-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, N6z/eSosLbPbg/sq5oD5w261wiz0Kzxz3pcjBlbm4XR5R6doiRTu/jMGipuUPFE6 R0LF49YNrpI73dv7f53nRw== 0001104659-07-053216.txt : 20070710 0001104659-07-053216.hdr.sgml : 20070710 20070710161959 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-07-053216 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070705 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20070710 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070710 FILER: 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 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-16244 FILM NUMBER: 07972340 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 SUNNYSIDE BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE B CITY: WOODBURY STATE: NY ZIP: 11797 BUSINESS PHONE: 516 677-0200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 SUNNYSIDE BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE B CITY: WOODBURY STATE: NY ZIP: 11797 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VACUUM ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19700408 8-K 1 a07-18412_18k.htm 8-K

 

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):  July 5, 2007

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

 

0-16244

 

11-2989601

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

100 Sunnyside Boulevard,Suite B, Woodbury, New York 11797

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(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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Section 8 - Other Events

Item 8.01  Other Events.

On July 5, 2007, Veeco Instruments Inc. (“Veeco”) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to settle and fully resolve the securities class action litigation, In re Veeco Instruments Inc. Sec. Litig., No. 05MD1695, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Veeco and other defendants, including certain of its current and former officers, for a payment of $5.5 million.  Veeco expects that insurance proceeds will cover the settlement amount and any significant legal expenses related to the settlement.  The settlement agreement is subject to court approval and would dismiss all pending claims against Veeco and the other defendants with no admission or finding of wrongdoing by Veeco or any of the other defendants, and Veeco and the other defendants would receive a full release of all claims pending in the litigation.

To the extent that this report discusses expectations about Veeco’s future financial performance, the settlement of the lawsuit described above or otherwise makes statements about the future, such statements are forward-looking and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made.  These factors include the risk that the court may not approve the settlement agreement with respect to the securities class action litigation and the other factors 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, 2006, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. Veeco does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances after the date of such statements.

The information in this report shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

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.

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.

 

 

 

 

July 10, 2007

By:

 /s/ Gregory A. Robbins

 

 

 

Gregory A. Robbins

 

 

 

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

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