Veeco Instruments prelim $1.62 vs $1.61 Thomson Reuters consensus; revs $300 mln vs $302.17 mln Thomson Reuters consensus

Veeco Instruments Inc. VECO announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2010. Veeco reports its results on a U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) basis, and also provides results excluding certain items. Please refer to the attached table for details of the reconciliation between GAAP operating results and Non-GAAP operating results. All results presented herein are for Veeco's “Continuing Operations” which excludes the Metrology business sold to Bruker Corporation on October 7, 2010.