NORDSON CORP — Director's Dealing 2003

Dec 17, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: NORDSON CORP (NDSN)
CIK: 0000072331
Period of Report: 2003-12-15

Reporting Person: PELLECCHIA NICHOLAS D (VICE PRESIDENT)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-12-15	COMMON SHARES	M	10448	$28.50	Acquired	41451	Direct
2003-12-15	COMMON SHARES	F	9232	$34.33	Disposed	31919	Direct
2003-12-16	COMMON SHARES	M	1552	$28.50	Acquired	33471	Direct
2003-12-16	COMMON SHARES	S	1552	$34.2335	Disposed	31919	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2003-12-15	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$28.50	M	10448	Disposed	2004-10-31	COMMON SHARES (10448)	Direct
2003-12-16	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$28.50	M	1552	Disposed	2004-10-31	COMMON SHARES (1552)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
COMMON SHARES	20634	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes 4,523 shares owned thru Co. 401(k) Plan; and 506 shares owned thru Co. Excess Retirement Plan.

F2: Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities.

F3: Exercise Price ofdDerivative security reported in Column 2.