---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000851205-25-000067"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CGNX"
cik: "0000851205"
company_name: "COGNEX CORP"
filed_at: "2025-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:01:12.802677+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cognex Corporation to Change Independent Auditor from Grant Thornton to KPMG for Fiscal Year 2026

## Summary
- On October 29, 2025, Cognex's Audit Committee notified Grant Thornton LLP it selected KPMG LLP as auditor for fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
- GT's reports on Cognex's financials for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 were unqualified, with no adverse opinions or modifications.
- No disagreements or reportable events occurred between Cognex and GT during 2023, 2024, or the interim period through October 29, 2025.
- GT remains engaged for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025; the change is subject to KPMG's standard client acceptance procedures.
- Neither Cognex nor its representatives consulted with KPMG on any accounting or auditing matters prior to the selection.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000851205-25-000067
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CGNX
- cik: 0000851205
- company_name: COGNEX CORP
- filed_at: 2025-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851205/000085120525000067/0000851205-25-000067-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851205/000085120525000067/cgnx-20251029.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 66e57b4929c0913eee107aa69444c0fa83e26dba
  claim: COGNEX CORP engaged KPMG LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On October 29, 2025, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of Cognex Corporation (the “Company”) notified Grant Thornton LLP (“GT”), the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, that the Audit Committee selected KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851205/000085120525000067/0000851205-25-000067-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.