333 Three D Systems Circle

Rock Hill, SC 29730

March 28, 2018

Dear Fellow Stockholder:

Please join us at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of 3D Systems Corporation.

At the meeting, stockholders will vote on the following items:

In addition, stockholders will consider and act upon any other matters that may be properly brought before the Annual Meeting or at any adjournments or postponements thereof.

We encourage you to attend the Annual Meeting so that we can review the past year with you, listen to your suggestions, and answer any questions that you may have. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, please vote your shares as soon as possible so that your vote will be counted.

On behalf of the Company and your Board of Directors, we thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Vyomesh I. Joshi

President and Chief Executive Officer

333 Three D Systems Circle

Rock Hill, SC 29730

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

March 28, 2018

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of 3D Systems Corporation, a Delaware corporation, will be held:

When: Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time;

Where: 3D Systems Corporation, 333 Three D Systems Circle, Rock Hill, South Carolina, 29730;

Why: For the following purposes:

In addition, stockholders will consider and act upon any other matters that may be properly brought before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

The Proxy Statement accompanying this Notice of Annual Meeting describes these items of business in greater detail.

The record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting is March 19, 2018. We are mailing a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials commencing on or about March 28, 2018 to all stockholders of record as of the record date. We will send you copies of the accompanying Proxy Statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 upon request by following the instructions in our Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials.

We encourage you to cast your votes on the proposals to be considered at the Annual Meeting electronically by using the website that hosts our Proxy Statement and Annual Report as described on the Notice of Internet Availability. If you have requested delivery of a printed version of the materials, you will receive a proxy card that you may use to vote your shares. You may also vote by telephone as set forth on your proxy card or the Notice of Internet Availability. Regardless of whether you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we encourage you to vote your shares electronically on the internet, by proxy card or by telephone in case your plans change. Please vote today to ensure that your votes are counted.

If you hold our shares in street name, please vote your shares by following the instructions set forth below in “How to Vote.”

If you are a stockholder of record and attend the Annual Meeting in person, you will be able to vote your shares personally at the Annual Meeting if you so desire, even if you previously voted.

		By Order of the Board of Directors
		Andrew M. Johnson
		Secretary
Rock Hill, South Carolina
March 28, 2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS

333 Three D Systems Circle

Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730

PROXY STATEMENT

Dated March 28, 2018

For the Annual Meeting of Stockholders

To Be Held on May 15, 2018

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE STOCKHOLDER MEETING TO BE HELD ON MAY 15, 2018:

This Proxy Statement, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (“2017 Annual

Report”) and a form of proxy card are available at www.envisionreports.com/DDD

GENERAL INFORMATION

We plan to hold our 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at the following time and place and for the following purposes:

When:    11:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on Tuesday, May 15, 2018;

Where:    3D Systems Corporation, 333 Three D Systems Circle, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730;

Why:    At the Annual Meeting, stockholders will vote on the following items:

In addition, stockholders will consider and act upon any other matters that may be properly brought before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

3D System Corporation (the “Company,” “we,” and “us”) is furnishing this Proxy Statement in connection with the solicitation of proxies by our Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors” or “Board”) for use at the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements of the Annual Meeting.

This Proxy Statement and related materials are first being made available on or about March 28, 2018. For directions to the location of the Annual Meeting, please call (803) 326-3995.

1

RECORD DATE, VOTING SECURITIES AND QUORUM

The record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting is the close of business on March 19, 2018.

Our common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), is our only outstanding class of voting securities. As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 113,805,067 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding. Each such share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote on each matter to be voted on at the Annual Meeting.

Holders of record of shares of our Common Stock outstanding as of the close of business on the record date are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. A list of the stockholders of record as of the record date will be kept at our principal office at 333 Three D Systems Circle, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730 for a period of 10 days prior to the Annual Meeting.

A majority of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on the record date that are present in person or represented by proxy will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the Annual Meeting.

HOW TO VOTE

You are considered to be a holder of record of each share of Common Stock that is registered in your name on the records of our transfer agent. If you are a stockholder of record, we will send you a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. Please follow the instructions in that Notice in order to cast your vote.

Most of you hold your shares in a brokerage account or bank or through another nominee holder. In that case, your broker, bank or other nominee is generally considered to be the holder of record of those shares, and you are considered the “beneficial owner” of shares held in “street-name.” As a beneficial owner, you generally have the right to instruct your broker, bank or other nominee how to vote your shares. In this Proxy Statement, we refer to these stockholdings as “street-name holdings” and to you as a “street-name holder.”

You should expect your broker, bank or other nominee to send you a voting instruction form either by regular mail or in an email. Your broker, bank or other nominee is required to vote your shares pursuant to your instructions. In limited circumstances, your nominee may, but is not required to, vote your shares in the absence of specific voting instructions from you for matters that are considered “routine.” We understand that the ratification of the selection of BDO USA, LLP (“BDO”) as our independent registered public accounting firm is the only “routine” proposal on which stockholders are being asked to vote at the Annual Meeting. Accordingly, if you do not give voting instructions to your broker, bank or other nominee, it will be entitled to vote your shares in its discretion on the ratification of the appointment of BDO; however, it will not vote your shares in connection with (i) the election of directors, (ii) the advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers or (iii) the stockholder proposal to reduce the ownership required for stockholders to call a special meeting.

Accordingly, street-name holders need to be mindful of the following:

To ensure that you as a street-name holder are able to participate in our upcoming Annual Meeting, please review our proxy materials and follow the instructions for voting your shares on the voting instruction form that you will be receiving from your nominee.

2

Voting your shares is important, among other things, to ensure that we get the minimum quorum required to hold and conduct business at the Annual Meeting. Your affirmative participation in the voting process also helps us avoid the need and the added expense of having to contact you to solicit your vote and helps us avoid the need of having to reschedule the Annual Meeting. We hope that you will exercise your legal rights and fully participate in our future.

We encourage you to review this Proxy Statement and our 2017 Annual Report before you cast your vote. Whether you are a stockholder of record or a street-name holder, you may vote any shares of Common Stock that you are entitled to vote:

For a discussion of the mechanics of each of these means of voting, please see “How to Cast Your Vote if You are a Stockholder of Record,” “How to Cast Your Vote if You are a Street-Name Holder,” and “Other Voting and Stockholder Matters” below.

VOTING MATTERS

Once a quorum of the shares entitled to vote is present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, the votes required to approve the matters to be considered at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

If you specify how your shares are to be voted on a matter, the shares represented by your proxy or other voting instructions will be voted in accordance with your instructions. If you are a stockholder of record and you do not give specific voting instructions when you grant an otherwise valid proxy, your shares will be voted as follows:

We do not know of any other matters to be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting. However, if any other matters are properly presented for consideration, the proxy holders will vote your shares on those matters in accordance with the Board of Directors’ recommendations. If the Board of Directors does not make a recommendation on any such matters, the proxy holders will be entitled to vote in their discretion on those matters.

3

PROPOSAL ONE

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders will elect eleven directors to serve until the 2019 Annual Meeting and until their successors are elected and qualified. The Board of Directors, based upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee (the “Governance Committee”), has designated as nominees for election the eleven individuals named in the table below, all of whom currently serve as directors.

In nominating each of the director nominees, the Governance Committee and the Board considered, among other things, the Board’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and Qualifications for Nomination to the Board, which were adopted in 2004 and most recently amended in March 2018. These documents are posted on our website at www.3DSystems.com. These qualifications include, among other factors, a candidate’s ethical character, experience and diversity of background as well as whether the candidate is independent under applicable listing standards and financially literate. In considering the nomination of these individuals, the Governance Committee and the Board also took into consideration the following additional factors relating to each director since the 2017 Annual Meeting:

Relevant information regarding the background and experience of each of the nominees for director that the Governance Committee and the Board considered in evaluating each nominee is set forth opposite their respective names in “Information Concerning Nominees” below. See also “Corporate Governance Matters” below, which discloses additional information about the nominees and our corporate governance policies and practices.

