VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC 10-K

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities ​ Our common stock is quoted on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “VECO.” As of February 11, 2022, there were approximately 129 stockholders of record of our common stock. Because many of our shares of common stock are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by these record holders. We have not paid dividends on our common stock. The Board of Directors will determine future dividend policy based on our consolidated results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements, and other circumstances. 29 Table of Contents ​ Stock Performance Graph ​ ​ ASSUMES $100 INVESTED ON DEC. 31, 2016 ASSUMES DIVIDENDS REINVESTED FISCAL YEAR ENDING DEC. 31 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Veeco Instruments Inc. 100.00 50.94 25.42 50.38 59.55 97.67 S&P Smallcap 600 100.00 113.23 103.63 127.24 141.60 179.58 RDG MidCap Technology 100.00 99.98 84.06 104.84 133.78 112.72 ​ ​ ​ Item 6. [Reserved] ​ ​ ​ ​ 30 Table of Contents