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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE<BR>
COMMISSION</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM&nbsp;S-8</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; width: 49%">11-2989601</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Terminal Drive</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Plainview, New York 11803</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Plan(s))</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Kirk
Mackey<BR>
General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Veeco Instruments Inc.<BR>
Terminal Drive Plainview, New York 11803<BR>
(516) 677-0200<BR>
</B></FONT>(Name, address, telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Copies to:<BR>
Lawrence R. Bard,&nbsp;Esq.<BR>
Shulman Rogers, P.A.<BR>
12505 Park Potomac Ave., Sixth Floor<BR>
Potomac, Maryland 20854<BR>
301-945-9242</B></P>

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is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large
accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange
Act (Check one):</P>

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accelerated&nbsp;filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; width: 20%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated&nbsp;filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; width: 20%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; color: #0070c0"></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; width: 20%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Emerging
growth company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.25in">This Registration Statement is filed
by Veeco Instruments Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) for the purpose of registering pursuant to General Instruction
E to Form&nbsp;S-8, additional shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &ldquo;Original
Purchase Plan&rdquo;), as amended by the First Amendment to Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, dated May&nbsp;3,
2019 (the &ldquo;First Amendment&rdquo;), the Second Amendment to Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, dated May&nbsp;6,
2021 (the &ldquo;Second Amendment&rdquo;) and the Third Amendment to Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, dated May&nbsp;8,
2025 (the &ldquo;Third Amendment&rdquo;) (the Original Purchase Plan as amended by the First Amendment, the Second Amendment and the Third
Amendment, the &ldquo;Purchase Plan&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.25in">On February&nbsp;6, 2025, the Board
approved the Third Amendment to the Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Board approved an increase to the number
of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Purchase Plan to 3,000,000 shares, an increase of 750,000 shares over the number
of shares previously authorized.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.25in">The shares of Common Stock registered
pursuant to this Registration Statement are of the same class of securities as the (i)&nbsp;750,000 shares of Common Stock registered
for issuance under the Original Purchase Plan pursuant to the currently effective Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration
No.&nbsp;333-211781) filed on June&nbsp;2, 2016 (the &ldquo;2016 Registration Statement&rdquo;); (ii)&nbsp;750,000 shares of Common Stock
registered for issuance under the Original Purchase Plan, as amended by the First Amendment, pursuant to the currently effective Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-231266) filed on May&nbsp;7, 2019 (the &ldquo;2019 Registration Statement&rdquo;);
and (iii)&nbsp;750,000 shares of Common Stock registered for issuance under the Original Purchase Plan, as amended by the First Amendment
and the Second Amendment, pursuant to the currently effective Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-256004)
filed on May&nbsp;11, 2021 (the &ldquo;2021 Registration Statement&rdquo;) (2016 Registration Statement, 2019 Registration Statement and
2021 Registration Statement, together, the &ldquo;Prior Registration Statements&rdquo;). The contents of the Prior Registration Statements,
including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, are incorporated herein by this reference. Any items in the Prior Registration
Statements not expressly changed hereby shall be as set forth in the Prior Registration Statements.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART&nbsp;I</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
SECTION&nbsp;10(A)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.25in">The information required by Part&nbsp;I
is included in the documents sent or given to participants in the Purchase Plan pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)&nbsp;under the Securities
Act. In accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 and the requirements of Part&nbsp;I of the Form&nbsp;S-8, such documents are not being filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses
or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act. The Registrant will maintain a file of such documents in
accordance with the provisions of Rule&nbsp;428. Upon request, the registrant shall furnish the Commission or its staff a copy or copies
of all of the documents included in such file.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART&nbsp;II</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in"><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in">The Registrant is subject to the informational
and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange
Act&rdquo;), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. The following documents,
which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000155837025001001/veco-20241231x10k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Annual
                                            Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">y</FONT>ear ended December&nbsp;31<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">,
                                            2024,</FONT> filed on Februar<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">y</FONT>&nbsp;14<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">,
                                            2025;</FONT></A></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000155837025006755/veco-20250331x10q.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Q</FONT>uarterl<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">y</FONT>
                                            Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">,
                                            2025,</FONT> filed on May&nbsp;7, 2025<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">;</FONT></A></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Current
                                            Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000155837025000865/veco-20250212x8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">February&nbsp;12, 2025</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000155837025006740/veco-20250507x8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">May&nbsp;7, 2025</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465925046126/tm2514482d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">May&nbsp;8, 2025</A>,
                                            and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465925049584/tm2515031d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">May&nbsp;15, 2025</A> (other than documents or portions of those documents not deemed to
                                            be filed); and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">the
                                            description of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock contained in the Registrant&rsquo;s registration
                                            statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, filed with the Commission under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange
                                            Act on November&nbsp;18, 1994, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
                                            updating such description.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.25in">All documents subsequently filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement,
