Veeco Instruments Inc. 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: To elect three directors named in the proxy statement to hold office until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Gordon Hunter

Veeco Instruments Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: (b) Gordon Hunter”): 51,471,239 for, 1,308,764 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 7, 2026 (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: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 84 asset managers below reported 32,547,162 for, 96,212 withheld, 19,393 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect three directors named in the proxy statement to hold office until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Kathleen A. Bayless

Veeco Instruments Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: (a) Kathleen A. Bayless”): 52,298,202 for, 481,801 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 7, 2026 (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: 99.0% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 84 asset managers below reported 32,552,015 for, 91,363 withheld, 19,389 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect three directors named in the proxy statement to hold office until the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Lena Nicolaides, Ph.D.

Veeco Instruments Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: (c) Lena Nicolaides, Ph.D.”): 52,061,628 for, 718,375 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 7, 2026 (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 84 asset managers below reported 32,655,506 for, 7,257 withheld, 4 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 30, 2025 (as it may be amended from time to time, the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Axcelis Technologies, Inc. ("Axcelis"), Victory Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Axcelis ("Merger Sub"), and Veeco Instruments Inc. ("Veeco") and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the merger of Merger Sub with and into Veeco, with Veeco surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Axcelis (the "Merger Agreement Proposal");

Veeco Instruments Inc.’s own tally for this item (“1. Merger Agreement Proposal. A proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a wholly owned”): 53,408,907 for, 469,828 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 6, 2026 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The Merger Agreement Proposal was approved.”
Support: 99.1% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Voting standard, as the filing states it: a supermajority of the shares outstanding (“89.37% of the voting power”).

The 81 asset managers below reported 31,628,006 for, 330,779 against.

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The 4 asset managers below reported 133,439 for. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

Description as filed by funds: TO APPROVE THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING, IF NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE, TO SOLICIT ADDITIONAL PROXIES IF THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT VOTES AT THE TIME OF THE SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE THE MERGER AGREEMENT PROPOSAL OR TO ENSURE THAT ANY SUPPLEMENT OR AMENDMENT TO THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS IS TIMELY PROVIDED TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The 80 asset managers below reported 30,783,434 for, 1,170,057 against, 2,476 abstained. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

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The 4 asset managers below reported 133,439 for. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

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 thereunder 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”): 52,097,302 for, 657,797 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 7, 2026 (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% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 88 asset managers below reported 32,675,174 for, 71 against, 4,676 abstained.

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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”): 52,497,685 for, 255,778 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 7, 2026 (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: 99.5% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); 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 84 managers: 32,672,054 for, 4,782 against, 2,476 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 228 managers: 34,106,123 for, 131,361 against, 312 abstained, 1,346 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation that will be paid or become payable to the named executive officers of Veeco that is based on or otherwise relates to the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and

Veeco Instruments Inc.’s own tally for this item (“2. Merger Compensation Proposal. A proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation that will be paid or become payable to the named executive officers of the Company that is based on or otherwise r”): 53,258,029 for, 600,723 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 6, 2026 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The Merger Compensation Proposal was approved.”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Voting standard, as the filing states it: a majority of the votes cast (“majority of votes cast”).

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 78 managers: 31,706,754 for, 246,579 against, 2,476 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 204 managers: 31,892,927 for, 358,362 against, 329 abstained, 472 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

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). The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

Fund voting reports, all 4 managers: 62,042 for, 72,582 against.

Institutional-manager reports, all 6 managers: 131,502 for, 232 against.

Description as filed by funds: To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2026; and

Veeco Instruments Inc.’s own tally for this item (“4. Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP”): 56,517,160 for, 100,344 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 7, 2026 (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: 99.8% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 85 asset managers below reported 32,664,493 for, 68 against, 2,476 abstained.

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