Exhibit 10.1



 










Abe N. Reichental

President and Chief Executive Officer




October 9, 2007                    




Personal and Confidential




Mr. William J. Tennison

12007 Ulsten Lane

Huntersville, NC 28078



Dear Bill:




     This letter sets forth our agreement related to your leaving employment with 3D Systems
Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Company”).



     Termination Date and Severance Payments



     If (a) you accept this letter agreement and sign the attached Agreement and General Release
within 21 days after the date of this letter agreement set forth above, (b) you do not revoke the
Agreement and General Release within the time permitted, and (c) this letter agreement is approved
by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, then this letter agreement will
become effective as of the date set forth above (the “Effective Date”), the date of termination of
your employment with the Company will be December 31, 2007 (the “Termination Date”), and you will
be entitled to continue to receive your current compensation during the period from the Effective
Date until the Termination Date (which payment may be deferred until the conditions for
effectiveness have occurred). During such period you will either continue to work in the office or
be deemed to be on administrative leave, as mutually agreed, and you will provide the Company such
transition services as the Company may request in order for you to wind up your duties to the
Company and transfer your responsibilities to other employees, and to otherwise promote a smooth
transition in such duties and responsibilities. The Agreement and General Release becomes
effective on the eighth day after you sign it, if you have not revoked it (or, if later, on the
date this letter agreement is approved by the Compensation Committee).



     If you do not accept this letter agreement and sign the attached Agreement and General Release
within 21 days after the date of this letter agreement set forth above, or if you revoke the
Agreement and General Release within the time permitted, or if this letter agreement is not
approved by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, then this letter
agreement will not become effective, neither you nor the Company will have any obligations
hereunder, and your employment with the Company will terminate as of the date of this letter
agreement set forth above, which will then be the “Termination Date.”









 



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     All payments made to you under this letter agreement will be subject to legally required and
authorized deductions, including tax withholding, reported on a Form W-2, and by your execution of
this letter agreement you agree that the Company shall be entitled to make such withholdings.



     We will use our reasonable efforts to obtain the approval of the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors promptly after you sign and return to us the attached Agreement and General
Release.



     Position with the Company



     Effective at the close of business on the date of this letter, you will cease to be a Vice
President, as well as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, of the Company and an officer or
director of any subsidiaries of the Company in which you act as a director or an officer, but,
subject to the effectiveness of the attached Agreement and General Release, you will remain an
employee of the Company, on administrative leave, until the Termination Date.



     Bonus



     If this letter agreement becomes effective as set forth above, you will use all reasonable
efforts to assist the Company in the preparation of its financial statements for the periods ended
September 30, 2007 as well as its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the periods then ended. If
that Form 10-Q is filed with your assistance on or before November 9, 2007, you will be entitled to
receive a $10,000 cash bonus, payable on your Termination Date.



     Medical and Dental Coverage



     Your medical and dental coverage will cease on the last day of your Termination Month. After
that date, you will be notified of your right to elect coverage under the Company’s medical and
dental plans by paying the full cost of such coverage (“COBRA Coverage”) for a period of up to
eighteen months after your Termination Date.



     Vacation



     You will be paid for your accrued but unused vacation on your Termination Date. You will not
accrue any additional vacation after your Termination Date. At the date hereof, it is mutually
agreed that you currently have accrued but unused vacation in the amount of 16 days as of September
21, 2007.



     Other Employee Benefits



     All other benefits will terminate pursuant to the terms and conditions of the specific benefit
plans. General information about your benefits is available from the Human Resources Department.



     Consulting Relationship



     In addition to the foregoing, if the attached Agreement and General Release becomes effective,
the Company desires to retain you following the Termination Date to carry out certain consulting
activities, and by your entering into this letter agreement and the Agreement and General Release
you agree to perform such services for the Company. The terms of this consulting arrangement are
as follows:









 



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     (a) Term of Retention. Subject to paragraph (e) below and to the approval of
the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, the Company agrees to
retain you as a consultant for a term commencing on the Termination Date and continuing
until the close of business on December 31, 2008, and you accept such retention in such
capacity.




     (b) Nature of Duties. You shall serve as a consultant to the Company and its
subsidiaries, performing such assignments as shall be agreed to from time to time between
you and the Company. You shall devote so much of your time and attention to the rendering
of such consulting services as may reasonably be agreed upon under the direction of such
officer or managerial employee of the Company (the “Supervisory Officer”) as the Company
may designate from time to time.




     (c) Consulting Fees. In consideration for all consulting services to be
rendered by you hereunder, subject to the approval of the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors of the Company and to your compliance with the provisions of paragraphs
(f), (g) and (h) below, the Company will pay you at the rate of $100.00 per hour for such
services, provided that such services have been authorized by the Supervisory Officer. On
a bi-weekly basis, you will submit an invoice to the Company, in reasonable detail,
covering the services you have provided to the Company during such bi-weekly period, and
you will be solely responsible for and shall pay when due any and all taxes required to be
paid in respect of such services. Absent a bona fide dispute, said fees will be paid
within 10 business days after receipt of your related invoice.