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in"><B>Item 4. Description of Securities.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in">Not applicable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in"><B>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in">Not applicable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in"><B>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.25in">In our Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, as amended by the amendments thereto (as amended, the &ldquo;Restated Certificate&rdquo;), we have adopted the provisions
of Section&nbsp;102(b)(7)&nbsp;of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &ldquo;Delaware Law&rdquo;), which enables a corporation in
its original certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director for monetary
damages for breach of the director&rsquo;s fiduciary duty, except (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&rsquo;s duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its shareholders&#894; (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law&#894; (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware Law (providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment
of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions)&#894; or (iv)&nbsp;for any transactions from which a director derived an improper
personal benefit.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.25in">Our Restated Certificate also requires
us to indemnify our officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware Law, which provides that
a corporation may indemnify any persons, including officers and directors, who are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened,
pending or completed legal action, suit or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that such person was an officer, director, employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise.
The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such officer, director, employee or agent acted in
good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation&rsquo;s best interests and, with respect
to criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify
officers or directors in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is
permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director
is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against
expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) that such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.25in">Our Seventh Amended and Restated Bylaws
include the following provisions in Section&nbsp;6.1:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in">&ldquo;6.1 Indemnification of Officers and Directors. Each
person who was or is made a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a &ldquo;proceeding&rdquo;), by reason of the fact that he or she (or a person of whom
he or she is the legal representative), is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or a Reincorporated Predecessor (as defined
below) or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation or a Reincorporated Predecessor (as defined below) as a director, officer
or employee of another corporation, or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee
benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
Law, against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys&rsquo; fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and
amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, and such indemnification
shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors
and administrators; provided, however, that the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnity in connection with a proceeding
(or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board. As used herein, the
term &ldquo;Reincorporated Predecessor&rdquo; means a corporation that is merged with and into the Corporation in a statutory merger where
(a)&nbsp;the Corporation is the surviving corporation of such merger; (b)&nbsp;the primary purpose of such merger is to change the corporate
domicile of the Reincorporated Predecessor to Delaware.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.25in">We also have entered into indemnification
agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. Generally, the indemnification agreements are designed to provide the maximum
protection permitted by Delaware law with respect to indemnification of a director or executive officer. Under the indemnification agreements,
a director or executive officer will receive indemnification if he or she is found to have acted in good faith and in a manner he or she
reasonably believed to be or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and with respect to any criminal action, if he or she had
no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in"><B>Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in">Not applicable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in"><B>Item 8. Exhibits.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 8%; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit<BR> Number</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 40%; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Document</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 2%; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 2%; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 48%; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Incorporated by Reference to the<BR> Following Documents</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/0000912057-97-028036-index.html" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/0000912057-97-028036-index.html" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Veeco Instruments Inc. dated December&nbsp;1, 1994, as amended June&nbsp;2, 1997 and July&nbsp;25, 1997</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/0000912057-97-028036-index.html" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 1997, Exhibit&nbsp;3.1</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000091205701007608/a2041225zex-3_2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000091205701007608/a2041225zex-3_2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Veeco Instruments Inc. dated May&nbsp;29, 1998</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000091205701007608/a2041225zex-3_2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2000, Exhibit&nbsp;3.2</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000091205700037406/ex-3_1.txt" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000091205700037406/ex-3_1.txt" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Veeco Instruments Inc. dated May&nbsp;5, 2000</FONT></A></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000091205700037406/ex-3_1.txt" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2000, Exhibit&nbsp;3.1</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465909060352/a09-31211_1ex3d1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465909060352/a09-31211_1ex3d1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Veeco Instruments Inc. dated May&nbsp;16, 2002</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465909060352/a09-31211_1ex3d1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2009, Exhibit&nbsp;3.1</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000104746911001284/a2202112zex-3_8.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.5</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000104746911001284/a2202112zex-3_8.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Veeco Instruments Inc. dated May&nbsp;18, 2010</FONT></A></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000104746911001284/a2202112zex-3_8.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010, Exhibit&nbsp;3.8</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465923002726/tm232710d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.6</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465923002726/tm232710d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Seventh Amended and Restated Bylaws of Veeco Instruments Inc. effective January&nbsp;9, 2023</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465923002726/tm232710d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on January&nbsp;10, 2023</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465916125106/a16-12597_1ex10d9.