0001214659-18-000226.txt : 20180105 0001214659-18-000226.hdr.sgml : 20180105 20180105163537 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001214659-18-000226 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180103 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180105 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180105 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: THAXTON GREGORY A CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001340479 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-07977 FILM NUMBER: 18513800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 28601 CLEMENS ROAD CITY: WESTLAKE STATE: OH ZIP: 44145 ISSUER: 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 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 28601 CLEMENS RD CITY: WESTLAKE STATE: OH ZIP: 44145 BUSINESS PHONE: 4408921580 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 28601 CLEMENS ROAD CITY: WESTLAKE STATE: OH ZIP: 44145 4 1 marketforms-40618.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2018-01-03 0000072331 NORDSON CORP NDSN 0001340479 THAXTON GREGORY A 28601 CLEMENS ROAD WESTLAKE OH 44145 false true false false Senior Vice President, CFO Common Stock 2018-01-03 4 F false 1912 149.12 D 53149 D Common Stock 1388 I By Company ESOP Plan Common Stock 7152 I By Company Savings Plan Employee Stock Options (right to buy) 14.37 2018-12-04 Common Stock 13100 7475 D Employee Stock Options (right to buy) 27.26 2019-12-03 Common Stock 11250 11250 D Employee Stock Options (right to buy) 43.32 2020-12-07 Common Stock 11400 11400 D Employee Stock Options (right to buy) 43.73 2021-11-28 Common Stock 13000 13000 D Employee Stock Options (right to buy) 61.59 2022-11-28 Common Stock 11000 11000 D Employee Stock Options (right to buy) 71.75 2023-11-25 Common Stock 11000 11000 D Employee Stock Options (right to buy) 79.66 2024-11-24 Common Stock 12200 12200 D Employee Stock Options (right to buy) 70.91 2025-11-23 Common Stock 17200 17200 D Employee Stock Options (right to buy) 107.65 2026-11-21 Common Stock 14000 14000 D Employee Stock Options (right to buy) 127.67 2027-11-20 Common Stock 12500 12500 D Shares withheld to cover withholding taxes due upon settlement of the performance share units that were reported on December 4, 2017. The holdings include 58 shares acquired through dividend payments and participation in the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan and are net of shares previously withheld or sold to cover withholding taxes. Represents the number of shares attributable to the reporting person's participation in the Company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan, exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3(c). Represents the number of shares attributable to the reporting person's participation in the Company's Savings Plan, exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3(c). All such options have fully vested On November 24, 2014, the Company awarded 12,200 stock options under the Company's 2012 Stock Incentive and Award Plan. The options vest in 4 equal annual installments beginning on November 24, 2015. The vested portions of such options will become exercisable upon vesting. On November 23, 2015, the Company awarded 17,200 stock options under the Company's 2012 Stock Incentive and Award Plan. The options vest in 4 equal annual installments beginning on November 23, 2016. The vested portions of such options will become exercisable upon vesting. On November 21, 2016, the Company awarded 14,000 stock options under the Company's 2012 Stock Incentive and Award Plan. The options vest in 4 equal annual installments beginning on November 21, 2017. The vested portions of such options will become exercisable upon vesting. On November 20, 2017, the Company awarded 12,500 stock options under the Company's 2012 Stock Incentive and Award Plan. The options vest in 4 equal annual installments beginning on November 20, 2018. The vested portions of such options will become exercisable upon vesting. Gina A. Beredo, Attorney-in-Fact 2018-01-05 EX-24 2 poa.htm POA DOCUMENT

      POWER OF ATTORNEY
(Beneficial Ownership Reports)

The undersigned hereby:

(i)	constitutes and appoints the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the
Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the General Counsel, the Secretary,
the Assistant Secretary, and the Treasurer, now or hereafter serving, of Nordson
Corporation (the "Company"), and each of them individually, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution (collectively, the "Attorneys-in-Fact," and,
individually, an "Attorney-in-Fact"), to be the undersigned's true and lawful
representative, agent, proxy and attorney in fact for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to:

(a)	prepare, act on, execute, acknowledge, publish (including website posting)
and deliver to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any and all
national securities exchanges and the Company the following Forms with respect
to securities of the Company, including those which are or may be deemed to be
beneficially owned or held by the undersigned:

(1)	Forms ID, 3, 4, 5, and 144 (including any and all amendments thereto) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the rules and
regulations thereunder; and

(2)	any successor Form or any related document; and

(b)	request and obtain from any and all third parties, including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, any and all information with
respect to ownership and holding of and transactions in securities of the
Company and to use and disclose such information, in each case as necessary,
appropriate, convenient or expedient in connection with the foregoing.

(ii)	authorizes any and all such third parties to provide and disclose such
information to any and all of the Attorneys-in-Fact or their agents;

(iii)	grants to any and all of the Attorneys in Fact the full right, power and
authority to do any and all such things which may be necessary, convenient,
expedient or appropriate in connection with the foregoing, as fully for all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do or take; and

(iv)	approves, ratifies and confirms all that any and all of the Attorneys in
Fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

The undersigned hereby agrees that any and all of the Attorneys-in-Fact may rely
on information provided or disclosed orally or in writing by or on behalf of the
undersigned or such third parties without independent verification thereof.

The validity of this Power of Attorney shall not be affected in any manner by
reason of (i) the execution, at any time, of other powers of attorney by the
undersigned in favor of persons other than those named herein or (ii) the death,
disability or incompetence of the undersigned.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect as long as the
undersigned remains employed by the Company or its subsidiaries or a director of
the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned as described in the next
sentence.  This Power of Attorney may be revoked only by written notice to the
Secretary of the Company, delivered personally or by registered mail or
certified mail, return receipt requested.  No such revocation shall be effective
as to any Attorney-in-Fact until such notice of revocation shall have been
actually received and read by him or her.  All third parties may deal with each
Attorney-in-Fact as if such Attorney-in-Fact was the undersigned, without
undertaking or having any duty to undertake any investigation as to whether this
Power of Attorney has been revoked or otherwise becomes invalid.

The undersigned acknowledges that it is his or her responsibility to pre-clear
with the General Counsel all proposed transactions in securities of the Company
and that this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from any
responsibility for compliance with the obligations of the undersigned under the
Exchange Act, including the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executive this Power of Attorney as of
this 7th day of December, 2017.


Signature:/s/Gregory A. Thaxton