NORDSON CORP — Director's Dealing 2014

Dec 2, 2014

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: NORDSON CORP (NDSN)
CIK: 0000072331
Period of Report: 2014-11-28

Reporting Person: VEILLETTE ROBERT E (N/A)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2014-11-28	Common Shares	F	314	$78.50	Disposed	11364	Direct
2014-12-01	Common Shares	A	4154	—	Acquired	15518	Direct
2014-12-01	Common Shares	D	831	—	Disposed	14687	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2014-12-01	Share Equivalent Units	$	A	831	Acquired		Common Shares (831)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares	2550	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes 272 shares acquired through participation in the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

F2: Award of performance share units (PSUs) earned for the performance period ended October 31, 2014. The PSUs will convert to common shares on a one-for-one basis on the settlement date.

F3: Reporting person elected to defer the receipt of a portion of the PSUs awarded and instead will be credited on the settlement date share equivalent units under the Amended and Restated 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan. As a result, the reporting person is reporting the disposition of 831 shares of common stock in exchange for an equal number of share equivalent units.

F4: Balance as of October 31, 2014.

F5: 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 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).