NORDSON CORP — Director's Dealing 2004

Nov 12, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: NORDSON CORP (NDSN)
CIK: 0000072331
Period of Report: 2004-11-09

Reporting Person: GROOS MICHAEL (Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-11-09	COMMON SHARES	A	3100	—	Acquired	20015	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-11-09	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$37.16	A	1	Acquired	2014-11-09	COMMON SHARES (11750)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes 439 shares owned through Company Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

F2: Grant to reporting person of option to buy 11,750 shares under Nordson's Long-Term Performance Plan, exercisable in annual increments of 25% on a cumulative basis beginning 11/9/05, the first anniversary date of the grant.

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