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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-13-018858
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130305
ITEM INFORMATION:		Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130308
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130308

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000103145
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC [3559]
		IRS NUMBER:				112989601
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-16244
		FILM NUMBER:		13677640

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TERMINAL DRIVE
		CITY:			PLAINVIEW
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11803
		BUSINESS PHONE:		516 677-0200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TERMINAL DRIVE
		CITY:			PLAINVIEW
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11803

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VACUUM ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19700408
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT<br> PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)&nbsp;OF THE<br> SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&#160; <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">March&nbsp;5</font>, 2013</b></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.01&#160;&#160; Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <b>Rule&nbsp;or Standard; Transfer of Listing.</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Veeco Instruments Inc. </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(&#147;Veeco&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) announced today that it received a letter from The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (&#147;NASDAQ&#148;) on March&nbsp;5, 2013 notifying the Company that it is not in compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule&nbsp;5250(c)(1)&nbsp;because its Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2012 was not filed on a timely basis with the Securities and Exchange Commission.&#160; NASDAQ Listing Rule&nbsp;5250(c)(1)&nbsp;requires the Company to timely file all required periodic financial reports with the SEC.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As previously announced, the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K, as well as the Company&#146;s quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2012, could not be filed timely because the Company is reviewing the timing of revenue recognition of Metal </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) systems and related upgrades to these systems.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Veeco had previously announced that it had submitted to NASDAQ a plan to regain compliance with NASDAQ&#146;s requirements for continued listing and that NASDAQ had granted an extension, to May&nbsp;20, 2013, for the Company to regain compliance with NASDAQ&#146;s requirements for continued listing.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The NASDAQ letter dated March&nbsp;5, 2013, requires Veeco to submit an update to its original plan to regain compliance with NASDAQ&#146;s filing requirements for continued listing by March&nbsp;20, 2013.&#160; Veeco intends to submit such an update to its original plan by the required date.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A copy of the press release disclosing the Company&#146;s receipt of the NASDAQ notification letter is furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this report.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01&#160;&#160; Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The information in this report, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, nor shall this information or these exhibits 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.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><img width="243" height="92" src="g68161mmi001.jpg">&nbsp;NEWS</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Veeco Instruments Inc., 1 Terminal Drive, Plainview, NY 11803 Tel. 516-677-0200 Fax. 516-677-0380</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</font></i></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Contact: Debra Wasser, SVP Investor Relations &amp; Corporate Communications, 516-677-0200 x1472</font></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VEECO RECEIVES NASDAQ NOTICE</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Plainview, N.Y., March 8, 2013&#151; Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) announced today that it received a letter from The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (&#147;NASDAQ&#148;) on March 5, 2013 notifying the Company that it is not in compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) because its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 was not filed on a timely basis with the Securities and Exchange Commission.&#160; As previously announced, the Form 10-K, as well as the Company&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, could not be filed timely because the Company is reviewing the timing of revenue recognition of MOCVD systems and related upgrades to these systems.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Veeco had previously announced that it had submitted to NASDAQ a plan to regain compliance with NASDAQ&#146;s requirements for continued listing and that NASDAQ had granted an extension, to May 20, 2013, for the Company to regain compliance with NASDAQ&#146;s requirements for continued listing.&#160; The NASDAQ letter dated March 5, 2013 requires Veeco to submit an update to its original plan to regain compliance with NASDAQ&#146;s filing requirements for continued listing by March 20, 2013.&#160; Veeco intends to submit such an update to its original plan by the required date.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For further information concerning the accounting review, please see the Company&#146;s Current Report on </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form 8-K filed on March 1, 2013 &lt;by clicking here&gt;. The Company continues to conduct the review and intends to file its Forms 10-Q and 10-K as soon as reasonably practicable after these accounting matters have been addressed.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">About Veeco</font></u></i></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Veeco&#146;s process equipment solutions enable the manufacture of LEDs, power electronics, hard drives, MEMS and wireless chips.&#160; We are the market leader in MOCVD, MBE, Ion Beam and other advanced thin film process technologies.&#160; Our high performance systems drive innovation in energy efficiency, consumer electronics and network storage and allow our customers to maximize productivity and achieve lower cost of ownership.&#160; For information on our company, products and worldwide service and support, please visit www.veeco.com.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">To the extent that this news release discusses expectations or otherwise makes statements about the future, such statements are forward-looking and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. These factors include the risks discussed in the Business Description and Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis sections of Veeco&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 and in our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and press releases. Veeco does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances after the date of such statements.</font></i></p>
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