---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-223892"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CGNX"
cik: "0000851205"
company_name: "COGNEX CORP"
filed_at: "2023-08-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T02:41:56.526701+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cognex to acquire Moritex Corp for ¥40B ($275M), expected to close by end of 2023

## Summary
- Acquisition price ¥40 billion (~$275M) all-cash; funded from existing cash and equivalents.
- Expected to close by end of 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.
- Moritex, a global leader in optics components, expected to contribute 6-8% of Cognex revenue.
- Transaction expected to be accretive to GAAP EPS in 2025.
- Largest acquisition in Cognex's 42-year history; 500 employees, based in Yokohama, Japan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-223892
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CGNX
- cik: 0000851205
- company_name: COGNEX CORP
- filed_at: 2023-08-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851205/000119312523223892/0001193125-23-223892-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851205/000119312523223892/d532745d8k.htm

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