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Ownership Document
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| Schema Version: X0306 |
| Document Type: 4 |
| Period of Report: 1/2/20 |
| Not Subject to Section 16: 0 |
| Issuer: |
| Issuer CIK: 103145 |
| Issuer Name: VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC |
| Issuer Trading Symbol: VECO |
| Reporting Owner: |
| Reporting Owner ID: |
| | Owner CIK: 1251708 |
| | Owner Name: KIERNAN JOHN P |
| Reporting Owner Address: |
| | Owner Street 1: VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC., |
| | Owner Street 2: TERMINAL DRIVE |
| | Owner City: PLAINVIEW |
| | Owner State: NY |
| | Owner ZIP Code: 11803 |
| | Owner State Description: |
| Reporting Owner Relationship: |
| | Is Director? No |
| | Is Officer? Yes |
| | Is Ten Percent Owner? No |
| | Is Other? No |
| | Officer Title: SVP & CFO |
| | Other Text: |
| Non-Derivative Table: |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Common Stock |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 1/2/20 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: A |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 12,000 |
| Footnote ID: F1 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 0 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: A |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 50,592 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Derivative Table: |
| Footnotes: |
| Footnote - F1: These shares were acquired pursuant to a restricted stock award under the Veeco Instruments Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and are subject to certain restrictions. Subject to the reporting person's continued service these restrictions will lapse: i) 20% on the date which is twelve months from the date of grant, ii) 20% on the date which is eighteen months from the date of grant, iii) 20% on the date which is thirty months from the date of grant, iv) 20% on the date which is forty-two months from the date of grant, and v) 20% on the date which is forty-eight months from the date of grant. |
| Owner Signature: |
| Signature Name: Kirk W. Mackey, Attorney-in-fact |
| Signature Date: 1/3/20 |
