NORDSON CORP — Director's Dealing 2010

Dec 9, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: NORDSON CORP (NDSN)
CIK: 0000072331
Period of Report: 2010-12-07

Reporting Person: BLOOMFIELD DOUGLAS C (Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-12-07	Common Shares	A	800	—	Acquired	2651	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-12-07	Share Equivalent Units	$	J	16	Acquired		Common Shares (16)	Direct
2010-12-07	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$86.63	A	4700	Acquired	2020-12-07	Common Shares (4700)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares	3788	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Grant to reporting person of restricted common shares pursuant to the Amended and Restated Nordson Corporation 2004 Long-Term Performance Plan. Restriction on transfer of one-third of the shares lapses annually for three years following date of grant.

F2: Includes 51 shares acquired through participation in the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

F3: Balance as of October 31, 2010.

F4: 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 Amended & Restated 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan. 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).

F5: Share Equivalent Units accrued through dividend payment.

F6: Grant to reporting person of option to purchase 4,700 shares of Common Stock under Nordson's Long-Term Performance Plan, exercisable in annual increments of 25% on a cumulative basis beginning 12/7/2011.