UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 12, 2019
VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | 0-16244
(Commission
File Number) | 11-2989601
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
Terminal Drive, Plainview, New York 11803
(Address of principal executive offices)
(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/A 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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | VECO | The NASDAQ Global Select Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment on Form 8-K/A (this “Amendment”) amends Item 5.02 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Veeco Instruments Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) on November 14, 2019 (the “Original Report”), in which the Company reported the appointment of Mary Jane Raymond to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). At the time of the Original Report, the Board had not made any determinations regarding the committee assignments for Ms. Raymond. The Company hereby amends the Original Report to include information on committee assignments in Item 5.02 below. This Form 8-K/A is being filed solely to provide information called for in Item 5.02(d)(3) of Form 8-K that had not been determined at the time of the filing of the Original Report.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On February 5, 2020, the Board determined the committee assignments for Ms. Raymond. Effective as of May 5, 2020, the Board appointed Ms. Raymond to its Audit Committee.
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.
| February 7, 2020 | VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC. |
| | |
| | By: | /s/ Kirk Mackey |
| | Name: | Kirk Mackey |
| | Title: | Vice President, Head of Legal and Secretary |