The Governance Committee and the Board considered each nominee’s overall business experience, contributions to Board activities during 2017 and independence in their evaluation of each nominee in conjunction with the factors discussed above, but did not otherwise give greater weight to any of the factors cited above compared with any of the others. While the Board considers diversity of background and experience in its nomination decisions, we do not maintain a diversity policy relating to the composition of our Board of Directors. The Board believes that each of the nominees for director is well qualified to continue to serve as a director of the Company and that the nominees provide the mix of experience that is required to enable the Board to perform its functions.

If any nominee becomes unavailable for any reason or if a vacancy should occur before the election (which events are not anticipated), the holders of proxies may vote the shares represented by such duly executed proxies in favor of such other person as they may determine. Alternatively, in lieu of designating a substitute, the Board may reduce the number of directors.

4

The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that you vote

FOR

each of the nominees listed in the table below.

Information Concerning Nominees

The following table sets forth for each nominee for director, his or her business experience, the year in which he or she first became a director, his or her age as of the record date for the Annual Meeting, and any directorships in publicly owned companies or registered investment companies that such nominee currently holds or has held during the past five years. It also sets forth the particular experiences, qualifications, attributes, and skills of each nominee for director that led to the conclusion of the Governance Committee and the Board that the nominee should serve as a director.

5

6

7

8

9

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS

Our Board of Directors is committed to sound and effective corporate governance practices, to diligently exercising its oversight responsibilities with respect to our business and affairs consistent with the highest principles of business ethics, and to meeting the corporate governance requirements that apply to us.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

The Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines that address various governance matters, including, among others, the functions of the Board, Board committees, director qualification standards and the director nomination process; director responsibilities; director access to management and independent advisors; director stock ownership; director orientation and continuing education; management succession; and an annual performance evaluation of the Board. The Governance Committee is responsible for overseeing these Guidelines, periodically assessing their adequacy, and modifying them to meet new circumstances. These Guidelines are posted on our website at www.3DSystems.com under “Investor Relations,” and then under “Governance.”

Director Independence

Eight of our eleven directors are independent directors. Under the corporate governance standards of the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), at least a majority of our directors, and all of the members of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Governance Committee, must meet the test of “independence.” The NYSE standards provide that, to qualify as an “independent” director, in addition to satisfying certain bright-line criteria, the Board must affirmatively determine that a director has no material relationship with us (either directly or as a partner, stockholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with the Company). The Board has affirmatively determined that Messrs. Curran, Humes, Kever, Loewenbaum, McClure, Moore, Tracy, and Wadsworth satisfy the bright-line criteria of the listing standards of the NYSE and that they have no material relationships with us. In making its determination, the Board and the Governance Committee reviewed the related party transactions relating to Mr. Humes that are disclosed under Related Party Transaction Policy and Procedures beginning on page 16 of this Proxy Statement, and the following relationships:

Mr. Joshi, our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), and Mr. Chuck Hull, one of our founders and our Chief Technology Officer, are executive officers of the Company and, as such, are not independent directors.

Mr. Erickson, who was appointed to the Board on November 17, 2015, was party to a consulting agreement with the Company in 2016, as described further under Related Party Transaction Policy and Procedures beginning on page 16 of this Proxy Statement and, as such, is not an independent director.

Risk Responsibility and Oversight

Consistent with Delaware law, our business is managed by our officers under the direction and oversight of the Board of Directors. In this regard, our management, including our corporate officers, is responsible for the day-to-day management of the risks facing us, including macroeconomic, financial, strategic, operational, public reporting, legal, regulatory, political, compliance, and reputational risks. They carry out this responsibility through a coordinated effort among themselves in the management of our business.

In exercising its oversight responsibilities, as permitted by law, the Board receives and relies on reports and other information provided by management, reviews, and approves matters that it is required or permitted to approve by law or our Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, each as amended, and receives information relating to, and enquires into, such other matters as it deems appropriate, including our business plans, prospects and performance, succession planning, risk management, and other matters for which it has oversight responsibility. The Board carries out its general oversight responsibility both by acting as a whole as well as through its committees. Among other things, the Board as a whole periodically reviews our processes for identifying, ranking, and assessing risks that affect our organization as well as the output of those processes. The Board as a whole also receives periodic reports from our management on various risks, including risks of the types mentioned above facing our businesses, risks presented by transactions that are presented to the Board for approval, and risks arising out of our corporate strategy.

10

As discussed below, the Board also maintains several standing committees with oversight responsibility for various Board functions. Although the Board has ultimate responsibility for overseeing risk, its standing committees perform certain of its oversight responsibilities. For example, in accordance with its charter, the Audit Committee engages in ongoing discussions regarding major financial and accounting risk exposures and the process and system employed to monitor and control such exposures. In addition, consistent with its charter, the Audit Committee engages in periodic discussions with management concerning the process by which risk assessment and management are undertaken, and it exercises oversight with regard to the risk assessment and management processes related to, among other things, internal controls, credit, capital structure, liquidity and insurance programs. In carrying out these responsibilities, the Audit Committee, among other things, regularly reviews with the Internal Audit Director the audits or assessments of significant accounting and audit risks conducted by Internal Audit personnel based on their audit plan, and the Committee regularly meets in executive sessions with the Internal Audit Director. The Audit Committee also regularly reviews with management our internal control over financial reporting, including any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses. As part of these reviews, the Audit Committee reviews steps taken by management to monitor, control and mitigate risks. The Audit Committee also regularly reviews with the Chief Legal Officer significant legal, regulatory and compliance matters that could have a material impact on our financial statements or business. Finally, from time to time executives who are responsible for managing particular risks report to the Audit Committee on how those risks are being controlled and mitigated.

Other Board committees also exercise responsibility to oversee risk within their areas of responsibility and expertise. For example, as noted in the section below entitled “Risk Assessment of Compensation Policies and Practices,” the Compensation Committee oversees risk assessment and management with respect to our compensation policies and practices, and it exercises oversight with respect to our 401(k) plan.

In those cases in which committees have risk oversight responsibilities, the Chairs of the committees regularly report to the full Board the significant risks facing the Company, as identified by management, and the measures undertaken by management for controlling and mitigating those risks.

Risk Assessment of Compensation Policies and Practices

We have reviewed our material compensation policies and practices, discussed the concept of risk as it related to our compensation program, and considered various mitigating factors. Based on these reviews and discussion, the Compensation Committee does not believe our compensation program creates risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our business.

For more information regarding our compensation program, see the section of this Proxy Statement titled “Compensation Discussion & Analysis.”

Board Leadership Structure

The Board has separated the position of its Chairman from the position of CEO. As noted above, Mr. Loewenbaum, an independent director, serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Nevertheless, we do not have a policy regarding whether the Chairman and CEO roles should be combined or separated. Rather, our Board of Directors prefers to retain flexibility to choose its leadership structure and Chairman in any way that it deems best for the Company at any given time. The Board periodically reviews the appropriateness and effectiveness of its leadership structure given numerous factors. Currently, the Board believes that it is appropriate for Mr. Loewenbaum to remain as Chairman given his independence as a director, his background and experience, and his significant holdings of our Common Stock, which enable him to reflect the views of stockholders in the deliberations of the Board of Directors. With the foregoing in mind, the Board believes that the current Board leadership structure has promoted decisive leadership, ensured clear accountability, and enhanced our ability to communicate with a consistent voice to stockholders, customers, employees, and other stakeholders. The Board also believes that it has assisted in the efficient conduct of Board meetings as the directors discuss key business and strategic matters and other critical issues.

