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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and COGNEX CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed 2024-05-02 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated 04 October 2026.
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These tallies are COGNEX CORP.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed 2024-05-02 (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.
| Ballot item | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Broker non-votes | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elect Director: Sachin Lawande | 112,905,242 | 30,350,224 | 584,497 | -- | 7,082,093 | Majority: yes |
| Elect Director: Marjorie T. Sennett | 141,234,718 | 2,056,950 | 548,295 | -- | 7,082,093 | Majority: yes |
| Proposal 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 | Passed |
| Proposal 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 | Passed |
This meeting is also recorded here as 2024-05-02; 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 2024-05-02 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 503 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. These are reported items, not a count of the ballot: fund filings describe one ballot item in different words. Two descriptions are shown as one item only on evidence — the same text (or one cut short of the other), the same director nominee, or a match to the same row of COGNEX CORP.’s own Form 8-K tally — never because they merely read alike. A description that could not be joined that way is listed on its own, so one ballot item can appear more than once.
Meeting held 2024-05-01.
Combines 28 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
65% Passed · of votes cast
COGNEX CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 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 nar”): 89,494,295 for, 48,222,674 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed 2024-05-02 (Item 5.07). Of all 171,662,000 outstanding shares: 52.1% for, 28% against (80% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 499 asset managers below cast 64% of the shares they voted on this item FOR. Fund share totals are not shown for this item: fund-reported shares overlap across filings (an adviser and the funds it manages can each report the same shares), and here their sum exceeds the total votes cast at the meeting.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 17,401,288 | 480,219 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 14,044,805 | 138,593 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 10,766,552 | 2,342,483 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 5,717,202 | 66,507 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 4,250,301 | 112,717 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 3,553,064 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AMCAP FUND | 3,497,366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | 0 | 3,324,586 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 3,112,819 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 3,024,412 | 15,931 | 0 | 0 | For |
| DISCIPLINED GROWTH INVESTORS INC /MN | 0 | 2,773,714 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Charles Schwab | 2,662,448 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB | 0 | 2,606,598 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2,330,201 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT SA | 0 | 2,243,588 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| American Century | 0 | 2,231,271 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Fundsmith LLP | 0 | 1,971,655 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Invesco | 0 | 1,860,939 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS | 0 | 1,822,909 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | 0 | 1,799,234 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Global X | 1,783,795 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds | 1,747,422 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 1,651,219 | 237 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp | 1,540,041 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BAMCO INC /NY/ | 0 | 1,500,000 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Showing the 25 largest of 499 asset managers. See all 499 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2024-05-01.
Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99% Majority: yes · of votes cast
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 2024-05-02 (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. Of all 171,662,000 outstanding shares: 82% for, 1% against (83% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 110 asset managers below cast 99.9% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (64,991,156 for, 4,737 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 17,639,102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 8,780,099 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 4,765,525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 3,926,139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AMCAP FUND | 3,497,366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 1,783,795 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds | 1,747,422 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 1,546,868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND) | 1,500,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 1,302,204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| IMPAX FUNDS SERIES TRUST I | 1,237,207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| CARILLON SERIES TRUST | 1,171,315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 1,158,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 1,134,064 | 121 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 1,126,010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 1,074,971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 940,701 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 882,702 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 824,523 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 724,623 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS | 684,777 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST | 634,432 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 564,937 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 446,792 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MassMutual | 373,900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 110 asset managers. See all 110 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2024-05-01.
Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
79% Majority: yes · of votes cast
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 2024-05-02 (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. Of all 171,662,000 outstanding shares: 66% for, 18% against (83% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 110 asset managers below cast 79% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (51,586,223 for, 13,375,779 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 17,639,102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 8,780,099 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 756,949 | 4,008,576 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Fidelity | 3,926,139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AMCAP FUND | 3,497,366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 0 | 1,783,795 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds | 0 | 1,747,422 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| JPMorgan | 1,546,868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND) | 1,500,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 1,302,204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| IMPAX FUNDS SERIES TRUST I | 0 | 1,237,207 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| CARILLON SERIES TRUST | 1,171,315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 1,158,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 592 | 1,133,593 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Royce | 1,126,010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 226,249 | 848,722 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| American Century | 940,701 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 0 | 882,702 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Capital Group | 824,523 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 724,623 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS | 684,777 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST | 634,432 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 564,937 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 446,792 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MassMutual | 0 | 373,900 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Showing the 25 largest of 110 asset managers. See all 110 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2024-05-01.
Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.4% Passed · of votes cast
COGNEX CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 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 2024-05-02 (Item 5.07). Of all 171,662,000 outstanding shares: 87% for, 0.6% against (88% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 110 asset managers below cast 99.9% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (64,997,505 for, 656 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 17,639,102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 8,780,099 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 4,765,525 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 3,926,139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AMCAP FUND | 3,497,366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 1,783,795 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brown Capital Management Mutual Funds | 1,747,422 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 1,546,868 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BARON INVESTMENT FUNDS TRUST (f/k/a BARON ASSET FUND) | 1,500,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 1,302,204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| IMPAX FUNDS SERIES TRUST I | 1,237,207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| CARILLON SERIES TRUST | 1,171,315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 1,158,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 1,134,122 | 63 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 1,126,010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 1,074,971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 940,701 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 882,702 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 824,523 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 724,623 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS | 684,777 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST | 634,432 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 564,937 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 446,792 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MassMutual | 373,900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 110 asset managers. See all 110 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2025-04-30 (outside the 2023-2024 season's 1 July to 30 June window; reported in this season's filings).
74% Passed · of votes cast
COGNEX CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 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 nar”): 103,475,883 for, 37,074,762 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed 2025-05-01 (Item 5.07). Of all 171,662,000 outstanding shares: 60% for, 22% against (82% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 2 asset managers below cast 99% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (6,209 for, 90 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETF Opportunities Trust | 6,209 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Meixler Investment Management, Ltd. | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Meeting held 2024-05-01.
100% fund support · no official result
The 2 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (74,321 for, 0 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III | 46,250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pear Tree Funds | 28,071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Meeting held 2024-05-01.
100% fund support · no official result
The 2 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (74,321 for, 0 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III | 46,250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pear Tree Funds | 28,071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Ranked by the number of COGNEX CORP. shares each manager voted on the most widely held ballot item of the 2023-2024 meeting, shown as a share of the 171,662,000 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard | 10.42% |
| 2 | BlackRock | 8.26% |
| 3 | T. Rowe Price | 7.64% |
| 4 | State Street | 3.37% |
| 5 | Fidelity | 2.54% |
| 6 | Capital Research Global Investors | 2.07% |
| 7 | AMCAP FUND | 2.04% |
| 8 | WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1.94% |
| 9 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1.81% |
| 10 | JPMorgan | 1.77% |
Positions disclosed to the SEC on Schedules 13D and 13G, Form 13F and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A).
| 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 2024-03-31 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2023-2024 meeting, so the percentages are the ones that were true then, not ones restated against today’s share count.
Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered investment companies and institutional managers disclose how they voted every proxy, 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 2024-03-31. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on 04 October 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
At COGNEX CORP.'s shareholder meeting held 2024-05-01, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 503 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 2,179 separate fund positions. Their filings are grouped here into 7 reported items; because filers word the same ballot item differently, that can be more than the number of items on the ballot. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Cognex's named executive officers, as… — the proposal passed 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 2024-05-02.
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