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 Cognex Investor Relations at the address above, or via online request 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. 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.” All information in this document is subject to change without notice.

Cognex, DataMan, PatMax and In-Sight are registered trademarks, and PatMax Redline and In-Sight 2000 are trademarks of Cognex®. Copyright 2016, Cognex Corporation. All rights reserved, but order as many posters as you want to give to all your friends!

This Annual Report is a parody and any references to Back to the Future characters are fictitious. The BACK TO THE FUTURE phrase and logo are registered trademarks of Universal/U-Drive Joint Venture (“Universal”). Universal has no relationship with Cognex Corporation or with this parody, and it has not authorized the use of its marks. We hope that they have a sense of humor.

DeLorean Motor Company and DeLorean are trademarks of the DeLorean Motor Company, Inc., which has no relationship with Cognex Corporation or with this parody, and it has not authorized the use of its marks. The Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine photos are by Justin Morton (JMortonPhoto.com) and Oto Godfrey (OtoGodfrey.com), available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. Revisions to these photos include adding the Cognex name, and changing colors and other details of the license plate, fuel generator and vehicle interior, and the license is available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0.

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