While the Board believes that the separation of the positions of Chairman and CEO has been beneficial to the Company, the Board does not view any particular Board leadership structure as being preferable to any other.

11

Accordingly, in the event that any future change in the Board’s leadership structure occurs (which the Board does not currently expect to happen), the Board will take such actions with respect to its leadership structure as it then considers to be appropriate.

Succession Planning

We maintain a succession plan for the position of CEO and other executive officers. To assist the Board with this requirement, the CEO annually leads the Board of Directors in a discussion of CEO and senior management succession. The annual review includes an evaluation of the requirements for the CEO and each senior management position and an examination of potential permanent and interim candidates for CEO and senior management positions.

Director Emeritus Program

Our Board has created a Director Emeritus program to avail itself of the counsel of retiring directors who have made and can continue to make a unique contribution to the deliberations of the Board. Under the program, the Board may, at its discretion, designate a retiring director as Director Emeritus for a period of one year. A Director Emeritus may provide advisory services as requested from time to time and may be invited to attend meetings of the Board or its committees, but may not vote, be counted for quorum purposes, or have any of the duties or obligations imposed on our directors or officers under applicable law or otherwise be considered a director. Following Mr. Van Riper’s retirement at the 2017 Annual Meeting, our Board requested that he serve, and he agreed to serve, as a Director Emeritus for a one-year term. Mr. Van Riper received $100,000 in compensation for his service as Director Emeritus.

Meetings and Meeting Attendance

During 2017, the Board of Directors held 15 meetings. In 2017, each member of the Board of Directors attended at least 75 percent of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board of Directors held during the period for which he has been a director and of the committees of the Board on which he served during the periods that he served. A discussion of the number of committee meetings held during 2017 appears below.

The Board holds executive sessions with only independent directors in attendance at its regular meetings and at other meetings when circumstances warrant those sessions. The CEO, any other non-independent directors and other members of management are excused from these executive sessions. The Chairman of the Board or the Chairman of the Governance Committee presides over such independent sessions of the Board.

We encourage, but do not require, all incumbent directors and director nominees to attend our annual meetings of stockholders. All of the directors then in office attended our 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Committees of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors maintains an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, a Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, a Technology Committee, and an Executive Committee as standing committees of the Board. The current members of all NYSE-required committees (the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee) are independent directors.

Each of the committees operates under a written charter that has been approved by the Board and is posted on our website. See “Availability of Information” on page 18 of this Proxy Statement. Each of these committees periodically reviews its written charter and updates its charter as necessary.

12

The table below provides membership information for each of the Board’s standing committees as of the date of this Proxy Statement.

Audit Committee

In addition to the risk oversight matters discussed above, the principal responsibilities of the Audit Committee are to assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities for:

The Audit Committee has the ultimate authority and responsibility to select, evaluate, and approve the terms of retention and compensation of, and, where appropriate, to replace our independent registered public accounting firm.

The Board of Directors has determined, upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, that each member of the Audit Committee is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in the regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and, therefore, meets the requirement of the listing standards of the NYSE of having accounting or related financial management expertise. The Board of Directors has determined, upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, that each member of the Audit Committee members also meets the heightened standards of independence applicable to audit committee members as prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Audit Committee held six meetings in 2017. It also held private sessions with our independent registered public accounting firm and the Internal Audit Director at several of its meetings. Our Internal Audit Director reports to the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

13

The report of the Audit Committee is set forth beginning on page 45 of this Proxy Statement.

Compensation Committee

In addition to the risk oversight matters discussed above, the principal responsibilities of the Compensation Committee are to:

The Board of Directors has determined, upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, that each member of the Compensation Committee (1) meets the heightened standards of independence applicable to compensation committee members as prescribed by the NYSE, (2) is a “Non-Employee Director” for purposes of Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”) and (3) is an “Outside Director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “Code”). The Compensation Committee held seven meetings in 2017, in addition to various unanimous consents.

The report of the Compensation Committee appears on page 33 of this Proxy Statement.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of our current executive officers served during 2017 as a director of any entity with which any of our outside directors is associated or whose executive officers served as one of our directors, and none of the members of the Compensation Committee has been an officer or employee of the Company or any of our subsidiaries.

Role of Consultant

The Compensation Committee has sole authority to retain, compensate, and terminate a compensation consultant to assist in the evaluation of CEO or senior executive compensation. In 2017, the Committee retained Pearl Meyer & Partners (“Pearl Meyer”) as its independent compensation consultant. Pearl Meyer does not provide any other services to the Company, and the Compensation Committee has determined, based on its assessment of the relevant factors set forth in the applicable Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) rules, that Pearl Meyer’s work for the Compensation Committee does not raise any conflict of interest.

The consultant compiles information regarding the components and mix of the executive compensation programs of the Company and its peer group, analyzes the relative performance of the Company and the peer group with respect to the financial metrics used in the programs, and provides advice to the Compensation Committee regarding the Company’s executive compensation program. The consultant also provides information regarding emerging trends and best practices in executive compensation.

The consultant retained by the Compensation Committee reports to the Compensation Committee Chair and has direct access to Committee members. The consultant periodically attends Compensation Committee meetings and meets with members of the Compensation Committee.

Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

The principal responsibilities of the Governance Committee are to:

14

The Governance Committee held four meetings in 2017.

Technology Committee

The principal responsibilities of the Technology Committee are to:

The Technology Committee was formed in March 2018 and, therefore, did not meet in 2017.

Executive Committee

The principal responsibilities of the Executive Committee are to function on behalf of the Board of Directors during intervals between meetings of the Board, to the extent permitted by law, and to guide our strategic planning.

The Executive Committee held four meetings in 2017.

Stockholdings of Directors

Among the factors considered under our “Qualifications for Nomination to the Board” discussed above is an expectation that each director will hold during his or her term of office a meaningful number of shares of our Common Stock. Several of our directors beneficially own substantial numbers of shares of our Common Stock. See “Director Compensation” and “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” below.

Stockholder Communications with the Board of Directors

Stockholders and other interested persons may communicate with the Board by sending an email to BoardofDirectors@3DSystems.com or by sending a letter to the Board of Directors of 3D Systems Corporation, c/o Corporate Secretary, 333 Three D Systems Circle, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730.

We believe that providing a method for interested parties to communicate directly with our independent directors, rather than to the full Board, provides a more confidential, candid and efficient method of relaying any interested party’s concerns or comments. The Chairman of the Board presides over independent executive sessions of directors is the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman may be contacted by any party by sending a letter to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of 3D Systems Corporation, c/o Corporate Secretary, 333 Three D Systems Circle, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730.

15

All communications must contain a clear notation indicating that they are a “Stockholder-Board Communication” or a “Stockholder-Director Communication” and must identify the author.

The office of the Corporate Secretary will receive the correspondence and forward appropriate correspondence to the Chairman of the Board or to any individual director or directors to whom the communication is directed. We reserve the right not to forward any communication that is hostile, threatening, or illegal, does not reasonably relate to the Company or its business, or is similarly inappropriate. The office of the Corporate Secretary has authority to discard or disregard any inappropriate communication or to take any other action that it deems to be appropriate with respect to any inappropriate communications.

We also welcome communications from our stockholders that are consistent with applicable law and are initiated through our Vice President, Investor Relations, who may be contacted at (803) 326-4010 or investor.relations@3dsystems.com.

