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Item 5.03. | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On January 22, 2021, the Board of Directors of Veeco Instruments Inc. (“Veeco”) adopted the Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “A&R Bylaws”), which became effective immediately upon adoption. Veeco’s A&R Bylaws amend and restate Veeco’s previously existing bylaws in their entirety to, among other things, (i) allow Veeco to hold remote annual stockholders’ meetings as permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law and (ii) revise the requirements with respect to the information and agreements that a director nominee who is nominated by a stockholder must provide to Veeco. The foregoing is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the A&R Bylaws, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. In addition, a marked copy of the A&R Bylaws showing all changes made to the prior bylaws is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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3.1 | Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Veeco Instruments Inc., effective January 22, 2021 | |
3.2 | Marked copy of Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Veeco Instruments Inc., effective January 22, 2021 | |
104 | Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: January 22, 2021 | VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC. | |
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| By: | /s/ Kirk W. Mackey |
| Name: | Kirk W. Mackey |
| Title: | Vice President, Head of Legal and Secretary |