SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2024-05-07

Document Content:
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<!--Enhanced HTML document created with Toppan Merrill Bridge 10.6.125.0--><!--Created on: 5/7/2024 12:10:57 PM (UTC)--><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><title></title></head><body><div style="margin-top:30pt;"></div><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:11.76%;padding-right:11.76%;position:relative;"><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;line-height:1.37;text-align:right;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&#160;10.1</b></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;">VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC. 2019 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN<br><br>NOTICE OF PERFORMANCE RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD (2024)</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;line-height:1.19;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;">Veeco Instruments Inc. (the &#8220;<u style="text-decoration-color:#000000;text-decoration-line:underline;text-decoration-style:solid;">Company</u>&#8221;) is pleased to confirm the award to the employee named below (the &#8220;<u style="text-decoration-color:#000000;text-decoration-line:underline;text-decoration-style:solid;">Grantee</u>&#8221;) of Restricted Stock Units (the &#8220;<u style="text-decoration-color:#000000;text-decoration-line:underline;text-decoration-style:solid;">Award</u>&#8221;), subject to the terms and conditions of this Notice of Performance Restricted Stock Unit Award (2024) (the &#8220;<u style="text-decoration-color:#000000;text-decoration-line:underline;text-decoration-style:solid;">Notice</u>&#8221;), the Veeco Instruments Inc.<b style="font-weight:bold;"> </b>2019<b style="font-weight:bold;"> </b>Stock Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the &#8220;<u style="text-decoration-color:#000000;text-decoration-line:underline;text-decoration-style:solid;">Plan</u>&#8221;) and the Veeco Instruments Inc. Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock Unit Award (2024) (the &#8220;<u style="text-decoration-color:#000000;text-decoration-line:underline;text-decoration-style:solid;">Terms and Conditions</u><font style="white-space:pre-wrap;">&#8221;) attached hereto, as follows. Unless otherwise provided herein, the terms in this Notice shall have the same meaning as those defined in the Plan.</font></p><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:84.42%;" align="center"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;line-height:1.19;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;">Grantee:</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:53.53%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;line-height:1.19;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;line-height:1.19;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;">Date of Award:</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:53.53%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;line-height:1.19;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;">March 14, 2024</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;line-height:1.19;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;">Target Number of Restricted Stock Units Awarded (the &#8220;Units&#8221;):</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:53.53%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;line-height:1.19;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;line-height:1.19;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;">Performance Period:</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:53.53%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;line-height:1.19;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;">March 14, 2024 to March 13, 2027</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;line-height:1.19;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:53.53%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;line-height:1.19;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr></table></div><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;line-height:1.19;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;line-height:1.19;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The Units shall be earned based on the Company&#8217;s Three Year Total Shareholder Return (&#8220;TSR&#8221;) versus the Three