UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  July 24, 2006

 

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

100 Sunnyside Boulevard, Suite B, Woodbury, New York 11797

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(516) 677-0200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o                  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o                  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o                  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o                  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

Section 7 - Regulation FD

 

Item 7.01   Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On July 24, 2006, in connection with its release of financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, Veeco Instruments Inc. posted an updated version of its investor presentation to its website (www.veeco.com). A copy of this presentation is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

The information in this report, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, nor shall it 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.

 

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)           Exhibits.

 

Exhibit		Description
99.1		Veeco’s Instruments Inc. - Investor Presentation dated July 24, 2006.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

	VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.
July 27, 2006	By:	/s/ Gregory A. Robbins
		Gregory A. Robbins
		Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit		Description
99.1		Veeco’s Instruments Inc. - Investor Presentation dated July 24, 2006.

 

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