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FILED AS OF DATE:		20150601
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150601

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:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-16244
		FILM NUMBER:		15903563

	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 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Section&nbsp;1 - Conflict Minerals Disclosure</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 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report</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;">Rule&nbsp;13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides that a company must file this specialized disclosure report if it manufactures, or contracts to manufacture, products for which one or more conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of the company&#146;s products. Rule&nbsp;13p-1 defines &#147;conflict minerals&#148; as cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan) and wolframite (and their derivatives, tin, tantalum and tungsten), and gold, regardless of the geographic origin of the minerals and whether or not they fund armed conflict.&#160; As specified under Rule&nbsp;13p-1, Veeco Instruments Inc. conducted in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry that we believe was reasonably designed to determine whether any of the necessary conflict minerals contained in our products manufactured in calendar year 2014 originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country, or were from recycled or scrap sources. Our Conflict Minerals Report, which discusses this inquiry and other information, is provided as an exhibit to this report and is also publicly available on our website at http://ir.veeco.com/financial-information/sec-filings.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our Conflict Minerals Report is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;1.01 to this report.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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 duly authorized undersigned.</font></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 INSTRUMENTS INC.</font></b></p>
<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;">CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT</font></b></p>
<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;">FOR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014</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;">This Conflict Minerals Report (this &#147;Report&#148;) of Veeco Instruments Inc., including its subsidiaries (collectively, &#147;Veeco&#148; or &#147;we&#148; or &#147;our&#148;) has been prepared pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13p-1 and Form&nbsp;SD promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the reporting period January&nbsp;1, 2014 through December&nbsp;31, 2014 (the &#147;Reporting Period&#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;">Rule&nbsp;13p-1, through Form&nbsp;SD, requires the disclosure of certain information if a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products for which certain &#147;Conflict Minerals&#148; (as defined below) are necessary to the functionality or production of such products. Form&nbsp;SD defines &#147;Conflict Minerals&#148; as: (i)&nbsp;columbite-tantalite (or coltan), cassiterite, gold and wolframite, or their derivatives, which are currently limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten; or (ii)&nbsp;any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the U.S. Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the &#147;Covered Countries&#148;). Veeco&#146;s operations, including the operations of its consolidated subsidiaries, may at times manufacture, or contract to manufacture, products for which Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of those products (collectively, its &#147;products&#148; and, individually, a &#147;product&#148;). As required by Form&nbsp;SD, Veeco has conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the Conflict Minerals included in its products during the Reporting Period, which are referred to in this Report as the &#147;Covered Minerals,&#148; to determine whether any of such Covered Minerals originated in the Covered Countries and/or whether any of such Covered Minerals may be from recycled or scrap sources. Where applicable, Veeco has conducted additional due diligence regarding the sources of the Covered Minerals. The results of Veeco&#146;s reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the Covered Minerals, as well as its additional due diligence regarding the sources of the Covered Minerals, are contained in this Report.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (&#147;RCOI&#148;)</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;">Prior to initiating our RCOI, we retained a regulatory compliance information management company to assist in structuring the process and administering data collection. Our inquiry began with a review of all of our suppliers.&#160; We focused our RCOI on suppliers that comprise the top 80% of our annual direct expense and eliminated suppliers that do not, due to the nature of their business, utilize Covered Minerals.&#160; We provided the remaining suppliers with a questionnaire based on the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition-Global e-Sustainability Initiative Conflict Minerals Common Reporting Template (the &#147;EICC-GeSI Template&#148;). The EICC-GeSI Template is regarded as the most commonly accepted reporting tool for conflict minerals content and sourcing information worldwide and was developed by several of the world&#146;s leading consumer electronics companies.&#160; The questionnaire asked the suppliers, among other things, to disclose the origin of any Covered Minerals used in their manufacturing processes and to identify the Covered Minerals processing facilities within their supply chain.&#160; We also asked them, if accurate, to represent that their Covered Minerals did not originate from a Covered Country.&#160; We reviewed questionnaires received for completeness and consistency of answers.&#160; Many of our suppliers&#146; responses were at a supply chain level higher than the products we procure and therefore it is possible that the information they provided includes smelters/refiners whose Covered Minerals are not utilized in our products.&#160; Certain surveyed suppliers reported that the Covered Minerals identified in their supply chain originated from recycled or scrap sources and thus did not require further due diligence.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our due diligence approach was designed to conform in all material respects with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Second Edition (&#147;OECD Guidance&#148;). &#160;The OECD Guidance is an internationally-recognized due diligence framework consisting of a multi-step, risk-based process, certain aspects of which differ depending in part on the position of a company in the supply chain. Veeco is a &#147;downstream&#148; company, which refers to supply chain participants from the smelter to the retailer, in contrast to those &#147;upstream,&#148; that is, from the mine to the smelter. Key elements of Veeco&#146;s due diligence approach are described below.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">III.