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KOPIN CORPORATION

125 North Drive, Westborough, Massachusetts 01581

April 28, 2017March 29, 2018

To Our Stockholders:

You are cordially invited to attend the 20172018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of KOPIN CORPORATION, to be held at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 31, 2017,9, 2018, at the offices of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, One Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 (the “Meeting”).

The Notice of Meeting and the Proxy Statement that follow describe the business to be considered and acted upon by the stockholders at the Meeting. Our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 201630, 2017 is also enclosed for your information.

Our Board of Directors encourages your participation in Kopin Corporation’s electoral process and, to that end, solicits your proxy with respect to the matters described in the Notice of Meeting and the Proxy Statement. You may submit your proxy by completing, dating and signing the enclosed Proxy Card and returning it promptly in the enclosed envelope. You may also vote by telephone or by the Internet, as described in the Proxy Statement. You are urged to vote by mail, telephone or Internet even if you plan to attend the Meeting.

Sincerely,

JOHN C.C. FAN Chairman

KOPIN CORPORATION

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

To Be Held On Wednesday, May 31, 20179, 2018

Notice is hereby given that the 20172018 Annual Meeting (the “Meeting”) of Stockholders of Kopin Corporation (the “Company”) will be held at the offices of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, One Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, on Wednesday, May 31, 2017,9, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., local time, to consider and act upon the following matters:

Stockholders of record at the close of business on Friday, April 21, 2017,Wednesday, March 14, 2018, the record date for the Meeting, are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and any adjournments thereof. The enclosed proxy statement is being mailed to those stockholders on or about April 28, 2017.March 29, 2018. All stockholders are cordially invited to attend the Meeting.

By Order of the Board of Directors

JOHN C.C. FAN Chairman

Westborough, Massachusetts

April 28, 2017March 29, 2018

WHETHER OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND MAIL THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD, WHICH IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY, AND PROMPTLY RETURN IT IN THE PREADDRESSED ENVELOPE PROVIDED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. ALTERNATIVELY, YOU MAY VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR THE INTERNET AS DESCRIBED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT. IF YOU ATTEND THE MEETING, YOU MAY WITHDRAW ANY PROXY PREVIOUSLY GIVEN BY YOU AND YOU MAY VOTE YOUR SHARES IN PERSON AT THE MEETING.

KOPIN CORPORATION

125 North Drive

Westborough, Massachusetts 01581

PROXY STATEMENT

Important Notice Regarding Internet Availability of Proxy Materials for the Stockholders Meeting to be Held on Wednesday, May 31, 2017.9, 2018. The Proxy Statement and our 20162017 Annual Report to Stockholders are also available on our website at www.kopin.com/proxy

This proxy statement and proxy are being furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Kopin Corporation (the “Company”) for use at the 20172018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) to be held on Wednesday, May 31, 2017,9, 2018, and at any adjournments, continuations or postponements thereof. This proxy statement, the accompanying proxy card and our Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016,30, 2017, were first mailed to stockholders on or about April 28, 2017.March 29, 2018. The Meeting will be held at the offices of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, One Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 on Wednesday, May 31, 20179, 2018, at 9:00 a.m.

All solicitation expenses, including costs of preparing, assembling and mailing proxy materials, will be borne by the Company. It is expected that solicitations will be made primarily by mail, but our directors, officers and other employees also may solicit proxies by telephone and in person, without additional compensation. Arrangements will be made with brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees, and fiduciaries for proxy materials to be sent to their principals, and we will reimburse such persons for their reasonable expenses in so doing.

The close of business on Friday, April 21, 2017,Wednesday, March 14, 2018, has been established as the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournments thereof. As of the record date, there were 75,135,36476,524,532 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Holders of shares of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share owned as of the record date on all matters to come before the Meeting and any adjournments thereof. The presence in person or by proxy of holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock entitled to vote at the Meeting constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at the Meeting.

Stockholders may vote by completing the enclosed proxy card and mailing it in the envelope provided, by using the toll-free telephone number provided on the proxy card, over the Internet, or in person. The Internet and telephone voting facilities for stockholders of record will close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 30, 2017.8, 2018. Any proxy submitted prior to the Meeting may be revoked at any time before it is voted by written notice of revocation received by the Secretary of the Company prior to the Meeting, by delivering a later dated proxy in accordance with the instructions on the enclosed proxy, by voting in person at the Meeting or by revoking a written proxy by request in person at the Meeting. If the proxy submitted is not so revoked, the shares represented by such proxy will be voted in accordance with the instructions contained therein. If no choice is specified for one or more proposals in a proxy submitted by or on behalf of a stockholder, the shares represented by such proxy will be voted in favor of such proposals and in the discretion of the named proxies with respect to any other proposals which may properly come before the Meeting.

For Proposal 1, directors are elected by a plurality of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting and entitled to vote, which means that the seven individuals receiving the highest number of “FOR” votes will be elected directors. Proposals 2, 3 and 4 will be approved upon the affirmative vote of a majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting and entitled to vote on each such proposal. With respect to Proposal 5, the advisory proposal on the frequency of our executive compensation advisory proposals, the proposal will be determined by the frequency (every one, two or three years) that receives the highest number of votes from our stockholders.

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If, in a proxy submitted on behalf of a stockholder by a person acting solely in a representative capacity, the proxy is marked clearly to indicate that the shares represented thereby are not being voted with respect to one or more proposals, then such proxies will be counted as present for purposes of establishing a quorum at the

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Meeting but will not be considered entitled to vote on such proposals and such“non-votes” will have no effect on the results of the voting on such proposals. Proxies marked as “abstain” as to one or more proposals will be counted as present for purposes of establishing a quorum at the Meeting and for the purpose of calculating the vote on such proposals. Such abstentions will have the effect of a vote against such proposals other than Proposal 1 (for which they will have no effect on the voting results).

The chairman of the Meeting or the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting and entitled to vote have the power to adjourn the Meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the Meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting.

As of the date of this proxy statement, we do not know of any matters which will be brought before the Meeting other than those matters specifically set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. However, if any other matter properly comes before the Meeting, it is intended that the persons named in the enclosed proxy card, or their substitutes acting thereunder, will vote on any such matter in accordance with their best judgment.

Corporate Governance Matters

Our Board has an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The following table lists each of our directors for fiscal year 20162017 and provides membership information for each of the committees:

Corporate Governance Guidelines

Our Board has adopted charters for each of its Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Our Board also has adopted corporate governance guidelines, a code of business conduct and ethics for employees, executive officers and directors and a whistleblower policy regarding the treatment of complaints on accounting, internal accounting controls and auditing matters. All of these documents are available on our website atwww.kopin.com under the heading “Investors: Corporate Governance.” A copy of any of these documents may be obtained, without charge, upon written request to Kopin Corporation, c/o Investor Relations, 125 North Drive, Westborough, MA 01581.

Corporate Governance Practices and Board Independence

Each year, our Board reviews the relationships that each director has with us and with other parties. With the exception of Dr. Fan, our Chief Executive Officer, only those directors who do not have any of the categorical relationships that preclude them from being independent within the meaning of applicable NASDAQNasdaq Stock Market, Inc. Marketplace Rules or the “NASDAQ” Rules,(the “Nasdaq Rules”), and who the Board affirmatively determines have no relationships that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director, are considered to be independent directors. Our Board has reviewed a number of factors to evaluate the independence of each of its members. These factors include the members’ current and

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historic relationships with us and our competitors, suppliers and customers; their relationships with management and other directors; the relationships their current and former employers have with us; and the relationships

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between us and other companies of which a member of our Board is a director or executive officer. After evaluating these factors, our Board has determined that a majority of the members of the Board, namely James Brewington, David Brook, Andrew Chapman, Morton Collins, Chi Chia Hsieh and Michael Landine, do not have any relationships that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out their responsibilities as a director and are independent directors of Kopin Corporation within the meaning of the applicable NASDAQNasdaq Rules.

