NORDSON CORP — Director's Dealing 2003

Nov 4, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: NORDSON CORP (NDSN)
CIK: 0000072331
Period of Report: 2003-11-03

Reporting Person: MCLANE DONALD J (VICE PRESIDENT)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-11-03	COMMON SHARES	A	5250	—	Acquired	62338	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2003-11-03	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$27.71	A	1	Acquired	2013-11-03	COMMON SHARES (21000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
COMMON SHARES	11000	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes 11,339 shares owned thru Co. 401(k) Plan, and 1,266 shares owned thru Excess Retirement Plan.

F2: Grant to reporting person of option to buy 21,000 shares of Common Stock under Nordson's 1993 Long-Term Performance Plan, exercisable in annual increments of 25% on a cumulative basis beginning 11/3/04, the first anniversary date of the grant.

F3: The exercise price of the Derivative Security has been reported in Column 2.