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Due </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Diligence Measures Undertaken</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&#146;s due diligence measures performed include, but are not limited to, the following:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Reporting to senior management on suppliers&#146; responses to our conflict minerals information requests, including updates on monitoring and tracking corrective action and risk mitigation efforts (where applicable);</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Communicating our policy on Conflict Minerals to suppliers and our commitments and requirements expected of our suppliers, supported by email and phone dialogues. A copy of our policy is publicly available at http://ir.veeco.com/corporate-governance/overview;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Using a third party service, comparing smelters and refiners identified by suppliers to (i)&nbsp;the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the &#147;Template&#148;) developed by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (&#147;CFSI&#148;) which lists validated conflict free and verified facilities and (ii)&nbsp;the US Department of Commerce list of all known conflict mineral processing facilities worldwide;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Conducting our own supplemental research on smelters and refiners identified by our suppliers; and</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Developing a risk mitigation plan that allows for continued trade with a supplier during the supplier&#146;s risk mitigation efforts.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">IV.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Product Description</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 products subject to this Report are Veeco process equipment and services (including spare parts) primarily sold to make electronic devices including light emitting diodes, power electronics, wireless devices, hard disk drives and semiconductors and include Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition Systems, Gas and Vapor Delivery Control Systems, Molecular Beam Epitaxy Systems, Fast Array Scanning Atomic Layer Deposition Systems, Precision Surface Processing Systems,&nbsp;Ion Beam Deposition Systems,&nbsp;Ion Beam Etch Systems and Precision Lapping, Slicing and Dicing 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;">Based on the information obtained pursuant to the due diligence process (as described above), Veeco does not have sufficient information at this time to determine the country of origin of the Covered Minerals sourced by our suppliers.&#160; However, we have received no information from our suppliers indicating that the Covered Minerals sourced by our suppliers directly or indirectly financed or benefitted armed groups in the Covered Countries.&#160; Due to the manner in which our suppliers disclosed country of origin information, we do not believe that all of the countries of origin named by our suppliers are actually in our supply chain.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VI.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Smelter / Refiner and Country of Origin</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;">Based solely on information that was provided by our suppliers (as described above), some of which was on an entity level basis without specification as to the specific Covered Minerals Veeco purchased, and without independent verification, Veeco identified the following smelters/refiners used by Veeco suppliers that have achieved Conflict Free designation by the CFSI or an audit program recognized by CFSI or are actively in the process of obtaining the designations, or for which we independently obtained country of origin information:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Xiamen Tungsten   (H.C.) Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Xiamen Tungsten   Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Xinhai Rendan   Shaoguan Tungsten Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based solely on information that was provided by our suppliers (as described above), some of which was on an entity level basis without specification as to the specific Covered Minerals Veeco purchased, and without independent verification, Veeco believes that the countries of origin of the Covered Minerals for the above listed facilities include:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Canada, Chile, China, DRC- Congo (Kinshasa), Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Hong Kong,&nbsp;India,&nbsp;Indonesia,&nbsp;Italy, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Recycle/Scrap, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia,&#160; and Zimbabwe.&#160; Covered Countries were identified only for audited smelters/refiners.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based solely on information that was provided by our suppliers (as described above), some of which was on an entity level basis without specification as to the specific Covered Minerals Veeco purchased, and without independent verification, Veeco identified the following validated smelters/refiners whose country of origin information is not available.&#160; We continue to engage with our suppliers to determine the source of Covered Minerals processed at the following facilities and to engage in efforts to determine the mine or location of origin of the Covered Minerals used with greater specificity.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ishifuku Metal   Industry Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.*</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Umicore SA   Business Unit Precious Metals Refining*</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Hunan Chenzhou   Mining Group Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.**</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Solikamsk Metal   Works*</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dowa Mining   Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.*</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Japan New Metals   Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.**</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mitsui Mining and   Smelting Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.**</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">H.C. Starck   Smelting GmbH&nbsp;&amp; Co.KG</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nui Phao H.C.   Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jiujiang Tanbre   Co.,&nbsp;Ltd.**</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CNMC (Guangxi)   PGMA Co. Ltd.**</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*&#160; Facility has obtained a conflict free audit although country of origin information is not available to Veeco.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">**&#160; Facility has obtained a conflict free audit for a metal different from the one listed in this table.</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 Veeco&#146;s engagement with the supply chain for its products evolves, the lists above may change to reflect improvements in the quality of information provided to Veeco.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VII.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Independent Private Sector Audit</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;">Not required for calendar year 2014.</font></p>
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