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.7</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465916125106/a16-12597_1ex10d9.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465916125106/a16-12597_1ex10d9.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed on June&nbsp;2, 2016, Exhibit&nbsp;10.9</U></FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000155837019004295/ex-10d11.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.8</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000155837019004295/ex-10d11.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">First Amendment to the Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated as of&nbsp;&nbsp;May&nbsp;3, 2019</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000155837019004295/ex-10d11.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed on May&nbsp;7, 2019, Exhibit&nbsp;10.11</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465921064525/tm2115964d1_ex10-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.9</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465921064525/tm2115964d1_ex10-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><U>Second Amendment to the Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated as of May&nbsp;6, 2021</U></FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465921064525/tm2115964d1_ex10-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed on May&nbsp;11, 2021, Exhibit&nbsp;10.1</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2515717d1_ex4-10.htm"><U>4.10</U></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2515717d1_ex4-10.htm">Third Amendment to the Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated as of May&nbsp;8, 2025</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2515717d1_ex4-10.htm">Filed herewith</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp; &nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2515717d1_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2515717d1_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Shulman Rogers, P.A.</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2515717d1_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed herewith</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2515717d1_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2515717d1_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Shulman Rogers, P.A.</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2515717d1_ex5-1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2515717d1_ex23-2.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2515717d1_ex23-2.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of KPMG LLP,&nbsp;Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2515717d1_ex23-2.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed herewith</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="#a_001"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="#a_001"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</FONT></A></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2515717d1_ex-filingfees.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">107.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2515717d1_ex-filingfees.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filing Fee Table</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2515717d1_ex-filingfees.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filed herewith</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in"><B>Item 9. Undertakings.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 2in">(i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of
the Securities Act;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.75in; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ii)</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-
effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value
of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;)
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &ldquo;Calculation of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective registration statement;
and</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.75in; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(iii)</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">to
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>provided</I></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">,
</FONT><I>however</I><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">, that paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in">effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by a Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Exchange Act&rdquo;), that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in">effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(3)</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.25in">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.25in">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant for expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person in the
successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="a_001"></A>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the city of Plainview, State of New York on May&nbsp;22, 2025.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 47%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/
WILLIAM J. MILLER, Ph.D.</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">William J. Miller, Ph.D.</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-indent: 0.25in">Each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints John P. Kiernan and Kirk W. Mackey, and each of them, as attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution,
for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the said attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed as of May&nbsp;22, 2025 by the following persons
in the capacities indicated.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; width: 49%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; width: 47%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">/s/ WILLIAM J. MILLER, Ph.D.</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 9pt"></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Chief Executive Officer and Director</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">William J. Miller, Ph.D.</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(principal executive officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ JOHN P. KIERNAN</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">John P. Kiernan</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(principal financial&nbsp;&amp; accounting officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ RICHARD A. D&rsquo;AMORE</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chairman</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Richard A. D&rsquo;Amore</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ KATHLEEN A. BAYLESS</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Kathleen A. Bayless</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ SUJEET CHAND, Ph.D.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Sujeet Chand, Ph.D.</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ GORDON HUNTER</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Gordon Hunter</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ KEITH D. JACKSON</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Keith D. Jackson</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ LENA NICOLAIDES, Ph.D.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Lena Nicolaides, Ph.D.</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ MARY JANE RAYMOND</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Mary Jane Raymond</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ THOMAS ST. DENNIS</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Thomas St. Dennis</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
11-2989601
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
Terminal Drive
Plainview, New York 11803
(Address of principal executive offices)
Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan
(Full title of the
Plan(s))
Kirk
Mackey
General Counsel and Secretary
Veeco Instruments Inc.