Proxy Access

In December 2016, following the receipt of a stockholder proposal and input received from our stockholders, the Board amended the Company’s By-Laws to adopt proxy access bylaws that permit up to 20 stockholders owning 3% or more of our Common Stock continuously for a period of at least 3 years to nominate up to the greater of two directors and 20% of the Board and include these nominees in our proxy materials.

Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics

Our Code of Conduct applies to all of our employees worldwide, including all of our officers. We separately maintain a Code of Ethics that applies to our CEO, Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer (which is currently the Chief Financial Officer), Controller and all other senior financial executives and to directors of the Company when acting in their capacity as directors.

These documents are designed to set high standards of business conduct and ethics for our activities and to help directors, officers, and employees resolve ethical issues. The purpose of our Code of Conduct and our Code of Ethics is to provide assurance to the greatest possible extent that our business is conducted in a consistently legal and ethical manner. Employees may submit concerns or complaints regarding ethical issues on a confidential basis by means of a toll-free telephone call to an assigned voicemail box. We investigate all concerns and complaints.

We intend to disclose amendments to, or waivers from, any provision of the Code of Ethics that applies to our CEO, Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer or Controller and persons performing similar functions and that relates to any element of the Code of Ethics described in Item 406(b) of Regulation S-K by posting such information on our website. See “Availability of Information” on page 18 of this Proxy Statement. There have been no such waivers since the date of the proxy statement for our 2017 Annual Meeting.

Related Party Transaction Policy and Procedures

In addition to the provisions of our Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics that deal with conflicts of interest and related-party transactions, we have adopted a Related Party Transaction Policy that is designed to confirm our position that related-party transactions should be avoided except when they are in our interests and to require that certain types of transactions that may create conflicts of interest or other relationships with related parties are approved in advance by the Board of Directors and a committee composed of directors who are independent and disinterested with respect to the matter under consideration. This policy applies to transactions meeting the following criteria:

16

In adopting this policy, the Board reviewed certain types of transactions and deemed them to be pre- approved even if the amount involved exceeds $120,000. These types of transactions include:

Under the terms of our Related Party Transaction Policy, when considering whether to approve a proposed related party transaction, factors to be considered include, among other things, whether such transaction is on terms no more favorable than terms generally available to an unaffiliated third-party under the same or similar circumstances and the extent of the related party’s interest in the transaction. A copy of our Related Party Transaction Policy is posted on our website. See “Availability of Information” on page 18 of this Proxy Statement.

One of our directors, Mr. Humes, served as a member of the board of directors of Ingram Micro until June 2017. During 2017, we sold approximately $408,000 worth of products to Ingram Micro, which is one of our distributors. Mr. Humes did not receive any direct or indirect material benefit from these transactions.

On January 21, 2016, the Board approved a Consulting Agreement (the “Consulting Agreement”) between the Company and ECG Ventures, Inc., a consulting company owned by one of our directors, Mr. Erickson. The Consulting Agreement provided that Mr. Erickson would provide strategic and management consulting services to the Company in exchange for $75,000 a month plus reimbursement of expenses. In connection with the Consulting Agreement, Mr. Erickson was also awarded 25,000 shares of restricted stock that vested as scheduled on December 31, 2016. This agreement was terminated on May 1, 2016, Mr. Erickson having earned $318,750 under the agreement in addition to the restricted stock grant.

Policy on Hedging Transactions

Our Insider Trading Policy prohibits anyone who is employed by or associated with us from engaging in short-term or speculative transactions in our securities. This policy includes within its coverage short sales, which for directors and executive officers of the Company are prohibited by Section 16(c) of the Exchange Act. It also prohibits transactions in publicly traded options, such as puts, calls, and other derivative securities, or other hedging transactions on a securities exchange or other organized market. Our Insider Trading Policy requires that our directors and executive officers pre-clear any transactions in our securities with our Chief Legal Officer or Assistant General Counsel.

17

Clawbacks of Incentive Compensation

As part of our Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Board has adopted a policy on the clawback of incentive compensation. Under the terms of this policy, if the Board or an appropriate Board committee has determined that any fraud or intentional misconduct by one or more executive officers caused, directly or indirectly, the Company to restate its financial statements, subject to applicable law, the Board will take, in its sole discretion, such action as it deems necessary to remedy the misconduct and prevent its recurrence. The Board, subject to applicable law, may require reimbursement of any bonus or cash or equity incentive compensation awarded to such officers and/or effect the cancellation of unvested restricted stock or outstanding stock option awards previously granted to such officers in the amount by which such compensation exceeded any lower payment that would have been made based on the restated financial results.

In addition, each award granted under the 2015 Incentive Plan is subject to the condition that we may require that such award be returned, and that any payment made with respect to such award must be repaid, if such action is required under the terms of any recoupment or “clawback” policy of ours as in effect on the date that the payment was made, or on the date the award was granted or exercised or vested or earned, as applicable.

The Board recognizes that the Dodd-Frank legislation enacted in 2010 may, following rule making, require some modification of these policies. The Board intends to review any rules adopted as a result of that legislation and to adopt any modifications to these policies that become required by applicable law.

Availability of Information

As noted above:

Each of these documents is available online and can be viewed on our website by going to www.3DSystems.com and clicking on “About,” then “Investor Relations,” then “Governance” and then selecting the appropriate document from the list on the web page.

18

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

Director Compensation for 2017

The following table sets forth information concerning all compensation of each of our non-employee directors for their services as a director during the year ended December 31, 2017.

19

Directors’ Fees

Director compensation is set by the Board, based upon the recommendation of the Governance Committee. We pay the following cash compensation to our non-employee directors:

As discussed below, non-employee directors also receive annual equity awards. We also reimburse directors for their expenses of attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors or its committees.

Directors who are employees of the Company (Mr. Joshi and Mr. Hull) receive no additional compensation for service as a director.

Director Equity Awards

Director equity compensation is set by the Board, based upon the recommendation of the Governance Committee. Equity awards granted to our directors are made under the Directors Stock Plan and 2015 Incentive Plan described in further detail below. The equity compensation policy for non-employee directors provides for annual grants of restricted stock to each director equal to $100,000 in total value. Pursuant to this policy, each director in office on the date of the 2017 Annual Meeting was granted 4,290 shares of restricted stock. Because our Directors Stock Plan limits the number of equity awards that may be granted to any director in a single year to 3,000 shares, equity awards made to our non-employee directors were comprised of a grant of 3,000 shares under the Directors Stock Plan and a grant of 1,290 shares under the 2015 Incentive Plan. Additionally, Mr. McClure, Dr. Tracy, and Dr. Wadsworth each received initial grants of 1,000 shares upon joining the Board and prorated annual awards for partial years served. All shares of Common Stock issued to directors as compensation for their services as directors are fully vested when issued.

20

Directors Stock Plan

Under the Directors Stock Plan, which our stockholders approved in May 2004, each director who is neither one of our officers or employees nor an officer or employee of any of our subsidiaries or affiliates (referred to in the Directors Stock Plan as a “Non-Employee Director”) is eligible to receive grants of Common Stock, as follows:

Notwithstanding the stock grant amounts described above, the Directors Stock Plan limits the value of any award of shares made to an eligible director to $100,000 valued on the date of the award.

As a condition of each award under the Directors Stock Plan, each participant is required to pay an issue price equal to the $0.001 par value per share of Common Stock issued under the Directors Stock Plan, to execute an agreement to hold the shares covered by such grant in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Directors Stock Plan (including, without limitation, restrictions on transferability provided for in the Directors Stock Plan) and to comply with certain other terms and conditions of the grant. Except in limited circumstances provided for in the Directors Stock Plan, a Non-Employee Director is not permitted to sell, transfer, pledge, or otherwise dispose of shares of Common Stock awarded under the Directors Stock Plan as long as (a) the Non-Employee Director remains a director of the Company or (b) a change of control as provided for in the Directors Stock Plan has not occurred. Non-Employee Directors who hold shares of Common Stock under the Directors Stock Plan are entitled to voting rights and any dividends paid with respect to such shares. Shares of Common Stock issued under the Directors Stock Plan are fully vested when issued. Excluding grants to newly-elected directors, the Directors Stock Plan limits the number of equity awards that may be granted to any director in a single year to 3,000 shares.