In making its independence determinations, our Board considered transactions occurring since the beginning of 2009 between us and entities associated with the independent directors or members of their immediate family. All identified transactions that appear to relate to Kopin Corporation and a person or entity with a known connection to a director are presented to the Board for consideration. In making its subjective determination that eachnon-employee director is independent, our Board considered the transactions in the context of the NASDAQNasdaq Rules, the standards established by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for members of audit committees, and the SEC and Internal Revenue Service standards for compensation committee members. Our Board’s independence determinations included reviewing the following transactions and relationships:

Dr. Hsieh is a director of a company, KoBrite Corp, (“KoBrite”), in which Kopin owns a minority interest. Dr. Hsieh is also a director of Bright LED, which is the majority owner of KoBrite. Mr. Brook, one of our directors, is a partner of the patent law firm of Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds P.C., which is our patent counsel. During fiscal year 2016,2017, we paid Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds P.C. fees for legal services of approximately $1,303,390.$751,837.

Our Board noted that the fees paid to Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds P.C. were slightly in excess ofless than 5% of the firm’s revenue for the fiscal year 2016.2017. Mr. BrooksBrook does not sit on any of the Company’s committees. Our Board determined that, because of the nature of the director’s relationship with the entity and/or the amount involved, the relationship did not impair the director’s independence.

Nomination and Election of Directors

When seeking candidates for director, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the “Nominating Committee”) may solicit suggestions from incumbent directors, management or others. After conducting an initial evaluation of a candidate, the Nominating Committee will interview that candidate if it believes the candidate might be suitable to serve as a director. The Nominating Committee may also ask the candidate to meet with our management. If the Nominating Committee believes a candidate would be a valuable addition to the Board and there is either a vacancy on the Board or the Nominating Committee believes it is in the best interests of Kopin Corporation and its stockholders to increase the number of board members, it will recommend that candidate’s election to the full Board that candidate’s election.Board.

Before nominating a sitting director forre-election at an annual stockholder meeting, the Nominating Committee will consider the director’s performance on the Board and whether the director’sre-election would be consistent with our corporate governance guidelines and our continued compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

Our Board believes that it should be comprised of directors with diverse and complementary backgrounds, and that directors should have expertise that, at a minimum, may be useful to us and may contribute to the success of our business. Directors also should possess the highest personal and professional ethics and should be willing and able to devote an amount of time sufficient to effectively carry out their duties and contribute to the success of our business. When considering candidates for director, the Nominating Committee takes into account a number of factors, which may include the following:

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Stockholder Proposals

The Nominating Committee will consider candidates for director suggested by stockholders by considering the foregoing criteria and the additional information referred to below. Stockholders wishing to suggest a candidate for director should write to Kopin Corporation, c/o Investor Relations, 125 North Drive, Westborough, MA 01581, and include the following:

Under ourby-laws, nominations for directors may be made only by or at the direction of the Board, or by a stockholder of record at the time of giving notice who is entitled to vote and delivers to Kopin Corporation written notice along with the additional information and materials required by theby-laws not less than 3090 days norand not more than 75120 days prior to the first anniversary of the immediately preceding year’s annual meeting. For our annual meeting in the year 20182019, we must receive this notice no earlier than March 17, 2018January 9, 2019, and no later than May 1, 2018February 8, 2019 to be eligible for consideration at the annual meeting in 2018.2019. You can obtain, without charge, a copy of theby-laws by writing to Kopin Corporation, c/o Investor Relations, 125 North Drive, Westborough, MA 01581.

Under ourby-laws, stockholders may present proposals other than director nominations that may be proper subjects for inclusion in the proxy statement and for consideration at an annual meeting. For our annualbusiness to be properly brought before a stockholder meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to or mailed and

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received at the principal executive offices of the Company not less than 30 days nor more than 75 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting. For our annual meeting in the year 2018,2019, pursuant to the requirements in ourby-laws, we must receive this notice no earlier than March 17, 2018February 23, 2019 and no later than May 1, 2018April 9, 2019, to be eligible for consideration at the annual meeting in 20182019 but whichthat are not included in the proxy statement.

Under Rule14a-8 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) stockholders must deliver proposals to Kopin Corporation not later than December 29, 20172, 2018 if the proposal is submitted for inclusion in our proxy materials for the annual meeting in 2018.2019.

Stockholder Communications with the Board

The Board has established a process for stockholders to send communications to our Board or any individual director. Stockholders may send written communications to the Board or any director to Kopin Corporation, Board of Directors, c/o Chief Financial Officer, 125 North Drive, Westborough, MA 01581.

Related Transactions

The Audit Committee reviews and approves certain transactions or relationships involving Kopin and its directors, executive officers and their affiliates. Kopin has adopted policies and procedures that apply to any transaction or series of transactions in which Kopin, or a subsidiary, is a participant, the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and a related person has a direct or indirect material interest. In reviewing a transaction or relationship, the Audit Committee will take into account, among other factors it deems appropriate, the nature and terms of the transaction, the dollar value of the transaction, the business reasons for the transaction, whether it is on terms no more favorable than to an unaffiliated third party under similar circumstances, as well as the extent of the related party’s interest in the transaction. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for Employees, Executive Officers and Directors prohibits any transaction or relationship that would create a conflict of interest, unless approved by the Board. Conflicts of interests are to be reported to the applicable employees’ immediate supervisor or our Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. Brook, one of our directors, is a principal and shareholder of the patent law firm of Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds P.C., which is our patent counsel. We have engaged Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds P.C. from time to time since 1984 and intend to continue to do so in the future. During fiscal year 2017, we paid Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds P.C. fees for legal services of approximately $751,837. Mr. Brook is not directly compensated by Hamilton, Brook Smith & Reynolds P.C. based on that firm’s work performed for the Company and does not routinely work on Company matters. Furthermore, Mr. Brook’s interest is approximately 8% of the law firm’s shareholder allocation and the fees paid by the Company to Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds P.C. in 2017 represented less than 5% of the law firm’s revenue for fiscal year 2017.

We do not currently provide personal loans to our executive officers or directors. Other than Proposal 1, none of our directors, executive officers or their associates have a substantial interest in any of the matters to be acted upon at the Meeting.

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PROPOSAL 1

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Ourby-laws provide that the Board shall consist of not less than three nor more than thirteen directors. The Board has fixed the number of directors at seven. Unless authority is withheld, it is the intention of the persons voting under the enclosed proxy to vote such proxy in favor of the election of each of the nominees to be a director until the 20182019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. If any nominee is unavailable, such votes will be cast by the proxies either for a substitute nominee selected by the proxies or to fix the number of directors at a lesser number. Our Board currently has no reason to expect that any of the nominees will be unavailable.

Required Vote

The election of directors requires a plurality of the votes properly cast by or on behalf of the holders of our common stock at the Meeting, which means that the seven individuals receiving the highest number of “FOR” votes will be elected directors. Any“non-votes” and abstentions from voting received will have no effect on the results of this Proposal 1.

The Board of Directors has nominated and recommends that you vote FOR“FOR” the election of each of the nominees listed below to serve as our Directors until the 20182019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders orand until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

Set forth below are the name and age for each director nominee, his or her principal occupation and business experience during the past five years and the names of other publicly tradedpublicly-traded companies of which he served as a director.

Beyond their general business acumen and insights, the Board of Directors believes the proposed directors bring the following skill sets and benefits to the Company:

John C.C. Fan – Dr. Fan is the Founder of Kopin Corporation and has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since our organization in April 1984. Dr. Fan received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University.

James K. Brewington – Mr. Brewington served as president of Lucent Technologies Mobility Solutions Group, where he was responsible for all wireless infrastructure for the mobility segment, including global wireless development and product architecture. OurGolden-i technology is designed for integration in or with wireless devices such as cell phones. Mr. Brewington provides general business counsel and specifically on the direction of wireless technologies used by us in developing our strategies.

