UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) January 11, 2007
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Cognex Corporation
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Massachusetts
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
000-17869 04-2713778
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(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
One Vision Drive, Natick, Massachusetts 01760-2059
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(508) 650-3000
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(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
N/A
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or
Standard; Transfer of Listing.
On January 11, 2007, Cognex Corporation (the "Company") received a Staff
Deficiency Letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department indicating
that the Company no longer complies with Nasdaq's audit committee requirement as
set forth in Nasdaq's Marketplace Rule 4350 because it has only two directors
serving on its audit committee. Nasdaq's Marketplace Rule 4350(d)(2)(A) requires
each listed issuer to have an audit committee that consists of at least three
independent members. The Company previously announced on January 4, 2007 that
William A. Krivsky, a member of the Company's board of directors and audit
committee, died on December 23, 2006. As a result of Mr. Krivsky's death, the
Company's audit committee currently consists of Jerald G. Fishman and Reuben
Wasserman.
In the Staff Deficiency Letter, The Nasdaq Stock Market, consistent with Nasdaq
Marketplace Rule 4350(d)(4), provided the Company a cure period in order to
regain compliance as follows:
o until the earlier of the Company's next annual shareholders' meeting or
December 23, 2007; or
o if the next annual shareholders' meeting is held before June 21, 2007, then
the Company must evidence compliance no later than June 21, 2007.
Since the Company intends to hold its next annual shareholders' meeting before
June 21, 2007, the Company has until June 21, 2007 to regain compliance. The
Company has begun a search for a new independent director to serve on the
Company's board of directors and audit committee.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
COGNEX CORPORATION
Dated: January 16, 2007 By: /s/ Richard A. Morin
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Name: Richard A. Morin
Title: Senior Vice President of
Finance, Chief Financial
Officer, and Treasurer