UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~April~~ July 30, 2025

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

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Cognex Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Massachusetts(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	001-34218(Commission File Number)	04-2713778(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
One Vision DriveNatick, Massachusetts 01760
One Vision DriveNatick, Massachusetts 01760-2059
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
(508) 650-3000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

~~Trading~~Name ~~Symbol(s)~~of each exchange on which registered

~~Name of each exchange on which registered~~

Common stock, par value $.002 per share

CGNX

~~CGNX~~The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

~~The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC~~

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

~~Act~~Item 2. ☐02 - Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On July 30, 2025, Cognex Corporation (the "Company") issued a news release to report its financial results for the quarter ended June 29, 2025. The release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. The information in Item 52.~~07 Submission~~02 of ~~Matters~~this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed to abe ~~Vote~~incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of ~~Security~~1933 ~~Holders~~or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

OnItem ~~April 30, 2025, Cognex Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”)~~8.01 As- ofOther the record date for the Meeting, there were 169,370,136 shares of common stock of the Company outstanding and entitled to vote. The Company’s shareholders approved each of the proposals put to a vote as recommended by the Board of Directors. The proposals had been previously announced and described in the Company’s 2025 Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”). The 156,432,936 shares represented at the Meeting were voted as follows:Events

~~1. The~~On ~~election~~July of30, ~~John T.C. Lee~~2025, ~~Anthony~~the ~~Sun~~Company ~~and~~announced ~~Robert~~that J.its ~~Willett~~Board asof Directors todeclared ~~serve~~a ~~for~~quarterly acash ~~term~~dividend ~~ending~~of in$0.08 ~~2028~~per share. ~~Each~~The ~~nominee~~dividend ~~for~~is ~~director~~payable ~~was~~on ~~elected~~August by28, a2025, ~~vote~~to all shareholders of record at the ~~shareholders~~close asof ~~follows:~~business on August 14, 2025.

	For	Against	Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
John T.C. Lee	130,341,867	11,474,058	1,679,505	12,937,506
Anthony Sun	113,577,680	28,217,965	1,699,785	12,937,506
Robert J. Willett	140,553,243	1,269,463	1,672,724	12,937,506

Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

~~2. To~~(d) ~~ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025. The proposal was approved by a vote of the shareholders as follows:~~Exhibits

For						150,776,244
Exhibit No.						Description
Against						3,960,028
99.1						News release, dated July 30, 2025, by Cognex Corporation with respect to financial results for the quarter ended June 29, 2025 (furnished herewith)
Abstained						1,696,664
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
Broker Non-Votes						0

3. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion (“say-on-pay”). The proposal was approved by a vote of the shareholders as follows:

For						103,475,883
Against						37,074,762
Abstained						2,944,785
Broker Non-Votes						12,937,506

No other matters were voted upon at the Meeting.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the ~~registrant~~Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized on this 30th day of July, 2025.

	COGNEX CORPORATION
Dated: May 1, 2025	By:	/s/ Dennis Fehr
	Name:	Dennis Fehr
	Title:	Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer


COGNEX CORPORATION

By:			/s/ Dennis Fehr
Name:			Dennis Fehr
Title:			Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

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