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  0001552961
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001076930
  NOVANTA INC
  001-35083
  125 MIDDLESEX TURNPIKE
  .
  BEDFORD
  MA
  01730
  781-266-5618
  Secor Thomas N
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  928
  153120.00
  35893906
  06/17/2024
  NASDAQ
  Common
  01/04/2022
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  105
  01/04/2022
  Compensation
  Common
  01/03/2023
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  359
  01/03/2023
  Compensation
  Common
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  464
  01/03/2024
  Compensation
  N
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  125 Middlesex Turnpike
  Bedford
  MA
  01730
  Common
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  1000
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  03/08/2024
  /s/ Gerardo Ibarra-Munoz, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Thomas Secor