David E. Brook – We make significant investments in research and developing new technologies. Mr. Brook is a founder and partnerprincipal of Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds P.C., a law firm specializing in intellectual property (IP) rights. Mr. Brook counsels the Company on developing IP strategies to protect our investments.

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Andrew Chapman – We are still in a growth stage and Mr. Chapman has managed and served on the boards of numerousstart-up technology companies and provides us counsel on dealing with bothday-to-day issues and developing strategies during our formative years.

Morton Collins – Mr. Collins has served on the board of directors of several venture capital partnerships, private and public companies and has an extensive technology background. Mr. Collins provides us with counsel based on his experience in finance and company creation.

Chi Chia Hsieh – We have significant sales and investments in Taiwan, Korea, Japan and China, and a critical step in the production of our display products occurs in Taiwan. Dr. Hsieh provides us with counsel on Asian business practices and relationships with Asian business leaders.

Michael Landine – Mr. Landine has served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Alkermes, Inc., a publicly-held company, and has served on the board of directors of other publicly-held corporations. Mr. Landine provides counsel to us as Chairman of the Audit Committee and in evaluating strategic investment opportunities.

The boardBoard of directorsDirectors considers diversity in terms of education, business experience and nationality when considering boardcandidates for our Board of director candidates.Director. There are no family relationships between any of our directors, officers or nominees.

Background of Nominees for Director and Certain Officers

Nominees

John C.C. Fan, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board.Dr. Fan has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the boardBoard since our organization in April 1984. He has also served as our President since July 1990. Prior to July 1985, Dr. Fan was Associate Leader of the Electronic Materials Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Dr. Fan is the author of numerous patents and scientific publications. Dr. Fan received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University. During the past five years, Dr. Fan has not served on the board of directors of any other public companies or registered management investment companies.

James K. Brewington, Director.Mr. Brewington has served as one of our directors since 2006. Mr. Brewington retired as President of Developing Markets at Lucent Technologies in 2007. Prior to heading Lucent’s Developing Markets group, Mr. Brewington served as president of that company’s Mobility Solutions Group, where he was responsible for all wireless infrastructure for the mobility segment, including global wireless development and product architecture, project management, and business and product management. He began his career at AT&T in 1968, and over the ensuing years he has held various executive management positions in the telecommunications industry, including overseeing Bell Telephone Wireless Laboratories. Mr. Brewington is currently chairman of the Board of directors of New Edge Signal Solutions, a private company. During the past five years, Mr. Brewington has not served on the board of directors of any other public companies or registered management investment companies.

David E. Brook, Secretary and Director. Mr. Brook has served as one of our directors since 1984. Mr. Brook is a founder and partnerprincipal of the intellectual property law firm of Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds P.C. in Boston and Concord, Massachusetts. During the past five years, Mr. Brook has not served on the board of directors of any other public companies or registered management investment companies.

Andrew H. Chapman, Director. Mr. Chapman has served as one of our directors since 1985. From 2003 to the present, Mr. Chapman has been a private investor. Mr. Chapman has founded, managed, been a director of and/or invested in numerous technologystart-up companies over the past 20 years. Mr. Chapman received a B.A. from Yale College and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. During the past five years, Mr. Chapman has not served on the board of directors of any other public companies or registered management investment companies.

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Morton Collins, Director. Mr. Collins has served as one of our directors since 1985 and was elected our Lead Independent Director in 2014. Mr. Collins received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University and his PhD in Science from University of Delaware. From October 1968 to June 1974, Mr. Collins was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Data Science Ventures, Inc. (DSV I). He was a Founder of DSV Associates (DSV II); DSV Partners III (DSV III); DSV Partners IV (DSV IV) and has been the Managing Partner of each since their formation in 1974, 1981 and 1985 respectively. These organizations provide venture capital and management assistance to early-stage high-technology companies. In July of 1997, Mr. Collins became a Special Limited Partner of Cardinal Partners, the successor to the DSV series of partnerships. From 2003 to 2016, Mr. Collins was a General Partner of Battelle Ventures. In January of 2017, Mr. Collins founded M Collins Ventures, a venture capital fund of which he is the Managing Partner. Mr. Collins is currently a member of the board of directors of Inovio Biomedical Corporation,Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a public company. During the past five years, Mr. Collins has not served on the board of directors of any other public companies or registered management investment companies other than Strategic Diagnostic, Inc.Inovio.

Chi-Chia Hsieh, Director. Dr. Hsieh has served as one of our directors since December 1995. Dr. Hsieh is currently the Vice Chairman and was previously the President of Microelectronics Technology Inc., a Taiwan corporation publicly traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Dr. Hsieh is Chairman of the board of directors of IQE Taiwan, a Taiwan corporation in which we formerly were a majority stockholder until January 2013. Dr. Hsieh is also a member of the board of directors of BriteLED, a Taiwan Corporation publicly traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Dr. Hsieh is currently a member of the board of directors of Microelectronics Technology Inc., Advanced Wireless Systems, Bright LED Electronics Corp., and Taiwan Cement Corporation, all public companies. Dr. Hsieh is also the Independent Director of Innolux Corporation, and Independent Director of AcBel Polytech Inc., both are public companies in Taiwan. During the past five years, Dr. Hsieh has not served on the board of directors of any other public companies or registered management investment companies.

Michael J. Landine, Director. Mr. Landine has served as one of our directors since 2003. Mr. Landine is Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of Alkermes, Inc., where he has worked for over 20 years. Mr. Landine served for 10 years as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Alkermes. Mr. Landine worked for the international accounting firm Touche Ross & Co. During the past five years, Mr. Landine has not served on the board of directors of any other public companies or registered management investment companies other than GTC Biotherapeutics Inc., a publicly-traded biotechnology company.company, from 2005 to 2010.

Officers

John C.C. Fan, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the board.Dr. Fan, age 73,74, has served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the boardBoard since our organization in April 1984. He has also served as our President since July 1990. Prior to July 1985, Dr. Fan was Associate Leader of the Electronic Materials Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Dr. Fan is the author of numerous patents and scientific publications. Dr. Fan received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University.

Richard A. Sneider, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Sneider, age 56,57, has served as our Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer since September 1998. Mr. Sneider is a former Certified Public Accountant and was formerly a partner of the international public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he worked for 16 years.

Hong Choi, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President. Dr. Choi, age 65,66, joined us as Chief Technology Officer in July 2000. Previously, Dr. Choi served as Senior Staff Member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where he worked for 17 years. Dr. Choi received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Boryeu Tsaur, Executive Vice President—Display Operations. Dr. Tsaur, age 61,62, joined us as Executive Vice President—Display Operations in July 1997. From 1993 to 1997, Dr. Tsaur served as Group Leader, Electronic Material Group, at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Dr. Tsaur received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

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Board Structure and Risk

Our Board leadership structure is commonly utilized by other public companies in the United States, and we believe that it is effective for us. ThisWe believe this leadership structure is appropriate for us given the size and scope of our business, the experience and active involvement of our independent directors, and our corporate governance practices, which include regular communication with and interaction between and among the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer and the independent directors. Pursuant to ourby-laws, our Board selects the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer that it determines to be in the best interest of our stockholders. With the exception of Dr. Fan, each of the directors is independent under the NASDAQNasdaq Rules and the applicable SEC rules and regulations. Morton Collins is our Lead Independent Director. We believe that having a combined Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and independent chairs for each of our Board committees provides the best form of leadership for us. We have a single leader for our Company with oversight of our operations by experienced independent directors who have appointed three independent committee chairs.

We believe that our directors provide effective oversight of risk management functions. Annually, we perform a risk review whereinwhere the management team evaluates the risks facing us in the upcoming year and over a longer term horizon, typically three years. From this risk assessment, we develop plans are developed to deal with the risks identified. This risk assessment is provided to the Board of Directors and their input is reflected in the annual risk assessment. In addition, members of our management periodically present to the Board the strategies, issues and plans for the product lines they manage. The Compensation Committee also reviews our incentive plans to determine ifwhether they result in management behavior whichthat may result in additional risk beyond the plansplans’ intended purpose. While the Board oversees our risk management, our management is responsible forday-to-day risk management processes. Additionally, the Board requires that management raise exceptional issues to the Board. We believe this division of responsibilities is the most effective approach for addressing the risks facing us and that the Board leadership structure supports this approach.

