X0202 4 2005-09-29 1 0000072331 NORDSON CORP NDSN 0001061821 GACKA MARK G 28601 CLEMENS ROAD WESTLAKE OH 44145 0 1 0 0 VICE PRESIDENT COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 200 37.72 D 37827 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 200 37.79 D 37627 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 5834 37.80 D 31793 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 200 37.81 D 31593 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 862 38.00 D 30731 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 38 38.01 D 30693 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 300 38.04 D 30393 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 200 38.06 D 30193 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 800 38.15 D 29393 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 100 38.20 D 29293 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 100 38.24 D 29193 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 300 38.34 D 28893 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 2918 38.40 D 25975 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 182 38.45 D 25793 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 200 38.47 D 25593 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 200 38.49 D 25393 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 400 38.50 D 24993 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-29 4 S 0 100 38.53 D 24893 D COMMON SHARES 2005-09-30 4 D 0 10250 0 D 14643 D Includes 14,399 shares owned through Company 401(k) Plan; and 244 shares owned through Company Excess Retirement Plan. Shares of restricted stock returned to issuer under forfeiture provisions of the grants/1993 and 2004 Long-Term Peformance Plans. Robert E. Veillette, Attorney-In-Fact 2005-09-30