Board of Directors

Robert J. Shillman
Chairman and Chief Culture Officer
Cognex Corporation

Patrick A. Alias
Senior Vice President
Cognex Corporation

Jerald G. Fishman
Chief Executive Officer
Analog Devices, Inc.

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

Executive 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

Senior Management

Patrick A. Alias
Senior Vice President

Patrice Denizard
Vice President,
MVSD Sales and Service, Asia

Sheila DiPalma
Treasurer

Carl Gerst
Vice President and
Business Unit Manager,
ID Products

Makoto Inoue
President, Cognex K.K.

Todd Keebaugh
Vice President, Legal Services

Joerg Kuechen
Vice President and
Business Unit Manager,
Vision Software and Sensors

Didier Lacroix
Senior Vice President,
MVSD Worldwide Sales and Marketing

Herbert Lade
Vice President and
Business Unit Manager,
Vision Systems

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

Steven Randazzo
Vice President and
General Manager, SISD

Dirk Rathsack
Vice President,
MVSD Sales and Service, Europe

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

William Silver
Senior Vice President
and Senior Fellow

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
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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 Director of Investor Relations at the address above, or request one online at www.cognex.com/investor.

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, and contains certain non-GAAP financial measures. For further information please see the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II – Item 7 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K included with this report. In particular, a discussion regarding risks associated with forward-looking statements is included under the heading “Forward-Looking Statements.”
Copyright 2013, Cognex Corporation.
All information in this document is subject to change without notice.
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