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Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) today announced the following upcoming Investor Relations events.

Veeco management is scheduled to present on.



Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 9:00 AM MT at the Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference in Scottsdale, A.Z.



Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 3:45 PM ET at the J.P.

Morgan SMid Cap Conference in New York City, N.Y.

The presentations will be broadcast live

via webcast and available on the Veeco website at www.veeco.com : .

Presentation material will be posted to the Veeco website no later than 8:00AM ET the morning of the presentation.

Veeco management is also scheduled to present at the Lazard Capital Markets 2 nd Annual LED Day on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 8:30am in New York City, New York. While this conference is not being webcast, Veeco will post relevant materials on its website prior to the event.

About Veeco


Veeco Instruments Inc. manufactures enabling solutions for customers in the HB-LED, solar, data storage, semiconductor, scientific research and industrial markets. We have leading technology positions in our three businesses: LED & Solar Process Equipment, Data Storage Process Equipment, and Metrology Instruments. Veeco’s manufacturing and engineering facilities are located in New York, New Jersey, California, Colorado, Arizona, Massachusetts and Minnesota. Global sales and service offices are located throughout the U.S., Europe, Japan and APAC. www.veeco.com/ :

To the extent that this news release discusses expectations or otherwise makes statements about the future, such statements are forward-looking and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. These factors include the risks discussed in the Business Description and Management's Discussion and Analysis sections of Veeco's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and in our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and press releases. Veeco does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances after the date of such statements.

Veeco Instruments Inc.Debra Wasser, 1 516-677-0200 x1472SVP
Investor Relations & Corporate Communications