Veeco to Host Business Update Conference Call and Attend Investor Events

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) will distribute select second quarter 2013 business highlights after the market closes on Monday, July 29, 2013. A conference call will be held at 5:00PM ET that day to review the business highlights, as well as current business conditions and outlook. Due to the Company’s ongoing revenue recognition accounting review, only select financial results will be disclosed. The Company continues to conduct the review and intends to file its Forms 10-Q and 10-K as soon as reasonably practicable after these accounting matters have been resolved.

July 29^th Conference Call Details:

Callers should dial 1-888-417-8516 (toll free) or 1-719-325-2402 using passcode 9925317. 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 8:00PM ET on August 12, 2013 at 888-203-1112 or 719-457-0820, using passcode 9925317, or on the Veeco website.

Upcoming Investor Events:

Veeco is scheduled to participate in the following investor events which are being held in Boston, MA. Both events will be broadcast live or on replay via webcast and available on the Veeco website. Presentation material will be posted to the Veeco website no later than 8:00AM ET the morning of the presentation.

• August 13^th Oppenheimer Technology Conference at 10:25AM ET.
• August 14^th Canaccord Genuity Growth Conference at 1:00PM ET.

About Veeco

Veeco’s process equipment solutions enable the manufacture of LEDs, power electronics, hard drives, MEMS and wireless chips. We are the market leader in MOCVD, MBE, Ion Beam and other advanced thin film process technologies. Our high performance systems drive innovation in energy efficiency, consumer electronics and network storage and allow our customers to maximize productivity and achieve lower cost of ownership. For information on our company, products and worldwide service and support, 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, 2011 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.