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):  January 30, 2017

 

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

0-16244
(Commission
File Number)

 

11-2989601
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

Terminal Drive, Plainview, New York 11803
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(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)

 

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Item 7.01   Regulation FD.

 

On January 30, 2017, Veeco Instruments Inc. posted certain supplemental information relating to its 2.70% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 to its website (www.veeco.com).  A copy of this supplemental information is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                 Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 

 

Description

99.1

 

Supplement Information Regarding Veeco 2.70% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023

 

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 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.

 

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.

 

January 30, 2017

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregory A. Robbins

 

Name: Gregory A. Robbins

 

Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit 

 

Description

99.1

 

Supplement Information Regarding Veeco 2.70% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023

 

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