0001415889-22-011738.txt : 20221123 0001415889-22-011738.hdr.sgml : 20221123 20221123154047 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001415889-22-011738 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20221121 FILED AS OF DATE: 20221123 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20221123 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Nicolaides Lena CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001371144 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-16244 FILM NUMBER: 221416019 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1250 RELIANCE WAY CITY: FREMONT STATE: CA ZIP: 94539 ISSUER: 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 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 3 1 form3-11232022_081137.xml X0206 3 2022-11-21 1 0000103145 VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC VECO 0001371144 Nicolaides Lena VEECO INSTRUMENTS TERMINAL DRIVE PLAINVIEW NY 11803 true false false false /s/ Kirk W. Mackey, Attorney-in-Fact 2022-11-23 EX-24 2 ex24-11232022_081139.htm

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Kirk W. Mackey and John P. Kiernan, signing singly, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of Veeco Instruments Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in- fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the date set forth below.

Signed:

/s/ Lena Nicolaides

Printed Name: Lena Nicolaides

Date: November 17, 2022