Board and Committee Meetings

During the fiscal year 2016,2017, our Board held 56 meetings. For each director, overall attendance at boardBoard meetings and relevant committee meetings, either in person or by conference call, was greater than 75%. All of our then directors attended the 20162017 annual stockholder meeting. Although we currently do not require our directors to attend annual stockholder meetings, we do encourage directors to do so and welcome their attendance.

Audit Committee:We have established a separately designated Audit Committee as defined by Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.Act. Our Audit Committee is composed of three directors, Morton Collins, Andrew H. Chapman and Michael J. Landine, each of whom the Board has determined is independent under the NASDAQNasdaq Rules and the applicable SEC rules and regulations. The Board has determined that Mr. Landine is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of RegulationS-K of the Exchange Act. Our Board adopted an Audit Committee Charter which is available on our website atwww.kopin.com under the heading “Investors: Corporate Governance.” Our Audit Committee Charter delegates to the Audit Committee the responsibility, among other things, to engage our independent auditors, review the audit fees, supervise matters relating to audit functions, review and set internal policies and procedure regarding audits, accounting and other financial controls, and review related party transactions. The Audit Committeepre-approved all audit andnon-audit services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP for fiscal year 2016.2017. During the 20162017 fiscal year, our Audit Committee met in person or through a conference call 6 times. Two members participated in all 76 meetings and one member participated in 65 meetings.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee:Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee presently is composed of three directors, Mr. Brewington, Dr. Hsieh and Mr. Landine, each of whom the Board has determined is independent under applicable SEC and NASDAQNasdaq Rules. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible, among other things, for considering potential Board members, making recommendations to the full Board as to nominees for election to the Board, assessing the effectiveness of the

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Board and implementing our corporate governance guidelines. The charter of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is available on the Company’s website atwww.kopin.com under the heading “Investors: Corporate Governance.” During the 20162017 fiscal year, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met in person or through a conference call 1 time and all 3 members participated in the meeting.

Compensation Committee:Our Compensation Committee presently is composed of two directors, Mr. Collins and Mr. Chapman, each of whom the board has determined is independent under applicable SEC and NASDAQNasdaq Rules. The charter of the Compensation Committee is available on our website atwww.kopin.com under the heading “Investors: Corporate Governance”.Governance.” During the 20162017 fiscal year, our Compensation Committee met in person or through a conference call 4 times and both members participated at each meeting. The Compensation Committee is responsible for the approval of remuneration arrangements for our executive officers, review and approval of compensation plans relating to executive officers and directors, including grants of stock options, restricted stock and stock grants under our 2010 Equity Incentive Plan and other benefits and general review of our employee compensation policies.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of our executive officers serves as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee, or other committee serving an equivalent function, of any other entity that has one or more of its executive officers serving as a member of our board of directors or Compensation Committee. None of the current members of our Compensation Committee has ever been an employee of Kopin or any subsidiary of Kopin.

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STOCK OWNERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS AND MANAGEMENT

The table below contains information, as of the dates below, regarding the beneficial ownership of all those know to us to be beneficial owners of more than 5% of our common stock as well as our directors, named executive officers and all of our executive officers and directors as a group.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Based solely on a review of reports furnished to us or written representations from our directors and executive officers and other information, we believe that 6none of our directors, and none of our executive officers andor 10% stockholders, failed to file on a timely basis the reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 16 of the Exchange Act during the fiscal year 2016.2017 except as follows: our EVP Display failed to file a Form 4 for the forfeiture of 25,000 share of restricted stock and we do not believe that Goertek Inc. filed a Form 3 when they purchased Kopin Stock on April 20, 2017. Each of ournon-employee directors reported their annual stock grant of 10,000 shares of restricted stock for the fiscal year 2016,2017, which were granted on May 11, 2016,31, 2017, on a Form 4 filed on May 11, 2016.June 2, 2017.

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COMPENSATION AND OTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

The following compensation discussion and analysis summarizes our philosophy and objectives regarding the compensation of our named executive officers, including how we determine elements and amounts of executive compensation. The following compensation discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our tabular disclosures which directly follow the discussion, beginning on page 17 of this proxy statement.

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis, or Analysis(“CD&A,&A”), describes the company’s executive compensation program, philosophy and objectives as they related to our 20162017 Named Executive Officers (“NEOs”). Our NEOs for 2016 were the following:2017 were:

Executive Summary

Provided below are key Company performance and executive compensation highlights for 2016.2017:

Company Performance Highlights:

In 20162017, we continued to make substantial progress to reinvent the Company as the leading provider of enterprise and consumer wearable technologies and solutions. Below is a summary of certain performance highlights which occurred in 2016:2017:

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Compensation Highlights:

Summarized below are highlights with respect to executive compensation in 2016:2017:

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Key Compensation Governance AttributesAttributes:

Our pay practices emphasize good governance and market practicepractice:

20162017 Say on Pay Vote:

Compensation Philosophy

We believe that our NEOs play a critical role in the operational and financial performance of our company that creates long-term value for our stockholders. Accordingly, our executive compensation philosophy is to reward our executives for individual performance and for contributions to our performance. We believe that the markets thatto which our products are targeted, at, specifically “Wearable Technologies” are in their early development stage. As the customer requirements are being defined, we need to adapt and refine our products which place greater emphasis on successful development efforts and less on operational metrics used by businesses who serve more traditional markets.

Accordingly, we attempt to strike a balance between lead (strategic initiatives) and lag (financial metrics) performance indicators. We believe it is more important to reward our strategic initiatives such as the development of new products and/or technology than financial metrics. We would expect, as the market begins to evolve, that a shift more towards financial metrics will take place. We do not believe in a “feast” or “famine” incentive philosophy based on a particular year’s operational metrics but rather a long-term sustainable compensation system.

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As a result, we strive to counterbalance our employee retention objectives andpay-for-performance objectives. Historically we believe we have accomplished this by compensating our executives with a combination of base salary, performance bonus awards and long-term equity-based retention compensation. There is nopre-established policy for the allocation between either cash ornon-cash compensation, but we do emphasize long termlong-term results over annual achievements.

We believe that the quality, commitment and performance of our executives are critical factors affecting our long-term value. Accordingly, our compensation objectives include:

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In addition, we periodically use benchmarks and peer group comparisons to assist us in determining whether our executive compensation is appropriate in light of our compensation objectives and philosophy.

Role of the Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors sets our executive compensation policies and determines the amounts and elements of compensation for our executive officers. As set forth in the Compensation Committee’s written charter, its responsibilities include establishing compensation policies for our directors and executive officers; reviewing and approving the Chief Executive Officer’s annual compensation; approving employment agreements or arrangements with executive officers; administering our 2010 Equity Incentive Plan and legacy equity award plans (the “Equity Plans”) and approving grants under these Equity Plans; and making recommendations regarding any other incentive compensation or equity-based plans. The Compensation Committee may delegate certain authority with respect to compensation matters to our executive officers.

The Compensation Committee considers the amounts and elements of compensation for our executive officers, both for the past and the upcoming fiscal year based on the following:

For all employees, other than our executive officers, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Compensation Committee approves ranges of merit increase, for example 2% to 3%, of base salary compensation based on recommendations from the Chief Executive Officer.

For all executive officers other than our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Compensation Committee establishes and approves the base salary compensation based on recommendations from the Chief Executive Officer.

With respect to compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Compensation Committee establishes and approves the compensation determinations based on the Compensation Committee’s evaluation and performance reviews of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

A copy of the Compensation Committee charter is posted on our website, www.kopin.com, under the heading “Investors: Corporate Governance.” In 2016,2017, our Compensation Committee consisted of Mr. Collins, Chair and Mr. Chapman, each of whom is an independent director as determined by our Board of Directors, based upon the NASDAQNasdaq Rules and our independence guidelines.

