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COGNEX CORP. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and COGNEX CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 25, 2026.

4Ballot items
506Asset managers
2,171Fund votes
May 1, 2024Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of May 1, 2024: 4 items on COGNEX CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed May 2, 2024: 2 elected · 2 approved.

Material dissent

Elect Director: Sachin Lawande 79% of votes cast Elected Director under 80%
3. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement… 65% of votes cast Approved Say-on-pay under 70%

Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided

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Official 2023-2024 meeting results reported by COGNEX CORP.

These tallies are COGNEX CORP.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.

COGNEX CORP. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held May 1, 2024
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Support (of votes cast)	Reported outcome	Voting standard
Elect Director: Sachin Lawande	112,905,242	30,350,224	584,497	--	7,082,093	79%	Elected	—
Elect Director: Marjorie T. Sennett	141,234,718	2,056,950	548,295	--	7,082,093	99%	Elected	—
2. To ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024	149,458,561	898,224	565,271	--	0	99.4%	Approved	—
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")	89,494,295	48,222,674	6,122,994	--	7,082,093	65%	Approved	—

This meeting is also recorded here as May 2, 2024; both records come from the same filing, so the date should be checked against it.

Source: COGNEX CORP., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 2, 2024 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the COGNEX CORP. 2023-2024 meeting

Each item below shows how the 506 asset managers that disclosed a COGNEX CORP. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.

1. Elect Director: Marjorie T. Sennett

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99%

FOR: 141,234,718AGAINST: 2,056,950

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 110 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Marjorie T. Sennett

COGNEX CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Marjorie T. Sennett”): 141,234,718 for, 2,056,950 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each nominee for director was elected by a vote of the shareholders as follows:”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 110 asset managers below reported 64,991,156 for, 4,737 against, 39,292 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 64,991,156AGAINST: 4,737ABSTAIN: 39,292

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Marjorie T. Sennett” at COGNEX CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Vanguard	17,639,102	0	For
BlackRock	8,780,099	0	For
T. Rowe Price	4,765,525	0	For
Fidelity	3,926,139	0	For
AMCAP FUND	3,497,366	0	For
Global X	1,783,795	0	For
Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds	1,747,422	0	For
JPMorgan	1,546,868	0	For
BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND)	1,500,000	0	For
Charles Schwab	1,302,204	0	For
IMPAX FUNDS SERIES TRUST I	1,237,207	0	For
CARILLON SERIES TRUST	1,171,315	0	For
Principal	1,158,920	0	For
State Street	1,134,064	121	For
Royce	1,126,010	0	For
Jackson National	1,074,971	0	For
American Century	940,701	0	For
Invesco	882,702	0	For
Capital Group	824,523	0	For
Dimensional	724,623	0	For
WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS	684,777	0	For
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST	634,432	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	564,937	0	For
TIAA	446,792	0	For
MassMutual	373,900	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 110 asset managers. See all 110 in the interactive database.

2. Elect Director: Sachin Lawande

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

79% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 79%AGAINST

FOR: 112,905,242AGAINST: 30,350,224

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 110 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Sachin Lawande

COGNEX CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Sachin Lawande”): 112,905,242 for, 30,350,224 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each nominee for director was elected by a vote of the shareholders as follows:”
Support: 79% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 110 asset managers below reported 51,586,223 for, 13,375,779 against, 73,183 abstained.

FORAGAINST

FOR: 51,586,223AGAINST: 13,375,779ABSTAIN: 73,183

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Sachin Lawande” at COGNEX CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Vanguard	17,639,102	0	For
BlackRock	8,780,099	0	For
T. Rowe Price	756,949	4,008,576	Mixed
Fidelity	3,926,139	0	For
AMCAP FUND	3,497,366	0	For
Global X	0	1,783,795	Against
Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds	0	1,747,422	Against
JPMorgan	1,546,868	0	For
BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND)	1,500,000	0	For
Charles Schwab	1,302,204	0	For
IMPAX FUNDS SERIES TRUST I	0	1,237,207	Against
CARILLON SERIES TRUST	1,171,315	0	For
Principal	1,158,920	0	For
State Street	592	1,133,593	Against
Royce	1,126,010	0	For
Jackson National	226,249	848,722	Mixed
American Century	940,701	0	For
Invesco	0	882,702	Against
Capital Group	824,523	0	For
Dimensional	724,623	0	For
WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS	684,777	0	For
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST	634,432	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	564,937	0	For
TIAA	446,792	0	For
MassMutual	0	373,900	Against

