VEECO PRIVACY AND COPYRIGHT STATEMENT

Veeco intends to give you as much control as possible over your personal information. In general, you can visit Veeco on the Web without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself.

Protecting your privacy is very important to Veeco. We have adopted the following policies to safeguard your personal information and are committed to protecting its confidentiality. We will limit the collection and use of personal information to what is necessary to administer our business, provide you with the highest quality service, and offer you opportunities we think will be of interest. We will not disclose any individual information to third parties.

Veeco collects personal information from our visitors on a voluntary basis only. Personal information may include name, title, company, address, phone number, e-mail address, etc. The individual information we collect is used by Veeco only to process requests for information which have been placed by our customers or otherwise provide you with high quality service and to market our products, events and/or services. We do not sell, rent or transmit personal information to other organizations outside of our distribution network. Veeco may also retain electronic communications you send to our customer service representatives or webmaster. These may be shared within Veeco as a means to improve customer service.

All personal information you provide to Veeco is secured on our server with restricted access. Veeco reserves the right to use agents, who are bound by strict confidentiality guidelines, to perform storage and processing functions. Only designated employees or agents who need to carry out legitimate business functions are permitted to view your personal data. Employees or agents who violate Veeco's privacy policies are subject to disciplinary actions, up to and including termination.

The Veeco web site, www.veeco.com, may contain links to other sites, and we make every effort to link only to sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy. However, we are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices employed by other sites.

Our web server tracks and collects general information about the visits to our Web site. While IP addresses (the Internet address of a computer) are logged to track a user's session, the user remains anonymous. We analyze this data for certain trends and statistics, such as which parts of our site users are visiting, how long they spend there, the visitors' domain names, and what countries those requests come from. We do not link your IP addresses to anything personally identifiable to you.

Because Veeco considers the individual information we maintain to be confidential, our policy is to disclose no personal information to third parties unless release is required by law or is pertinent to judicial or government investigations or proceedings.

Veeco is a registered trademark of Veeco Instruments Inc. Other trademarks, logos and service marks used in this site are the property of Veeco Instruments Inc. or other third parties. Visitors are not permitted to use these marks without the prior written consent of Veeco Instruments Inc. or the third party who owns the mark.

Trademarks owned by Veeco Instruments Inc. include, but are not limited to: Autoprobe, Bioprobe, Bioscope, Connexion, CVC, Cyclone, Dektak, GEN2000, GEN200, Ion Tech, Inc., Ion Tech, Microetch, Midas, Millatron, Millenion, Molly, Multimode, Nanolens, Nanoman, Nano Probes, Nanoscope, Nano Tips, Nanovision, Nexus, Oasis 2000, Oasis 1000, Oasis, Optilin, Optium, Park Scientific Instruments, PSI, RDR400, Ribe, Scanmaster, Sourcerer, Spector, Sumo, Summit, TipX,Topo-3D, Topometrix, Turbodisc, Uniblock, Uni-bulb, Veeco, Vision, and Wyko. DPN is a trademark of NanoInk.

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The Web site and all elements thereof are provided on an "as is" basis without warranty of any kind, express or implied. Veeco disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Veeco does not warrant that the Web site will operate or perform in a manner that is uninterrupted or error-free, or that the Web site or host server will be maintained free of viruses or other harmful code. Veeco makes no warranties that the information presented on the Web site is current, up-to-date, or accurate. Some states and jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, so the above limitation may not apply to you. The foregoing shall be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

Under no circumstances and regardless of legal theory, whether in tort, contract or otherwise, will Veeco be liable to you or any other party for an indirect, special, incidental, reliance, or consequential damages, however caused, and regardless of character, including without limitation, any damages relating to lost data, computer failure or malfunctioning, or otherwise. Some states and jurisdictions do not allow the limitation of liability for consequential or indirect damages, so the foregoing limitation may not apply to you. The foregoing shall be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. You agree to this allocation of risk in relation to your use of the Web site.

This Web site is presented by Veeco from within the United States, and Veeco makes no representation that materials in the Web site are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United States. Neither the Web site, nor any underlying information or technology may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported into, or to a national or resident of, any country to which the United States has embargoed goods (for example, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Syria) or to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nations or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Denial Orders. By downloading or using any element of the Web site, you are agreeing to the foregoing and you are certifying that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list. In addition, you are responsible for complying with any and all local laws in your jurisdiction which may impact your right to use the Web site.

To the extent that this website reflects expectations about market condition, market acceptance and future sales of Veeco's products, Veeco's future financial performance, or otherwise makes statements about the future, such statements are forward-looking and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. These factors include the challenges of continuing weakness in end market conditions and the cyclical nature of the compound semiconductor/wireless, data storage, semiconductor and research markets, risks associated with integrating acquired businesses and the acceptance of new products by individual customers and by the marketplace and other factors discussed in the Business Description and Management's Discussion and Analysis sections of Veeco's Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K .