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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001157523-18-000863
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180425
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180427
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180427

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COGNEX CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000851205
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT, DISPLAY, AND CONTROL [3823]
		IRS NUMBER:				042713778
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34218
		FILM NUMBER:		18784105

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE VISION DR
		CITY:			NATICK
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01760
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5086503000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE VISION DRIVE
		CITY:			NATICK
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01760
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      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt">Date of
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            04-2713778
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            One Vision Drive, Natick, Massachusetts
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            01760-2059
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            Emerging growth company
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      <b>Item 5.02&#160;&#160;Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
      Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
      Certain Officers</b>
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          On April 25, 2018, Cognex Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) effected the
          amendment and restatement of Cognex&#8217;s 2001 General Stock Option Plan
          (the &#8220;2001 Plan&#8221;), which, among other changes, reserves an
          additional 10,000,000 shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock to be
          granted under the 2001 Plan. The material terms of the 2001 Plan are
          described in the Company&#8217;s 2018 Definitive Proxy Statement filed
          with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) on March 14,
          2018 (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;) and are incorporated herein by
          reference. The Company&#8217;s Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) approved
          the 2001 Plan on February 10, 2018 and the Company&#8217;s shareholders
          approved the 2001 Plan on April 25, 2018 at the Company&#8217;s 2018
          Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The foregoing description of the
          2001 Plan is qualified in its entirety by the 2001 Plan, which is
          incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Proxy Statement.
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      <b>Item 5.07&#160;&#160;Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders</b>
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          On April 25, 2018, the Company held its 2018 Annual Meeting of
          Shareholders (the &#8220;Meeting&#8221;). As of the record date for the Meeting,
          there were 172,858,091 shares of common stock of the Company
          outstanding and entitled to vote. The Company shareholders approved
          each of the proposals put to a vote as recommended by the Board. The
          proposals had been previously announced and described in the Notice
          of Meeting contained in the Proxy Statement. The 151,043,626 shares
          represented at the Meeting were voted as follows:
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          1.
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          The election of Eugene Banucci and Jerry A. Schneider as Directors
          to serve for a term ending in 2021, and the election of Dianne M.
          Parrotte as Director to serve for a term ending in 2020. Each
          nominee for director was elected by a vote of the shareholders as
          follows:
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          Broker
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            <u>For</u>
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            <u>Against</u>
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            <u>Abstained</u>
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            <u>Non-Votes</u>
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        <td style="width: 3%">

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          &#160;
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          Eugene Banucci
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        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          89,289,878
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        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          41,768,149
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        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          413,322
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        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          19,572,277
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          Jerry A. Schneider
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          98,578,316
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        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          32,478,893
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          414,140
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          19,572,277
        </td>
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          Dianne M. Parrotte
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        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          126,733,604
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        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          445,220
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          4,292,525
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        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          19,572,277
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          2.
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          To amend the Articles of Organization to increase the number of
          shares of common stock that the Company has the authority to issue
          from 200,000,000 to 300,000,000 shares. The proposal was approved by
          a vote of the shareholders as follows:
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          &#160;
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          For
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        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          143,840,428
        </td>
        <td style="width: 60%">

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        <td style="width: 3%">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 17%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Against
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          6,632,555
        </td>
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          Abstained
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          570,643
        </td>
        <td style="width: 60%">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 3%">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 17%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Broker Non-Votes
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          0
        </td>
        <td style="width: 60%">

        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <p style="margin-right: 30.0px; margin-left: 60.0px; text-align: justify">

    </p>
    <div style="text-align:center">
    <table cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 95%; font-size: 10pt; margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto; font-family: Times New Roman">
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 3%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          3.
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 97%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          To approve the Cognex Corporation 2001 General Stock Option Plan, as
          amended and restated. The proposal was approved by a vote of the
          shareholders as follows:
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align:center">
    <table cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 95%; font-size: 10pt; margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto; font-family: Times New Roman">
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 3%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 17%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          For
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          69,293,051
        </td>
        <td style="width: 60%">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 3%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 17%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Against
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          59,498,776
        </td>
        <td style="width: 60%">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 3%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 17%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Abstained
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          2,679,522
        </td>
        <td style="width: 60%">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 3%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 17%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Broker Non-Votes
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          19,572,277
        </td>
        <td style="width: 60%">

