NORDSON CORP — Director's Dealing 2009

Jan 13, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: NORDSON CORP (NDSN)
CIK: 0000072331
Period of Report: 2009-01-09

Reporting Person: BLOOMFIELD DOUGLAS C (Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-01-09	Common Shares	F	155	$33.33	Disposed	3716	Direct
2009-01-09	Common Shares	D	5080	—	Disposed	3716	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-01-09	Share Equivalent Unit	$	A	5080	Acquired		Common Shares (5080)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Performance units awarded under the 2004 Long Term Performance Plan convert to common shares on a one-for-one basis. Reporting person elected to defer the award to share equivalent units under the 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan.

F2: Includes 49 shares owned through Company Dividend Reinvestment Plan; 2,172 shares owned through Company 401(k) Plan; and 1,495 shares owned through Company ESOP Plan.

F3: Share Equivalent Units acquired through deferral of performance shares awarded under 2004 Long Term Performance Plan. Deferrals are made to the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund of the 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan. Share Equivalent Units are settled in common shares at reporting person's termination of employment or retirement subject to delayed distribution rules of Internal Revenue Code Section 409(A).

F4: Fair market value of common shares on settlement date (January 9, 2009) was $33.33 per share.