SEC Form 4 · accession 0001214659-15-000168
NORDSON CORP · NDSN
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
A later amendment supersedes this filing — read the amendment. The figures below are kept as originally reported (version chain, not an overwrite).
Reporting owner
Gregory P Merk
Officer — Senior Vice President
Period of report
Jan 2, 2015
Accepted (ET)
Jan 6, 2015 · 4:45 pm EST
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0000072331
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common SharesF1,F2 | Jan 2, 2015 | F | 1,561 | $78.25 | D | 34,609 | D | |
| Common SharesF3 | holding | — | — | — | 122 | I | Company ESOP and 401(k) Plans |
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share Equivalent UnitF4 | — | holding | — | — | — | — | — | Common Shares | — | 1,553 | D |
Explanation of responses
- F1These shares were withheld to cover taxes on the 1/2/2015 settlement date for the performance share units that were reported on December 2, 2014.
- F2Includes 974shares acquired through participation in the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan.
- F3Balance as of December 26, 2014.
- F4Share equivalent units acquired through deferral of performance shares awarded under the 2012 Stock Incentive and Award Plan. Deferrals are made to the Nordson Stock Measurement Fund of the 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).