UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 3, 2011

 

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Terminal Drive, Plainview, New York  11803

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(516) 677-0200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 7.01   Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

Veeco Instruments Inc. plans to attend several investor conferences during November and December 2011, the first of which will be held on November 3, 2011.  A copy of Veeco’s presentation for these conferences is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and will be available on Veeco’s website (www.veeco.com) prior to or simultaneously with Veeco’s presentation at these conferences.  The presentation includes selected historical financial results reclassified for the discontinuation of Veeco’s CIGS Solar Systems Business.

 

The information in this report, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits.

 

Exhibit		Description
99.1		Veeco Investor Presentation November 2011

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

November 3, 2011	VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.
	By:	/s/ Gregory A. Robbins
	Name: Gregory A. Robbins
	Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit		Description
99.1		Veeco Investor Presentation November 2011

 

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