Veeco Upcoming Investor Events

First Quarter 2006 Financial Results:

Veeco's first quarter 2006 financial results will be distributedafter the market closes on Tuesday, April 25, 2006. A conference callreviewing these results has been scheduled for 5:00 pm Eastern Timethat day at 888-569-5033 (toll free) or 719-457-2653. The call willalso be webcast live on the Veeco Website at www.veeco.com. A replayof the call will be available beginning at 8:00 pm ET that sameevening through midnight on May 2nd at 888-203-1112 or 719-457-0820,using passcode 7704124, or on the Veeco website.

Upcoming Investor Conferences:

Following this earnings release, Veeco management is currentlyscheduled to participate in these investor conferences:

-- May 2nd, Merrill Lynch Tech Gathering, NYC (no presentation or webcast).

-- May 17th, NanoBusiness Investor Conference, NYC (no webcast) - visit http://www.nanobusiness2006.com/register.php to register and view program.

-- May 31st, Citigroup 7th Annual Semi Conference, Boston @ 3:30pm ET.*

-- June 13th, Bear Stearns 17th Annual Technology Conference, NYC, time TBD.*

-- July 12th, Veeco Technology Update at SEMICON West, 7-9am PST*

*Formal presentations will be webcast at www.veeco.com (IR site)and also on the conference websites. Veeco will post copies of itsslides for the webcasted presentations on our IR website no later thanthe morning of the appearance.

About Veeco

Veeco Instruments Inc. provides solutions for nanoscaleapplications in the worldwide semiconductor, data storage, compoundsemiconductor/wireless and scientific research markets. Our Metrologyproducts are used to measure at the nanoscale and our ProcessEquipment tools help create nanoscale devices. Veeco's manufacturingand engineering facilities are located in New York, New Jersey,California, Colorado, Arizona and Minnesota. Global sales and serviceoffices are located throughout the United States, Europe, Japan andAsia Pacific. Additional information on Veeco can be found athttp://www.veeco.com/.

To the extent that this news release discusses expectations aboutmarket condition, 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 continuingweakness in end market conditions and the cyclical nature of thecompound semiconductor/wireless, data storage, semiconductor andresearch markets, risks associated with integrating acquiredbusinesses and the acceptance of new products by individual customersand by the marketplace and other factors discussed in the BusinessDescription and Management's Discussion and Analysis sections ofVeeco's Annual Report on Form 10-K, 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.