NORDSON CORP — Director's Dealing 2011

Feb 28, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: NORDSON CORP (NDSN)
CIK: 0000072331
Period of Report: 2011-02-25

Reporting Person: PEET SHELLY (Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-02-25	Common Shares	M	1400	$52.91	Acquired	4333	Direct
2011-02-25	Common Shares	F	675	$109.90	Disposed	3658	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-02-25	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$52.91	M	1400	Disposed	2017-12-05	Common Shares (1400)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares	1589	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Share Equivalent Units	$		Common Shares ()	1178	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Balance as of January 31, 2011.

F2: Includes 119 shares acquired through participation in the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

F3: Share Equivalent Units acquired through deferral of performance shares awarded under Amended and Restated 2004 Long Term Performance Plan. Deferrals are made to the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund of the Amended and 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).