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EX-10.01(c)

Exhibit 10.01(c)

NORDSON CORPORATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2005 SUPPLEMENTAL

EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

[Defined Contribution]

Nordson Corporation hereby establishes, effective as of January 1, 2009, the Nordson
Corporation Amended and Restated 2005 Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan [Defined Contribution]
(“Plan”), to supplement the retirement benefits of certain salaried employees, designated by the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) as permitted by Section 3(36) of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), with respect to compensation earned
for services performed by such employees for the Company or vested after December 31, 2004. The
Nordson Corporation Excess Defined Contribution Plan established effective as of November 1, 1985,
and amended and restated in its entirety effective as of November 1, 1987 (the “1985 Plan”)
supplements the retirement benefits of such employees with respect to compensation earned for
services performed for the Company and vested prior to January 1, 2005. No provisions of this Plan
shall alter, affect, or amend any provisions of the 1985 Plan applicable to compensation earned,
deferred, and vested on or before December 31, 2004.

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Definitions. The following words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated, unless a
different meaning is plainly required by the context:

(a) The term “Base Compensation” shall mean the annual cash compensation relating to services
performed during any calendar year, whether or not paid in such calendar year or included on the
Federal Income Tax Form W-2 for such calendar year, excluding cash or stock-based incentive
payments (whether discretionary or paid pursuant to a written plan) commissions, overtime, fringe
benefits, stock options, relocation expenses, non-monetary awards, fees, automobile and other
allowances paid to an Employee for employment services rendered (whether or not such allowances are
included in the Employee’s gross income). Base Salary shall be calculated before reduction for
compensation voluntarily deferred or contributed by the Employee pursuant to all qualified or
non-qualified plans of any Employer and shall be calculated to include amounts not otherwise
included in the Employee’s gross income under Sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h), or 403(b) of the
Code pursuant to plans established by any Employer; provided, however, that all such amounts will
be included in compensation only to the extent that, had there been no such plan, the amount would
have been payable in cash to the Employee.

(b) The term “Beneficiary” shall mean one or more persons, trusts, estates or other entities,
designated in accordance with Article VI, that are entitled to receive excess retirement benefits
under this Plan upon the death of the Employee.

(c) The term “Beneficiary Designation Form” shall mean the form established from time to time
by the Committee that an Employee completes, signs and returns to the Committee to designate one or
more Beneficiaries.

(d) The term “Bonus Compensation” shall mean any compensation relating to services performed
during any calendar year(s), whether or not paid in a calendar year or included on the Federal
Income Tax Form W-2 for a calendar year, payable to an Employee under any Employer’s written
incentive compensation plans, excluding stock options, and restricted or performance stock.

(e) The term “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time. Reference to a section of the Code shall include such section and any comparable section or
sections of any future legislation that amends, supplements, or supersedes such section.

(f) The term “Commissions” shall mean any commissions paid relating to sales made during any
calendar year(s), whether or not paid in a calendar year or included on the Federal Income Tax Form
W-2 for a calendar year.

(g) The term “Company” shall mean Nordson Corporation, an Ohio corporation, its corporate
successors, the surviving corporation resulting from any merger of the Company with any other
corporation or corporations, and any successor to all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
or business.

(h) The term “Compensation” of an Employee for any period shall mean compensation as
determined under the Employees’ Savings Trust Plan or the Non-Union ESOP, as the case may be,
increased, however, by amounts deferred to any non-qualified deferred compensation plan in which
the Employee participates.

(i) The term “Election Form” shall mean the form established from time to time by the
Committee that an Employee completes, signs and returns to the Committee to make an election under
the Plan.

(j) The term “Employee” shall mean any person employed by the Company on a salaried basis who
is designated by the Committee to participate in the Plan and who has not waived participation in
the Plan.

(k) The term “Employees’ Savings Trust Plan” shall mean the Nordson Employees’ Savings Trust
Plan in effect on the date of an Employee’s retirement, death or Separation from Service.

(l) The term “Employer(s)” shall mean the Company and any of its subsidiaries (now in
existence or hereafter formed or acquired) that have been selected by the Committee to participate
in the Plan and have adopted the Plan as a sponsor.

(m) The term “LTIP Payments” shall mean the amount payable to an Employee during a Plan Year
under the Nordson Corporation 2004 Long-Term Performance Plan (or any successor plan thereto).

(n) The term “Non-Union ESOP” shall mean the Nordson Corporation Non-Union Employees Stock
Ownership Plan and Trust, which for the period of October 1, 2000 until December 31, 2006 was
maintained as part of the Employee’s Savings Trust Plan, in effect on the date of an Employee’s
Separation from Service.

(o) The term “Plan” shall mean the excess defined contribution retirement plan as set forth
herein, together with all amendments hereto, which plan shall be called the “Nordson Corporation
2005 Defined Contribution Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.”

(p) The term “Separation from Service” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.409A-1(h)
of the Treasury Regulations, provided that in applying Section 1.409A-1(h)(1)(ii) of the Treasury
Regulations, a Separation from Service shall be deemed to occur if the Employee’s Employer and the
Employee reasonably anticipate that the level of bona fide services the Employee will perform for
the Employers (whether as an Employee or as an independent contractor) will permanently decrease to
less than 50% of the average level of bona fide services performed by the Employee for the
Employers (whether as an Employee or an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding 36
month period (or the full period of services performed for the Employer if the Employee has been
providing services for the Employers for less than 36 months). In the event of a disposition of
assets by the Company to an unrelated person, the Company reserves the discretion to specify (in
accordance with Section 1.409A-1(h)(4) of the Treasury Regulations) whether an Employee who would
otherwise experience a Separation from Service with the Company and the Employers as part of the
disposition of assets will be considered to experience a Separation from Service for purposes of
Section 1.409A-1(h) of the Treasury Regulations.

(q) The term “Unforeseeable Financial Emergency” shall mean a severe financial hardship to the
Employee resulting from an illness or accident of the Employee, the Employee’s spouse, or a
dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Employee, loss of the Employee’s
property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as
a result of events beyond the control of the Employee.

1.2 Additional Definitions. All other words and phrases used herein shall have the meanings
given them in the Employees’ Savings Trust Plan, unless a different meaning is clearly required by
the context.

ARTICLE II

EXCESS RETIREMENT BENEFIT

2.1 Eligibility. Employees designated by the Committee as eligible to participate in the Plan
shall be eligible to make deferrals with respect to Base Compensation, Bonus Compensation, LTIP
Payments and Commissions. In addition, in the event that the Tax Deferred Contributions of an
eligible Employee under the Employees’ Savings Trust Plan are limited by the provisions of Section
401(a)(17), Section 415 or Section 402(g)(1) of the Code for any Plan Year, such Employee may
elect to defer payment of a portion of his Compensation under this Plan to make up for that portion
of his Compensation that otherwise could have been made as Tax Deferred Contributions but for the
limitations under Section 401(a)(17), Section 415 or Section 402(g)(1) of the Code.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Employee who is a participant in the 2005 Nordson Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan with respect to any Plan Year shall not be entitled to make deferrals
under this Plan with respect to such Plan Year.

2.2 Enrollment Requirements. As a condition to participation, each selected Employee shall
complete, execute and return to the Committee, an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation Form,
all within 30 days (or such shorter time as the Committee may determine) after he or she is
selected to participate in the Plan. In addition, the Committee shall establish from time to time
such other enrollment requirements as it determines in its sole discretion are necessary.

2.3 Eligibility; Commencement of Participation. Provided an Employee selected to participate
in the Plan has met all enrollment requirements set forth in this Plan and required by the
Committee, including returning all required documents to the Committee within thirty (30) days (or
such shorter time as the Committee may determine) after he or she is selected to participate in the
Plan, that Employee shall commence participation in the Plan on the first day of the month
following the month in which the Employee completes all enrollment requirements. If an Employee
fails to meet all such requirements within the period required, that Employee shall not be eligible
to participate in the Plan until the first day of the Plan Year following the delivery to and
acceptance by the Committee of the required documents.

2.4 Deferrals.

(a) Base Compensation, Bonus Compensation, LTIP Payments and Commission Deferrals. For each
Plan Year, an Employee may elect to defer in whole percentages or in flat dollar amounts of no less
than $1,000 all or a portion of his Base Compensation, Bonus Compensation, LTIP Payments and
Commissions.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if an Employee first becomes an eligible Employee after
the first day of a Plan Year, or in the case of the first Plan Year of the Plan itself, the
Employee’s election, with respect to Base Compensation shall apply only to Base Compensation paid
for services to be performed after the date the Employee submits an Election Form to the Committee
for acceptance and the Employee’s election with respect to Bonus Compensation shall apply only to
Bonus Compensation paid for Services performed after the date the Employee submits an Election Form
to the Committee for acceptance.

(c) LTIP Deferrals. For each Plan Year, an Employee may elect to defer an amount equal to a
specified dollar amount or a percentage (in whole percentages) of the LTIP Payment that may be
payable to the Employee during such Plan Year. Such election must be made on an Election Form no
later than the earlier of six months before the end of the performance period to which the LTIP
Payment relates or the date of the Employee’s Separation from Service. For the election to be
valid, the Election Form must be completed and signed by the Employee, timely delivered to the
Committee (in accordance with Section 2.2 above) and accepted by the Committee.

(d) Deferral of Commissions. For each Plan Year, an Employee may elect to defer an amount
equal to a specified dollar amount or a percentage (in whole percentages) of Commissions earned
based on sales made during the Plan Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Employee first
becomes an eligible Employee after the first day of a Plan Year, or in the case of the first Plan
Year of the Plan itself, the Employees’ election with respect to Commissions shall apply only to
Commissions paid for sales made after the date the Employee submits an Election Form to the
Committee for acceptance.

(e) Effect of Election Forms. In connection with an Employee’s commencement of participation
in the Plan, the Employee shall make an irrevocable deferral election with respect to Base
Compensation, Bonus Compensation, LTIP Payments and Commissions for the Plan Year in which the
Employee commences participation in the Plan, along with such other elections as the Committee
deems necessary or desirable under the Plan. For these elections to be valid, the Election Form
must be completed and signed by the Employee, timely delivered to the Committee (in accordance with
Section 2.2) and accepted by the Committee. For each succeeding Plan Year, an irrevocable deferral
election for that Plan Year, and such other elections as the Committee deems necessary or desirable
under the Plan, shall be made by timely delivering to the Committee, in accordance with its rules
and procedures, before the end of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year for which the election is
made, or at such other time as the Committee may determine from time to time, a new Election Form.
If no such Election Form is timely delivered for a Plan Year, an Employee shall not be permitted to
make deferrals for such Plan Year. As part of any timely deferral election, the Employee may
designate the date during the next Plan Year on which such deferral election shall become
effective.

2.5 Amount. The excess retirement benefit payable to an eligible Employee or his Beneficiary
shall be an amount equal to the sum of:

(a) the amount, if any, of the Employee’s deferrals made in accordance with Sections
2.1 and 2.4;

(b) the difference between the amount that would have been in the Employee’s
Employer Matching Contribution Account under the Employees’ Savings Trust Plan on
the date of the Employee’s Separation from Service had the Employee made the maximum
possible Tax Deferred Contributions to the Employees’ Savings Trust Plan and without
regard to the limitations of Section 401(a)(17), Section 415 and Section 402(g)(1)
of the Code on the Employee’s Tax Deferred Contributions and Employer Matching
Contributions to the Employees’ Savings Trust Plan less the amount that would have
been in the Employee’s Employer Matching Contribution Account under the Employee’s
Savings Trust Plan on the date of the Employee’s Separation from Service had the
Employee made the maximum possible Tax Deferred Contributions to the Employee’s
Savings Trust Plan; plus

(c) the difference between the vested interest the Employee would have been entitled
to receive under the Non-Union ESOP on the date of the Employee’s Separation from
Service if the limitations of Section 401(a)(17) or Section 415 of the Code had not
been in effect and the actual amount the Employee is entitled to receive under the
Non-Union ESOP on the date of the Employee’s Separation from Service.

In determining the value of the Employee’s deferrals with respect to Base Compensation, Bonus
Compensation, LTIP Payments and Commissions and the value that an eligible Employees’ interest
under the Employees’ Savings Trust Plan would have been if the Employee had made the maximum
possible Tax Deferred Contributions to the Employees’ Savings Trust Plan and if the limitations of
Section 401(a)(17), Section 415, and Section 402(g)(1) of the Code had not been in effect; as
described in (b) above, it shall be assumed that:

(i) his deferrals with respect to Base Compensation, Bonus Compensation, LTIP
Payments and Commissions were deposited on the dates that such amounts would
otherwise have been paid to the Employee and held in the Measurement Funds
designated by the Employee in accordance with Section 2.8; and

(ii) his Maximum Tax Deferred Contributions and his Maximum Employer Matching
Contributions under the Employees’ Savings Trust Plan were deposited on the dates
such contributions otherwise would have been made to the Employees’ Savings Trust
Plan and held in the Measurement Funds designated by the Employee in accordance with
Section 2.8.

In determining the value that an eligible Employee’s interest under the Non-Union ESOP would
have been if the limitations of Section 401(a)(17) and Section 415 of the Code had not been in
effect as described in (c) above, it shall be assumed that his Employer contributions under the
Non-Union ESOP, if any, were deposited on the dates such contributions otherwise would have been
made to the Non-Union ESOP, and invested and reinvested in Company stock in the same manner and at
the same time as the actual assets under the Non-Union ESOP during such period.

2.6 Payments. All payments under the Plan to an eligible Employee or his Beneficiary shall be
made by the Company from its general assets. The payment of the excess retirement benefits
hereunder shall be made in a lump sum on the first day of the calendar quarter next following the
Employee’s Separation from Service provided, however, that the excess retirement benefit of a
Specified Employee of the Company shall not be paid until the date that is six months following the
date of such Specified Employee’s Separation from Service. For purposes of this Section 2.6,
Specified Employees shall be determined in accordance with the Nordson Corporation Policy for
Determining Specified Employees. The payment of excess retirement benefits hereunder that are
attributable to amounts described in Sections 2.5 (a) and (b) shall be payable in cash and payment
of any excess retirement benefits hereunder that are attributable to amounts described in Section
2.5 (c) shall be payable in shares of Company stock.

In the event of the death of the Employee prior to payment of the Employee’s excess retirement
benefits hereunder, payment of the Employees’ excess retirement benefit shall be made in a lump sum
to the Employee’s Beneficiary on the first day of the calendar quarter next following the
Employee’s date of death. The payment of excess retirement benefits hereunder that are
attributable to amounts described in Section 2.5(a) and (b) shall be payable in cash and payment of
any excess retirement benefits hereunder that are attributable to amounts described in Section
2.5(c) shall be payable in shares of Company stock.

2.7 Payout/Suspension for Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies. If an Employee experiences an
Unforeseeable Financial Emergency, the Employee may petition the Committee to receive a partial or
full payout from the Plan. The payout shall not exceed the lesser of the Employee’s total excess
retirement benefit, calculated as of the date of the Unforeseeable Financial Emergency
Distribution, or the amount reasonably needed to satisfy the Unforeseeable Financial Emergency plus
amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the payout, after taking into
account the extent to which such Unforeseeable Financial Emergency is or may be relieved through
reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Employee’s assets
(to the extent such liquidation would not itself cause severe financial hardship). If, subject to
the sole discretion of the Committee, the petition for a suspension and/or payout is approved,
suspension shall take effect upon the date of approval and any payout shall be made within 60 days
of the date of approval.

2.8 Investment Elections. In accordance with, and subject to, the rules and procedures that
are established from time to time by the Committee, it is sole discretion, Employees may direct the
investment of their excess retirement benefits hereunder in accordance with the following:

	 	(a)	 	Investment Allocation. An Employee, in connection with his or her deferral
election made in accordance with Section 2.4 above, shall elect, on the Election Form,
to invest his deferrals with respect to Base Compensation, Bonus Compensation, LTIP
Payments and Commissions and his Maximum Tax Deferred Contributions and his Maximum
Employer Matching Contributions in one or more Measurement Fund(s) (as described in
Section 2.8(c) below). Thereafter, the Employee may (but is not required to) elect,
either by submitting an Election Form to the Committee that is accepted by the
Committee or through any other manner approved by the Committee, to (i) invest his
subsequent deferrals with respect to Base Compensation, Bonus Compensation, LTIP
Payments and Commissions and his subsequent Maximum Tax Deferred Contributions and his
subsequent Maximum Employer Matching Contributions to one or more different Measurement
Fund(s), or (ii) to change the portion of his or her excess retirement benefit
allocated to each previously elected Measurement Fund, all in a manner permitted by the
Committee.

	 	(b)	 	Proportionate Allocation. In making any election described in Section 2.8(a)
above, the Employee shall specify on the Election Form, in increments of five
percentage points (5%), the percentage of his or her Base Compensation, Bonus
Compensation, LTIP Payments, Commissions, Maximum Tax Deferred Contributions and
Maximum Employer Matching Contributions to be allocated to a Measurement Fund (as if
the Employee was making an investment in that Measurement Fund with that portion of his
or her excess retirement benefit).

	 	(c)	 	Measurement Funds. For the purpose of determining the total amount of an
Employee’s excess retirement benefit, reference shall be made to pre-determined actual
investments (each a “Measurement Fund”). The Committee may, in its sole discretion,
discontinue, substitute or add a Measurement Fund(s), and shall maintain appropriate
accounts with respect to each. Each such action will take effect seven (7) days
following the day on which the Committee gives Employees advance written notice of such
change, provided, however, that prior to such date the prior restrictions of the Plan
apply.

The following funds shall be Measurement Funds under the Plan:

	 	•	 	Equity Index Fund

	 	•	 	Large Cap Value Fund

	 	•	 	Large Cap Growth Fund

	 	•	 	International Equity Index

	 	•	 	Money Market Fund

	 	•	 	Investment Contract Fund

	 	(d)	 	Crediting or Debiting Method. The performance of each elected Measurement Fund
(either positive or negative) will be determined by the Committee, in its reasonable
discretion, based on the performance of the Measurement Funds themselves. An
Employee’s excess retirement benefit shall be credited or debited on a schedule as
determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, as though (i) an Employee’s excess
retirement benefit were invested in the Measurement Fund(s) selected by the Employee,
in the percentages applicable to such business day, as of the close of business on the
business day, at the closing price on such date; (ii) the portion of the excess
retirement benefit that was actually deferred during any business day was invested in
the Measurement Fund(s) selected by the Employee, in the percentages applicable to such
business day, no later than the close of business on that business day after the day on
which such amounts are actually deferred, at the closing price on such date; and
(iii) any distribution made to an Employee that decreases such Employee’s excess
retirement benefit ceased being invested in the Measurement Fund(s), in the percentages
applicable to such business day, no earlier than one business day prior to the
distribution, at the closing price on such date.

	 	(e)	 	No Actual Investment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan that
may be interpreted to the contrary, the Measurement Funds are to be used for
measurement purposes only, and an Employee’s election of any such Measurement Fund, the
allocation of his or her excess retirement benefit thereto, the calculation of
additional amounts and the crediting or debiting of such amounts to an Employee’s
excess retirement benefit shall not be considered or construed in any manner as an
actual investment of his or her excess retirement benefit in any such Measurement Fund.
In the event that the Company or the trustee of any trust, in its own discretion,
decides to invest funds in any or all of the Measurement Funds, no Employee shall have
any rights in or to such investments themselves. Without limiting the foregoing, an
Employee’s excess retirement benefit shall at all times be a bookkeeping entry only and
shall not represent any investment made on his or her behalf by the Company or any
trust; the Employee shall at all times remain an unsecured creditor of the Company.

ARTICLE III

ADMINISTRATION

3.1 Committee Duties. This Plan will be administered by the Committee. The Committee will,
subject to the terms of this Plan, have the authority to: (i) approve for participation employees
who are recommended for participation by the president and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
(ii) adopt, alter, and repeal administrative rules and practices governing this Plan, (iii)
interpret the terms and provisions of this Plan, and (iv) otherwise supervise the administration of
this Plan. All decisions by the Committee will be made with the approval of not less than a
majority of its members. The Committee may delegate any of its authority to any other person or
persons that it deems appropriate, provided the delegation does not cause this Plan or any awards
granted under this Plan to fail to qualify for the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3, or, if
applicable, to meet the requirements of the regulations under Section 162(m) of the Code.

3.2 Administration Upon Change In Control. For purposes of this Plan, the Company shall be
the “Administrator” at all times prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control (as such term is
defined in the Nordson Corporation 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan Effective January 1, 2005 (As
Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2009)). Upon and after the occurrence of a Change in
Control, the “Administrator” shall be an independent third party selected by the individual who,
immediately prior to such event, was the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or, if not so
identified, the Company’s then highest ranking officer (the “Ex-Chief Executive Officer”). The
Administrator shall have the discretionary power to determine all questions arising in connection
with the administration of the Plan and the interpretation of the Plan including, but not limited
to benefit entitlement determinations. Upon and after the occurrence of a Change in Control, the
Company must: (1) pay all reasonable administrative expenses and fees of the Administrator; (2)
indemnify the Administrator against any costs, expenses and liabilities including, without
limitation, attorney’s fees and expenses arising in connection with the performance of the
Administrator hereunder, except with respect to matters resulting from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the Administrator or its employees or agents; and (3) supply full and timely
information to the Administrator on all matters relating to the Plan, the Employees and their
Beneficiaries, the excess retirement benefits of the Employees, the date of circumstances of the
retirement, disability, death or Separation from Service of the Employees, and such other pertinent
information as the Administrator may reasonably require. Upon and after a Change in Control, the
Administrator may be terminated (and a replacement appointed) by the Ex-Chief Executive Officer.
Upon and after a Change in Control, the Administrator may not be terminated by the Company.

3.3 Agents. In the administration of this Plan, the Committee may, from time to time, employ
agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as it sees fit (including acting through a
duly appointed representative) and may from time to time consult with counsel who may be counsel to
any Employer.

3.4 Binding Effect of Decisions. All decisions by the Committee, and by any other person or
persons to whom the Committee has delegated authority, shall be final and conclusive and binding
upon all persons having any interest in the Plan.

3.5 Indemnity of Committee. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the members of the
Committee, and any Employee to whom the duties of the Committee may be delegated, and the
Administrator against any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses or liabilities arising from any
action or failure to act with respect to this Plan, except in the case of willful misconduct by the
Committee, any of its members, any such Employee or the Administrator.

3.6 Employer Information. To enable the Committee and/or Administrator to perform its
functions, the Company and each Employer shall supply full and timely information to the Committee
and/or Administrator, as the case may be, on all matters relating to the compensation of its
Employees, the date and circumstances of the retirement, disability, death or Separation from
Service of its Employees, and such other pertinent information as the Committee or Administrator
may reasonably require.

ARTICLE IV

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

The Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time by action of its
Board of Directors. Any such termination of the Plan shall be in accordance with Section
1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix) of the Treasury Regulations or as otherwise may be permitted under future
Regulations or other guidance under Section 409A of the Code. No such action shall however
adversely affect any Employee or Beneficiary who is receiving excess retirement benefits under the
Plan, unless an equivalent benefit is provided under another Plan or program sponsored by the
Company and such equivalent benefit is payable at the same time and in the same form as the excess
retirement benefit otherwise payable from this Plan. The Company specifically reserves the right
to amend the Plan to conform the provisions of the Plan to the guidance issued by the Secretary of
the Treasury with respect to Section 409A of the Code, in accordance with such guidance.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

5.1 Non-Alienation of Retirement Rights or Benefits. Except in the case of a domestic
relations order within the meaning of Section 414(p)(1)(B) of the Code, an Employee or Beneficiary
is not permitted to assign, transfer, alienate or otherwise encumber the right to receive payments
under the Plan. Except in the case of a domestic relations order within the meaning of Section
414(p)(1)(B) of the Code, any attempt to do so or to permit the payments to be subject to
garnishment, attachment or levy of any kind will permit the Company to make payments directly to
and for the benefit of the Employee, Beneficiary or any other person. Each such payment may be
made without the intervention of a guardian. The receipt of the payee shall constitute a complete
acquittance to the Company with respect to the payment. The Company shall have no responsibility
for the proper application of any payment.

5.2 Incapacity. The Company shall be permitted to make payments in the same manner as
provided for in Section 5.1 if in the judgment of the Committee, an Employee or his Beneficiary is
incapable of attending to his financial affairs.

5.3 Plan Non-Contractual. This Plan shall not be construed as a commitment or agreement on
the part of any person employed by the Company to continue his employment with the Company, nor
shall it be construed as a commitment on the part of the Company to continue the employment or the
annual rate of compensation of any such person for any period. All Employees shall remain subject
to discharge to the same extent as if the Plan had never been established.

5.4 Interest of Employee. The obligation of the Company under the Plan to provide an Employee
or his Beneficiary with an excess retirement benefit merely constitutes the unsecured promise of
the Company to make payments as provided herein. No person shall have any interest in, or a lien
or prior claim upon, any property of the Company.

5.5 Controlling Status. No Employee or Beneficiary shall be eligible for a benefit under the
Plan unless such Employee is an Employee on the date of his retirement, death, or Separation from
Service.

5.6 Claims of Other Persons. The provisions of the Plan shall in no event be construed as
giving any person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable right as against the Company, its
officers, employees, or directors, except any such rights as are specifically provided for in the
Plan or are hereafter created in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan.

5.7 No Competition. The right of any Employee or his Beneficiary to an excess retirement
benefit will be terminated, or, if payment thereof has begun, all further payments will be
discontinued and forfeited in the event the Employee or his Beneficiary at any time subsequent to
the effective date hereof:

(a) wrongfully discloses any secret process or trade secret of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, or

(b) becomes involved directly or indirectly as an officer, trustee, employee,
consultant, partner, or substantial shareholder, on his own account or in any other
capacity, in a business venture that within the two-year period following his
Separation from Service, the Committee determines to be competitive with the
Company.

5.8 Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision of the Plan
shall not effect any other provision hereof, and the Plan shall be construed in all respects as if
such invalid or unenforceable provision were omitted therefrom.

5.9 Governing Law. The provisions of the Plan shall be governed and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Ohio, to the extent not preempted by ERISA.

5.10 Permissible Accelerations. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the
contrary, in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(j)(4) of the Treasury Regulations, the Company may,
in its sole discretion, cause payments to or on behalf of an Employee to be accelerated (i) to the
extent necessary to fulfill a domestic relations order (as defined in Section 414(p)(1)(B) of the
Code, (ii) to the extent necessary for any Federal officer or employee in the executive branch to
comply with an ethics agreement with the Federal government, (iii) to the extent reasonably
necessary to avoid the violation of an applicable Federal, state, local, or foreign ethics law or
conflicts of interest law (including where such payment is reasonably necessary to permit the
Employee or Beneficiary to participate in activities in the normal course of his or her position in
which an Employee or Beneficiary would otherwise not be able to participate under an applicable
rule); (iv) to pay FICA taxes on any amounts deferred under the Plan and any state, local or
foreign income tax withholding related to such FICA tax, (v) at any time the Plan fails to meet the
requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder; provided however
that the amount of the accelerated payment may not exceed the amount required to be included as a
result of the failure to comply with Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations
thereunder; (vi) where the acceleration of the payment is made pursuant to a termination and
liquidation of the Plan in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix) of the Treasury Regulations;
(vii) to reflect payment of state, local or foreign tax obligations arising from participation in
the Plan that apply to the amount deferred under the Plan before the amount is paid or made
available to the Employee or Beneficiary; provided such payment may not exceed the amount of such
taxes due as a result of participation in the Plan; (viii) as satisfaction of a debt of the
Employee to the Company in accordance with Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(xiii) of the Treasury Regulations
and (ix) where such payment occurs as a part of a settlement between the Employee or Beneficiary
and the Company of an arm’s length, bona fide dispute as to the Employee’s or Beneficiaries right
to the deferred amount.

5.11 Compliance with Section 409A of the Code. The Plan is intended to provide for the
deferral of compensation in accordance with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, for
compensation earned, vested, or deferred after December 31, 2004. Notwithstanding any provisions
of the Plan or any election form to the contrary, no otherwise permissible election under the Plan
shall be given effect that would result in the taxation of any amount under Section 409A of the
Code. To the extent permitted in guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury and in
accordance with procedures established by the Committee, Employee’s were permitted to terminate
participation in the Plan or cancel an election with respect to deferral elections made under the
Plan prior to January 1, 2005.

5.12 Transition Elections. Notwithstanding any other elections made hereunder and only to the
extent permitted by the Company and transition rules issued under Section 409A of the Code, through
such dates as specified by the Company pursuant to transitional guidance issued under Section 409A
of the Code, Employees have been permitted to make one or more elections as to the time and form
of payment of their excess retirement benefit under the Plan, provided that (a) any such elections
made during 2005 were only available for amounts that were payable after the 2005 calendar year and
could not accelerate any payments into the 2005 calendar year, (b) any such elections made during
2006 were only available for amounts that were payable after the 2006 calendar year and could not
accelerate any payments into the 2006 calendar year, (c) any such elections made during 2007 were
only available for amounts that were payable after the 2007 calendar year and could not accelerate
any payments into the 2007 calendar year, and (d) any such elections made during 2008 were only
available for amounts that were payable after the 2008 calendar year and could not accelerate any
payments into the 2008 calendar year.

ARTICLE VI

CLAIMS PROCEDURES

6.1 Presentation of Claim. Any Employee or Beneficiary of a deceased Employee (such Employee
or Beneficiary being referred to below as a “Claimant”) may deliver to the Committee a written
claim for a determination with respect to the amounts distributable to such Claimant from the Plan.
If such a claim relates to the contents of a notice received by the Claimant, the claim must be
made within 60 days after such notice was received by the Claimant. All other claims must be made
within 180 days of the date on which the event that caused the claim to arise occurred. The claim
must state with particularity the determination desired by the Claimant.

6.2 Notification of Decision. The Committee shall consider a Claimant’s claim within a
reasonable time, and shall notify the Claimant in writing:

(a) that the Claimant’s requested determination has been made, and that the claim has been
allowed in full; or

(b) that the Committee has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole or in part, to the
Claimant’s requested determination, and such notice must set forth in a manner calculated to be
understood by the Claimant:

(i) the specific reason(s) for the denial of the claim, or any part of it;

	 	(ii)	 	specific reference(s) to pertinent provisions
of the Plan upon which such denial was based;

	 	(iii)	 	a description of any additional material or
information necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim, and an
explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and

	 	(iv)	 	an explanation of the claim review procedure
set forth in Section 6.3 below.

6.3 Review of a Denied Claim. Within 60 days after receiving a notice from the Committee that
a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized
representative) may file with the Committee a written request for a review of the denial of the
claim. Thereafter, but not later than 30 days after the review procedure began, the Claimant (or
the Claimant’s duly authorized representative):

(a) may review pertinent documents; and/or

(b) may submit written comments or other documents.

6.4 Decision on Review. The Committee shall render its decision on review promptly, and not
later than 60 days after the filing of a written request for review of the denial, unless special
circumstances require additional time, in which case the Committee’s decision must be rendered
within 120 days after such date. Such decision must be written in a manner calculated to be
understood by the Claimant, and it must contain:

(a) specific reasons for the decision;

(b) specific reference(s) to the pertinent Plan provisions upon which the decision was based;
and

(c) such other matters as the Committee deems relevant.

6.5 Legal Action. A Claimant’s compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Article VI is
a mandatory prerequisite to a Claimant’s right to commence any legal action with respect to any
claim for benefits under this Plan.

ARTICLE VII

BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

7.1 Beneficiary. Each Employee shall have the right, at any time, to designate his or her
Beneficiary(ies) (both primary as well as contingent) to receive any benefits payable under the
Plan to a beneficiary upon the death of an Employee. The Beneficiary designated under this Plan
may be the same as or different from the Beneficiary designation under any other plan of an
Employer in which the Employee participates.

7.2 Beneficiary Designation; Change; Spousal Consent. An Employee shall designate his or her
Beneficiary by completing and signing the Beneficiary Designation Form, and returning it to the
Committee or its designated agent. An Employee shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by
completing, signing and otherwise complying with the terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form and
the Committee’s rules and procedures, as in effect from time to time. If an Employee names someone
other than his or her spouse as a Beneficiary, a spousal consent, in the form designated by the
Committee, must be signed by that Employee’s spouse and returned to the Committee. Upon the
acceptance by the Committee of a new Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations
previously filed shall be canceled. The Committee shall be entitled to rely on the last
Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Employee and accepted by the Committee prior to his or
her death.

7.3 Acknowledgement. No designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary shall be
effective until received and acknowledged in writing by the Committee or its designated agent.

7.4 No Beneficiary Designation. If an Employee fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided
in Sections 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 above or, if all designated Beneficiaries predecease the Employee or
die prior to complete distribution of the Employee’s benefits, then the Employee’s designated
Beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her surviving spouse. In the event of the death of the
Employee and all of the Employee’s Beneficiaries prior to payment in full of the Employee’s excess
retirement benefit, any remaining excess retirement benefit shall be paid to the estate of the last
to die of the Employee and the Employee’s Beneficiaries.

7.5 Doubt as to Beneficiary. If the Committee has any doubt as to the proper Beneficiary to
receive payments pursuant to this Plan, the Committee shall have the right, exercisable in its
discretion, to cause the Employee’s Employer to withhold such payments until this matter is
resolved to the Committee’s satisfaction.

7.6 Discharge of Obligations. The payment of benefits under the Plan to a Beneficiary shall
fully and completely discharge all Employers and the Committee from all further obligations under
this Plan with respect to the Employee.

EXECUTED this      day of      , 2008.

	 
	NORDSON CORPORATION

	By:

	Title:EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

CHANGE-IN-CONTROL RETENTION AGREEMENT

This Agreement is entered into as of [December      , 2008] by and between The Nordson Corporation, an
Ohio corporation (“Nordson”), and [Name of Executive], an individual (“Employee”).

Employee is an executive and key employee of Nordson and is now serving Nordson as its [Executive’s
Title]. Nordson desires to assure itself of continuity of management in the event of any
threatened or actual Change in Control, to provide inducements for Employee not to compete with
Nordson, and to assure itself, in the event of any threatened or actual Change in Control, of the
continued performance of services by Employee on an objective and impartial basis and without
distraction by concern for [his/her] employment status and security. In order to induce Employee
to remain in its employ, Nordson agrees that if Employee’s employment with Nordson is terminated
after a Change in Control under certain circumstances as described below, Nordson will pay the
severance benefits set forth in this Agreement.

Nordson and Employee agree as follows:

1.  Operation of Agreement. This Agreement will be effective and binding
immediately upon the date first set forth above (the “Effective Date”) but will not be operative
unless and until there has been a Change in Control while Employee is in the employ of Nordson. If
a Change in Control occurs while Employee is in the employ of Nordson, this Agreement will become
immediately operative and (subject only to the possible undoing of the particular Change in
Control, as provided in Section 14 below) will continue in effect in accordance with its terms.

2.  Retention Period. If and when a Change in Control occurs, Nordson will
continue to employ Employee and Employee will continue in the employ of Nordson during the period
(the “Retention Period”) that begins on the first date on which a Change in Control occurs (the
“Change in Control Date”) and ends at the close of business on the second anniversary of the Change
in Control Date, except that Employee’s employment may be terminated during the Retention Period as
provided in Section 5 below.

3.  Position, Duties, Responsibilities. At all times during the Retention
Period, Employee will:

(a)  hold the same position with substantially the same duties and responsibilities
as an executive of Nordson as Employee held immediately before the Change in Control, as those
duties and responsibilities may be extended from time to time during the Retention Period by
Nordson’s Board of Directors (the “Board”);

(b)  observe all Nordson policies applicable to Nordson executive personnel; and

(c)  devote [his/her] business time, energy, and talent to the business of and to
the furtherance of the purposes and objectives of Nordson to generally the same extent as
Employee so devoted [his/her] business time, energy, and talent before the Change in Control.

Nothing in this Agreement will preclude Employee from devoting reasonable periods of time to
charitable and community activities or the management of Employee’s investment assets provided
those activities do not materially interfere with the performance of Employee’s duties under this
Agreement.

4.  Compensation and Benefits During the Retention Period. During the Retention
Period, Employee will be entitled to the same base salary and to the same or equivalent other
elements of total direct compensation opportunity (consisting of, short and long term incentive
compensation, equity grants, and executive perquisites) and employee pension and welfare benefits
as that afforded to Employee by Nordson immediately before the Change in Control Date.

5.  Termination Following a Change in Control. During the Retention Period,
Employee’s employment with Nordson (and the Retention Period) may be terminated only in accordance
with one of the subsections of this Section 5. For all purposes of this Agreement, the term
“Employment Termination Date” means the last date on which Employee is employed by Nordson.

(a)  By Nordson for Cause. Nordson may terminate Employee’s employment
under this Agreement for “Cause,” effective immediately upon giving notice of termination, if:

(i)  Employee commits an act of fraud, embezzlement, theft, or other similar
criminal act constituting a felony and involving Nordson’s business, or

(ii)  Employee (except by reason of incurring a disability) breaches [his/her]
agreement with respect to the time to be devoted to the business of Nordson set forth in
Section 3(c) above and fails to cure that breach within 30 days of receipt of written
notice of that breach from the Board.

(b)  By Nordson without Cause. Nordson may terminate Employee’s employment
under this Agreement without Cause at any time, effective immediately upon giving notice of
that termination.

(c)  By Employee for Good Reason. Subject to compliance with the notice
and opportunity for cure requirements set forth at the end of this Section 5(c), Employee may
terminate [his/her] employment under this Agreement for “Good Reason” if any of the following
circumstances occurs during the Retention Period without Employee’s express written consent:

(i)  a reduction in Employee’s base annual salary from that provided
immediately before the Change in Control Date; 

(ii)  a failure by Nordson to make available to Employee compensation plans,
employee pension plans, and employee welfare benefit plans (collectively, “Plans”) and
other benefits and perquisites that provide opportunities to receive overall compensation
and benefits and perquisites at least equal to the opportunities for overall compensation
and benefits and perquisites that were available to Employee immediately before the Change
in Control Date;

(iii)  a change in the location of Employee’s principal place of employment by
more than 50 miles from the location where Employee was principally employed immediately
before the Change in Control Date;  

(iv)  a significant increase in the frequency or duration of Employee’s
business travel; or 

(v)  a material and adverse change in the authorities, powers, functions, or
duties attached to Employee’s position from those authorities, powers, functions, and
duties as they existed immediately before the Change in Control Date (but a change in the
office or officer to whom Employee reports will not, in itself, be deemed to be a material
adverse change in Employee’s authorities, powers, functions, or duties for these
purposes).

Employee may give notice of termination for Good Reason based on any particular circumstance
described in any of (i) through (v) of this Section 5(c) only if Employee gives notice of
that intention (and of the particular circumstance on which the notice is based) not later
than 90 days after Employee becomes aware of the existence of that particular circumstance.
Any notice by Employee of termination for Good Reason must specify a date, not earlier than
30 days after the date on which the notice is given, that Employee proposes as [his/her]
Employment Termination Date. If Nordson cures the circumstance identified by Employee in
[his/her] notice before the proposed Employment Termination Date, Employee will not be
entitled to terminate for Good Reason based upon the cured circumstance and Employee’s notice
will be deemed rescinded. If Nordson fails to so cure before the proposed Employment
Termination Date, Employee’s employment will terminate for Good Reason effective on that
date.

(d)  By Employee without Good Reason. Employee may terminate [his/her]
employment under this Agreement without Good Reason at any time, effective immediately upon
giving of notice of that termination.

(e)  Upon Death or Retirement. Upon the death or Retirement of Employee,
Employee’s employment under this Agreement will terminate automatically and without further
notice, effective as of the date of death or Retirement. For all purposes of this Agreement,
“Retirement” means Employee’s termination of employment under the terms of the applicable
Nordson retirement plan as in effect immediately before the Change in Control Date.

(f)  Upon Total Disability. Nordson may terminate Employee’s employment
under this Agreement, effective thirty days after the giving of notice by Nordson, if Employee
suffers a Total Disability. For all purposes of this Agreement, “Total Disability” means a
physical or mental impairment, due to accident or illness, that renders Employee permanently
incapable of performing the duties attached to Employee’s position as those duties existed
immediately before the Change in Control Date.

6.  Payments upon Termination.

(a)  Termination for Cause or without Good Reason. If during the Retention
Period Nordson terminates Employee’s employment for Cause or Employee terminates [his/her]
employment without Good Reason, Employee will not be entitled to any termination, separation,
severance, or similar benefits under this Agreement.

(b)  Termination Upon Employee’s Total Disability, Retirement, or Death. If
during the Retention Period Employee’s employment is terminated as a result of Employee’s
Total Disability, Retirement, or death, Employee will be entitled to benefits under and in
accordance with Nordson’s disability, retirement, and death benefit (including life insurance
policies) plans and policies as in effect immediately before the Change in Control Date, or
benefits equivalent thereto. In addition, Nordson will pay to Employee (or to Employee’s
estate in the event of Employee’s death) any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus and a Current Year Pro
Rata Bonus. For all purposes of this Agreement, the term “Unpaid Prior Year Bonus” means any
bonus for the fiscal year ended immediately before the fiscal year in which the Employment
Termination Date occurs that remains unpaid as of the Employment Termination Date (whether or
not, under normal practice, that bonus would not be paid until a date later than the
Employment Termination Date).

For all purposes of this Agreement, the term “Current Year Pro Rata Bonus” means (x) an amount
calculated on the same date and in the same manner as Employee’s annual incentive bonus under
the bonus plan in effect for the fiscal year in which the Employment Termination Date occurs
would have been calculated if Employee’s employment had not been terminated and, to the extent
relevant to that calculation, Employee’s performance through the entire fiscal year had been
equal to [his/her] performance during the part of the fiscal year ending on the Employment
Termination Date, multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days
in the partial fiscal year ending on the Employment Termination Date and the denominator of
which is 365. Unless any payment under this Section 6(b) must be postponed by reason of
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (as provided in Exhibit A to this Agreement):
Nordson will pay any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus at the same time that amount would have been paid
if Employee’s employment had continued indefinitely but not later than March 15 of the year in
which the Employment Termination Date occurs; Nordson will pay any Current Year Pro Rata Bonus
at the same time that amount would have been paid if Employee’s employment had continued
indefinitely but not later than March 15 of the year immediately after the year in which the
Employment Termination Date occurs; and Nordson will pay any other benefits or amounts payable
pursuant to this Section 6(b) at the time specified in the applicable plan.

(c)  Termination without Cause or for Good Reason. If during the Retention
Period Employee’s employment is terminated by Nordson without Cause or by Employee for Good
Reason, Nordson will pay and provide to Employee the following compensation and benefits:

(i)  Accrued Obligations. Nordson will pay to Employee base salary
through the Employment Termination Date (at the rate in effect immediately before the
Employment Termination Date), any Unpaid Prior Year Bonus, a Pro Rata Current Year Bonus,
and all other amounts to which Employee is entitled under any Nordson compensation plan
applicable to Employee that is listed on Exhibit B to this Agreement. Unless any payment
under this Section 6(c)(i) must be postponed by reason of Section 409A of the Internal
Revenue Code (as provided in Exhibit A to this Agreement), Nordson will pay any base
salary within five business days of the Employment Termination Date; Nordson will pay any
Unpaid Prior Year Bonus at the same time that amount would have been paid if Employee’s
employment had continued indefinitely but not later than March 15 of the year in which the
Employment Termination Date occurs; Nordson will pay any Current Year Pro Rata Bonus at
the same time that amount would have been paid if Employee’s employment had continued
indefinitely but not later than March 15 of the year immediately after the year in which
the Employment Termination Date occurs; and Nordson will pay any other amounts payable
pursuant to this Section 6(c)(i) at the time specified in the applicable compensation
plan.

(ii)  Severance Payment. Nordson will pay to Employee a severance
payment equal to two times the sum of (x) Employee’s annual base salary (at the rate in
effect immediately before the Employment Termination Date) plus (y) Employee’s annual
target incentive bonus in effect on the Employment Termination Date. Unless this payment
must be postponed by reason of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (as provided in
Exhibit A to this Agreement), Nordson will pay this amount to Employee within five
business days of the Termination Date.

(iii)  Continuing Plan Coverage. For a period of two years following
the Employment Termination Date, Nordson will maintain in full force and continue to
provide full benefits to Employee under all life insurance, health (medical and dental),
accidental death and dismemberment, pension, and disability plans and programs in which
Employee was entitled to participate immediately before the Employment Termination Date,
except that (x) if Employee’s continued participation is not possible under the general
terms and provisions of any such plan or program, Nordson will provide Employee with
benefits equivalent to those provided by each such plan and program, and (y) Nordson will
not be required to maintain any of these plans and programs, or the equivalent thereof,
after Employee has either reached the normal retirement date under the retirement or
pension plan in effect immediately before the Change in Control Date or secured full time
employment with another employer that provides benefits to Employee under a comparable
plan or program that are at least substantially equal to the benefits provided by Nordson.
To assure compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, the timing of the
provision of any benefits under this Section 6(c)(iii) will be subject to Section B of
Exhibit A to this Agreement if and to the extent any part of that section is applicable
according to its terms.

(iv)  Lump Sum Payment Based on Additional Two Years of Age and Service
under Pension and Excess Defined Benefit Plans. Nordson will pay to Employee a lump
sum amount equal to the amount by which the aggregate actuarial present value, calculated
as of the Employment Termination Date, of all amounts payable with respect to Employee
under the Nordson Corporation Salaried Employees Pension Plan, the Nordson Corporation
Excess Defined Benefit Pension Plan, and the Nordson Corporation 2005 Excess Defined
Benefit Pension Plan (or equivalent plans) would be increased if Employee had an
additional two years of age and an additional two years of service credit under each of
these plans. Unless this payment must be postponed by reason of Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code (as provided in Exhibit A to this Agreement), Nordson will pay this
amount to Employee within five business days of the Employment Termination Date.

(v)  Career Counseling. Nordson will make available to Employee, at
Nordson’s expense, outplacement counseling services. Employee may select the organization
that will provide Employee with such services, provided that Nordson will not be required
to pay more than $50,000 for any such services. To assure compliance with Section 409A of
the Internal Revenue Code, the timing of the provision of any benefits under this
Section6(c)(v) will be subject to Section B of Exhibit A to this Agreement if and to the
extent any part of that section is applicable according to its terms.

7.  No Set-Off; No Obligation to Seek Other Employment or to Otherwise Mitigate
Damages; No Effect Upon Other Agreements. Nordson’s obligation to make the payments provided
for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations under this Agreement will not be
affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense, or other claim whatsoever that Nordson
may have against Employee. Employee will not be required to mitigate damages or the amount of any
payment provided for under this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise. Except as
expressly provided in Section 6(c)(iii) as to continuing coverage of benefit plans, the amount of
any payment or benefits provided for under this Agreement will not be reduced by any compensation
or benefits earned by Employee as the result of employment by another employer or otherwise after
the Employee’s termination date. Except as provided in Section 15(b), the provisions of this
Agreement will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other agreement between Nordson and
Employee, and the benefits provided under this Agreement will be additive to any other benefits
promised to Employee under any such other agreement. Moreover, this Agreement will not operate to
negate any other assurances provided to Employee.

8.  Effect of Disability. If Employee becomes disabled and [his/her] disability
does not rise to the level of a Total Disability during the Retention Period to such an extent that
[he/she] is permanently prevented from performing [his/her] duties under this Agreement by reason
of physical or mental incapacity:

(a)  Employee will be entitled to disability and other benefits at least equal to
those that would have been available to [him/her] had Nordson continued, throughout the period
of Employee’s disability, all of its programs, benefits, and policies with respect to disabled
employees that were in effect immediately before the Change in Control Date, and

(b)  if Employee recovers from [his/her] disability before the expiration of the
Retention Period, [he/she] will be reinstated as an active employee for the remainder of the
Retention Period under and subject to all of the terms of this Agreement including, without
limitation, Nordson’s right to terminate Employee with or without Cause under Sections 5(a)
and 5(b), respectively.

9.  Confidential Information. Employee will not, at any time after the
Effective Date, either directly or indirectly, disclose or make known to any person, firm, or
corporation any confidential information, trade secret, or proprietary information of Nordson that
Employee may have acquired before the Effective Date or may acquire after the Effective Date in the
performance of Employee’s duties as an employee of Nordson. Upon the termination of Employee’s
employment with Nordson, Employee will deliver forthwith to Nordson any and all literature,
documents, correspondence, and other materials and records furnished to or acquired by Employee
during the course of [his/her] employment.

10.  Noncompetition. During the Retention Period Employee will not act as a
proprietor, investor, director, officer, employee, substantial stockholder, consultant, or partner
in any business engaged to a material extent in direct competition with Nordson in any market in
any line of business engaged in by Nordson during the Retention Period.

11.  Costs of Enforcement. Nordson will pay and be solely responsible for any
and all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by Employee in seeking to enforce
Nordson’s obligations under this Agreement unless and to the extent a court of competent
jurisdiction determines that Nordson was relieved of those obligations because:

(a)  Nordson terminated Employee’s employment for Cause,

(b)  Employee voluntarily terminated [his/her] employment other than for Good
Reason, or

(c)  Employee materially and willfully breached [his/her] agreement not to compete
with Nordson or [his/her] agreement with respect to confidential information and that breach
directly caused substantial and demonstrable damage to Nordson.

