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Compensation Brief
Fiscal year 2023 · Filings through 2026-08-14

Desktop Metal (DM)

Fiscal year 2023 executive and director compensation, incentive-plan design, equity activity, and governance — every figure in this brief is traceable to its exact location in the company’s SEC filing — the document, the section, the page, and the table, linked directly.

$1,700,539
Jason Cole total, FY2023
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurerhighest-paid officer; CEO Ric Fulop: $716,115
12th
CEO (Ric Fulop) pay percentile vs peers
CEO-to-median pay ratio
Say-on-pay support, latest vote
Companies that benchmark against DM
No companies currently name DM as a compensation peer in their most recent disclosure.

This is the complete answer, not a partial one — the list is never padded.

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Summary Compensation Table — fiscal year 2023

Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Jason Cole$550,000$550,000$599,999$0$0$0$540$1,700,539
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Jonah Myerberg400,00001,000,000082,50005401,483,040
Chief Technology Officer
Thomas Nogueira400,0000599,998066,00003601,066,358
Chief Operating Officer
Ric Fulop580,000000135,5750540716,115
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Director

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2023 totalFY2022 totalFY2021 totalΔ FY20222023
Jason Cole$1,700,539$3,866,365−2,165,826
Jonah Myerberg1,483,040413,2535,514,449+1,069,787
Thomas Nogueira1,066,3581,989,447−923,089
Ric Fulop716,115631,01111,034,910+85,104

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

02

Equity transactions since the proxy statement was filed

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

03

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2023

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Jonah MyerbergRSU2023-02-15543,478$1,000,000
Jason ColeRSU2023-11-28735,023599,999
Thomas NogueiraRSU2023-02-15326,086599,998
03b

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Jonah Myerberg$1,000,000$0$00.0%
Jason Cole599,999000.0%
Thomas Nogueira599,998000.0%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

04

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2023

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Thomas NogueiraOption02.46
Thomas NogueiraRSU27,98521,017
Thomas NogueiraOption02.78
Jason ColeRSU1,125,000844,875
Jonah MyerbergRSU543,478408,152
Jonah MyerbergPSU188,964141,912
Thomas NogueiraRSU11,1768,393
Thomas NogueiraRSU162,147121,772
Thomas NogueiraOption4,5781.4
Jason ColeRSU735,023552,002
Ric FulopPSU377,928283,824
Thomas NogueiraRSU326,086244,891
Thomas NogueiraRSU138,207103,793
Jonah MyerbergOption4,0161.4
Thomas NogueiraOption14,3111.4
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Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

Historically, our executive compensation program has been designed to motivate, reward, attract and retain high caliber management who create an inclusive and diverse environment and are deemed critical to our success. The program seeks to align executive compensation with our short-and long-term objectives, financial performance and stockholder priorities.

CEO STI target (% of salary)85%
CEO LTI target (% of salary)
Independent consultantFrederic W. Cook & Co.
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingTrue
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Director compensation — fiscal year 2023

DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Scott DussaultIndependent · Audit (Chair)$60,000$140,000$0$0$0$200,000
Dayna GraysonIndependent · Compensation (Chair)55,000140,000000195,000
Bilal ZuberiIndependent · Audit50,000140,000000190,000
Steve PapaIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)50,000140,000000190,000
Wen HsiehIndependent · Compensation47,500140,000000187,500
James EisensteinIndependent · Nominating and Corporate Governance45,000140,000000185,000
Stephen NigroNot independent40,000140,000000180,000
Jeff ImmeltIndependent · Audit140,000000140,000
Ric FulopEmployee director · Board Chair00000
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Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$40,000
Annual equity retainer$140,000
Per board meeting fee
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 10,000
Stock ownership guideline
09b

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2023
Cash retainers and fees$347,500
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,120,000
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,467,500

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

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Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2023

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

10a

Peer reciprocity

Of the companies Desktop Metal names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.

Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including Desktop Metal.

10b

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1AeroVironment, Inc.2026Wahid Nawabi$1,118,829$13,339,715$0$767,609$15,253,775
2Silk Road Medical, Inc2023Chas McKhann105,87113,123,059093,27513,423,834
3Proto Labs, Inc.2025Suresh Krishna473,8465,612,685600,017489,3727,186,997
4FARO Technologies, Inc.2024Peter Lau600,0002,956,7950438,0004,008,421
5Appian Corporation2025Matthew Calkins1,150,0001,760,000002,941,276
6Desktop Metal2023Ric Fulop580,00000135,575716,115
7Vicor Corporation2025Patrizio Vinciarelli479,2570160,2420702,202
8PDF Solutions, Inc.2025John Kibarian450,00000114,750693,986
Xperi Inc.not in coverage universe
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.not in coverage universe
Axonics, Inc.not in coverage universe
Stratasys Ltd.not in coverage universe

Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

10c

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Desktop Metal27.5%not disclosednot disclosedFrederic W. Cook & Co.
AeroVironment, Inc.62%PSU 65 · RSU 35NoPay Governance
Appian Corporationnot disclosedRSU 100Nonot disclosed
Axonics, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
FARO Technologies, Inc.73%PSU 60 · RSU 40Yes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (TSR) compared to Russell 2000 IndexCompensia
PDF Solutions, Inc.85%RSU 100not disclosedWailea Partners
Proto Labs, Inc.99%PSU 50 · RSU 25 · Options 25Yes — Three-year cumulative TSR performance relative to the Russell 2000 Growth IndexPearl Meyer
Silk Road Medical, Incnot disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50not disclosedCompensia
Stratasys Ltd.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Vicor Corporationnot disclosedOptions 100not disclosednot disclosed
Xperi Inc.49%PSU 60 · RSU 40NoCompensia Inc.

Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.

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Source register

Each figure's location is given both for the eye (section · page · table · row · column) and for a script (table/row/column index and exact character span in the filed document). Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

#SupportsDocumentFiledAccessionLocation in document
1Section 01, Jason ColeDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447Section “2023 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,700,539. Filing ↗machine: r8 · c14 · span 588793–588802
2Section 01, Jonah MyerbergDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447Section “2023 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,483,040. Filing ↗machine: t108 · r10 · c14 · span 597396–597405
3Section 01, Thomas NogueiraDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447Section “2023 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 1,066,358. Filing ↗machine: t108 · r13 · c14 · span 610392–610401
4Section 01, Ric FulopDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447Section “2023 Summary Compensation Table”. As printed: 716,115. Filing ↗machine: t108 · r5 · c14 · span 575969–575976
5Section 03, Jonah Myerberg RSUDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t113 · r8 · c12 · span 651313–651322
6Section 03, Jason Cole RSUDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447Section “REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t108 · r8 · c8 · span 587098–587105
7Section 03, Thomas Nogueira RSUDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. Filing ↗machine: t113 · r9 · c12 · span 654969–654976
8Section 08, Scott DussaultDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 200,000. Filing ↗machine: t161 · r4 · c6 · span 1072900–1072907
9Section 08, Dayna GraysonDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 195,000. Filing ↗machine: t161 · r6 · c6 · span 1076238–1076245
10Section 08, Bilal ZuberiDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 190,000. Filing ↗machine: t161 · r11 · c6 · span 1084583–1084590
11Section 08, Steve PapaDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 190,000. Filing ↗machine: t161 · r10 · c6 · span 1082983–1082990
12Section 08, Wen HsiehDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 187,500. Filing ↗machine: t161 · r7 · c6 · span 1077835–1077842
13Section 08, James EisensteinDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 185,000. Filing ↗machine: t161 · r5 · c6 · span 1074504–1074511
14Section 08, Stephen NigroDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 180,000. Filing ↗machine: t161 · r9 · c6 · span 1081252–1081259
15Section 08, Jeff ImmeltDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 140,000. Filing ↗machine: t161 · r8 · c4 · span 1079145–1079152
16Section 08, Ric FulopDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. Filing ↗
17Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed)ComputedcomputedΔ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.machine: formula: Δ = FY(n) − FY(n−1)
18Section 03b vehicle mix (computed)ComputedcomputedRSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).machine: formula: sums + PSU ratio
19Section 09b board cost (computed)ComputedcomputedCash 347,500 + equity 1,120,000 + all other 0 = 1,467,500, summed across the director compensation table rows.machine: formula: Σ = 1,467,500
20AeroVironment, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-08-140001104659-26-096689CEO total compensation as printed in AeroVironment, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 15,253,775. Filing ↗machine: t127 · r1 · c42 · span 1424713–1424723
21Silk Road Medical, Inc, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2024-04-260001397702-24-000024CEO total compensation as printed in Silk Road Medical, Inc's own proxy. As printed: 13,423,834. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c8 · span 1756696–1756706
22Proto Labs, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-080001443669-26-000017CEO total compensation as printed in Proto Labs, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,186,997. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c24 · span 624985–624994
23FARO Technologies, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2025-04-100001628280-25-017330CEO total compensation as printed in FARO Technologies, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,008,421. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c39 · span 542687–542696
24Appian Corporation, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-220001441683-26-000021CEO total compensation as printed in Appian Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 2,941,276. Filing ↗machine: r2 · c42 · span 416139–416148
25Desktop Metal (subject), Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2024-04-230001558370-24-005447CEO total compensation as printed in Desktop Metal's own proxy. As printed: 716,115. Filing ↗machine: t108 · r5 · c14 · span 575969–575976
26Vicor Corporation, Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-300001193125-26-194790CEO total compensation as printed in Vicor Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 702,202. Filing ↗machine: span 552868–552875
27PDF Solutions, Inc., Section 10b CEO totalDEF 14A2026-04-290001437749-26-013857CEO total compensation as printed in PDF Solutions, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 693,986. Filing ↗machine: r4 · c28 · span 860697–860704
28Section 10a, Xperi Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001788999-26-000004Xperi Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Desktop Metal. Filing ↗
29Section 10a, PDF Solutions, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001437749-26-013857PDF Solutions, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Desktop Metal. Filing ↗
30Section 10a, FARO Technologies, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001628280-25-017330FARO Technologies, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Desktop Metal. Filing ↗
31Section 10a, Silk Road Medical, Inc reciprocityDEF 14A0001397702-24-000024Silk Road Medical, Inc's most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Desktop Metal. Filing ↗
32Section 10a, Proto Labs, Inc. reciprocityDEF 14A0001443669-26-000017Proto Labs, Inc.'s most recent proxy was read; its disclosed peer group does not include Desktop Metal. Filing ↗