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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): May 12, 2022   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):   ¨    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)   ¨    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)   ¨    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))   ¨    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))   Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:   Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share VECO The NASDAQ Global Select Market    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).   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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨             Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.   On May 12, 2022, Veeco held its 2022 Annual Meeting. The matters voted on at the meeting are described in detail in the Company’s proxy statement for the meeting, which was filed with the SEC on March 24, 2022.   As of the record date for the meeting, there were 50,578,674 shares of common stock outstanding, each of which was entitled to one vote with respect to each of the matters voted on at the meeting. Each of the directors up for election was elected and each of the other matters was approved by the required number of votes on each such matter. The terms of each of the following directors continued after the meeting: Kathleen A. Bayless, Gordon Hunter, Peter J. Simone, Richard A. D’Amore, Keith D. Jackson, and Mary Jane Raymond .   The final voting results were:   Matter   For     Withheld     Broker Non- votes   1.     Election of Directors                   (a)     Sujeet Chand, Ph.D.     40,239,396       645,467       3,057,479   (b)     William J. Miller, Ph.D.     40,242,941       641,922       3,057,479   (c)     Thomas St. Dennis     35,789,433       5,095,430       3,057,479     Matter   For     Against     Abstained     Broker Non- votes   2.     Approval of an amendment to Veeco’s 2019 Stock Incentive Plan     39,232,715       1,633,028       19,120       3,057,479   3.     Approval of the advisory vote on executive compensation     39,608,287       1,252,256       24,320       3,057,479   4.     Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP     43,885,033       49,455       7,854       0     104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL).         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.   May 12, 2022 VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.       By: /s/ Kirk Mackey   Name: Kirk Mackey   Title: Vice President, General Counsel