-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QWV+zViUM6RIV9gz/u2IP2qdhzUOmRYA9FQsMjmPvSt93ajZBE/wcRwb9egBG28S /x2e0xvyaeQqVEzhloW3Iw== 0000950152-97-000863.txt : 19970222 0000950152-97-000863.hdr.sgml : 19970222 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950152-97-000863 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970212 SROS: NASD SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NORDSON CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000072331 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT, NEC [3569] IRS NUMBER: 340590250 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-12923 FILM NUMBER: 97527750 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 28601 CLEMENS RD CITY: WESTLAKE STATE: OH ZIP: 44145 BUSINESS PHONE: 2168921580 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 28601 CLEMENS ROAD CITY: WESTLAKE STATE: OH ZIP: 44145 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: IGNAT DAVID W CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001032696 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: AUHOFSTRASSE 14/2/7 STREET 2: A-1130 VIENNA CITY: AUSTRIA BUSINESS PHONE: 0114318769681 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 2: A-1130 VIENNA CITY: AUSTRIA SC 13D 1 NORDSON CORPORATION/DAVID IGNAT 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D (Rule 13d-101) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Nordson Corporation - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Shares without par value - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 655663 10 2 -------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number) Thomas L. Moorhead Vice President, Law and Assistant Secretary Nordson Corporation 28601 Clemens Road Westlake, Ohio 44145-1119 (216) 892-1580 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) January 31, 1997 -------------------------------------------- (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement) If the filing person filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b) (3) or (4), check the following box [ ] Page 1 of 5 Pages 2 CUSIP NO. 655663 10 2 13D Page 2 of 5 Pages 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON DAVID W. IGNAT 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a)[ ] Not Applicable (b)[ ] 3. SEC USE ONLY 4. SOURCE OF FUNDS PF 00 5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) [ ] 6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States 7. SOLE VOTING POWER: 895,144 NUMBER OF SHARES 8. SHARED VOTING POWER: 5,000 BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH 9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER: 895,144 REPORTING PERSON WITH 10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER: 5,000 11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 900,144 12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES Not Applicable 13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 5.1% 14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN 3 Page 3 of 5 Pages SCHEDULE 13D Item 1. Security and Issuer: - ------ This statement relates to the Common Shares without par value of Nordson Corporation. Nordson Corporation's principal executive offices are located at 28601 Clemens Road, Westlake, Ohio 44145-1119. Item 2. Identity and Background: - ------ a) This statement is filed by: David W. Ignat b) The business address of Mr. Ignat is c/o S.W. Lambert III, Esq., Drinker, Biddle and Reath, 47 Hulfish St., Box 627, Princeton, NJ 08542-0627. c) Mr. Ignat is employed as a physicist at Nuclear Fusion, IAEA, Wagramerstrasse 5, P.O. Box 100, A-1400, Vienna, Austria, a research entity. Mr. Ignat is also the editor of a journal entitled "Nuclear Fusion." d) During the last five years Mr. Ignat has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations). e) During the last five years, Mr. Ignat has not been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and, as a result of such proceeding, was or is subject to, a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, Federal or State securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. f) Mr. Ignat is a United States citizen. Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration - ------ The Common Shares were acquired by gift and by purchases with personal funds of the reporting person. Item 4. Purpose of Transaction - ------ The Common Shares were acquired by gift and for personal investment purposes and were not acquired for the purpose of acquiring control of Nordson Corporation. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer - ----- a) Amount beneficially owned: 900,144 shares Percent of class: 5.1% b) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 895,144 4 Page 4 of 5 Pages (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 5,000 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 895,144 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 5,000 Mr. Ignat, his wife, Eleanor Ignat, and S.W. Lambert, III, Esq. hold 5,000 of the Common Shares covered by this Schedule as trustees of The ASUSA Foundation and may be deemed to have shared voting power and shared investment power with respect to all of these shares. The residence address of Mrs. Ignat, who is not presently employed, is Auhofstrasse 14/2/7, A-1130 Vienna, Austria. Mr. Lambert is a partner with the law firm of Drinker, Biddle and Reath, 47 Hulfish St., Box 627, Princeton, NJ 08542-0627. During the last five years neither Mrs. Ignat nor Mr. Lambert has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations). During the last five years, neither Mrs. Ignat nor Mr. Lambert has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and, as a result of such proceeding, was or is subject to, a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, Federal or State securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws. Both Mrs. Ignat and Mr. Lambert are United States citizens. c) Mr. Ignat did not enter into any transactions in the Common Shares of Nordson Corporation within the last sixty days. d) Not Applicable. e) Not Applicable. Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or - ------ Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer: Not Applicable Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits: Not Applicable - ------ 5 Page 5 of 5 Pages Signature. After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my - ---------- knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. /s/ David W. Ignat --------------------------- David W. Ignat February 10, 1997 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----