Jan. 29, 2003 — FEI Co., a Hillsboro, Ore., provider of nanoscale metrology and fabrication tools, reported a fourth quarter loss of $3.5 million, or 11 cents per share, versus earnings of 24 cents per share for the fourth quarter of 2001.
Fourth quarter revenues were $85.2 million, versus $96.6 million from the year earlier period. Earlier this month, FEI and Veeco Instruments terminated a merger agreement. FEI’s stock, which trades on Nasdaq, closed up 4 cents at $16.48.