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COGNEX CORP. 2024-2025 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and COGNEX CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed May 1, 2025 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 14, 2026.

5Ballot items
488Asset managers
2,344Fund votes
April 30, 2025Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of April 30, 2025: 5 items on COGNEX CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed May 1, 2025: 3 elected · 2 approved.

Material dissent

None.

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 2024-2025 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 1, 2025 (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 April 30, 2025
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Support (of votes cast)	Reported outcome	Voting standard
Elect Director: John T.C. Lee	130,341,867	11,474,058	1,679,505	--	12,937,506	92%	Elected	—
Elect Director: Anthony Sun	113,577,680	28,217,965	1,699,785	--	12,937,506	80%	Elected	—
Elect Director: Robert J. Willett	140,553,243	1,269,463	1,672,724	--	12,937,506	99.1%	Elected	—
2. To ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025	150,776,244	3,960,028	1,696,664	--	0	97%	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")	103,475,883	37,074,762	2,944,785	--	12,937,506	74%	Approved	—

Source: COGNEX CORP., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 1, 2025 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the COGNEX CORP. 2024-2025 meeting

Each item below shows how the 488 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: Anthony Sun

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

80% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 80%AGAINST

FOR: 113,577,680AGAINST: 28,217,965

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 107 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Nominees: Nominated for a tern ending in 2028: Anthony Sun

COGNEX CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Anthony Sun”): 113,577,680 for, 28,217,965 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 1, 2025 (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: 80% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 107 asset managers below reported 50,153,151 for, 7,977,717 against, 31,008 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 50,153,151AGAINST: 7,977,717ABSTAIN: 31,008

Largest asset managers voting on “Nominees: Nominated for a tern ending in 2028: Anthony Sun” at COGNEX CORP., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Vanguard	18,835,559	0	For
BlackRock	8,881,181	0	For
T. Rowe Price	0	3,559,297	Against
Fidelity	3,328,703	0	For
Global X	2,060,308	0	For
BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND)	1,900,000	0	For
Dimensional	1,434,296	0	For
Charles Schwab	1,427,836	0	For
State Street	0	1,287,906	Against
Royce	1,228,157	0	For
IMPAX FUNDS SERIES TRUST I	1,105,918	0	For
Capital Group	1,050,536	0	For
WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS	993,414	0	For
Jackson National	572,781	385,500	Mixed
Invesco	0	850,716	Against
Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds	783,049	0	For
American Century	678,511	0	For
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND	606,501	0	For
Clark Fork Trust	490,025	0	For
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST	480,567	0	For
Elevation Series Trust	0	445,376	Against
TIAA	0	391,344	Against
WisdomTree	323,722	0	For
MassMutual	59,686	260,669	Mixed
John Hancock	277,295	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 107 asset managers. See all 107 in the interactive database.

2. Elect Director: John T.C. Lee

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

92% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 92%

FOR: 130,341,867AGAINST: 11,474,058

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 107 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Nominees: Nominated for a tern ending in 2028: John T.C. Lee

COGNEX CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: John T.C. Lee”): 130,341,867 for, 11,474,058 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 1, 2025 (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: 92% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 107 asset managers below reported 56,191,037 for, 1,939,831 against, 31,008 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 56,191,037AGAINST: 1,939,831ABSTAIN: 31,008

Largest asset managers voting on “Nominees: Nominated for a tern ending in 2028: John T.C. Lee” at COGNEX CORP., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Vanguard	18,835,559	0	For
BlackRock	8,881,181	0	For
T. Rowe Price	2,652,700	906,597	Mixed
Fidelity	3,328,703	0	For
Global X	2,060,308	0	For
BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND)	1,900,000	0	For
Dimensional	1,434,296	0	For
Charles Schwab	1,427,836	0	For
State Street	1,287,906	0	For
Royce	1,228,157	0	For
IMPAX FUNDS SERIES TRUST I	1,105,918	0	For
Capital Group	1,050,536	0	For
WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS	993,414	0	For
Jackson National	958,281	0	For
Invesco	850,716	0	For
Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds	783,049	0	For
American Century	678,511	0	For
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND	606,501	0	For
Clark Fork Trust	490,025	0	For
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST	480,567	0	For
Elevation Series Trust	0	445,376	Against
TIAA	0	391,344	Against
WisdomTree	323,722	0	For
MassMutual	320,355	0	For
John Hancock	277,295	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 107 asset managers. See all 107 in the interactive database.

3. Elect Director: Robert J. Willett

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.1% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99.1%

FOR: 140,553,243AGAINST: 1,269,463

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 107 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Nominees: Nominated for a tern ending in 2028: Robert J. Willett

COGNEX CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Robert J. Willett”): 140,553,243 for, 1,269,463 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 1, 2025 (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: 99.1% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 107 asset managers below reported 58,126,183 for, 4,685 against, 31,008 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 58,126,183AGAINST: 4,685ABSTAIN: 31,008

Largest asset managers voting on “Nominees: Nominated for a tern ending in 2028: Robert J. Willett” at COGNEX CORP., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Vote
Vanguard	18,835,559	For
BlackRock	8,881,181	For
T. Rowe Price	3,559,297	For
Fidelity	3,328,703	For
Global X	2,060,308	For
BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND)	1,900,000	For
Dimensional	1,434,296	For
Charles Schwab	1,427,836	For
State Street	1,287,906	For
Royce	1,228,157	For
IMPAX FUNDS SERIES TRUST I	1,105,918	For
Capital Group	1,050,536	For
WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS	993,414	For
Jackson National	958,281	For
Invesco	850,716	For
Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds	783,049	For
American Century	678,511	For
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND	606,501	For
Clark Fork Trust	490,025	For
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST	480,567	For
Elevation Series Trust	445,376	For
TIAA	391,344	For
WisdomTree	323,722	For
MassMutual	320,355	For
John Hancock	277,295	For

Showing the 25 largest of 107 asset managers. See all 107 in the interactive database.