Terminal Drive Plainview, New York 11803
(516) 677-0200
(Name, address, telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Lawrence R. Bard, Esq.
Shulman Rogers, P.A.
12505 Park Potomac Ave., Sixth Floor
Potomac, Maryland 20854
301-945-9242
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act (Check one):
Large
accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated
filer
¨
Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
Emerging
growth company
¨
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
¨
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement is filed
by Veeco Instruments Inc. (the "Company" or "Registrant") for the purpose of registering pursuant to General Instruction
E to Form S-8, additional shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Original
Purchase Plan"), as amended by the First Amendment to Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, dated May 3,
2019 (the "First Amendment"), the Second Amendment to Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, dated May 6,
2021 (the "Second Amendment") and the Third Amendment to Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, dated May 8,
2025 (the "Third Amendment") (the Original Purchase Plan as amended by the First Amendment, the Second Amendment and the Third
Amendment, the "Purchase Plan").
On February 6, 2025, the Board
approved the Third Amendment to the Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Board approved an increase to the number
of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Purchase Plan to 3,000,000 shares, an increase of 750,000 shares over the number
of shares previously authorized.
The shares of Common Stock registered
pursuant to this Registration Statement are of the same class of securities as the (i) 750,000 shares of Common Stock registered
for issuance under the Original Purchase Plan pursuant to the currently effective Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 333-211781) filed on June 2, 2016 (the "2016 Registration Statement"); (ii) 750,000 shares of Common Stock
registered for issuance under the Original Purchase Plan, as amended by the First Amendment, pursuant to the currently effective Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-231266) filed on May 7, 2019 (the "2019 Registration Statement");
and (iii) 750,000 shares of Common Stock registered for issuance under the Original Purchase Plan, as amended by the First Amendment
and the Second Amendment, pursuant to the currently effective Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-256004)
filed on May 11, 2021 (the "2021 Registration Statement") (2016 Registration Statement, 2019 Registration Statement and
2021 Registration Statement, together, the "Prior Registration Statements"). The contents of the Prior Registration Statements,
including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, are incorporated herein by this reference. Any items in the Prior Registration
Statements not expressly changed hereby shall be as set forth in the Prior Registration Statements.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The information required by Part I
is included in the documents sent or given to participants in the Purchase Plan pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities
Act. In accordance with Rule 428 and the requirements of Part I of the Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses
or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. The Registrant will maintain a file of such documents in
accordance with the provisions of Rule 428. Upon request, the registrant shall furnish the Commission or its staff a copy or copies
of all of the documents included in such file.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant is subject to the informational
and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. The following documents,
which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
·
Annual
                                            Report on Form 10-K for the
y
ear ended December 31
,
                                            2024,
filed on Februar
y
14
,
                                            2025;
·
Q
uarterl
y
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31
,
                                            2025,
filed on May 7, 2025
;
·
Current
                                            Reports on Form 8-K filed on
February 12, 2025
,
May 7, 2025
,
May 8, 2025
,
                                            and
May 15, 2025
(other than documents or portions of those documents not deemed to
                                            be filed); and
·
the
                                            description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's registration
                                            statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission under Section 12 of the Exchange
                                            Act on November 18, 1994, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
                                            updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement,
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
In our Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, as amended by the amendments thereto (as amended, the "Restated Certificate"), we have adopted the provisions
of Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "Delaware Law"), which enables a corporation in
its original certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director for monetary
damages for breach of the director's fiduciary duty, except (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its shareholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law; (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware Law (providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment
of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions); or (iv) for any transactions from which a director derived an improper
personal benefit.
Our Restated Certificate also requires
us to indemnify our officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware Law, which provides that
a corporation may indemnify any persons, including officers and directors, who are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened,
pending or completed legal action, suit or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that such person was an officer, director, employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise.
