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: MCLANE DONALD J (VICE PRESIDENT)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-12-15	COMMON SHARES	M	21000	$28.50	Acquired	83355	Direct
2003-12-15	COMMON SHARES	F	18591	$34.33	Disposed	64764	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	21000	Disposed	2004-10-31	COMMON SHARES (21000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
COMMON SHARES	11000	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes 11,356 shares owned thru Co. 401(k) Plan, and 1,266 shares owned thru Co. Excess Retirement Plan.

F2: Exercise price of derivative security is reported in Column 2.