-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, WWzHjyCyZyYlDKkHwdSfHYf7N1BsbN0lMK9+Kwi8FAhS45KNlXQD8JnTBll1eIs5 WhL2Dri5JKGna/T6afDl2A== 0001102598-04-000085.txt : 20040210 0001102598-04-000085.hdr.sgml : 20040210 20040210162631 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001102598-04-000085 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20040210 SUBJECT COMPANY: 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: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-44703 FILM NUMBER: 04582320 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TERMINAL DR CITY: PLAINVIEW STATE: NY ZIP: 11803 BUSINESS PHONE: 5163498300 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VACUUM ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19700408 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PIONEER GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT SPA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001162663 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: L6 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 60 STATE STREET STREET 2: 19TH FLOOR CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6174224975 SC 13G 1 veeco.txt VEECO INSTRUMENT DEC 31, 2003 SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 4) VEECO INSTRUMENTS, INC. (Name of Issuer) Common (Title of Class of Securities) Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement December 31, 2003 Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed [ ] Rule 13d-1(b) [X] Rule 13d-1(c) [ ] Rule 13d-1(d) 922417100 (CUSIP NUMBER) 1) Name of Reporting Pioneer Global Asset Person Management S.p.A. IRS Identification 13-1961193 No. of Above 2) Check the Appropriate Box (a) of A Member of Group (See Instructions) (b) X 3) SEC Use Only 4) Citizenship of Place of Organization Italy Number of (5) Sole Voting 2,000,286 Shares Power Beneficially Owned (6) Shared Voting 0 by Each Reporting Power Person With (7) Sole Disposi- 2,000,286 tive Power (8) Shared Dispo- 0 sitive Power 9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially 2,000,286 Owned by Each Reporting Person 10) Check if the aggregate Amount in Row (9) Exclude Certain Shares (See Instructions) 11) Percent of Class Represented By Amount in Row 9. 6.39% 12) Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IA Item 1(a) Name of Issuer. VEECO INSTRUMENTS, INC. Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 100 Sunnyside Boulevard Woodbury, NY 11797 Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing: Pioneer Global Asset Management S.p.A. Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Office: Galleria San Carlo 6, 20122 Milan, Italy Item 2(c) Citizenship: Italy. Item 2(d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock Item 2(e) CUSIP Number: 922417100 Item 3 The person filing this statement pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) is: (Inapplicable) Item 4. Ownership. (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 2,000,286 (b) Percent of Class: 6.39% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote 2,000,286 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct vote 0 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct disposition of 2,000,286 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct disposition 0 Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date Hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check here: Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Inapplicable. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported On By the Parent Holding Company. Inapplicable. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Inapplicable. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of the Group. Inapplicable. Item 10. Certification. By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transactions having such purposes or effect. After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and believe, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. February 10, 2004 Date /s/Dario Frigerio Name: Dario Frigerio Title: Chief Executive Officer -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----