The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such officer, director, employee or agent acted in
good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with respect
to criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify
officers or directors in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is
permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director
is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against
expenses (including attorneys' fees) that such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred.
Our Seventh Amended and Restated Bylaws
include the following provisions in Section 6.1:
"6.1 Indemnification of Officers and Directors. Each
person who was or is made a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she (or a person of whom
he or she is the legal representative), is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or a Reincorporated Predecessor (as defined
below) or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation or a Reincorporated Predecessor (as defined below) as a director, officer
or employee of another corporation, or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee
benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
Law, against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and
amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, and such indemnification
shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors
and administrators; provided, however, that the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnity in connection with a proceeding
(or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board. As used herein, the
term "Reincorporated Predecessor" means a corporation that is merged with and into the Corporation in a statutory merger where
(a) the Corporation is the surviving corporation of such merger; (b) the primary purpose of such merger is to change the corporate
domicile of the Reincorporated Predecessor to Delaware."
We also have entered into indemnification
agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. Generally, the indemnification agreements are designed to provide the maximum
protection permitted by Delaware law with respect to indemnification of a director or executive officer. Under the indemnification agreements,
a director or executive officer will receive indemnification if he or she is found to have acted in good faith and in a manner he or she
reasonably believed to be or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and with respect to any criminal action, if he or she had
no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Document
Incorporated by Reference to the
Following Documents
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Veeco Instruments Inc. dated December 1, 1994, as amended June 2, 1997 and July 25, 1997
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1997, Exhibit 3.1
4.2
Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Veeco Instruments Inc. dated May 29, 1998
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, Exhibit 3.2
4.3
Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Veeco Instruments Inc. dated May 5, 2000
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, Exhibit 3.1
4.4
Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Veeco Instruments Inc. dated May 16, 2002
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, Exhibit 3.1
4.5
Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Veeco Instruments Inc. dated May 18, 2010
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, Exhibit 3.8
4.6
Seventh Amended and Restated Bylaws of Veeco Instruments Inc. effective January 9, 2023
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 10, 2023
4.7
Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on June 2, 2016, Exhibit 10.9
4.8
First Amendment to the Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated as of  May 3, 2019
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 7, 2019, Exhibit 10.11
4.9
Second Amendment to the Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated as of May 6, 2021
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 11, 2021, Exhibit 10.1
4.10
Third Amendment to the Veeco Instruments Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated as of May 8, 2025
Filed herewith
5.1
Opinion of Shulman Rogers, P.A.
Filed herewith
23.1
Consent of Shulman Rogers, P.A.
Included in Exhibit 5.1
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Filed herewith
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
107.1
Filing Fee Table
Filed herewith
Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act;
(ii)
to
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-
effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value
of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
and
(iii)
to
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-
effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by a Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Securities Exchange Act"), that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-
effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant for expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person in the
successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the city of Plainview, State of New York on May 22, 2025.
VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.
By:
/s/
WILLIAM J. MILLER, Ph.D.
William J. Miller, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints John P. Kiernan and Kirk W. Mackey, and each of them, as attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution,
for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the said attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed as of May 22, 2025 by the following persons
in the capacities indicated.
Signature
Title
/s/ WILLIAM J. MILLER, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer and Director
William J. Miller, Ph.D.
(principal executive officer)
/s/ JOHN P. KIERNAN
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
John P. Kiernan
(principal financial & accounting officer)
/s/ RICHARD A. D'AMORE
Chairman
Richard A. D'Amore
/s/ KATHLEEN A. BAYLESS
Director
Kathleen A. Bayless
/s/ SUJEET CHAND, Ph.D.
Sujeet Chand, Ph.D.
Director
/s/ GORDON HUNTER
Director
Gordon Hunter
/s/ KEITH D. JACKSON
Director
Keith D. Jackson
/s/ LENA NICOLAIDES, Ph.D.
Director
Lena Nicolaides, Ph.D.
/s/ MARY JANE RAYMOND
Director
Mary Jane Raymond
/s/ THOMAS ST. DENNIS
Director
Thomas St. Dennis