5 1 0001.txt FORM 5 - OCTOBER 29, 2000 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 5 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). (X) Form 3 Holdings Reported (X) Form 4 Transactions Reported 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person CAMPBELL, EDWARD P. 28601 CLEMENS ROAD WESTLAKE, OH 44145 U.S.A. 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NORDSON CORPORATION - NDSN 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year OCTOBER 29, 2000 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | |Transaction| or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | |Date |Code| | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | | | Amount | D | Price | End of Year |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| COMMON STOCK | | | | | |78, 433 (1) |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (1) Includes 3,476 shares th| | | | | | | | | ru the Co. ESOP Plan as of 12| | | | | | | | | /31/99. | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Includes 2,403 shares | | | | | | | | | thru the Co. Supp. ESOP Plan | | | | | | | | | as of 9/30/00. | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Includes 2,248 shares | | | | | | | | | thru the Co. DRP Plan as of 1| | | | | | | | | 0/31/00. | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Includes 23,488 shares| | | | | | | | | thru the Co. 401(k) Plan as | | | | | | | | | of 10/31/00. | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer |Date |Code| rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise Pr | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |ice of | | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity | | | Amount | |ble | | | |Year |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Employee Stock Option (R|$28.50 |11/6/|A |1 |A |* |11/6/|COMMON STOCK|192,000| |1 |D | | ight to Buy) | |00 | | | | |2010 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
Explanation of Responses: * GRANT TO REPORTING PERSON OF OPTION TO PURCHASE 192,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER NORDSON'S 1993 LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE PLAN, EXERCISABLE IN ANNUAL INCREMENTS OF 25% PER YEAR ON A CUMULATIVE BASIS BEGINNING 11/6/01, THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY DATE OF THE GRANT. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON N. D. PELLECCHIA, ATTORNEY-IN-FACT DATE NOVEMBER 21, 2000