4. 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 24 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

74% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 74%AGAINST

FOR: 103,475,883AGAINST: 37,074,762

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 488 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”): 103,475,883 for, 37,074,762 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 1, 2025 (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: 74% 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: 107 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., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Vanguard	18,739,274	96,285	For
BlackRock	8,881,181	0	For
T. Rowe Price	3,559,297	0	For
Fidelity	3,008,784	319,919	Mixed
Global X	0	2,060,308	Against
BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND)	1,900,000	0	For
Dimensional	0	1,434,296	Against
Charles Schwab	1,427,836	0	For
State Street	1,287,906	0	For
Royce	1,228,157	0	For
IMPAX FUNDS SERIES TRUST I	0	1,105,918	Against
Capital Group	1,050,536	0	For
WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS	993,414	0	For
Jackson National	756,279	202,002	Mixed
Invesco	0	850,716	Against
Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds	0	783,049	Against
American Century	678,511	0	For
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND	606,501	0	For
Clark Fork Trust	490,025	0	For
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST	480,567	0	For
Elevation Series Trust	0	445,376	Against
TIAA	0	391,344	Against
WisdomTree	323,722	0	For
MassMutual	260,669	59,686	Mixed
John Hancock	100,735	176,560	Mixed

Fund voting reports, all 107 managers: 49,082,470 for, 9,062,299 against, 31,008 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 413 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., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
T. Rowe Price	8,167,140	0	For
WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	5,073,741	0	For
BlackRock	4,976,857	13,661	For
State Street	4,972,928	4	For
MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP	0	4,227,681	Against
PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT SA	4,181,366	0	For
DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN	0	3,797,584	Against
IMPAX ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC	0	3,164,685	Against
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	3,034,208	0	For
NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB	45,491	2,406,434	Against
BAMCO INC /NY/	1,900,000	0	For
Swedbank Robur Fonder AB	0	1,900,000	Against
CHEVY CHASE TRUST Co	1,683,554	0	For
GW&K Investment Management, LLC	0	1,562,900	Against
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC	1,544,167	0	For
Charles Schwab	1,521,341	0	For
Northern Trust	1,502,156	418	For
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.	1,400,099	0	For
BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	0	1,283,357	Against
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc	1,242,918	0	For
Copeland Capital Management, LLC	1,174,598	6,855	For
Invesco	0	1,065,072	Against
Capital Group	1,052,150	0	For
American Century	1,035,651	0	For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	1,013,734	0	For

Institutional-manager reports, all 413 managers: 60,601,440 for, 30,275,056 against, 135,225 withheld, 956,290 abstained, 13,175 not voted, 254,374 mixed, 76 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

5. 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 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

97% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 97%

FOR: 150,776,244AGAINST: 3,960,028

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 107 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 2025.

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 2025”): 150,776,244 for, 3,960,028 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 1, 2025 (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: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 107 asset managers below reported 58,113,735 for, 17,133 against, 31,008 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 58,113,735AGAINST: 17,133ABSTAIN: 31,008

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., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Vote
Vanguard	18,835,559	For
BlackRock	8,881,181	For
T. Rowe Price	3,559,297	For
Fidelity	3,328,703	For
Global X	2,060,308	For
BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND)	1,900,000	For
Dimensional	1,434,296	For
Charles Schwab	1,427,836	For
State Street	1,287,906	For
Royce	1,228,157	For
IMPAX FUNDS SERIES TRUST I	1,105,918	For
Capital Group	1,050,536	For
WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS	993,414	For
Jackson National	958,281	For
Invesco	850,716	For
Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds	783,049	For
American Century	678,511	For
JANUS INVESTMENT FUND	606,501	For
Clark Fork Trust	490,025	For
EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST	480,567	For
Elevation Series Trust	445,376	For
TIAA	391,344	For
WisdomTree	323,722	For
MassMutual	320,355	For
John Hancock	277,295	For

Showing the 25 largest of 107 asset managers. See all 107 in the interactive database.

Largest COGNEX CORP. shareholders voting in 2024-2025

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 167,865,000 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…”, 2024-2025
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Vanguard	11.22%
2	BlackRock	5.29%
3	T. Rowe Price	2.12%
4	Fidelity	1.98%
5	Global X	1.23%
6	BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND)	1.13%
7	Dimensional	0.85%
8	Charles Schwab	0.85%
9	State Street	0.77%
10	Royce	0.73%

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…”, 2024-2025
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	T. Rowe Price	4.87%
2	WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	3.02%
3	BlackRock	2.97%
4	State Street	2.96%
5	MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP	2.52%
6	PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT SA	2.49%
7	DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN	2.26%
8	IMPAX ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC	1.89%
9	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	1.81%
10	NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB	1.46%

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 2024-2025 proxy season
Holder	% outstanding	Disclosure
Vanguard Group	10.94%	13F
BlackRock	9.10%	13F
Vanguard Portfolio Management	6.19%	13G
GIC Private Ltd	4.14%	13G
State Street	3.22%	13F
T. Rowe Price	1.51%	13F
Dimensional Fund Advisors	1.33%	13F
BNY Mellon	1.27%	13F
Northern Trust	1.00%	13F
Norges Bank	0.91%	13F

Percentages above are of 167,865,000 shares outstanding, as reported by COGNEX CORP. on its Form 10-Q dated March 30, 2025 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2024-2025 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 30, 2025. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 14, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At COGNEX CORP.'s shareholder meeting held April 30, 2025, in the 2024-2025 proxy season, 488 asset managers reported how they voted on 5 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 2,344 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 74% 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 1, 2025.

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