NORDSON CORP — Director's Dealing 2019

Jul 17, 2019

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: NORDSON CORP (NDSN)
CIK: 0000072331
Period of Report: 2019-07-16

Reporting Person: Pembroke Jeffrey A (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2019-07-16	Common Stock	M	3200	$71.75	Acquired	24136	Direct
2019-07-16	Common Stock	S	3200	$140.19	Disposed	20936	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2019-07-16	Employee Stock Options (right to buy)	$71.75	M	3200	Disposed	2023-11-25	Common Stock (3200)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3	Indirect
Common Stock	139	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Employee Stock Options (right to buy)	$79.66	2024-11-24	Common Stock (3800)	3800	Direct
Employee Stock Options (right to buy)	$70.91	2025-11-23	Common Stock (7200)	7200	Direct
Employee Stock Options (right to buy)	$107.65	2026-11-21	Common Stock (6500)	6500	Direct
Employee Stock Options (right to buy)	$127.67	2027-11-20	Common Stock (8400)	8400	Direct
Employee Stock Options (right to buy)	$124.90	2028-11-26	Common Stock (8300)	8300	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The total holdings include 35 shares accrued from dividend payments through participation in the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan

F2: Price reflected is the weighted-average sale price for shares sold. The shares were sold in multiple transactions, and the range of sale prices for the transactions reported was $140.04 to $140.36. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or any staff member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.

F3: Exercise of reporting person's stock options that would otherwise expire November 25, 2023, of which shares were sold to pay the exercise price, to cover withholding taxes, and to pay broker fees and commissions, pursuant to a broker-assisted cashless exercise and sale.

F4: Represents the number of shares attributable to the reporting person's participation in the Company's Amended and Restated Non-Union Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3(c).

F5: Represents the number of shares attributable to the reporting person's participation in the Company Savings Plan, exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3(c).

F6: All such options have fully vested.

F7: The options vest in 4 equal annual installments beginning on November 23, 2016.

F8: The options vest in 4 equal annual installments beginning on November 21, 2017.

F9: The options vest in 4 equal annual installments beginning on November 20, 2018.

F10: The options vest in 4 equal annual installments beginning on November 26, 2019.