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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-13-046138
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130524
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:		20130531
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130531

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:		13885194

	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="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;">May&nbsp;24</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 Rule&nbsp;or Standard; Transfer of Listing.</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;">Veeco Instruments Inc. </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(&#147;Veeco&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) announced that, on May&nbsp;24, 2013, it received a letter from The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (&#147;NASDAQ&#148;) notifying the Company that it has not regained compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule&nbsp;5250(c)(1)&nbsp;(the &#147;Rule&#148;), the continued listing requirement to timely file all required periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;), and, therefore, that its common stock would be subject to delisting unless the Company timely requests a hearing before a NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Panel (the &#147;Panel&#148;).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accordingly, the Company has requested a hearing before the Panel.&#160; At the hearing, the Company will present its plan for regaining compliance with the Rule, and request continued listing pending its return to compliance.&#160; The hearing request will result in an automatic stay of delisting until at least June&nbsp;17, 2013.&#160; Concurrent with the hearing request, the Company has asked the Panel to extend the stay until the conclusion of the hearing process.&#160; The Panel has the discretion to grant the Company an extension of time within which to regain compliance with the Rule&nbsp;for a period not to exceed 360 days from the original due date for the first late filing, or November&nbsp;4, 2013.&#160; There can be no assurance that the Panel will grant the Company&#146;s request 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;">As previously reported, the Company is not in compliance with the Rule&nbsp;because it did not timely file its quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2013, its annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2012 and its quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2012 because the Company is reviewing the timing of the recognition of revenue and related expenses on the sale of certain of its products</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.&#160; The accounting review was announced on November&nbsp;15, 2012.&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For information on the accounting review, please </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">see the Form 12b-25 we filed on May&nbsp;10, 2013.&#160; 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 resolved.</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;">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&nbsp;&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 ANTICIPATED NASDAQ NOTICE OF NON-COMPLIANCE</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., May&nbsp;31, 2013 &#150; On May&nbsp;24, 2013, Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) received the anticipated letter from The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (&#147;NASDAQ&#148;) notifying the Company that it has not regained compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule&nbsp;5250(c)&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;(the &#147;Rule&#148;), the continued listing requirement to timely file all required periodic reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;), and, therefore, that its common stock would be subject to delisting unless the Company timely requests a hearing before a NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Panel (the &#147;Panel.&#148;)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accordingly, the Company has requested a hearing before the Panel.&#160; At the hearing, the Company will present its plan for regaining compliance with the Rule, and request continued listing pending its return to compliance. The hearing request will result in an automatic stay of delisting until at least June&nbsp;17, 2013. Concurrent with the hearing request, the Company has asked the Panel to extend the stay until the conclusion of the hearing process.&#160; The Panel has the discretion to grant the Company an extension of time within which to regain compliance with the Rule&nbsp;for a period not to exceed 360 days from the original due date for the first late filing, or November&nbsp;4, 2013.&#160; There can be no assurance that the Panel will grant the Company&#146;s request 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;">As previously reported, the Company is not in compliance with the Rule&nbsp;because it did not timely file its quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2013, its annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2012 and its quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2012 because the Company is reviewing the timing of the recognition of revenue and related expenses on the sale of certain of its products</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.&#160; The accounting review was announced on November&nbsp;15, 2012.&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For information on the accounting review, please </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">click here to visit Veeco&#146;s May&nbsp;10, 2013 12b-25 filing.&#160; 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 resolved.</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,&nbsp;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&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2011 and in our subsequent quarterly reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q, current reports on Form&nbsp;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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