Meet the Cabinet

Board of Directors,
Senior Management and
Shareholder Information

Board of Directors

Robert J. Shillman
Chairman and Chief Culture Officer
Cognex Corporation

Patrick A. Alias
Senior Vice President
Cognex Corporation

Jerald G. Fishman
President and Chief Executive Officer
Analog Devices

Theodor Krantz
Vice President
Airmar Technology Corporation

Jeffrey B. Miller
Former President
Markem Corporation

Anthony Sun
Former Managing General Partner Venrock Associates

Reuben Wasserman
Business Consultant

Robert J. Willett
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cognex Corporation

Corporate Officers

Robert J. Shillman
Chairman and Chief Culture Officer

Robert J. Willett
President and Chief Executive Officer

Richard A. Morin
Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration, and Chief Financial Officer

Sheila DiPalma
Treasurer

Senior Management

Patrick A. Alias
Senior Vice President

Bhaskar Banerjee
Director and Business Unit Manager, Vision Systems

Carl Gerst
Vice President and Business Unit Manager,
ID Products

Todd Keebaugh
Vice President, Legal Services

Joerg Kuechen
Senior Director and Business Unit Manager,
Vision Sensors

Didier Lacroix
Senior Vice President,
MVSD Worldwide Sales and Marketing

Herbert Lade
Vice President, Operations

Laura MacDonald
Vice President and Corporate Controller

John McGarry
Senior Vice President, Research and Development

Kris Nelson
Senior Vice President,
MVSD Sales and Service, Americas

Peter Neve
Vice President, Global Marketing

Steven Randazzo
Vice President and General Manager, SISD

Dirk Rathsack
Vice President, MVSD Sales and Service, Europe

Kiyoshi Shima
President, Cognex K.K.

Hisataka Shitara
Senior Vice President, SISD Sales, Cognex K.K.

William Silver
Senior Vice President and Senior Fellow

Shareholder Information

Corporate Headquarters

Cognex Corporation
One Vision Drive
Natick, Massachusetts 01760
Telephone: (508) 650-3000
Fax: (508) 650-3333
www.cognex.com

Transfer Agent

Computershare Investor Services
http://www.computershare.com/investor

Outside Legal Counsel

Goodwin Procter LLP
Boston, Massachusetts

Independent Auditors

Grant Thornton LLP
Boston, Massachusetts

Form 10-K

The Cognex Annual Report on Form 10-K is included with and incorporated in this report and has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Additional copies are available free of charge upon written request to the address below. Or, request information online at http://www.cognex.com.

Department of Investor Relations
Cognex Corporation
One Vision Drive
Natick, Massachusetts 01760

This report, including the Chairman’s letter and the CEO’s letter may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Please see the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Forward-Looking Statements” in Part II – Item 7 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K included with this report for a discussion regarding risks associated with these statements.

Copyright 2012, Cognex Corporation.

All information in this document is subject to change without notice.

All rights reserved.

Cognex, DataMan, In-Sight, Checker, VisionPro, Smart View, SmartAdvisor, SmartSystem and Cognex VSoC are trademarks of Cognex.

Design
PointOne Marketing & Design
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Photography
David Shopper
www.davidshopper.com

Special thanks to the US Merchant Marine Academy Band and Capt. Kenneth Force for allowing us to use their recordings of "Hail to the Chief" and "The Stars and Stripes Forever."
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