NORDSON CORP — Director's Dealing 2011

Nov 30, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: NORDSON CORP (NDSN)
CIK: 0000072331
Period of Report: 2011-11-28

Reporting Person: Hilton Michael F (President & CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-11-28	Common Shares	A	10000	—	Acquired	25842	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-11-28	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$43.73	A	55000	Acquired	2021-11-28	Common Shares (55000)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$30.70	2020-01-16	Common Shares ()	69218	Direct
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$43.32	2020-12-07	Common Shares ()	50000	Direct

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: On April 12, 2011, the common stock of Nordson Corporation split 2-for-1, resulting in the reporting person's ownership of 7,921 additional shares of common stock.

F3: Grant to reporting person of option to purchase shares of Common Stock under Nordson's Long-Term Performance Plan, exercisable in annual increments of 25% on a cumulative basis beginning 11/28/2012.

F4: This option was previously reported as covering 34,609 shares at an exercise price of $61.39 per share, but was adjusted to reflect the stock split that occurred on April 12, 2011.

F5: Grant to reporting person of option to purchase shares of Common Stock under Nordson's Long-Term Performance Plan, exercisable in annual increments of 25% on a cumulative basis beginning 01/16/2011.

F6: This option was previously reported as covering 25,000 shares at an exercise price of $86.63 per share, but was adjusted to reflect the stock split that occurred on April 12, 2011.

F7: Grant to reporting person of option to purchase shares of Common Stock under Nordson's Long-Term Performance Plan, exercisable in annual increments of 25% on a cumulative basis beginning 12/07/2011.