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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-16-148769
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160930
ITEM INFORMATION:		Material Impairments
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161005
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161005

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:		161921358

	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;"><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;">September&nbsp;30</font>, 2016</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 2.06&#160;&#160; Material Impairments.</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;">On September&nbsp;30, 2016, Veeco Instruments Inc. decided to significantly reduce future investments in its Atomic Layer Deposition (&#147;ALD&#148;) technology development and, as a result, concluded that a material charge for impairment of its ALD assets would be required.</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 impaired assets include the fast array scanning ALD technology for flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) and semiconductor markets acquired in connection with the acquisition of Synos Technology,&nbsp;Inc. on October&nbsp;1, 2013.&#160; The decision to reduce future investments in ALD reflects the company&#146;s ongoing focus to balance technology investments with the potential for associated revenue realization.&#160; Although the Company has continued to make progress with ALD technology development for advanced semiconductor applications, the expected timing for revenue realization has been delayed.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the third quarter, Veeco expects to record total asset impairment and restructuring charges of between $56 and $62 million, or $1.44 to $1.59 per share. The vast majority of these charges relate to the non-cash impairment of the intangible ALD asset. Veeco expects future cash expenditures related to the ALD impairment of between $1 and 2 million, representing severance and other costs.</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 announcing these matters is furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 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;">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 this exhibit 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 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 ANNOUNCES REDUCTION IN ALD TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;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>Expecting Q3 2016 revenue to be at the high end of previously announced guidance range of $70 million to $85 million</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., October&nbsp;5, 2016&#151;Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) today announced additional cost reduction initiatives with the decision to significantly reduce future investments in its Atomic Layer Deposition (&#147;ALD&#148;) technology development. This action reflects the company&#146;s ongoing focus to balance technology investments with the potential for associated revenue realization.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ALD cost reduction activities are expected to be complete by year end 2016 and are in addition to the previously announced restructuring plans, which targeted $20 million in annualized savings. In total, these initiatives are expected to generate $30 million in annualized savings.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;While we have continued to make progress with our ALD technology development for advanced semiconductor applications, the expected timing for revenue realization has been delayed,&#148; said John R. Peeler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. &#147;Consequently, we have made the difficult decision to lower investments in our ALD program. We plan to retain the intellectual property and technology capabilities and continue to assess future market opportunities.&#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;">In the third quarter, the company expects to record total asset impairment and restructuring charges of between $56 and $62 million, or $1.44 and $1.59 on a per share basis. Of these charges, the vast majority are non-cash relating to an intangible ALD asset impairment, while approximately $2 million are cash restructuring charges.</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;">Third Quarter 2016 Revenue Update</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;">Overall LED industry conditions and demand for our products have continued to improve. As a result, revenues for the third quarter 2016 are expected to be at the high end of the previously announced guidance range of $70 million to $85 million.</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 plans to issue third quarter 2016 financial results and host a conference call to discuss these results in further detail on November&nbsp;1, 2016.</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;">About Veeco</font></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, displays, power electronics, compound semiconductors, hard disk drives, semiconductors, MEMS and wireless chips. We are the leader in MOCVD, MBE,&nbsp;Ion Beam, Wet Etch single wafer processing and other advanced thin film process technologies. 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. 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, 2015 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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