Veeco Upcoming Events

Investor Conferences:

Citigroup 2006 Technology Conference: September 6, 2006, New York,NY.

Veeco is scheduled to present at 1:45 p.m. ET. To view thepresentation, please visit the Citigroup 2006 Technology Conferencewebsite(http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/citigroup/tech06/52210244.cfm) orthe Veeco website(http://www.veeco.com/). Presentation material willbe posted to Veeco Investor Relations IR Events(http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=111487&p=irol-calendar)no later than the morning of the appearance.

Merriman Curhan Ford 3rd Annual Investor Summit: September 20,2006, San Francisco, CA.

Veeco is scheduled to present at 8:00 a.m. PT. To view thepresentation, please visit MCF 3rd Annual Investor Summit 2006 website(http://www.wsw.com/webcast/mcm4/veco/) or the Veeco website(http://www.veeco.com/). Presentation material will be posted to VeecoInvestor Relations IR Events(http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=111487&p=irol-calendar)no later than the morning of the appearance.

Industry Conference:

DISKCON USA: September 13 & 14, 2006, Santa Clara, CA

Edward Braun, Veeco's Chairman and CEO, will participate withother key hard drive industry executives on a panel entitled "CompanyViews of Our Early Years and Strategic Direction for the Future." Foradditional information and to register for DISKCON USA 2006, pleasevisit DISKCON USA 2006(http://www.idema.org/_smartsite/modules/news/show_news.php?cmd=display&news_id=1287). (Due to the length of this URL, it may benecessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your Internetbrowser's URL address field. Remove the space if one exists.)

About Veeco

Veeco Instruments Inc. provides solutions for nanoscaleapplications in the worldwide data storage, HB-LED/wireless,semiconductor and scientific research markets. Our Metrology productsare used to measure at the nanoscale and our Process Equipment toolshelp create nanoscale devices. Veeco's manufacturing and engineeringfacilities are located in New York, New Jersey, California, Colorado,Arizona and Minnesota. Global sales and service offices are locatedthroughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific.Additional information on Veeco can be found at www.veeco.com.

To the extent that this news release discusses expectations aboutmarket conditions, market acceptance and future sales of Veeco'sproducts, Veeco's future financial performance, future disclosures, orotherwise makes statements about the future, such statements areforward-looking and are subject to a number of risks and uncertaintiesthat could cause actual results to differ materially from thestatements made. These factors include the challenges of volatility inend market conditions and the cyclical nature of the data storage,semiconductor, HB-LED/wireless and scientific research markets, risksassociated with integrating acquired businesses and the acceptance ofnew products by individual customers and by the marketplace and otherfactors discussed in the Business Description and Management'sDiscussion and Analysis sections of Veeco's Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the year ended December 31, 2005, subsequent Quarterly Reports onForm 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. Veeco does not undertakeany obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflectfuture events or circumstances after the date of such statements.