     (d) Reimbursement of Expenses. Upon presentation by you of appropriate
vouchers therefor, the Company shall reimburse you for all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by you as may be requested by the Company in connection with the
consulting services rendered by you under this letter agreement, all of which expenses must
be incurred in compliance with the Company’s policies on expense reimbursements as in
effect from time to time.




     (e) Termination. The term of your retention as a consultant under this
letter agreement shall terminate prior to the expiration of the term stated in paragraph
(a) above in the event of (i) your death or permanent and total disability or (ii) material
breach by you of any provision of this letter agreement that is not fully remedied by you
within thirty (30) days after written notice thereof is given to you.




     (f) Confidential Information. You agree that until the Termination Date, and
thereafter as long as you are retained as a consultant pursuant to this letter agreement
and permanently thereafter, you shall continue to be bound by the Confidentiality Agreement
dated as of August 14, 2006 heretofore entered into between you and the Company and that,
notwithstanding that Agreement, you will not directly or indirectly use for any purpose, or
disclose or permit to be disclosed to any person, any Confidential Information (other than
as specifically requested by the Company in writing). For purposes of this letter
agreement, the term “Confidential Information” shall mean any nonpublic information
relating to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or the business,
operations, financial affairs, performance, assets, technology, processes, products,
contracts, customers, licensees, sub-licensees, suppliers, personnel, plans or prospects of
any of them, whether or not in written form and whether or not expressly designated as
confidential, including without limitation any such information consisting of or otherwise
relating to trade









 



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secrets, know-how, technology, designs, drawings, processes, license or sublicense
arrangements, formulae, proposals, customer lists or preferences, pricing lists, referral
sources, marketing or sales techniques or plans, operations manuals, service manuals,
financial information or projections, lists of suppliers or distributors or sources of
supply.




     (g) Property of the Company. All records, files, drawings, documents,
computer software and disks, and other written or recorded information relating to the
business of the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries or affiliates possessed by you
or to which you have access in the course of your employment by or retention as a
consultant to the Company, whether prepared by you or otherwise, shall remain the exclusive
property of the Company and shall be returned to the Company upon the later to occur of the
Termination Date or the termination of your retention as a consultant to the Company for
any reason.




     (h) Competition. Until the expiration of the Remaining Vesting Period (as
defined below), you will not without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or
indirectly, engage in competition with the Company or, directly or indirectly, enter into
any arrangement with any business that is engaged in competition with the Company in any
business conducted by the Company as of the Effective Date or in any geographic area in
which the Company currently conducts business activities. You acknowledge that, given the
nature and scope of your responsibilities with the Company and your participation in the
Company’s business in all geographic areas where it conducts business, you are
knowledgeable as to the scope of the Company’s business and as to what activities are
competitive with the Company, and you acknowledge that the time and geographic scope of
this covenant are reasonable in relation thereto.




     (i) Survival of Agreements. The agreements contained or referred to in
paragraphs (f), (g) or (h) above shall survive the termination of your retention with the
Company. No such termination shall in any event discharge or extinguish any claims or
rights of the Company with respect to any breach of paragraphs (f), (g) or (h) above by you
or other misconduct of you at any time on or prior to the date of any such termination.




     (j) Consultant Status. During the term of your consulting arrangement with
the Company, you shall not be deemed by virtue of this letter agreement to be an employee
of the Company or to be entitled to receive any compensation or to participate in any
benefit program except for such as are expressly provided for in this letter agreement.



     Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement



     In connection with your separation from service, the Company has the right to repurchase 4,000
shares (the “Restricted Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock currently held by you pursuant to
the Company’s 2004 Incentive Stock Plan, which right the Company has the right to exercise, and
would exercise, but for the agreements set forth in this letter agreement and the attached
Agreement and General Release.



     The Restricted Shares are covered by a Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of May 14,
2007 (the “2007 Award”) between the Company and you. Under the terms of the Restricted Stock
Purchase Agreement, the Company has the right to repurchase the Restricted Shares upon termination
of your employment to the extent they have not vested in









 



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accordance with their terms, which terms provide for such vesting on May 14, 2010 (the
“Remaining Vesting Period”).