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The Role of Management

At the request of the Committee, NEOs of the CorporationCompany may be present at Compensation Committee meetings for discussion purposes. However, they have no involvement in the decisions made by the Committee, nor do they have a vote on any matters brought before the Committee. The Compensation Committee meets with the Chief Executive Officer to discuss his performance and compensation package, but ultimately, decisions regarding his package are made solely based upon the Committee’s deliberations, as well as input from the compensation consultant, as requested. The Compensation Committee considers recommendations from the Chief Executive Officer, as well as input from the compensation consultant as requested, to make decisions regarding other NEOs.

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Role of the Compensation Consultant

In making its determinations with respect to executive compensation, the Compensation Committee has periodically engaged the services of a compensation consultant to provide input on trends in executive compensation and to obtain an outside perspective on our executive compensation practices and assist with our peer group benchmarking analysis. The Compensation Committee does not believe a formal annual peer group assessment by an independent third party is necessary unless either internal factors, such as employee turn-over, or external factors, such as published reports in industry periodicals, indicate significant changes in executive compensation have taken place. In preparation2017 the Company engaged Radford, an Aon company (“Radford”) as the compensation consultant to provide the following services:

In addition, the Company asked Pearl Meyer to computeRadford for assistance in benchmarking the compensation and long-term incentives of the CEO and other NEOs and computing the potential value of Dr. Fan’s post employmentpost-employment medical benefits and to review a draft of the proxy statement.

The compensation consultant reports directly to the Compensation Committee and carries out responsibilities as assigned by the Committee. The Compensation Committee has the sole authority to retain and terminate the compensation consultant and to approve the compensation consultant’s fees and all other terms of the engagement. The Committee exercised this authority to engage Pearl MeyerRadford as its independent compensation consultant and has direct access to the compensation consultant throughout the year. Pearl MeyerRadford serves as an advisor to the Compensation Committee on topics primarily related to Board and executive compensation. Pearl Meyer reports directly to the Compensation Committee Chair, takes direction from the Compensation Committee, andRadford does not provide us with any services other than the services provided at the request of the Compensation Committee.

The Compensation Committee regularly reviews the services provided by its outside consultants and believes that Pearl MeyerRadford is independent in providing executive compensation consulting services. The Compensation Committee conducted a specific review of its relationship with Pearl MeyerRadford in 20162017 and determined that Pearl Meyer’sRadford’s work for the Compensation Committee did not raise any conflicts of interest, consistent with the guidance provided under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and by the SEC and the NASDAQNasdaq Global Market, or Nasdaq.Market.

Compensation Determinations

In making determinations with respect to amounts and elements of executive compensation, the Compensation Committee evaluates our overall performance during the year against development plans and

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annual budgets; evaluates the Chief Executive Officer’s achievements against the Board’s expectations; obtains input from the Chief Executive Officer on the performance reviews of the other executive officers; evaluates the potential for future contributions by each executive to our long-term success; and periodically compares our executive compensation against a benchmarking analysis of a group of peer companies. WeIn 2017, we did not perform a formal benchmarking analysis in 2016 as one was performed in 2014.of our CEO, EVP of Display Operations, CFO and CTO compensation.

Peer Group Benchmarking

In 2014, the Compensation Committee engaged Pearl Meyer & Partners (“Pearl Meyer”) to assist in selecting a new peer group with a median revenue and market capitalization size that approximated ours. These companies continue to be relevant from a business and size standpoint. The following 16 companies were selected:

The peer group information was a reference point in setting NEO compensation through 2017.

In 2017, the Compensation Committee engaged Radford to assist in selecting a new peer group with a median revenue and market capitalization size that approximated ours.Based on Radford’s structured peer group review process and recommendations:

The final 2017 peer group consisted of 13 companies with a median revenue and market capitalization size that approximated ours and included the following companies:

The peer group information was a reference point in setting NEO compensation in 2018.

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Elements of Compensation

Our compensation program is designed to be simple, straightforward and fair. We use the following compensation and benefits elements to provide an overall competitive compensation and benefits package that is tied to creating stockholder value and supporting the execution of our business strategies:

The combination and allocation of the components and the target amount of each component is influenced by the role of the executive officer, individual performance, expected contributions, market practices, and the total value of all the compensation and benefits available to the individual executive officers. The Compensation Committee reviews and considers each component for each executive officer before making compensation decisions. Historically we have weighted the mix of compensation more towards base salary and long termlong-term equity incentive plans and to a lesser extent short termshort-term cash bonuses as discussed below.

Compensation Element Detail

Base Salary

We believe that establishing an appropriate level of annual base salary for our executives is an important element in retaining and motivating our executive officers. In determining base salaries for our executive officers, the Compensation Committee considers the responsibilities of each position, cost of living adjustments and the skills and experience required for each job. The Compensation Committee’s determinations are influenced heavily by the evaluations and performance reviews for each executive officer by our Chief Executive Officer, as discussed above. In addition, the Compensation Committee reviews the peer group benchmarking analysis, if performed, and finally, reviews total compensation for reasonableness prior to making any final determinations.

In furtherance of our executive retention goals and as the Company has transitioned its business model, over the last three years we have established a base salary for our executives (excluding our Chief Executive Officer) that represents approximately 4030 to 5040 percent, on average, of the Chief Executive Officer’s total annual compensation and 50%55 to 60%65 percent for our other NEOs. We believe this is appropriate given our focus on strategic milestone achievement related to developing new technologies and products critical to our future growth.

The following table summarizes the base salaries for the 20162017 executive officers:

Annual Bonus

Historically, we used annual cash bonus awards as a tool infor motivating our executives, but not as the primary tool to attract, retain and motivate executives. We believe that there are larger companies that have a wider-range and more complicated reward programs which, due to our size and development stage, do not make the most

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sense. sense for us. We believe our executive officers are drawn to a smaller company such as ours for the potential wealth that can be created by growing our company. This potential wealth is more likely created

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through our long-term equity-based incentive compensation plan. We therefore use annual bonus awards to provide some element of a more immediate reward to motivate our employees.executives.

As commercial Wearable Technology computing products is a relatively new category and the product requirements are changing rapidly;rapidly, establishing short-term goals that can be meaningfully measured and motivate employees is difficult. Accordingly, we have used discretionary cash bonuses which have been awards based on the Compensation Committee’s review of the Company’s performance against our strategic initiatives. For fiscal 2016,2017, the Compensation Committee awarded $40,000$30,000 to the CEO and $30,000$20,000 to each toof the other NEOs as discretionary bonus.

Long-Term Incentives

We believe that including an equity-based incentive component of compensation is a critical tool for motivating our executives and certain employees. We believe that granting equity awards to our executives aligns executive compensation with long-term stockholder value. By awarding executive officers with equity awards that vest over time, we believe that our executive officers will have a continuing stake in our long-term success.

We weight our total executive compensation towards restricted stock awards which either vest upon the achievement of certain milestones or vest over time. While our management can improve our financial performance through the sales of our current products, cost reduction efforts, process improvements and other short-term advancements, we believe that our executive officers’ focus on long-term achievements, particularly increasing our product and patent portfolios, will create the greatest stockholder value. We believe that by granting our executives meaningful levels of equity awards that vest both in the shortshort- and long termlong-term we will achieve the proper balance between incentivizing them to focus on the current fiscal year’s results and longer-term strategies of the Company.

In determining the size of each equity award granted to our executive officers, the Compensation Committee considers:

In 20162017 we granted our employees 1,663,0001,152,000 equity awards, of which 682,500460,000 were granted to our NEOs. 400,000 shares were granted to our CEO and vest 50% on December 10, 2018 and 50% on December 10, 2019 provided he meets certain conditions including being employed by the Company through those periods subject to our 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

Perquisites

The Company does not offer any perquisites for the exclusive benefit of the NEOs. Our healthcare, insurance, and other welfare and employee-benefit programs are the same for all eligible domestic employees, including executive officers. Benefits provided include health and dental coverage, group term life insurance, disability programs and matching contributions to our 401(k) plan. We share the cost of health and welfare benefits with our employees, a cost that is dependent on the level of benefits coverage that each employee elects. The benefits provided to foreign employees are typically determined by the laws of the countriesapplicable country they reside in. We have no outstanding loans of any kind to our executive officers.