The Directors Stock Plan authorizes the issuance of up to 600,000 shares of Common Stock for awards under the Directors Stock Plan, subject to further adjustment in the event of changes in the Common Stock by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, reorganization, or liquidation. At December 31, 2017, 50,136 shares of Common Stock remained available for issuance under this Directors Stock Plan.

The Directors Stock Plan does not prevent the Board of Directors from exercising its authority to approve the payment of additional fees to members of the Board of Directors, to adopt additional plans or arrangements relating to the compensation of directors or to amend the existing cash fees paid to directors.

2015 Incentive Plan

Non-Employee Directors are also eligible to receive grants of Common Stock under the 2015 Incentive Plan, which was approved by our stockholders in May 2015 and amended and restated in May 2017. Subject to adjustment from time to time, not more than 10,000 shares of Common Stock, in the aggregate, may be made subject to awards under the 2015 Incentive Plan in respect of any Non-Employee Director during any year; provided, however, that up to 50,000 shares of Common Stock, in the aggregate, may be made subject to awards under the 2015 Incentive Plan during any year in respect of any Non-Employee Director who also provides consulting or other services to the Company in addition to the services provided as a member of the Board.

21

EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION MATTERS

We maintain a compensation program for all of our employees that is based upon the following objectives:

We use the same principles in attracting and retaining our executives. In 2017, we established a consistent and unified market-based job architecture that now serves as the framework for all employee compensation decisions Company-wide.

All of our employees receive either fixed annual salaries or hourly wages for their services. Certain of them, including our executive officers, participate in annual incentive compensation programs that are approved by the Board of Directors or its committees as part of our annual budgeting process, and participants in those programs have fixed incentive compensation targets that are approved in advance. See “Executive Compensation” below. Other employees receive commissions at pre-established rates based on their sales or related customer activities that are intended to provide incentives to their achieving previously approved sales or service objectives.

Except with respect to his own compensation, our CEO oversees our employee compensation programs and makes recommendations to the Compensation Committee with respect to the compensation of each of his direct reports and other employees with base annual salaries of $300,000 or more. Generally, the manager of each reporting unit is annually allocated a salary pool for such reporting unit, and the manager determines how to allocate this pool among the employees in the reporting unit. Our annual incentive pool, if funded, is intended to be allocated similarly among reporting units for reporting unit managers to allocate among the employees in such reporting unit. Our CEO establishes target incentive bonuses for the current calendar year for each of his direct reports, and the manager of each reporting unit establishes target incentive bonuses for the current calendar year for each employee in the reporting unit eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. All employee compensation decisions by the CEO and reporting unit managers are now guided by the market-based job architecture established in 2017.

As discussed above under “Corporate Governance Matters – Risk Assessment of Compensation Policies and Practices”, we believe that our compensation practices do not create inappropriate or unintended risks and that any such risks that do exist are not reasonably likely to result in a material adverse effect on us. We endeavor to manage any of these risks that may arise through our system of internal financial and operational controls and our Board and management oversight processes.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis provides detailed information and analysis regarding the compensation of our named executive officers as reported in the Summary Compensation Table and other tables located in the “Executive Compensation” section of this Proxy Statement.

Summary of Key 2017 Compensation Actions

22

Our Named Executive Officers (“NEOs”) for 2017

Say-on-Pay

The Dodd-Frank Act provides stockholders with an advisory vote (“say-on-pay”) on the compensation of a company’s NEOs. We currently hold this say-on-pay vote on an annual basis. At the 2017 Annual Meeting, approximately 76% of the votes cast on this proposal approved the compensation of our NEOs on an advisory basis. The Compensation Committee considered these results in its design of our executive compensation program for 2017 and will consider the results of future advisory votes on executive compensation as our compensation philosophy continues to evolve and compensation decisions are made each year. As a result of the results of the 2017 say-on-pay vote, our Compensation Committee decided to engage an independent compensation consultant for the first time in 2017 to assist in the performance of a comprehensive review of our executive compensation program and practices and to provide the Compensation Committee guidance in the establishment of the 2018 executive compensation program.

Engagement with Our Stockholders

Over the last year, we continued our outreach efforts to stockholders to maintain an ongoing dialogue and solicit feedback regarding our executive compensation program, corporate governance, certain stockholder proposals, and other important issues to our stockholders. Since our 2017 Annual Meeting, we have contacted 21 of our largest stockholders, representing over 44% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock as of December 31, 2017, to discuss a broad range of topics, including executive compensation. Our Compensation Committee considers stockholder feedback in its annual review of program components, targets, and payouts to stay current with emerging executive compensation practices, maintain our pay-for-performance alignment, and maintain stockholder support. The revision to our annual incentive program for 2017 so that the pool available for payout thereunder is based 100% on the achievement of pre-determined corporate financial objectives and the revision to our long-term equity compensation program in 2018 so that performance share units have finite measurement periods are based in part on feedback we have received during our stockholder engagement efforts.

Transitions Involving our Named Executive Officers

In October 2015, Avi Reichental, our former President and CEO, left the Company after 12 years of service. In connection with his departure, the Board of Directors appointed Andrew M. Johnson as the Company’s President and CEO on an interim basis. The Board charged its Executive Committee with leading the search for a permanent CEO, which it successfully accomplished with the hiring of Vyomesh I. Joshi on April 1, 2016. On July 1, 2016, John N. McMullen was appointed as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

23

Our Executive Compensation Philosophy

Our executive compensation program, practices and policies have been structured to reflect the Board’s commitment to excellence in corporate governance, and to align rewards with achievement of short- and long-term performance objectives that drive stockholder value. The compensation we pay to employees is generally subject to the same principles and guidelines that apply to our executive compensation program. Nevertheless, the following is a discussion and analysis of the material elements of our compensation programs as it relates to the NEOs.

Determining Executive Compensation

The Compensation Committee is responsible for setting the compensation of all executive officers, including the NEOs. It is also responsible for setting the compensation of any other employees of the Company or our subsidiaries who report directly to our CEO or have base annual salaries of $300,000 or more. For additional information about the responsibilities of this Committee, see “Corporate Governance Matters – Compensation Committee” above.

The Compensation Committee reviews the CEO’s recommendation for each of the other NEO’s compensation during the first quarter of each year. The purpose of this annual review is:

As part of this review, our CEO gives the Compensation Committee a recommendation for incentive compensation awards for the prior year, salary adjustments for the current year and target incentive bonuses for the current year for each other NEO. In 2017, we established a new market-based job architecture for all employees to ensure appropriate levels of pay at each employee classification across the Company. Additionally, concrete personal objectives were established for each NEO by which such executive’s individual performance is measured. Our CEO uses the market-based job architecture and evaluation of each individual NEO’s progress towards assigned strategic imperatives and concrete personal objectives to guide his compensation recommendations to the Compensation Committee. The Committee reviews those recommendations and modifies them to the extent it considers appropriate. As part of this process, the Committee approves the amount of any annual incentive compensation to be awarded to each individual with respect to the preceding calendar year, approves the amount of any adjustments to be made to the annual salary of each such individual for the current year, approves the terms of our incentive compensation program for the current calendar year, and establishes target incentive bonuses for the current year for each of our NEOs and each of the other individuals whose compensation it oversees. The Committee may also approve adjustments to compensation for specific individuals at other times during any year when there are significant changes in the responsibilities of such individuals or under other circumstances that the Committee considers appropriate.

