Ultratech,Inc. (NASDAQ:UTEK) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Ultratech,Inc. (NASDAQ:UTEK) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May25, 2017, Ultratech,Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
Company), held a special meeting of the Companys stockholders in
Menlo Park, California (the Special Meeting). As of April20,
2017, the Companys record date for the Special Meeting, there
were a total of 27,242,013 shares of common stock, par value
$0.001 per share, (the Ultratech common stock) outstanding and
entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. At the Special Meeting,
22,045,611 shares of Ultratech common stock were present or
represented by proxy and, therefore, a quorum was present. The
Companys stockholders voted on three proposals and Proposal 1 and
Proposal 3 were approved by the requisite vote of the Companys
stockholders. Proposal 2 was not approved by the requisite vote
of the Companys stockholders. The final voting results for the
proposals are set forth below.

Proposal 1: A proposal (the Merger Proposal) to
adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February2,
2017 (the Merger Agreement), by and among the Company, Veeco
Instruments Inc., a Delaware corporation (Veeco), and Ulysses
Acquisition Subsidiary Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly
owned subsidiary of Veeco (Merger Subsidiary), which provides for
the merger of Merger Subsidiary with and into the Company, with
the Company surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of
Veeco (the Merger).

For

Against

Abstain

21,698,152

67,621

279,838

Proposal 2: A proposal to approve, on a
non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation payments that will
or may be made to the Companys named executive officers in
connection with the Merger.

For

Against

Abstain

7,415,362

14,347,940

282,309

Proposal 3: A proposal to approve the
adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate,
to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes
at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the Merger
Proposal.

For

Against

Abstain

20,614,798

1,148,704

282,109

The affirmative vote of stockholders of the Company holding a
majority of the shares of common stock of the Company outstanding
and entitled to vote as of the record date to adopt the Merger
Agreement satisfies one of the conditions to the closing of the
Merger, which remains subject to other customary closing
conditions.


About Ultratech, Inc. (NASDAQ:UTEK)

Ultratech, Inc. (Ultratech) develops, manufactures and markets photolithography, laser thermal processing and inspection equipment. The Company operates through the manufacture and distribution of capital equipment to manufacturers of integrated circuits and nanotechnology components segment. The Company serves manufacturers of semiconductor devices, including packaging processes and various nanotechnology components such as laser diodes, high-brightness light emitting diodes (HBLEDs) and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), as well as atomic layer deposition systems (ALD) for customers located throughout the world. It has operations in North America, Europe, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and the rest of Asia. The Company supplies step-and-repeat photolithography systems based on one-to-one (1X) imaging technology to customers located throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Ultratech, Inc. (NASDAQ:UTEK) Recent Trading Information

Ultratech, Inc. (NASDAQ:UTEK) closed its last trading session up +0.15 at 30.23 with 124,649 shares trading hands.