---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-059754"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VECO"
cik: "0000103145"
company_name: "VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T02:04:41.186326+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Veeco reduces board and committee sizes after director retirement; shareholders approve all proposals

## Summary
- Board reduced from 10 to 9 directors after Peter J. Simone resigned per retirement age policy.
- Audit Committee reduced from 5 to 4; Governance Committee reduced from 5 to 4.
- Shareholders elected directors Bayless, Hunter, and Nicolaides with overwhelming support.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved (40.4M for, 1.3M against).
- Frequency of advisory vote set at 1 year; ratification of KPMG as auditor approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-059754
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VECO
- cik: 0000103145
- company_name: VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465923059754/0001104659-23-059754-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465923059754/tm2315518d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-059754.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter J. Simone resigned as Director at VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Peter J. Simone did not stand for election at the 2023 Annual Meeting and, upon the conclusion of the meeting, he resigned from the Board in accordance with the retirement age provisions in Veeco's Corporate Governance Guidelines.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465923059754/0001104659-23-059754-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: 4. Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP 44,861,720 238,972 11,024 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465923059754/0001104659-23-059754-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC shareholders approved Approval of the advisory vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: 3. Approval of the advisory vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation 40,586,926 25,132 1,155,138 30,901 3,313,619
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465923059754/0001104659-23-059754-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC shareholders approved Election of Directors.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: 1. Election of Directors (a) Kathleen A. Bayless 40,832,468 965,629 3,313,619 (b) Gordon Hunter 36,807,734 4,990,363 3,313,619 (c) Lena Nicolaides, Ph.D. 41,245,138 552,959 3,313,619
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465923059754/0001104659-23-059754-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC shareholders approved Approval of the advisory vote on executive compensation.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: 2. Approval of the advisory vote on executive compensation 40,443,500 1,342,203 12,394 3,313,619
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103145/000110465923059754/0001104659-23-059754-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.