Our CEO’s compensation is determined under similar principles but follows a different process. This process is designed to comply with applicable law and listing requirements under which, after discussing his self-evaluation with him and receiving the views of other independent directors, the Compensation Committee evaluates his performance, reviews the Committee’s evaluation with him, and, based on that evaluation and review, determines his compensation and personal annual incentive objectives. Our CEO is excused from meetings of the Committee during voting or deliberations regarding his compensation.

Compensation Consultant and Compensation Peer Group

In 2017, the Compensation Committee directly engaged Pearl Meyer to assist in the performance of a comprehensive review of our executive compensation program and practices and to provide the Compensation Committee guidance in the establishment of the 2018 executive compensation program. Pearl Meyer provides no

24

services to the Company other than to the Compensation Committee, and is therefore independent of the management of the Company. During 2017, Pearl Meyer assisted the Committee in developing a peer group to serve as a market reference for establishing and evaluating fiscal 2018 compensation for our NEOs. Our fiscal 2018 peer group is comprised of 15 publicly-traded, industry-specific companies. These companies were selected after the consideration of various criteria, including:

Elements of Executive Compensation

Our executive compensation program is designed to focus executive behavior on achievement of both our short- and long-term objectives and strategy as well as align the interests of management with those of our stockholders. To that end, our compensation program consists of the following principal elements:

In reviewing base annual salaries and target annual incentive awards for each NEO, the Compensation Committee also reviews each executive’s compensation history with the Company and prior equity awards or grants. The Committee is guided by its own judgment and those sources of information (including, when deemed appropriate, compensation surveys) that the Committee considers relevant and, in 2017, the recommendations of a compensation consultant.

The Compensation Committee believes that the prudent use of judgement in determining compensation will generally be in our best interests and those of our stockholders. Accordingly, the Committee does not rely exclusively upon fixed formulas and, from time to time in exercising its judgement, the Committee may approve changes in compensation that it considers to be appropriate to award performance or otherwise to provide incentives toward achieving our objectives.

The Compensation Committee also seeks to strike a balance that it considers to be appropriate in its discretion between fixed elements of compensation, such as base salaries, and variable performance-based elements represented by annual incentive awards and long-term equity compensation. As a general matter, the Committee believes that our executive officers should have at least one-third of their annual cash compensation opportunity at risk under variable performance-based elements of our incentive compensation program, including in particular our annual incentive program. In most cases, the portion of our NEOs’ cash compensation opportunity that is at risk in any year exceeds that level. See “—2017 Incentive Compensation Program” below.

25

The following charts show the pay mix for our CEO and other NEOs during 2017.

Base Salaries

We pay annual salaries to provide executives, including the NEOs, with a base level of monthly compensation for services rendered during the year. Salaries are also designed to help achieve our objectives of attracting and retaining executive talent. Adjustments to base salaries are based on the Company’s market-based job architecture, which takes into consideration the responsibilities of the executives, the Compensation Committee’s evaluation of the market demand for executives with similar capability and experience, and each individual NEO’s progress towards assigned strategic imperatives and concrete personal objectives.

Annual Incentive Program

Our annual incentive compensation program is designed to provide appropriate incentives to reward performance and motivate our executives, including the NEOs, to attain our strategic objectives.

This program is adopted annually, is designed with our strategic objectives in mind, and has historically focused partly on the achievement of pre-determined corporate financial objectives and partly, for each executive, on personal objectives. Prior to 2017, 55% of each executive’s annual incentive compensation target was based on the achievement of pre-approved corporate financial objectives with the remaining 45% based on the achievement of personal objectives.

In 2017, our Compensation Committee revised our annual incentive compensation program so that the pool available for payout thereunder is based 100% on the achievement of pre-determined corporate financial objectives. Under the new annual incentive compensation program, if the pre-determined corporate financial objectives are achieved and the pool is funded, the allocation of the pool among participants is based on each participant’s progress towards assigned strategic-imperatives and concrete personal objectives. If the pre-determined corporate financial objectives are not achieved, no employees receive awards under our annual incentive compensation program. Even if the pre-determined corporate financial objectives are achieved, our Compensation Committee always retains the discretion to reduce the funding of the Company-wide annual incentive plan pool or any individual participant’s award.

As an overriding condition, a failure to perform in accordance with our Code of Conduct or Code of Ethics may serve as a basis for a participant in this program not to receive an incentive award. We consider this aspect of our incentive compensation program to be consistent with sound principles of corporate governance.

26

As part of its goal-setting process, the Compensation Committee establishes current-year target incentive awards for each NEO with the following principles in mind:

Financial objectives are determined based on our business plan for the year in question. This business plan is developed by management and approved by the Board of Directors. Concrete personal objectives for all NEOs other than the CEO are developed through collaboration between each NEO and the CEO. The CEO’s personal objectives are reviewed and approved by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee maintains the ability to adjust performance objectives for extraordinary items and other items as it deems appropriate.

With respect to financial measures, 100% of each NEO’s bonus related to each financial measure would generally be deemed to have been earned if the target for that financial measure is fully achieved.

Each NEO’s performance is measured against his personal objectives, and such performance is used to determine the allocation of the bonus pool if, and only if, the pool is funded by the Company’s achievement of the pre-determined corporate financial objectives.

For a discussion of the 2017 Annual Incentive Program, see below at “—2017 Incentive Compensation Program.”

Long-Term Equity Compensation

The Compensation Committee administers our 2015 Incentive Plan. Under the 2015 Incentive Plan, the Committee is authorized to grant restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, stock options and other awards that are provided for under the 2015 Incentive Plan to such of our employees and employees of our subsidiaries as the Committee determines to be eligible for awards. Awards granted to a participant are based upon a number of factors, including the recipient’s position, salary and performance as well as our overall corporate performance.

The 2015 Incentive Plan is intended to provide an effective method of motivating performance from key employees, including our NEOs, and of creating an alignment of interests in participants with the interests of our stockholders. Awards are made under the 2015 Incentive Plan as long-term incentive compensation to NEOs and other key employees when the Committee believes such awards are appropriate.

The Compensation Committee makes awards under the 2015 Incentive Plan both to reward performance and to motivate the recipient’s long-term performance. Historically, the majority of the equity awards made to our executive officers under the Plans have been restricted stock awards with time-based vesting conditions. In 2016,

27

our Committee granted stock options and restricted stock awards with share price-based vesting conditions under the 2015 Incentive Plan. The equity awards with share price-based vesting conditions granted to our NEOs in 2016 do not vest until the closing price of our Common Stock on each of the trading days during the immediately prior ninety consecutive calendar days is at least $30 or $40, as applicable, representing a significant increase in market capitalization as compared to the closing price of our Common Stock on the date of grant.

As mentioned above, the Compensation Committee engaged Pearl Meyer in 2017 to assist the Committee in its review and evaluation of the compensation for the executive officers. Consequent to the Compensation Committee’s comprehensive review, we granted restricted stock awards with time-based vesting conditions to our executive officers, including our NEOs, in December 2017 and performance share units in February 2018. The performance share units were granted in February 2018 so that we could review more current perspectives on our business outlook and budgeting process when establishing revenue and operating income performance targets. These performance share unit awards will be earned by the NEOs only upon our achievement of pre-determined levels of 2018 revenue and operating income. If earned, the performance share unit awards vest in three equal annual installments.

Restricted stock awards and performance share unit awards issued pursuant to the 2015 Incentive Plan remain subject to forfeiture until the vesting of such shares pursuant to the terms of the applicable award. Stock options made under the 2015 Incentive Plan generally have a 10 year term and an exercise price based on the fair market value of our Common Stock on the date of grant.

