SEC Form 4 · accession 0001214659-15-004806

NORDSON CORP · NDSN

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — VP, General Counsel & Sec

Period of report

Jun 10, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Jun 12, 2015 · 10:40 am EDT

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 Shares^F2	Jun 10, 2015	M	1,200	$19.25	A	14,789	D
Common Shares^F2	Jun 10, 2015	S	1,200	$82.22	D	13,589	D
Common Shares^F2	Jun 10, 2015	M	3,200	$26.46	A	16,789	D
Common Shares^F2	Jun 10, 2015	F	1,033	$82.04	D	15,756	D
Common Shares^F1	holding	—	—		—	2,566	I	Company ESOP and 401(k) Plans

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Share Equivalent Units^F3	—	Jun 10, 2015	J	106	A	—	—	Common Shares	106	18,530	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$19.25	Jun 10, 2015	M	1,200	D	Dec 7, 2010	Dec 7, 2015	Common Shares	1,200	0	D
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$26.46	Jun 10, 2015	M	3,200	D	Dec 5, 2011	Dec 5, 2017	Common Shares	3,200	6,400	D

F1Balance as of April 30, 2015.
F2Includes 9 shares acquired through participation in the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan.
F3Share equivalent units acquired through deferral of performance shares awarded under the Amended and Restated 2004 Long Term Performance Plan and/or the 2012 Stock Incentive and Award 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).
F4Share equivalent units acquired through dividend payments.