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Clawback Policy

We have a Clawback Policy that provides that certain performance-based compensation is recoverable from an executive officer if the Company determines that an officer has engaged in knowing or intentional fraudulent or illegal conduct that caused or substantially caused the need for a restatement of the Company’s financial

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results. Performance-based compensation includes cash payments and any other awards pursuant to any Company incentive plan made on or after January 1, 2009 where payment was predicated on achieving certain financial results. If the Board or an authorized committee determines that any such performance-based compensation would have been at a lower amount had it been based on the restated financial results, the Company will, to the extent practicable and permitted by applicable law, seek recoupment from such officer of the portion of such performance-based compensation that is greater than that which would have been awarded or earned had such compensation been calculated on the basis of the restated financial results.

Employment and Other Agreements

We typically do not offer employment agreements and the only current employee with such an agreement is our Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Fan’s agreement terminateswas amended on December 31, 2017.2017, the first day of the Company’s fiscal year 2018. In the event Dr. Fan’s employment is terminated without cause or in connection with certain long-term disability events or dies or in the event of a change in control and Dr. Fan’s position, compensation or responsibilities change within twelve (12) months following the change of control or the parties do not extend or renew the his employment agreement upon its expiration on comparable terms, Dr. Fan and(or in the case of his spousedeath, his spouse) will receive $30,000$40,000 per year for 10 years following termination to cover certain medical expenses, severance pay of $1,500,000 payable in 24 monthly installments and his unvested stock awards will immediately vest. The agreement also contains covenants not to compete,non-solicitation clauses and our rights to inventions developed by Dr. Fan. In conjunction with the extension of Dr. Fan’s employment agreement, the Compensation Committee granted Dr. Fan 940,000 shares of restricted stock, 640,000 shares of which will vest at the end of the first 20 consecutive trading day period following the grant date during which the Company’s common stock trades at a price per share equal to or greater than $5.25 prior to the termination of Dr. Fan’s employment (the “$5.25 Award”); 150,000 shares of which will vest at the end of the first 20 consecutive trading day period following the grant date during which the Company’s common stock trades at a price per share equal to or greater than $6.00 prior to the termination of Dr. Fan’s employment (the “$6 Award”); and 150,000 shares of which will vest at the end of the first 20 consecutive trading day period following the grant date during which the Company’s common stock trades at a price per share equal to or greater than $7.00 prior to the termination of Dr. Fan’s employment (the “$7 Award”). The $5.25 Award, $6 Award and $7 Award will also vest if upon the closing of a change in control the share price of the Company’s common stock is at least $5.25, $6 and $7, respectively, or if Dr. Fan is terminated without cause or due to his death or resigns for good reason. These grants are not shownin the Named Executive Officer Summary Compensation Table or the Grants of Plan-Based Awards for 2017 table as they were issued on the first day of the Company’s fiscal year 2018

Our Equity Plans provide for the acceleration of the vesting of unvested stock options and restricted stock awards in the event of a change in control.

Policies Regarding Stock Ownership and Related Matters

We believe that by holding shares of our stock and options to purchase our common stock, our executives will have interests that are more closely aligned with those of our stockholders.

We have share ownership and retention guidelines that require each director of the Company to own shares of our common stock or options to purchase shares of our common stock having an aggregate market value of at least three times the cash component of the director’s annual retainer (excluding committee retainers) for service on the Board.

In addition, the guidelines require our CEO to own shares of our common stock having an aggregate market value of at least three times his or her annual base salary. Our directors and our CEO have five years from the

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time they become subject to the stock ownership guidelines to achieve the target ownership thresholds. In 2016,2017, all of our executives and directors were on track to maintain compliance with the minimum stock ownership guidelines.

We have an Insider Trading Policy that governs our executive officers, directors and other persons considered to be insiders under the policy. The policy imposes limits as to when and how our executives can engage in transactions in our securities and prohibits short sales of our common stock by all our personnel. All of our officers have established10b5-1 plans with an independent broker. These plans typically govern the sale of an officer’s stock when our stock prices meet certain levels. These plans, generally, may only be adjusted during certain times of the year with the Company’s approval.

Tax and Accounting Implications

As part of its role, the Compensation Committee reviews and considers the deductibility of executive compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “Code”), which generally disallows a tax deduction to public companies for certain compensation in excess of $1.0 million paid in any year to a company’s chief executive officer and the four other most highly compensated officers. Certain compensation, including qualified performance based compensation, will not be subject to the deduction

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limitation if certain requirements are met. Although the Compensation Committee has not adopted any specific policy with respect to the application of Section 162(m), we generally seek to structure any long-term incentive compensation granted to our executive officers in a manner that is intended to avoid disallowance of deductions under Section 162(m).

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation

As discussed in our Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016,30, 2017, the accounting for stock-based awards requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense based on the fair value of all share-based payment awards made to employees and directors, including stock options and employee stock purchases under employee stock purchase plans. We are required to account for share-based compensation transactions using a fair value method and recognize the related expense associated with share-based payments in our statement of operations. Stock-based compensation cost is measured at the accounting measurement date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense over the service period, which generally represents the vesting period. The expense recognized over the service period is required to include an estimate of the awards that will be forfeited.

Since 2004 we have only issued restricted stock awards and the fair value of the award is typically based on the closing price of our stock on the NASDAQ on the day of grant. All employees are eligible to participate in our equity award program but the number of employees who actually participate annually has been reduced and does not typically included employees who are paid on an hourly basis or are below the level of Director.basis.

Reducing the Possibility of Excess Risk-Taking

The Compensation Committee has determined that the risks arising from the compensation policies and practices for employees of the Company are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company as a whole. The Compensation Committee noted several design features of the Company’s cash and equity-based incentive programs that reduce the likelihood of excessive risk-taking:

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Compensation Committee Report

Our Compensation Committee reviewed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis for the year ended December 31, 201630, 2017 and discussed this Compensation Discussion and Analysis with the Company’s management. Based on this review and its discussions with management, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Company’s Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement and the 20162017 Annual Report of the Company.

By the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Kopin Corporation.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

Morton Collins, Chairperson

Andrew Chapman

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Named Executive Officer Summary Compensation Table

The following table summarizes the total compensation for the years ended December 30, 2017, December 31, 2016 and December 26, 2015, and December 27, 2014, of those persons who served as our principal executive officer, our principal financial officer and our three next most highly compensated executive officers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.30, 2017. We refer to these individuals in this proxy as our named executive officers.

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Grants of Plan-Based Awards for 20162017

The following table sets forth information relating to restricted stock granted pursuant to our Equity Plans and annual performance cash bonus plans awarded during the year ended December 31, 201630, 2017 to each of our named executive officers:

Perquisites and Benefits

We provide benefit programs to executive officers and to other employees. The board of directors and executive management believe that perquisites for executive officers should be extremely limited in scope and value. As a result, Kopin has historically given nominal perquisites. The following table generally identifies such benefit plans and who may be eligible to participate.

Executive Employment Agreement /Other Potential Post-Employment Compensation

As discussed above in our Compensation Discussion and Analysis, certain of our named executive officers and other employees have potential post-employment benefits. Our Equity Plans have provisions which may result in the acceleration of vesting of certain equity awards as a result of a change in control. In addition, the employment agreement with our Chief Executive Officer provides for certain post-employment benefits. The table below summarizes the effects on the compensation of our named executive officers as if the termination of employment or change of control provisions of the Equity Plans and employment agreement were triggered on December 31, 2016.30, 2017.

OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCALYEAR-END

The following table discloses information concerning stock options and unvested stock awards held by our named executive officers as of December 31, 201630, 2017 pursuant to our Equity Plans. Market value information is determined by multiplying the number of shares by the closing price of our common stock on NASDAQNasdaq on the last trading day of our 20162017 fiscal year ($2.733.20 as of December 31, 2016)30, 2017).

OPTION EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED IN 20162017

The following table discloses information for each of our named executive officers regarding the exercise of stock option awards and the vesting of certain stock awards as of the end of our 20162017 fiscal year.

CEO to Median Employee Pay Ratio Information for 2017

Pursuant to Section 953(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC issued the “Pay Ratio” disclosure rule under Item 402(u) of RegulationS-K requiring companies to disclose the ratio of total compensation for their Principal Executive Officer to that of the Company’s median employee.

Based on a reasonable estimate of the 2017 total compensation of our median employee and Dr. Fan’s 2017 total compensation (as detailed in the Summary Compensation Table of this proxy statement), we have estimated the following “pay ratio” for 2017:

All data included in the calculation is prepared in accordance with the requirements of Item 402(u) of RegulationS-K.

Methodology for Selecting the Median Employee

We created a list of all 185 employees, excluding the CEO and, utilizing the amount of annual base pay of all of our employees, determined the median employee. To determine annual base pay for our hourly and our part-time employees, we used reasonable assumptions based on actual hours worked. Of the 185 employees, 129 are employees within the U.S. and 56 are employees outside of the U.S. We selected December 30, 2017 as our determination date and used the average foreign exchange rate for the fiscal year 2017 for the foreign currency of the applicable employees, primarily British pounds, to convert such employees’ compensation into U.S. dollars. The pay ratio is a reasonable estimate calculated based on rules and guidance provided by the SEC. The SEC rules allow for varying methodologies for companies to identify their median employee; other companies may have different employment and compensation practices and may utilize different methodologies, exclusions, estimates and assumptions in calculating their own pay ratios. Consequently, the pay ratios reported by other companies are unlikely to be relevant or meaningful for purposes of comparison to our pay ratio as reported here.

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Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table sets forth information as of December 31, 201630, 2017 about shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights and available for issuance under our existing equity compensation plans.

Director Compensation

Our Board approved compensation fornon-employee directors is as follows:

Committee membership fees paid annually:

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Eachnon-employee director is also entitled to receive an initial restricted stock award for 10,000 shares of our common stock on the date of his or her initial election to the Board. We also pay expenses for attendance at meetings of the Board and committees thereof.

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The following table sets forth certain information regarding the compensation earned by or awards to eachnon-employee director who served on our Board of Directors in the 20162017 fiscal year. Dr. Fan, who is an employee of Kopin, is not compensated for his services as a director.

Director Summary Compensation Table for 20162017

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

Audit Committee Report

The Audit Committee of the Board currently consists of Andrew H. Chapman, Morton Collins and Michael J. Landine, each of whom the Board has determined is independent under applicable SEC and NASDAQNasdaq Rules. The board also has determined that Mr. Landine is an “audit committee financial expert” under applicable SEC rules and regulations.

The purpose of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board in its general oversight of the Company’s financial reporting, internal controls and audit functions. The Audit Committee charter, which is available at the Company’s website atwww.kopin.com, under the heading “Investors: Corporate Governance,” describes in greater detail the full responsibilities of the Audit Committee.

Management is responsible for the preparation, presentation and integrity of the Company’s financial statements; accounting and financial reporting principles; establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule13a-15(e)); establishing and maintaining internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rule13a-15(f)); evaluating the effectiveness of disclosure controls and procedures; evaluating the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting; and evaluating any change in internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, internal control over financial reporting.

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Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”), the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, has been engaged to perform an independent audit of the consolidated financial statements and to express an opinion on the conformity of those financial statements with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and also to express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the consolidated financial statements with management and Deloitte.

During the course of the 20162017 fiscal year, management completed the documentation, testing and evaluation of the Company’s system of internal control over financial reporting in response to the requirements set forth in Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related rules and regulations. The Audit Committee was kept apprised of the progress of the evaluation and provided oversight and advice to management during this process. In connection with this oversight, the Audit Committee received periodic updates provided by management and Deloitte at each regularly scheduled Audit Committee meeting. At the conclusion of the process, management provided the Audit Committee with, and the Audit Committee reviewed, a report on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Audit Committee also reviewed the report of management contained in the Company’s Annual Reports on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016,30, 2017, filed with the SEC, as well as Deloitte’s Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K related to its audit of (i) the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule, and (ii) the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.30, 2017. The Audit Committee continues to oversee the Company’s efforts related to its internal control over financial reporting and management’s preparations for the evaluation in fiscal year 2017.2018.

The Committee has discussed with Deloitte the matters that are required to be discussed by applicable standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”), including Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, “Communication with Audit Committees,” as amended, and as adopted by the PCAOB, as well as Rule2-07 of RegulationS-X of the SEC—“Communication with Audit Committees.” Deloitte havehas also provided to the Committee theirits letter required by PCAOB Ethics and Independence Rule 3526, “Communications with Audit Committees Concerning Independence,” and the Committee discussed with Deloitte the firm’s independence.

Based on its review and the discussion noted above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year 20162017 be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K for the 20162017 fiscal year for filing with the SEC.

Audit Committee

Michael Landine, Chairperson

Andrew H. Chapman

Morton Collins

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PROPOSAL 2

The Board has authorized, subject to stockholder approval, an amendment to our 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2010 Stock Plan”) to increase the number of shares available by 1,500,000 .1,000,000. The 2010 Stock Plan is a successor plan to our 2001 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Prior Plan”) and 1992 Stock Option Plan under which we could grant a total of 7,100,000 options through April 2012.

The purpose of the 2010 Stock Plan is to encourage ownership of the Company’s common stock by key employees and to provide additional incentive for such employees to promote the success of the Company’s business. The Board of Directors believes that the 2010 Stock Plan:

The amendment to the 2010 Stock Plan is being submitted to stockholders for approval. The Board believes it is in the best of interest of the Company and its stockholders to approve the amendment to the 2010 Stock Plan to increase the number of shares available under the 2010 Stock Plan by 1,500,000.1,000,000.

Summary of the 2010 Stock Plan

The key features of the 2010 Stock Plan are summarized below. This summary may not contain all of the information that is important to you. The complete text of the 2010 Stock Plan is attached as Appendix A.

Administration. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors has full power and authority to administer and interpret the 2010 Stock Plan.

Eligibility. Participants in the 2010 Stock Plan may be employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company or its affiliates.

Term. Awards may be granted under the 2010 Stock Plan at any time in the period commencing on the date of approval of the 2010 Stock Plan by the Company’s stockholders, and ending on the date of issuance of all of the shares of stock subject to the 2010 Stock Plan. Incentive stock options may only be granted within ten years offrom the Board’s approval of the 2010 Stock Plan.

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Shares Available. If this Proposal Number 2 is approved by our stockholders, the number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to awards under the 2010 Stock Plan (including incentive stock options) may not exceed 6,000,0007,000,000 shares of common stock,plus (1) the number of shares of common stock which were available for grant under the Prior Plan as of April 29, 2010, (2) the number of shares of common stock which were the subject of awards outstanding under the Prior Plan as of April 29, 2010 (“Prior Plan Awards”) and, after April 29, 2010 are forfeited, terminated, cancelled or expire, and (3) the number of shares of common stock delivered to the Company either in exercise of a Prior Plan Award or in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations in respect of Prior Plan Awards. In no event shall the number of shares of stock covered by options or other awards granted to any one person in any one calendar year exceed 50% of the aggregate number of shares of stock subject to the 2010 Stock Plan. As of April 21, 2017March 29, 2018, the maximum number of shares that can be issued and the number of shares available for issuance under the 2010 Stock Plan assuming Proposal Number 2 is approved by our stockholders is as follows:

Award Types.

