---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000851205-26-000022"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "CGNX"
cik: "0000851205"
company_name: "COGNEX CORP"
filed_at: "2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:53:44.773530+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cognex appoints KPMG as auditor for FY2026; Grant Thornton dismissed after completing FY2025 audit

## Summary
- Grant Thornton LLP completed its FY2025 audit with no adverse opinion and was dismissed on Feb 13, 2026.
- KPMG selected as independent auditor for FY2026 subject to standard client acceptance procedures.
- No disagreements or reportable events occurred during FY2024, FY2025, or the interim period through Feb 13, 2026.
- GT furnished a letter agreeing with the company's statements, filed as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000851205-26-000022
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: CGNX
- cik: 0000851205
- company_name: COGNEX CORP
- filed_at: 2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851205/000085120526000022/0000851205-26-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851205/000085120526000022/cgnx-20251029.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000851205-26-000022
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000851205-26-000022.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 02860e39fb19265b2674068b9de76ab28403c866
  claim: COGNEX CORP engaged KPMG LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On October 29, 2025, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company notified GT, the Company’s then independent registered public accounting firm, that the Audit Committee selected KPMG as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, subject to completion of KPMG’s standard client acceptance procedures and execution of an engagement letter.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851205/000085120526000022/0000851205-26-000022-index.htm
- claim_id: 8c87e0a7502f610ea4b3baeb972e8554099b1598
  claim: COGNEX CORP dismissed GT as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: GT was dismissed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm upon completion of its audit services on February 13, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851205/000085120526000022/0000851205-26-000022-index.htm

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