VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: To elect three directors named in the proxy statement to hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Keith D. Jackson

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: (b) Keith D. Jackson”): 43,062,604 for, 3,269,173 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the directors up for election was elected and each of the other matters was approved by the required number of votes on each such matter.”
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 83 asset managers below reported 25,490,826 for, 825,412 withheld, 318,612 abstained, 635 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect three directors named in the proxy statement to hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Mary Jane Raymond

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: (c) Mary Jane Raymond”): 45,706,476 for, 625,301 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the directors up for election was elected and each of the other matters was approved by the required number of votes on each such matter.”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 83 asset managers below reported 26,634,709 for, 141 withheld, 635 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect three directors named in the proxy statement to hold office until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Richard A. D'Amore

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: (a) Richard A. D'Amore”): 45,069,768 for, 1,262,009 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the directors up for election was elected and each of the other matters was approved by the required number of votes on each such matter.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 83 asset managers below reported 26,592,105 for, 1,442 withheld, 41,303 abstained, 635 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: To approve an amendment to Veeco's 2019 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the authorized shares of Veeco's common stock there under by 3,500,000 shares;

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Approval of an amendment to Veeco's 2019 Stock Incentive Plan”): 45,418,877 for, 904,138 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 91 asset managers below reported 26,653,511 for, 16,903 against, 635 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers;

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Approval of the advisory vote on executive compensation”): 45,116,400 for, 1,185,955 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 88 managers: 26,668,552 for, 13,094 against, 635 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 219 managers: 26,102,771 for, 870,622 against, 312 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2024; and

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.’s own tally for this item (“4. Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP”): 49,561,447 for, 298,146 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 10, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.4% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 89 asset managers below reported 26,609,832 for, 56,806 against, 635 unknown.

Showing the 25 largest of 89 asset managers. See all 89 in the interactive database.