NORDSON CORP — Director's Dealing 2013

Feb 27, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: NORDSON CORP (NDSN)
CIK: 0000072331
Period of Report: 2013-02-27

Reporting Person: KEANE JOHN J (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-02-27	Common Shares	G	10	—	Disposed	29496	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-02-27	Share Equivalent Units	$	J	25	Acquired		Common Shares (25)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares	848	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance as of January 23, 2013.

F2: 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. 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).

F3: Share equivalent units accrued through dividend payments.