Showing the 25 largest of 110 asset managers. See all 110 in the interactive database.

3. 3. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as described in the…

Official result Fund totals may overlapSECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESReported outcome: Approved

Combines 28 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

65% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 65%AGAINST

FOR: 89,494,295AGAINST: 48,222,674

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 504 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Cognex's named executive officers, as described in the proxy statement including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion ("say-on-pay").

COGNEX CORP.’s own tally for this item (“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 di”): 89,494,295 for, 48,222,674 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The proposal was approved by a vote of the shareholders as follows:”
Support: 65% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports: 108 asset managers voting on “To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Cognex's named executive officers, as described in the p” at COGNEX CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	17,158,883	480,219	0	For
BlackRock	8,780,099	0	0	For
T. Rowe Price	4,008,576	756,949	0	Mixed
Fidelity	3,813,422	112,717	0	For
AMCAP FUND	3,497,366	0	0	For
Global X	1,783,795	0	0	For
Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds	1,747,422	0	0	For
JPMorgan	1,546,868	0	0	For
BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND)	0	1,500,000	0	Against
Charles Schwab	1,302,204	0	0	For
IMPAX FUNDS SERIES TRUST I	0	0	1,237,207	Abstain
CARILLON SERIES TRUST	0	1,171,315	0	Against
Principal	0	1,158,920	0	Against
State Street	1,133,606	579	0	For
Royce	0	0	1,126,010	Abstain
Jackson National	1,058,382	16,589	0	For
American Century	0	940,701	0	Against
Invesco	0	882,702	0	Against
Capital Group	824,523	0	0	For
Dimensional	0	724,623	0	Against
WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS	0	684,777	0	Against
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST	0	634,432	0	Against
Prudential/PGIM	552,889	12,048	0	For
TIAA	0	446,792	0	Against
MassMutual	373,900	0	0	For

Fund voting reports, all 108 managers: 50,256,323 for, 12,452,857 against, 2,399,241 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 422 asset managers voting on “To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Cognex's named executive officers, as described in the p” at COGNEX CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
T. Rowe Price	6,784,655	1,585,534	Mixed
BlackRock	5,264,706	138,593	For
State Street	4,583,596	65,928	For
Capital Research Global Investors	3,553,064	0	For
WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	0	3,324,586	Against
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	3,112,819	0	For
DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN	0	2,773,714	Against
NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB	0	2,606,598	Against
BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	2,330,201	0	For
PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT SA	0	2,243,588	Against
Fundsmith LLP	0	1,971,655	Against
PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS	0	1,822,909	Against
EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC	0	1,799,234	Against
JPMorgan	1,663,159	15,931	For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	1,540,041	0	For
BAMCO INC /NY/	0	1,500,000	Against
GW&K Investment Management, LLC	1,409,948	0	For
Charles Schwab	1,360,244	0	For
Swedbank Robur Fonder AB	0	1,361,670	Against
RIVERBRIDGE PARTNERS LLC	1,323,942	5,407	For
American Century	0	1,290,570	Against
CHEVY CHASE TRUST Co	0	1,289,548	Against
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.	0	1,289,359	Against
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc	1,252,844	0	For
Invesco	0	978,237	Against

Institutional-manager reports, all 422 managers: 45,515,437 for, 41,211,951 against, 1,052,885 abstained, 19,024 not voted, 1,111 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

4. 2. To ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for…

Official resultAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Approved

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.4% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 99.4%

FOR: 149,458,561AGAINST: 898,224

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 110 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024.

