withholding obligations due upon the vesting of restricted stock units.

F3: This restricted stock unit was granted on June 18, 2009 and vests with respect to 1/3 of such shares on each of the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant. Vested shares will be delivered to the reporting person on the vesting date.

F4: Reflects securities beneficially owned immediately following the respective transactions on June 18, 2012. The securities beneficially owned by the reporting person as reported on the Form 4 filed June 12, 2013 were understated by 2,179 shares. The number of common shares owned by the reporting person as of November 5, 2013, the the date of this filing, was 18,738 shares.