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SCHEDULE 14A

(Rule 14a-101)

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

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NORDSON CORPORATION
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Nordson Corporation

28601 Clemens Road

Westlake, OH 44145

USA

    

+1.440.892.1580 Phone

www.nordson.com

January 2016

 

TO: Participants in the Nordson Employees’ Savings Trust Plan (NEST) – Nordson Stock Fund and Nordson ESOP Fund

As a participant in the NEST – Nordson Stock Fund and/or Nordson ESOP Fund, you are a shareholder of Nordson Corporation and are entitled to vote on matters brought before the shareholders during Nordson’s March 1, 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. You may cast your vote by proxy by following the instructions on how to vote by internet, telephone or mail provided with the Voting Instruction Form and Proxy Card.

Your vote is important, because when you vote, you are not only voting the Nordson shares allocated to your account. As a participant, you are also voting a pro rata portion of (a) those shares which have not yet been allocated to participant accounts and (b) those shares allocated to participant accounts for which the Trustee, John Hancock, does not receive voting instructions.

I urge you to read the Notice of 2016 Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement before voting. If you have not received the Notice and Proxy Statement or an Annual Report to Shareholders, please contact Corporate Communications at (440) 414-5606.

Sincerely,

 

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Shelly M. Peet

Vice President

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