COGNEX CORP.’s own tally for this item (“2. To ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024”): 149,458,561 for, 898,224 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 2, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “The proposal was approved by a vote of the shareholders as follows:”
Support: 99.4% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 110 asset managers below reported 64,997,505 for, 656 against, 36,024 abstained, 1,000 unknown.

FOR

FOR: 64,997,505AGAINST: 656ABSTAIN: 36,024UNKNOWN: 1,000

Largest asset managers voting on “To ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal ” at COGNEX CORP., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Vanguard	17,639,102	0	For
BlackRock	8,780,099	0	For
T. Rowe Price	4,765,525	0	For
Fidelity	3,926,139	0	For
AMCAP FUND	3,497,366	0	For
Global X	1,783,795	0	For
Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds	1,747,422	0	For
JPMorgan	1,546,868	0	For
BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND)	1,500,000	0	For
Charles Schwab	1,302,204	0	For
IMPAX FUNDS SERIES TRUST I	1,237,207	0	For
CARILLON SERIES TRUST	1,171,315	0	For
Principal	1,158,920	0	For
State Street	1,134,122	63	For
Royce	1,126,010	0	For
Jackson National	1,074,971	0	For
American Century	940,701	0	For
Invesco	882,702	0	For
Capital Group	824,523	0	For
Dimensional	724,623	0	For
WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS	684,777	0	For
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST	634,432	0	For
Prudential/PGIM	564,937	0	For
TIAA	446,792	0	For
MassMutual	373,900	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 110 asset managers. See all 110 in the interactive database.

Not shown here: this season’s fund filings also report 1 item from the meeting of April 30, 2025, which belongs to the 2024-2025 season. A meeting outside this season’s July 1 to June 30 window is not counted in this page’s items or in its totals of asset managers and fund votes.

Largest COGNEX CORP. shareholders voting in 2023-2024

Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 171,662,000 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Fund voting reports: top COGNEX CORP. shareholders by shares voted on “To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Cognex's named executive officers, as…”, 2023-2024
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Vanguard	10.28%
2	BlackRock	5.11%
3	T. Rowe Price	2.78%
4	Fidelity	2.29%
5	AMCAP FUND	2.04%
6	Global X	1.04%
7	Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds	1.02%
8	JPMorgan	0.90%
9	BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND)	0.87%
10	Charles Schwab	0.76%

Institutional-manager reports: top COGNEX CORP. shareholders by shares voted on “To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Cognex's named executive officers, as…”, 2023-2024
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	T. Rowe Price	4.88%
2	BlackRock	3.15%
3	State Street	2.71%
4	Capital Research Global Investors	2.07%
5	WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	1.94%
6	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	1.81%
7	DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN	1.62%
8	NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB	1.52%
9	BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	1.36%
10	PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT SA	1.31%

Reported COGNEX CORP. holdings and ownership

As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.

COGNEX CORP. holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2023-2024 proxy season
Holder	% outstanding	Disclosure
Vanguard Group	10.83%	13F
BlackRock	9.23%	13F
State Street	3.01%	13F
Geode Capital	1.91%	13F
Norges Bank	1.01%	13F
T. Rowe Price	0.94%	13F
Morgan Stanley	0.83%	13F
BNY Mellon	0.82%	13F
Charles Schwab	0.78%	13F
Northern Trust	0.77%	13F

Percentages above are of 171,662,000 shares outstanding, as reported by COGNEX CORP. on its Form 10-Q dated March 31, 2024 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2023-2024 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.

About this page

Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from COGNEX CORP.’s 10-Q dated March 31, 2024. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 25, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At COGNEX CORP.'s shareholder meeting held May 1, 2024, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 506 asset managers reported how they voted on 4 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 2,171 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Cognex's named executive officers, as… — COGNEX CORP.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 65% support of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side). Source: COGNEX CORP.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2024.

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