NORDSON CORP — Director's Dealing 2002

Sep 11, 2002

4 1 edgar.htm 4 Form 4

| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 | OMB
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(Print or Type Responses)

| 1. Name and Address
of Reporting Person* NORD, EVAN W. | 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NORDSON CORPORATION
NDSN | | 6. Relationship of
Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) RETIRED DIRECTOR |
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| (Last)
(First) (Middle) 28601 CLEMENS ROAD | 3. I.R.S. Identification
Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) | 4. Statement for Month/Year 09/06/02 | 7. Individual or
Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting
Person |
| (Street) WESTLAKE,
OH 44145 | | 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) | |
| (City) (State) (Zip) | Table
I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned | | |

| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year) | 3. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8) | | 4. Securities Acquired
(A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) | | | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month (Instr. 3 & 4) | 6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) |
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| | | Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | | | |
| COMMON SHARES | 09/06/02 | P | | 2,200 | A | $23.33 | 358,291 | D | |
| COMMON SHARES | | | | | | | 108,961 | I | BY SPOUSE |
| COMMON SHARES | | | | | | | 1,524,000 | I | BY TRUST |
| COMMON SHARES | | | | | | | 1,000,000 | I | BY TRUST |

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number (Over) SEC 1474 (3-99)

FORM 4 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

| 1. Title of Derivative
Security (Instr. 3) | | 5. Number of Derivative
Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) | | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/ Year) | | 7. Title and Amount
of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 & 4) | | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month (Instr. 4) | 10. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) |
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| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exer-cisable | Expira- tion Date | Title | Amount or Number
of Shares | | |
| Stock Units | | | | | | | (1) | 15,492 | D |

Explanation of Responses: (1) STOCK UNITS ACCRUED THROUGH NORDSON'S DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN AS OF 8/31/02 AND HAVE ACCRUED ON A PERIODIC BASIS. RECEIPT OF STOCK IS NOT PERMISSIBLE UNTIL DIRECTOR CEASES TO BE A DIRECTOR.

Robert E. Veillette, Attorney-In-Fact **Signature of Reporting Person 09/11/02 Date

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