---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-332856"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DDD"
cik: "0000910638"
company_name: "3D SYSTEMS CORP"
filed_at: "2026-08-04T20:16:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-04T20:17:18.023376+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 3D Systems CEO Jeffrey Graves to step down; successor search underway

## Summary
- Dr. Jeffrey Graves will leave as President and CEO and retire from Board upon hiring of successor, expected later this year.
- Graves will serve as consultant for 6 months after successor starts; severance includes 150% base salary, COBRA, and continued equity vesting.
- Board has engaged executive search firm to identify next CEO; Graves will remain in role until then.
- The announcement coincides with Q2 2026 earnings release (not included in this filing).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-332856
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DDD
- cik: 0000910638
- company_name: 3D SYSTEMS CORP
- filed_at: 2026-08-04T20:16:15+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910638/000119312526332856/0001193125-26-332856-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/910638/000119312526332856/d158382d8k.htm

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