Shares of restricted stock, performance share units and stock options issued pursuant to the 2015 Incentive Plan may not be sold, transferred or encumbered by the employee prior to vesting (and exercise in the case of stock options). The compensation associated with these awards is expensed over the vesting period. The shares covered by restricted stock awards are considered outstanding upon issuance following the acceptance of each award for the purpose of calculating diluted earnings per common share, and holders of shares issued pursuant to restricted stock awards are entitled to vote such shares and to receive any dividends declared in respect of our Common Stock. Shares covered by performance share units are not considered outstanding until vested and shares covered by stock option awards are not considered outstanding until exercise except, in each case, for the purpose of calculating diluted earnings per common share. The holders of performance share units and stock options are not entitled to vote shares or receive any dividends declared with respect to the shares covered by such awards.

2017 Salaries

At its meeting on March 27, 2017, the Compensation Committee determined not to make any changes to the base salaries of our NEOs in 2017. The current base salaries of our NEOs are as follows:

2017 Incentive Compensation Program

Consistent with the principles discussed above, at its meetings on February 6, 2017 and March 27, 2017, the Compensation Committee approved an annual incentive program for 2017. The 2017 target incentive awards for each the participating NEOs were set at 50% of their 2017 annual base salaries, except for Mr. Joshi, whose 2017 target incentive award was set at 100% of his 2017 annual base salary. The 2017 threshold and maximum annual incentive award for all NEOs were set at 50% and 150%, respectively, of the target annual incentive award.

28

Additionally, the Compensation Committee approved the following performance objectives for the funding of the 2017 annual incentive program:

In February 2018, the Compensation Committee determined that, based on 2017 Company performance, none of the NEOs would receive any payments under the 2017 annual incentive plan.

2017 Equity Awards

In December 2017, the Compensation Committee made restricted stock awards under the 2015 Incentive Plan to a number of employees, including the NEOs, to reflect the contributions that those individuals have made to our operations and financial condition, to provide motivation toward achieving our future strategic objectives and to further align the interests of those individuals with our stockholders. The awards made to our NEOs were in the form of time based restricted stock awards that vest in three equal installments on August 15 of 2018, 2019 and 2020. The restricted stock awards made to these NEOs during 2017 were as follows:

February 2018 Performance Equity Awards

At a meeting in February 2018 the Compensation Committee made performance share unit awards under the 2015 Incentive Plan to a number of employees, including the NEOs, to reflect the contributions that those individuals have made to our operations and financial condition, to provide motivation toward achieving our future strategic objectives and to further align the interests of those individuals with our stockholders. The performance share units will be earned only upon our achievement of pre-determined levels of 2018 revenue and operating income. Threshold, target, and maximum levels of 2018 revenue and operating income were established, and the performance share units subject to the awards may be adjusted downward to 50% of target and upward to 150% of target upon based on our actual levels of 2018 revenue and operating income. If earned, the performance share units vest in three equal installments. The target performance share unit awards made to our NEOs in February 2018 were as follows:

29

Employment Agreements and Other Agreements with NEOs

In April 2016 and July 2016, Vyomesh I. Joshi and John N. McMullen joined the Company as our President and CEO and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, respectively. In connection with each of these appointments, we entered into an employment agreement under which we have agreed to certain compensation arrangements and severance benefits. With the purpose of retaining our key executive officers during a significant management transition, we entered into similar employment agreements with each of Messrs. Hull and Johnson in 2016. Mr. McAlea has an existing severance agreement with the Company.

Each of these agreements was determined based on negotiations with the applicable NEO and taking into account his background and qualifications and the nature of his position. We believe that these compensation packages are appropriate in light of the intense competition for top executives in our industry and among similarly-situated companies, and that the terms of these arrangements are consistent with our executive compensation goals, including the balancing of short-term and long-term compensation to properly motivate our NEOs.

Vyomesh I. Joshi

Mr. Joshi’s employment agreement provides for a minimum base annual salary of $925,000 and a minimum target bonus opportunity of 100% of his base salary, with the exact amount of any such bonus to be based upon the achievement of performance goals to be determined by the Compensation Committee. The employment agreement entitles Mr. Joshi to participate in all other benefits generally available to our other executive employees, including participation in the Company’s health benefit plans and equity award programs. Pursuant to the employment agreement entered into in connection with his hiring, Mr. Joshi was also granted the following equity awards: (1) 150,000 shares of restricted stock that vest in three equal annual installments; (2) 500,000 stock option awards, comprised half of option awards subject to $30 per share price-based vesting conditions and half of option awards subject to $40 per share price-based vesting conditions; and (3) 75,000 shares of restricted stock, 50,000 of which are subject to $30 per share price-based vesting conditions and 25,000 of which shares are subject to $40 per share price-based vesting conditions. Mr. Joshi is not guaranteed any further equity awards under his employment agreement, but is entitled to participate in our equity compensation plans generally available to our executive officers.

Our employment agreement with Mr. Joshi provides for an initial two-year employment term that automatically extends for additional one-year periods unless terminated by Mr. Joshi or us upon at least 30 days’ prior written notice of intention not to renew. The agreement may also be terminated by us or Mr. Joshi for other reasons and, subject to the conditions set forth in the employment agreement, provides for certain payments and benefits in connection with certain termination events or a change of control as described under “Potential Benefits upon Termination or Change of Control” beginning on page 37 below.

John N. McMullen

Mr. McMullen’s employment agreement provides for a minimum base annual salary of $500,000 and a minimum target bonus opportunity of 50% of his base salary, with the exact amount of any such bonus to be based upon the achievement of performance goals to be determined by the Compensation Committee. The employment agreement entitles Mr. McMullen to participate in all other benefits generally available to our other executive employees, including participation in the Company’s health benefit plans and equity award programs. Pursuant to the employment agreement entered into in connection with his hiring, Mr. McMullen was also granted the following equity awards: (1) 75,000 shares of restricted stock that vest in three equal annual installments; (2) 200,000 stock option awards, comprised half of option awards subject to $30 per share price-based vesting conditions and half of option awards subject to $40 per share price-based vesting conditions; and

30

(3) 50,000 shares of restricted stock, half of which are subject to $30 per share price-based vesting conditions and half of which are subject to $40 per share price-based vesting conditions. Mr. McMullen is not guaranteed any further equity awards under his employment agreement, but is entitled to participate in our equity compensation plans generally available to our executive officers.

Our employment agreement with Mr. McMullen provides for an initial two-year employment term that automatically extends for additional one-year periods unless terminated by Mr. McMullen or us upon at least 30 days’ prior written notice of intention not to renew. The agreement may also be terminated by us or Mr. McMullen for other reasons and, subject to the conditions set forth in the employment agreement, provides for certain payments and benefits in connection with certain termination events as described under “Potential Benefits upon Termination or Change of Control” beginning on page 37 below.

Charles W. Hull

Mr. Hull’s employment agreement provides for a minimum base annual salary of $389,000. Mr. Hull is also entitled to receive cash performance bonuses, with the exact amount of any such bonus to be based upon the achievement of performance goals to be determined by the Compensation Committee. The employment agreement entitles Mr. Hull to participate in all other benefits generally available to our other executive employees, including participation in the Company’s health benefit plans and equity award programs. Pursuant to his employment agreement, we entered into amendments to the following three restricted stock purchase agreements with Mr. Hull: (i) the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement, dated November 18, 2013; (ii) the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement, dated November 17, 2014; and (iii) and the Restricted Stock Award Agreement, dated November 13, 2015. The restricted stock amendments provide that in the event Mr. Hull’s employment or service with the Company is terminated on a date prior to the third anniversary of the date of the applicable grant either by the Company without cause, or by Mr. Hull as a result of a Constructive Discharge, as defined in his employment agreement, then Mr. Hull’s interest in such restricted stock awards shall become vested and nonforfeitable on a pro-rata basis.

