Form 144

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 144

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

  SEC USE ONLY
 
 

DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.            

 

ATTENTION:   Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

  CUSIP NUMBER

1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)

 

Nordson Corporation

 

(b) IRS IDENT. NO.

 

34-0590250

 

(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.

 

0-7977

  WORK LOCATION
1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER    STREET   

CITY

   STATE    ZIP CODE    (e) TELEPHONE NO.
   28601 Clemens Rd.    Westlake,    OH    44145    AREA CODE    NUMBER
               440    892-1580
               

2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE

        ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES

        ARE TO BE SOLD

    

(b) RELATIONSHIP

      TO ISSUER

   (c) ADDRESS STREET       CITY    STATE    ZIP CODE

Benedict P. Rosen

 

      

Director

 

  

28601 Clemens Rd.

 

       

Westlake,

 

  

OH

 

  

44145

 

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

 

3(a)

   (b)    SEC USE ONLY    (c)    (d)    (e)    (f)    (g)

Title of the

Class of

Securities

To Be Sold

  

Name and Address of Each Broker Through

Whom the Securities are to be

Offered or Each Market Maker

who is Acquiring the Securities

  

Broker-Dealer

File Number

  

Number of Shares

or Other Units

To Be Sold

(See instr. 3(c))

  

Aggregate

Market Value

(See instr. 3(d))

  

Number of Shares

or Other Units

Outstanding

(See instr. 3(e))

  

Approximate

Date of Sale

(See instr. 3(f))

(MO. DAY YR.)

  

Name of Each

Securities

Exchange

(See instr. 3(g))

Common Shares w/o Par Value

  

Wells Fargo advisors

2050 Corporate Center Drive

Suite 120

Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

        4,422    $298,706    33,733,939    3-5-10    NASDQ

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.

      3.    
  (a)   Name of issuer     (a)   Title of the class of securities to be sold
  (b)   Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number     (b)   Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
  (c)   Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any      
 

(d)

(e)

 

Issuer’s address, including zip code

Issuer’s telephone number, including area code

    (c)   Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)

 

2.

        (d)   Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
 

(a)

(b)

 

 

(c)

 

Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold

Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)

Such person’s address, including zip code

   

(e)

 

 

(f)

(g)

 

Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer

Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold

Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold

         
         
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TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold

and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

 

Title of

the Class

 

Date you

Acquired

  Nature of Acquisition Transaction  

Name of Person from Whom Acquired

(If gift, also give date donor acquired)

  Amount of
Securities Acquired
  Date of
Payment
  Nature of
Payment
Common Shares w/o Par Value   Various   Purchase   Issuer   4,422   Various   Cash
                         
                         

INSTRUCTIONS:

   If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

 

 

TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

 

         
Name and Address of Seller   Title of Securities Sold   Date of Sale   Amount of
Securities Sold
  Gross Proceeds
                 
                 
                 

Remarks:

                 
                         
                         
                         
                         

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.

 

ATTENTION:

The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exhange Act, by singing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.

March 5, 2010

DATE OF NOTICE

 

Robert E. Veillette, Attorney-In-Fact

(SIGNATURE)

 

DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION,

IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1

  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

 

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)

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