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):  March 8, 2016

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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):

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On March 10, 2016, Veeco Instruments Inc. (the “Company”) was saddened to learn of the sudden death of Susan S. Wang, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, on March 8, 2016.  The Company is extremely grateful for Ms. Wang’s service to the Company.  The Company’s management and Board of Directors expresses its condolences to Ms. Wang’s family.

Ms. Wang joined the Company’s Board in May 2015.  She was an independent Class III director whose term was set to expire at the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  She also served on the Audit Committee.

The Board of Directors has begun a search to identify a new independent director to replace Ms. Wang.

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.

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