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: GACKA MARK G (VICE PRESIDENT)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-12-15	COMMON SHARES	M	4800	$28.50	Acquired	39269	Direct
2003-12-15	COMMON SHARES	M	2200	$28.63	Acquired	41469	Direct
2003-12-15	COMMON SHARES	F	6190	$34.33	Disposed	35279	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	4800	Acquired	2004-10-31	COMMON SHARES (4800)	Direct
2003-12-15	Employee Stock Option (right to buy_	$28.63	M	2200	Disposed	2005-10-30	COMMON SHARES (2200)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes 14,410 shares owned thru co. 401(k) Plan, and 235 shares owned thru Co. Excess Retirement Plan.

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