Stock-Based Awards. In recent years, the Compensation Committee has principally granted restricted stock awards under the 2010 Stock Plan and the Prior Plan. Stock grants and restricted stock awards may be granted under the 2010 Stock Plan. A stock grant is a grant of shares of common stock not subject to restrictions or other forfeiture conditions and may be awarded only in limited circumstances as provided in the 2010 Stock Plan. A restricted stock award is an award of common stock subject to forfeiture. Restricted stock grants are generally awarded subject to vesting restrictions, such as remaining with the Company for a predetermined period of time, the achievement of performance goals, or a combination of the two. During the vesting period of a restricted stock award, unless otherwise provided by the Committee, the participant has the right to receive dividends and to vote the shares, but any dividends or other distributions payable in shares of stock or other securities of the Company will constitute additional restricted stock, subject to the same risk of forfeiture as the shares of restricted stock in respect of which such shares of stock or other securities are paid.

Stock Option Awards. Options granted under the 2010 Stock Plan may be incentive stock options, which qualify for favorable tax treatment for the option holder, ornon-statutory stock options. Incentive stock options may only be granted to employees of the Company or a subsidiary. The exercise price for incentive stock options must be at least the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. The exercise price fornon-qualified stock options will be determined by the Compensation Committee. The exercise price can be paid in cash or check, or, subject to the Compensation Committee’s sole discretion and approval, in the Company’s common stock, on a net exercise basis, or by promissory note if allowed by applicable law. Generally, options are not transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and may be exercised during the participant’s life only by the participant or a guardian or legal representative.Non-statutory stock options may be transferred, other than for value, to a member of the optionee’s immediate family or to certain trusts. All

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unexercised incentive stock options terminate when determined by the Compensation Committee, but in no event after the 10th anniversary of grant (or on the 5th anniversary of grant if the holder is a ten percent owner of the Company).

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Change-in-Control. Unless otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee, generally upon achange-in-control, all outstanding awards vest and all restrictions on the awards lapse.

Amendment and Termination. The Board may amend the 2010 Stock Plan at any time but no amendment may deprive any person of rights under the 2010 Stock Plan without that person’s consent. Without stockholder approval, no amendment may (A) increase the number of shares of common stock which may be issued under the 2010 Stock Plan, (B) change the description of eligible participants, or (C) make any other change for which stockholder approval is required by law or the rules of any relevant stock exchange.Nasdaq Rules.

No “repricing”“repricing.”. In addition to the amendment provisions described above, without stockholder approval, awards may not be “repriced.” This means that the terms of options may not be amended to reduce their exercise or base price, and options may not be cancelled in exchange for cash or options with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original options or other awards.

Recoupment Policy. Awards granted under the 2010 Stock Plan will be subject to any provisions of applicable law providing for the recoupment or clawback of incentive compensation, such as provisions imposed pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; the terms of any Company recoupment, clawback or similar policy in effect at the time of grant of the award; and any recoupment, clawback or similar provisions that may be included in the applicable award agreement.

Federal Income Tax Consequences of Awards.

This summary of the federal income tax consequences on participants in the 2010 Stock Plan is not comprehensive and is based on laws and regulations in effect on January 1, 2014, which are subject to change. This summary is only intended for the information of stockholders considering how to vote. Participants in the 2010 Stock Plan should consult their own tax advisors as to the tax consequences of participation.

Restricted Stock and Stock Grants. Awards in cash and common stock are generally taxable as compensation to the participant at the time of payment. Awards of restricted stock do not constitute taxable income to the participant until such time as the restrictions lapse, unless the participant elects to realize taxable ordinary income in the year of award in an amount equal to the fair market value of the restricted stock award, determined without regard to the restrictions. Any interest and dividend equivalents earned on awards will also be taxed as compensation to the participant. Amounts taxable as compensation to employees are subject to withholding and employment taxes.

Incentive Stock Options. Except as noted at the end of this paragraph, there are no federal income tax consequences to a participant upon grant or exercise of an incentive stock option. If the participant holds shares of common stock purchased upon exercise of an incentive stock option for at least two years after the grant date and at least one year after the exercise date, the subsequent sale of common stock will give rise to a long-term capital gain or loss to the participant. If the participant sells the shares of common stock before the later of two years after the grant date or one year after the exercise date, the participant will recognize ordinary income equal to the difference between the lower of fair market value at the exercise date or sale date and the option exercise price, and any additional gain or loss will be a capital gain or loss. Some participants may have to pay alternative minimum tax in connection with exercise of an incentive stock option.

Nonstatutory Stock Options. Generally, there are no federal income tax consequences to the participant upon grant of a nonstatutory stock option. Upon the exercise of a nonstatutory stock option, the participant will recognize ordinary income equal to the amount, if any, by which the fair market value of the common stock

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acquired upon the exercise of the option exceeds the exercise price. A sale of common stock so acquired will give rise to a capital gain or loss equal to the difference between the fair market value of the common stock on the exercise and sale dates.

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Company Deduction; Qualified Performance-Based Awards. The Company generally may deduct any compensation or ordinary income recognized by the recipient of an award under the 2010 Stock Plan when recognized. However, the Company may not deduct as compensation expense more than $1 million paid in any tax year to certain senior executives. This deduction limitation does not apply to certain types of compensation, including qualified “performance-based compensation.” The 2010 Stock Plan provides that performance goals set by the Compensation Committee with respect to awards to these executives which the Compensation Committee intends to be “performance-based compensation” may be based only on one or more of the following business criteria:

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Deferred Compensation. For purposes of the foregoing summary of federal income tax consequences, we assumed that no award under the 2010 Stock Plan will be considered “deferred compensation” as that term is defined for purposes of federal tax legislation governing nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements (Section 409A of the Code). Alternatively, we assumed that, if any award were considered to any extent to

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constitute deferred compensation, its terms would comply with the requirements of that legislation. If an award includes deferred compensation, and its terms do not comply with the requirements of the legislation, then such award will be taxable when it is earned and vested (even if not then payable) and the recipient will be subject to a 20% additional tax.

Awards to Particular Officers, Etc.The benefits or amounts that will be received under the 2010 Stock Plan by or allocated to (i) each of the officers listed in the Summary Compensation Table, (ii) each of the nominees for election as a director, (iii) all directors of the Company who are not executive officers of the Company as a group, (iv) all present executive officers of the Company as a group, and (v) all employees of the Company, including all other current officers, as a group are not determinable. Individuals who will participate in the 2010 Stock Plan in the future and the amounts of their awards will be determined by the Compensation Committee in its discretion.

Board Recommendation

The Board recommends that the stockholders vote “FOR” the proposed amendment to the 2010 Stock Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2010 Stock Plan by 1,500,000from 13,100,000 to 14,100,000 and the enclosed proxy will be so voted unless a contrary vote is indicated.

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of the common stock represented in person or by proxy at the Meeting and entitled to vote is required for approval of the amendment of the 2010 Stock Plan. Any“non-votes” and abstentions from voting received will have no effect on the results of this Proposal 2.

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PROPOSAL 3

RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF ACCOUNTANTS

Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent certified public accountants, has been the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company since 1985. The Board has recommended that the stockholders ratify the reappointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 30, 2017.

A representative of Deloitte & Touche LLP is expected to be present at the Meeting and will be afforded an opportunity to make a statement, if such representative desires to do so, and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Board Recommendation

The Board recommends that the stockholders vote “FOR” the proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP, and the enclosed proxy will be so voted unless a contrary vote is indicated.

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of our common stock represented in person or by proxy at the Meeting and entitled to vote is required to ratify the reappointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the current year. In the event the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP should not be approved by the stockholders, the Board will consider making another appointment to be effective at the earliest possible time but has no obligation to do so. Any“non-votes” and abstentions from voting received will have no effect on the results of this Proposal 3.

Audit Fees

The aggregate fees for the fiscal years ended December 31, 201630, 2017 and December 26, 201531, 2016 by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, and member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, were as follows: