UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person NORD, EVAN W. 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 JANUARY 31, 2001 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director (X) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (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 | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| COMMON STOCK |1/12/0|G |V|660 |D |-0- | | | | |1 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |1/30/0|G |V|1,475 |D |-0- |143,861 |I |BY SPOUSE | |1 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |356,726 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |1,524,000 |I |BY TRUST | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |1,000,000 |I |BY TRUST | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price 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 |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Stock Units | |1/31/|J | |327 |A | | |COMMON STOCK|3237 |* |15,877 |D | | | |01 | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: * STOCK UNITS ACCRUED THROUGH NORDSON'S DIRECTOR'S DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN AS OF 1/31/01 AND HAVE ACCRUED ON A PERIODIC BASIS. RECEIPT OF STOCK IS NOT PERMISSIBLE UNTIL THE DIRECTOR CEASES TO BE A DIRECTOR OR ATTAINS AGE 70, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON N. D. PELLECCHIA, ATTORNEY-IN-FACT DATE FEBRUARY 6, 2001