     If this letter agreement becomes effective, then, in consideration of your execution and
delivery of the Agreement and General Release and its binding effect, your agreement to render the
transition services described above and your agreement not to compete with the Company as provided
above, and as further consideration for your services as a consultant and your other undertakings
with respect thereto set forth above under the caption “Consulting Relationship,” the Company
agrees that, except as set forth herein, it will refrain from repurchasing 2,000 of the Restricted
Shares covered by the 2007 Award during the Remaining Vesting Period, it being understood, however,
that the Company’s right to repurchase such Restricted Shares shall continue in accordance with the
terms of the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement for the duration of the Remaining Vesting Period,
and if, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, you violate any provision of
paragraphs (f), (g) or (h) above under the caption “Consulting Relationship” or fail or refuse
(other than with the prior written agreement of the Company) to provide the consulting services
provided for in this letter agreement prior to the expiration of the Remaining Vesting Period, such
Restricted Shares shall be forfeited to and repurchased by the Company in accordance with the
terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement as if such right to repurchase had
been exercised on the date of this letter agreement. In the event of your death or permanent and
total disability, the provisions of the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement relating to death or
disability shall be applied to determine your rights in such Restricted Shares.



     At the Termination Date, the Company exercises its right to repurchase the remaining 2,000 of
the shares covered by the 2007 Award at $1.00 per share under the terms of the Restricted Stock
Purchase Agreement. You agree to deliver to the Company on or before the Termination Date the
stock certificate representing such shares with appropriate duly executed stock powers and other
documents required by the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement or reasonably requested by the
Company so that it may so repurchase such shares, and the Company will thereupon deliver to you a
check for $2,000 covering payment of the purchase price of such shares upon delivery of the
foregoing documents in satisfactory form and arrange for the delivery to you of a certificate
covering the remaining 2,000 shares of Common Stock covered by the Restricted Stock Purchase
Agreement subject to the terms and conditions of that agreement.



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     You have up to 21 days from the date you receive this letter to decide whether to accept the
terms described in this letter and the Agreement and General Release. You may also consult with a
lawyer of your own choice before signing this letter agreement and the Agreement and General
Release attached hereto.



     You may indicate your acceptance of the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement and
General Release by signing and returning the Agreement and General Release. You then have 7 days
within which you may revoke the Agreement and General Release. If you revoke the Agreement and
General Release, this letter agreement will not become effective and you will not be entitled to
the severance package described above. You may, but you are not required to, waive the passage of
the 21-day period described above by signing the Election that appears at the end of the Agreement
and General Release.









 



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     This letter agreement and the attached Agreement and General Release together constitute the
full, final and complete expression of the agreements between you and the Company with respect to
the subject matter hereof and thereof, and together supersede all prior or contemporaneous
discussions or agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto except for the Confidentiality
Agreement referred to above.



     This letter agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State of South Carolina, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law.



     This letter replaces and supersedes our letter to you dated October 4, 2007.



     Please review this letter agreement and the attached Agreement and General Release carefully.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Bob Grace at
(803) 326-3989 or Diana Eastep at (803) 326-3931, respectively. If you so agree, please indicate
your agreement to the terms of this letter agreement and the Agreement and General Release by
executing a copy of each in the place provided for your signature and delivering them to the
Company.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Sincerely,





3D SYSTEMS CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By  	/s/Abraham N. Reichental
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Abe Reichental 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 



ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO:




	 	 	 
	/s/ William J. Tennison
 

Signature of Employee

	 	 












 




Attachment




AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE




I. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ADEA RELEASE AND OTHER MATTERS



By signing this Agreement and General Release, I acknowledge that:



I have carefully read this Agreement and General Release as well as the accompanying letter
agreement.



I have had up to twenty-one (21) days to consider signing this Agreement and General Release.



I acknowledge that I have been advised to consult with a lawyer of my choice before signing this
Agreement and General Release, and I acknowledge that I have had a reasonable period of time to do
so.



I am knowingly and voluntarily entering into and signing this Agreement and General Release free of
duress and coercion and I realize that I am waiving, releasing, and discharging important rights
and possible claims by signing this Agreement and General Release.



I am receiving special severance benefits to which I was not otherwise entitled, which provide the
consideration for this Agreement and General Release.



I understand that this Agreement and General Release will not become effective until the eighth
(8th) day following the date on which I sign it.




II. GENERAL RELEASE



I understand that, in consideration of my signing this Agreement and General Release, the Company,
will provide me with severance and benefits as described in the accompanying letter agreement which
exceed what I am otherwise entitled to receive from the Company upon the termination of my
employment and to which I am not entitled if I do not sign this Agreement and General Release.