Nordson will forthwith pay directly or reimburse Employee for any and all such costs and expenses
upon presentation from time to time by Employee or by counsel selected by Employee of a statement
or statements prepared by Employee or by that counsel of the amount of such costs and expenses. If
and to the extent a court of competent jurisdiction renders a final binding judgment determining
that Nordson was relieved of its obligations for any of the reasons set forth in (a), (b) or (c)
above, Employee will repay the amount of those payments or reimbursements to Nordson. In addition
to the payment and reimbursement of expenses of enforcement provided for in this Section 11,
Nordson will pay to Employee in cash, as and when Nordson makes any payment on behalf of, or
reimbursement to, Employee, an additional amount sufficient to pay all federal, state, and local
taxes (whether income taxes or other taxes) incurred by Employee as a result of (x) payment of the
expense or receipt of the reimbursement, and (y) receipt of the additional cash payment. Nordson
will also pay to Employee interest (calculated at the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate from time to
time in effect, compounded monthly) on any payments or benefits that are paid or provided to
Employee later than the date on which due under the terms of this Agreement. To assure compliance
with Section 409A, Nordson will make any payments to or on behalf of Employee that are required
under this Section 11 subject to and as provided in Section B of Exhibit A to this Agreement.

12.  Tax Provisions Regarding Gross-Ups and Compliance with Section 409A a Part of
this Agreement. All of the provisions of Exhibit A to this Agreement, captioned “Tax Provision
Exhibit – 280G Gross-Up, Compliance with Section 409A, and 409A Gross-Up” will apply as between
Nordson and Employee as fully if those provisions had been written directly into the body of this
Agreement.

13.  “Change in Control” Defined. For purposes of this Agreement, a Change in
Control will have occurred if at any time any of the following events occurs:

(a)  a report is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on
Schedule 13D or Schedule 14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form, or report), each as
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, disclosing that any “person” (as
the term “person” is used in Section 13(d) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934) is or has become a beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of Nordson
representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of Nordson’s then outstanding
securities;

(b)  Nordson files a report or proxy statement with the SEC pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 disclosing that a Change in Control of Nordson has or may have
occurred or will or may occur in the future pursuant to any then-existing contract or
transaction;

(c)  Nordson is merged or consolidated with another corporation and, as a result
thereof, securities representing less than 50% of the combined voting power of the surviving
or resulting corporation’s securities (or of the securities of a parent corporation in case of
a merger in which the surviving or resulting corporation becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of
the parent corporation) are owned in the aggregate by holders of Nordson’s securities
immediately before such merger or consolidation;

(d)  all or substantially all of the assets of Nordson are sold in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions to a single purchaser or a group of affiliated
purchasers; or

(e)  during any period of 24 consecutive months, individuals who were Directors of
Nordson at the beginning of the period cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board
unless the election, or nomination for election by Nordson’s shareholders, of more than one
half of any new Directors of Nordson was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the
Directors of Nordson then still in office who were Directors of Nordson at the beginning of
the 24 month period.

14.  Possible Undoing of a Change in Control and Its Effect on this Agreement.
If a Change in Control as defined in Section 13(a) occurs while Employee is in the employ of
Nordson with the result (as provided in Section 1) that this Agreement becomes operative and,
thereafter, on any later date, all three of the following conditions are satisfied:

(a)  the acquiring person has transferred or otherwise disposed of sufficient
securities of Nordson in one or more transactions, to a person or persons other than
affiliates of the acquiring person or any persons with whom the acquiring person has agreed to
act together for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting, or disposing of securities of
Nordson, so that, after the transfer or other disposition, the acquiring person is no longer
the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of Nordson representing 10% or
more of the combined voting power of Nordson’s then outstanding securities;

(b)  no other event constituting a Change in Control had occurred; and

(c)  Employee’s employment with Nordson has not been terminated by Nordson without
Cause or by Employee for Good Reason;

then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the filing of the report constituting a Change in Control
under Section 13(a) will be treated as if it had not occurred and this Agreement will return to the
status it had immediately before the filing of the report constituting a Change in Control under
Section 13(a). Accordingly, if and when a subsequent Change in Control occurs, this Agreement will
again become operative on the date of that subsequent Change in Control.

15.  Miscellaneous.

(a)  Employee Rights. Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement
creates any right or duty on the part of Nordson or Employee to have Employee remain in the
employ of Nordson before any Change in Control and Employee will have no rights under this
Agreement if [his/her] employment with Nordson is terminated for any reason or for no reason
before any Change in Control. Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement creates any duty
on the part of Nordson to continue in effect, or continue to provide to Employee, any plan or
benefit unless and until a Change in Control occurs. If, before a Change in Control, Nordson
ceases to provide any plan or benefit to Employee, nothing in this Agreement will be construed
to require Nordson to reinstitute that plan or benefit to Employee upon the later occurrence
of a Change in Control.

(b)  Prior Employment Agreement Superseded. Nordson and Employee intend
that this Agreement will supersede and replace the Employment Agreement between Nordson and
Employee dated      (the “Prior Employment Agreement”). As of the Effective
Date, the Prior Employment Agreement will cease to be of any force or effect.

(c)  Notices. All communications provided for in this Agreement are to be
in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or when mailed by United
States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to
Nordson (Attention: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary) at its principal executive
office and to Employee at [his/her] principal residence, or to such other address as either
party may have furnished to the other in writing and in accordance with this Section 15(c),
except that notices of change of address will be effective only upon receipt.

(d)  Assignment, Binding Effect.

(i)  This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of
Nordson and Nordson’s successors and assigns. Nordson will require any successor (whether
direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all or
substantially all of the business and or assets of Nordson, by agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to Employee, to expressly assume and agree to perform this
Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that Nordson would be required to
perform it if no such succession had taken place.

(ii)  This Agreement will be binding upon Employee and this Agreement and all
rights of Employee under this Agreement will inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable
by, Employee and [his/her] personal or legal representatives, executors, or
administrators. No right, benefit, or interest of Employee under this Agreement will be
subject to assignment, anticipation, alienation, sale, encumbrance, charge, pledge,
hypothecation, or to execution, attachment, levy, or similar process; except that Employee
may assign any right, benefit, or interest under this Agreement if that assignment is
permitted under the terms of any plan or policy of insurance or annuity contract governing
the right, benefit, or interest.

(e)  Invalid Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement that is
prohibited or unenforceable will be ineffective to the extent, but only to the extent, of the
prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining portions of this Agreement
and all remaining portions of this Agreement will continue to be in full force and effect. If
any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the parties will
negotiate in good faith to replace that provision with another provision that will be valid
and enforceable and that is as close as practicable to the provision held invalid or
unenforceable.

(f)  Modification. No modification, amendment, or waiver of any of the
provisions of this Agreement will be effective unless in writing, specifically referring to
this agreement, and signed by both parties.

(g)  Waiver of Breach. The failure at any time of a party to enforce any
of the provisions of this Agreement or to require performance by the other party of any of the
provisions of this Agreement will not be construed to be a waiver of those provisions or to
affect either the validity of this Agreement or any part of this Agreement or the right of
either party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance
with its terms.

(h)  Governing Law. This Agreement has been made in and is to be governed
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio applicable to contracts made
in and to be performed entirely within that state.

(i)  Employment by Subsidiary. If the recitals to this Agreement indicate
that as of the Effective Date Employee is employed by a subsidiary of Nordson, all references
to continued employment of Employee by Nordson are to be construed as references to continued
employment of Employee by the subsidiary and any termination of Employee’s employment with the
subsidiary are to be construed as termination of Employee’s employment with Nordson. For the
avoidance of doubt, all references to a Change in Control are to changes in control of
Nordson, not of the subsidiary and all references to the Board are to the Board of Directors
of Nordson, not of the subsidiary.

In witness whereof, Nordson and Employee have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first
above written.