Our employment agreement with Mr. Hull provides for an initial two-year employment term that automatically extends for additional one-year periods unless terminated by Mr. Hull or us upon at least 30 days’ prior written notice of intention not to renew. The agreement may also be terminated by us or Mr. Hull for other reasons and, subject to the conditions set forth in the employment agreement, provides for certain payments and benefits in connection with certain termination events as described under “Potential Benefits upon Termination or Change of Control” beginning on page 37 below.

Andrew M. Johnson

Mr. Johnson’s employment agreement provides for a minimum base annual salary of $333,000. Mr. Johnson is also entitled to receive cash performance bonuses, with the exact amount of any such bonus to be based upon the achievement of performance goals to be determined by the Compensation Committee. The employment agreement entitles Mr. Johnson to participate in all other benefits generally available to our other executive employees, including participation in the Company’s health benefit plans and equity award programs. Pursuant to his employment agreement, we entered into amendments to the following three restricted stock purchase agreements with Mr. Johnson: (i) the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement, dated February 4, 2014; (ii) the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement, dated February 3, 2015; and (iii) and the Restricted Stock Award Agreement, dated November 13, 2015. The restricted stock amendments provide that in the event Mr. Johnson’s employment or service with the Company is terminated on a date prior to the third anniversary of the date of the applicable grant either by the Company without cause, or by Mr. Johnson as a result of a Constructive Discharge, as defined in his employment agreement, then Mr. Johnson’s interest in such restricted stock awards shall become vested and nonforfeitable on a pro-rata basis.

Our employment agreement with Mr. Johnson provides for an initial two-year employment term that automatically extends for additional one-year periods unless terminated by Mr. Johnson or us upon at least 30 days’ prior written notice of intention not to renew. The agreement may also be terminated by us or Mr. Johnson for other reasons and, subject to the conditions set forth in the employment agreement, provides for certain

31

payments and benefits in connection with certain termination events as described under “Potential Benefits upon Termination or Change of Control” beginning on page 37 below.

Kevin McAlea

The Company and Mr. McAlea are parties to a severance arrangement pursuant to which Mr. McAlea would become entitled to severance payments equal to nine months of his then current salary if his employment is terminated other than for cause.

Change of Control Severance Policy

On February 22, 2018, the Compensation Committee adopted the Company’s Change of Control Severance Policy (the “COC Severance Policy”). The COC Severance Policy is intended to provide eligible officers with reasonable financial security in their employment and position with the Company, without distraction from uncertainties regarding their employment created by the possibility of a potential or actual change of control. The COC Severance Policy applies to our Chief Executive Officer and all Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents (each, a “Participant”), which includes all of our NEOs. For a more detailed discussion of the benefits payable to our NEOs under the COC Severance Policy, see “Potential Benefits upon Termination or Change of Control” beginning on page 37 below.

Other Compensation Matters

Benefits and Perquisites

We provide our employees, including the NEOs, with a benefit program that we believe is reasonable, competitive and consistent with the objectives of our compensation program. As a matter of policy, the Compensation Committee does not award personal benefits or perquisites to our NEOs that are unrelated to our business. However, under certain circumstances discussed below, the Committee has approved certain personal benefits or perquisites that are either provided to an NEO by contract or that it deemed to be in our interests in order to induce executives to commence or maintain employment with us. Those amounts are reported in the Summary Compensation Table. All other perquisites for the NEOs amount to less than $10,000 per person.

Our executives, including the NEOs, are eligible to participate in employee benefit programs that we provide to our employees generally, which include a group insurance program providing group health, dental, vision, life  and  long-term  disability  insurance. Other  benefits  include  a  Section 401(k) plan, health  savings accounts, flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care expenses, sick leave, holiday time and vacation time.

Accounting and Tax Considerations

The Committee generally considers the financial accounting implications of stock awards and other compensation to the Company’s executive officers in evaluating and establishing the Company’s compensation policies and practices. Section 162(m) of the Code limits to $1 million the U.S. federal income tax deductibility of compensation paid in one year to certain covered employees, including a company’s principal executive officer and the next three highest paid executive officers. Prior to the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017, certain types of compensation to these covered employees were deductible if the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code with respect to performance-based compensation were satisfied.

For 2018 and subsequent years, covered officers include the principal executive officer, principal financial officer and next three highest paid executive officers. Compensation paid in 2018 and later years will generally be subject to the $1 million deduction limits of Section 162(m) of the Code, without an exception for performance-based compensation.

The Committee believes that in establishing incentive compensation programs for our NEOs, the potential deductibility of the compensation payable should be only one of several factors taken into consideration and not the sole governing factor. As was the case prior to the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Committee

32

will continue to monitor issues concerning the deductibility of executive compensation. Since corporate objectives may not always be consistent with the requirements for tax deductibility, the Committee is prepared, when it deems appropriate, to enter into compensation arrangements under which payments will not be deductible under Section 162(m) of the Code. Thus, deductibility will be continue to be one of many factors considered by the Committee in ascertaining appropriate levels or modes of compensation.

Stock Performance

While we generally consider matters such as stock performance and total return to our stockholders in making compensation decisions, we do not consider them as controlling factors in making compensation decisions. Short-term movements in our stock price and total return to stockholders as reflected in the performance of our stock price are subject to factors, including factors affecting the securities markets generally, that are unrelated to our performance.

Our priorities and the priorities of our management are centered on achieving our strategic objectives, meeting customer needs, new product development, increasing cash generation, identifying, completing and successfully integrating strategic investments, and promoting operational excellence and innovation. The pursuit of such longer range objectives is not necessarily consistent with producing short-term results to increase our stock price or stockholder return, but we believe that pursuing these longer range objectives should result in performance that is more likely to maximize total return to our stockholders over time.

Since our executive compensation is based upon factors relating to our growth and profitability and the performance of our business as well as the contributions of each of our executives to achieving our objectives, we believe that we have provided appropriate incentives to align management’s interests with our long-term growth and development and the interests of our stockholders. We also believe that there are many ways in which our executives contribute to building a successful company. While our financial statements and stock price reflect the results of some of those efforts, many long-term strategic decisions made in pursuing our growth and development may have little visible impact on our stock price in the short term.

Compensation Committee Report

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the section titled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis.” Based on such review and discussion, the Compensation Committee has recommended to the Board of Directors that such section be included in this Proxy Statement.

Compensation Committee:

      Kevin S. Moore, Chair

      William E. Curran

      William D. Humes

33

Summary Compensation Table

The following table presents information regarding compensation of each of the NEOs for services rendered during fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015. Mr. Joshi joined the Company on April 1, 2016 and Mr. McMullen joined the Company on July 1, 2016. Therefore, the table does not show compensation information for Messrs. Joshi and McMullen prior to 2016.

34

Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2017

The following table sets forth information with respect to plan-based awards granted in 2017, including the amounts of target incentive awards established for each of the NEOs under the 2017 incentive compensation program that the Compensation Committee established at its meetings on February 6, 2017 and March 27, 2017. The threshold, base target and maximum amounts represent the incentive awards that could have been awarded assuming achievement of the pre-determined financial and individual performance objectives for 2017. No annual incentive awards were actually earned by the NEOs with respect to 2017. See “—2017 Incentive Compensation Program” above.

35

Outstanding Equity Awards at Year-End 2017

The following table presents information with respect to equity awards made to each of NEOs that were outstanding on December 31, 2017.