I knowingly and voluntarily waive, release and discharge, for myself, my heirs, executors,
administrators, personal representatives, and assigns, the Company and each of its subsidiaries,
and their respective predecessors, partners, insurers, affiliates, successors, and assigns, and
each of their respective employees, officers, directors and agents from all claims, liabilities,
demands, causes of action of whatever kind or nature, whether known or unknown, including, but not
limited to, contract claims, claims for bonuses, severance pay, vacation or holiday pay, employee
or fringe benefits, and claims based on any state or federal wage, employment, or common laws, or
amendments thereto, including but not limited to: (i) any claim under the Employer Retirement
Income Security Act (ERISA); the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA); the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act (ADEA); the Older Workers Benefits Protection Act (OWBPA) of 1990; the Workers
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN); the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA); the
Comprehensive Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 (COBRA); the Fair Labor Standards Act
(FLSA); the National Labor Relations Act, as amended (NLRA); Uniformed Services Employment and
Reemployment Rights Act of 1944 (USERRA); and Executive Order 11246; (ii) the Civil Rights Act of
1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1981; the Civil Rights Act of 1871, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1983;
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000(c) et seq.; (iii) any
and all claims for wages, commission, salary, bonus, and/or any other type of compensation; (iv)
any claim existing under state, federal,


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Executive Order, or common law arising from my present work status, or my application for a visa or
work card (“green card”); (v) any municipal, state, or federal anti-discrimination, civil rights,
or human rights laws, including but not limited to any claim based on age, gender, sex, race,
color, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin,
parental status, handicap, disability, and veteran status; (vi) any other claims relating to or
arising out of my employment relationship with the Company, including but not limited to workers’
compensation and any claim for retaliatory or wrongful discharge; and (vii) any other claim,
including but not limited to, claims for severance pay, back pay, fringe benefits, breach of
contract, wrongful termination, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, mental
anguish, loss of employment prospects, loss of reputation, misrepresentation, intentional acts,
personal injury, invasion of privacy, violation of public policy, negligence, statutory or common
law for any compensatory or punitive damages or attorney fees




III. AFFIRMATION



I acknowledge that the Employee Confidentiality Agreement that I previously entered into with the
Company shall be incorporated herein and shall survive this Agreement and General Release.




IV. REIMBURSEMENT; COMPANY PROPERTY



I agree to reimburse the Company for amounts, if any, owed to it or to any affiliate and I agree
that the Company may at its option deduct such amounts from any payments owed to me by the Company,
including amounts owed under the accompanying letter agreement. I agree to deliver to the Company
all records and documents related to the business of the Company and any other Company property in
my possession no later than the close of business on my Termination Date, except to the extent that
the General Counsel of the Company has agreed in writing that I may retain copies of specified
items of property or specified agreements or other documents, but as to such agreements or other
documents, I will maintain their confidentiality and not disclose them to anyone other than
employees of or legal advisors to the Company or use any of them for the benefit of any competitor
of the Company, except for agreements that have been publicly disclosed by the Company.




V. REVOCATION



This Agreement and General Release will not become effective until the eighth day following the
date on which I sign it (or, if later, when the accompanying letter agreement is approved by the
Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors). I understand that for seven (7) days
after I sign it I may revoke this Agreement and General Release by delivering written notification
of revocation to Robert M. Grace, Jr., Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, 333 Three D
Systems Circle, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730. The Company must receive my written revocation by
the close of business on the seventh day following the date this Agreement and General Release is
signed. I understand that if I revoke this Agreement and General Release, I will not be eligible
for any severance or other benefits under the severance package described in the accompanying
letter agreement.


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VI. CONFIDENTIALITY



I acknowledge and agree that the Company may make public disclosure of this Agreement and General
Release and the accompanying letter agreement and file copies hereof and thereof with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and other governmental or regulatory authorities. Except to the
extent that such has been publicly disclosed by the Company, I agree not to discuss or disclose,
directly or indirectly, the terms of this Agreement and General Release with any third party except
my spouse, attorney, accountant, tax advisor or the appropriate taxing or other governmental
authorities or in order to enforce its terms or as required by law, regulation or court order,
except that I understand that I am free to disclose the tax treatment and tax structure of this
transaction without limitation.



I HAVE CAREFULLY READ THIS AGREEMENT AND GENERAL RELEASE AND FULLY UNDERSTAND EACH AND EVERY TERM
AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS.




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	William J. Tennison
 

Name of Employee

	 	 
	 	/s/William J. Tennison
 

Signature of Employee
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Date: 10/9/07
	 	 	 	 	 	 






ELECTION TO EXECUTE PRIOR TO EXPIRATION OF

TWENTY-ONE DAY CONSIDERATION PERIOD

(To be signed only if Agreement and General Release is signed

prior to expiration of 21 days after it is presented to employee)



I understand that I have up to twenty-one (21) days within which to consider and execute the
foregoing Agreement and General Release. However, after having had sufficient time to consider the
matter and to consult with counsel, I have freely and voluntarily elected to execute the Severance
and Release Agreement before the twenty-one (21) day period has expired.




	 	 	 
	/s/ William J. Tennison
	 	 
	 

Signature of Employee

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	10/9/07
	 	 
	 

Date

	 	 







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