Veeco Announces Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Release Date

PLAINVIEW, N.Y.--(Business Wire)--
Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) today announced that third quarter
financial results will be distributed after the market closes on Monday, October
26, 2009. A conference call reviewing these results has been scheduled for
5:00pm ET that day at 1-888-790-1827 (toll free) or 1-212-287-1645 using
passcode VEECO. The call will also be webcast live on the Veeco website at
www.veeco.com. A replay of the call will be available beginning at 8:00pm ET
that same evening through midnight on November 16, 2009 at 866-418-1750 or
203-369-0742, using passcode 9482840, or on the Veeco website.

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. For more information about the company, please visit 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, 516-677-0200 x1472
SVP Investor Relations & Corporate Communications

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