        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <p style="margin-right: 30.0px; margin-left: 60.0px; text-align: justify">

    </p>
    <div style="text-align:center">
    <table cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 95%; font-size: 10pt; margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto; font-family: Times New Roman">
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 3%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          4.
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 97%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          To ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company&#8217;s
          independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2018.
          The proposal was approved by a vote of the shareholders as follows:
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align:center">
    <table cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 95%; font-size: 10pt; margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto; font-family: Times New Roman">
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 3%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 17%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          For
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          148,390,677
        </td>
        <td style="width: 60%">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 3%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 17%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Against
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          1,259,036
        </td>
        <td style="width: 60%">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 3%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 17%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Abstained
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          1,393,913
        </td>
        <td style="width: 60%">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 3%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 17%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Broker Non-Votes
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          0
        </td>
        <td style="width: 60%">

        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <p style="margin-right: 30.0px; margin-left: 60.0px; text-align: justify">

    </p>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; width: 100%; text-indent: 0pt">
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: left">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="page-break-after: always">
        <div style="text-align: center">

        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center">
          <hr style="color: black; height: 1.5pt">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: right">

        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <p style="margin-right: 30.0px; margin-left: 60.0px; text-align: justify">

    </p>
    <div style="text-align:center">
    <table cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 95%; font-size: 10pt; margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto; font-family: Times New Roman">
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 3%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          5.
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 97%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          To cast a non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation of
          the Company&#8217;s named executive officers as described in the Proxy
          Statement including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis,
          compensation tables and narrative discussion (&#8220;say-on-pay&#8221;). The
          proposal was approved by a vote of the shareholders as follows:
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align:center">
    <table cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 95%; font-size: 10pt; margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto; font-family: Times New Roman">
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 3%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          &#160;
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 17%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          For
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          123,608,825
        </td>
        <td style="width: 60%">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 3%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 17%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Against
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          6,419,978
        </td>
        <td style="width: 60%">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 3%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 17%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Abstained
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          1,442,546
        </td>
        <td style="width: 60%">

        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 3%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 17%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          Broker Non-Votes
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 20%; padding-right: 0.0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: right">
          19,572,277
        </td>
        <td style="width: 60%">

        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <p>

    </p>
    <div style="text-align:center">
    <table cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 95%; font-size: 10pt; margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto; font-family: Times New Roman">
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          No other matters were voted upon at the Meeting.
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
    </div>
    <p style="margin-right: 30.0px; margin-left: 30.0px; text-align: justify">

    </p>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; width: 100%; text-indent: 0pt">
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: left">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div style="page-break-after: always">
        <div style="text-align: center">

        </div>
        <div style="text-align: center">
          <hr style="color: black; height: 1.5pt">

        </div>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div style="text-align: right">

        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <p>

    </p>
    <p style="text-align: center">
      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt"><b>SIGNATURES</b></font>
    </p>
    <p style="text-align: center">

    </p>
    <p>
      <font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to
      the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
      registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
      undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font>
    </p>
    <p>

    </p>
<div style="text-align:left">
    <table cellspacing="0" style="margin-bottom: 10.0px; width: 100%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman">
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 5%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 45%">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left" colspan="2">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            COGNEX CORPORATION
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 5%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 45%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 7%">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 43%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            &#160;
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 5%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Date:
          </p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 45%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            April 26, 2018
          </p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 7%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            By:
          </p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 43%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            <u>/s/ John J. Curran</u>
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 5%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 45%">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 7%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Name:
          </p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 43%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            John J. Curran
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 5%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 45%">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 7%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Title:
          </p>
        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 43%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            Senior Vice President of Finance
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 5%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 45%">

        </td>
        <td style="width: 7%">

        </td>
        <td valign="top" style="width: 43%; padding-left: 0.0px; text-align: left">
          <p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px">
            and Chief Financial Officer
          </p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>
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