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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000909791-10-000046.txt : 20100728
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20100728190648
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000909791-10-000046
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100726
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100728
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100728

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WRIGHT BRUCE R
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001227979

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22248
		FILM NUMBER:		10975502

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ULTRATECH INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000909791
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC [3559]
		IRS NUMBER:				943169580
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3050 ZANKER RD
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4083218835

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3050 ZANKER RD
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ULTRATECH STEPPER INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930727
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents restricted stock units (RSUs) awarded under the Issuer's 1993 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan. Each RSU will entitle the Reporting Person to one share of the Issuer's common stock upon the designated issuance date following the vesting of that RSU. The RSUs will vest in a series of fifty successive equal monthly installments upon the Reporting Person's completion of each month of service with the Issuer over the fifty-month period measured from January 1, 2010. The shares underlying the RSUs that vest each year will be issued on January 31 of the following year (or in March 2014 for the two monthly installments that vest in that year) or, if earlier, upon the Reporting Person's seperation from service. The RSUs will vest in full on an accelerated basis, and the underlying shares of the Issuer's common stock will become immediately issuable, upon certain changes in ownership or upon the Reporting Person's termination of service with the Issuer under certain circumstances.
</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes (i) 5,000 shares subject to restricted stock units (RSUs) which will vest in three successive equal annual installments upon the completion of each year of service over the three-year period measured from January 1, 2008, and the underlying shares will be issued on January 31, 2011, (ii) 40,000 shares subject to RSUs which will vest in three successive equal annual installments upon the completion of each year of service over the three-year period measured from January 1, 2009, and the underlying shares will be issued on January 31, 2012, (iii) 25,000 shares subject to RSUs which will vest in a series of fifty successive equal monthly installments upon the completion of each month of service over the fifty-month period measured from January 1, 2010 and the underlying shares will be issued on January 31 of the year following the year they vest (or in March 2014 for the two monthly installments that vest in that year), and (iv) 12,500 shares subject to the reported RSU award.
</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The option will become exercisable with respect to twenty-four percent (24%) of the option shares upon the Reporting Person's completion of one (1) year of service with the Issuer measured from January 1, 2010, and the balance of the option shares in thirty-eight (38) successive equal monthly installments upon the Reporting Person's completion of each month of service with the Issuer over the thirty-eight (38)-month period measured from January 1, 2011, subject to full acceleration upon the Reporting Person's termination of service with the Issuer under certain circumstances.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Bruce R. Wright</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-07-28</signatureDate>
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