---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-001477"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CGNX"
cik: "0000851205"
company_name: "COGNEX CORP"
filed_at: "2024-01-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T04:58:43.836371+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cognex CFO Paul Todgham to resign effective March 15, 2024; receives $300k retention bonus

## Summary
- Paul Todgham, SVP Finance and CFO, mutually agreed to resign effective March 15, 2024.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with Cognex over operations, policies, or practices.
- Todgham will receive $300,000 retention bonus if he stays through March 15 and 18 months of health insurance.
- Company is searching for a new CFO; Todgham remains subject to non-competition and non-solicitation covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-001477
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CGNX
- cik: 0000851205
- company_name: COGNEX CORP
- filed_at: 2024-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851205/000119312524001477/0001193125-24-001477-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851205/000119312524001477/d623696d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-001477.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paul Todgham resigned as Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer at COGNEX CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 3, 2024, Cognex Corporation (the “Company”) and Paul Todgham, Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Company (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer), mutually agreed that Mr. Todgham will resign from the Company, effective March 15, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/851205/000119312524001477/0001193125-24-001477-index.htm

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