	 	 	 
	Nordson Corporation

By:     

Title:      

	 	Employee

     

[EMPLOYEE’S NAME]

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EXHIBIT A:

Tax Provision Exhibit – 280G Gross-Up, Compliance 

with Section 409A, and 409A Gross-Up

A. Gross-Up of Payments Deemed to be Excess Parachute Payments.

A.1 Acknowledgement; Determination by Accounting Firm. Nordson and Employee acknowledge
that, following a change in ownership or control (as that term is defined in the Treasury
Regulations published under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code), one or more payments or
distributions to be made by Nordson or an affiliated entity to or for the benefit of Employee
(whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of the Agreement to
which this Exhibit A is attached, under some other plan, agreement, or arrangement, or otherwise)
(a “Payment”) may be determined to be an “excess parachute payment” that is not deductible by
Nordson or any affiliated entity for Federal income tax purposes and with respect to which Employee
will be subject to an excise tax because of Sections 280G and 4999, respectively, of the Internal
Revenue Code. If a change in ownership or control occurs, either Employee or Nordson may direct
the Accounting Firm, which, subject to any inconsistent position asserted by the Internal Revenue
Service, will make all determinations required to be made under this Section A, to determine
whether any Payment will be an excess parachute payment and to communicate its determination,
together with detailed supporting calculations, to Nordson and to Employee within 30 days after its
receipt of the direction from Employee or Nordson, as the case may be. Nordson and Employee will
cooperate with each other and the Accounting Firm and will provide necessary information so that
the Accounting Firm may make all such determinations.

A.2 Gross-Up Payments. If the Accounting Firm determines that any Payment gives rise,
directly or indirectly, to liability on the part of Employee for excise tax under Section 4999
(and/or any penalties and/or interest with respect to any such excise tax), Nordson will make
additional cash payments (each, a “Gross-Up Payment”) to Employee, from time to time in such
amounts as are necessary to put Employee in the same position, after payment of all federal, state,
and local taxes (whether income taxes, excise taxes under Section 4999 or otherwise, or other
taxes) and any and all penalties and interest with respect to any such excise tax, as Employee
would have been in after payment of all federal, state, and local income taxes if the Payments had
not given rise to an excise tax under Section 4999 and no such penalties or interest had been
imposed. Nordson’s obligation to make Gross-Up Payments under this Section A is not contingent on
termination of Employee’s employment with Nordson. Nordson will make each Gross-Up Payment to
Employee within 30 days of the time that the related Payment constituting an excess parachute
payment is paid or provided to Employee.

A.3 Further Gross-Up Payments as Determined by the IRS. If the Internal Revenue Service
determines that any Payment gives rise, directly or indirectly, to liability on the part of
Employee for excise tax under Section 4999 (and/or any penalties and/or interest with respect to
any such excise tax) in excess of the amount, if any, previously determined by the Accounting Firm,
Nordson will make further Goss-Up Payments to Employee in cash and in such amounts as are necessary
to put Employee in the same position, after payment of all federal, state, and local taxes (whether
income taxes, excise taxes under Section 4999 or otherwise, or other taxes) and any and all
penalties and interest with respect to any such excise tax, as Employee would have been in after
payment of all federal, state, and local income taxes if the Payments had not given rise to an
excise tax under Section 4999 and no such penalties or interest had been imposed. Nordson will
make any additional Gross-Up Payments required by this Section A.3 not later than the due date of
any payment indicated by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to the underlying matters to
which the additional Gross-Up Payment relates.

A.4 Contest of IRS Determination by Nordson. If Nordson desires to contest any
determination by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to the amount of excise tax under
Section 4999, Employee will, upon receipt from Nordson of an unconditional written undertaking to
indemnify and hold Employee harmless (on an after tax basis) from any and all adverse consequences
that might arise from the contesting of that determination, cooperate with Nordson in that contest
at Nordson’s sole expense. Nothing in this Section A will require Employee to incur any expense
other than expenses with respect to which Nordson has paid to Employee sufficient sums so that
after the payment of the expense by Employee and taking into account the payment by Nordson with
respect to that expense and any and all taxes that may be imposed upon Employee as a result of
[his/her] receipt of that payment, the net effect is no cost to Employee. Nothing in this Section
A will require Employee to extend the statute of limitations with respect to any item or issue in
[his/her] tax returns other than, exclusively, the excise tax under Section 4999. If, as the
result of the contest of any assertion by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to excise tax
under Section 4999, Employee receives a refund of a Section 4999 excise tax previously paid and/or
any interest with respect thereto, Employee will promptly pay to Nordson such amount as will leave
Employee, net of the repayment and all tax effects, in the same position, after all taxes and
interest, that [he/she] would have been in if the refunded excise tax had never been paid. To
assure compliance with Section 409A, Nordson will make payments to Employee with respect to
expenses as contemplated in this Section A.4 subject to and as provided in Sections B.1 and B.2.

A.5 Accounting Firm Fees and Expenses. Nordson will bear and pay all fees and expenses of
the Accounting Firm for services performed pursuant to this Section A that are incurred at any time
from the Effective Date through the tenth anniversary of Employee’s death (“Applicable Fees and
Expenses”). To assure compliance with Section 409A, Nordson will pay any Applicable Fees and
Expenses subject to and as provided in Sections B.1 and B.2.

B. Compliance with Section 409A and 409A Gross Up.

B.1 Six Month Delay on Certain Payments, Benefits, and Reimbursements. If Employee is a
“specified employee” for purposes of Section 409A, as determined under Nordson’s policy for
determining specified employees on the Employment Termination Date, each payment, benefit, or
reimbursement paid or provided under this Agreement that constitutes a “deferral of compensation”
within the meaning of Section 409A, that is to be paid or provided as a result of a “separation
from service” within the meaning of Section 409A, and that would otherwise be paid or provided at
any time (a “Scheduled Time”) that is on or before the date that is exactly six months after the
Employment Termination Date (other than payments, benefits, or reimbursements that are treated as
separation pay under Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) of the Treasury Regulations) will not be paid or
provided at the Scheduled Time but will be accumulated (together with interest at the applicable
federal rate under Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code in effect on the Termination Date) through the
date that is exactly six months after the Employment Termination Date and will be paid or provided
to Employee during the period of 30 consecutive days that starts exactly six months and one day
after the Employment Termination Date, except that if Employee dies before the end of six months
after the Employment Termination Date, the payments, benefits, or reimbursements will be
accumulated only through the date of [his/her] death and will be paid or provided not later than 30
days after the date of death.

B.2 Additional Limitations on Reimbursements and In-Kind Benefits. The reimbursement of
expenses or in-kind benefits provided under any section of this Agreement that are taxable benefits
(and that are not disability pay or death benefit plans within the meaning of Section 409A of the
Code) are intended to comply, to the maximum extent possible, with the exception to Section 409A
set forth in Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) of the Treasury Regulations. To the extent that any
reimbursement of expenses or in-kind benefits provided under any section of this Agreement either
do not qualify for that exception, or are provided beyond the applicable time periods set forth in
Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v) of the Treasury Regulations, then they will be subject to the following
additional rules: (a) any reimbursement of eligible expenses will be paid within 30 days following
Employee’s written request for reimbursement; provided that Employee provides written notice no
later than 60 days before the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which
the expense was incurred so that Nordson can make the reimbursement within the time periods
required by Section 409A; (b) the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind
benefits provided, during any calendar year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for
reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided, during any other calendar year; and (c) the
right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits will not be subject to liquidation or exchange for any
other benefit.

B.3 Compliance Generally. Nordson and Employee intend that the payments and benefits
provided under the Agreement to which this Exhibit A is attached will either be exempt from the
application of, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A. The Agreement is to be
construed, administered, and governed in a manner that effects that intent and Nordson will not
take any action that is inconsistent with that intent. Without limiting the foregoing, the
payments and benefits provided under this Agreement may not be deferred, accelerated, extended,
paid out, or modified in a manner that would result in the imposition of an additional tax under
Section 409A upon Employee.

B.4 Section 409A Gross-Up. If, notwithstanding the efforts of the parties to comply with
Section 409A, Employee is subject to any excise tax under Section 409A, Nordson will make
additional payments (“409A Gross-Up Payments”) to Employee so that after taking into account any
such additional tax and any related interest and/or penalties and the 409A Gross-Up Payments,
Employee will be in the same position as if no excise tax under Section 409A and no related
interest or penalties had been imposed upon [him/her] pursuant to Section 409A. The Accounting
Firm will have the same general duties with respect to the determination of the amount of any
Section 409A Gross-Up Payments as it has with respect to the determination of Gross-Up Payments
with respect to Section 4999 under Section A above and the parties will follow procedures in
connection with the determination and payment of any Section 409A Gross-Up Payments that are
similar to those specified in Section A above in connection with the determination and payment of
any Gross-Up Payments with respect to Section 4999.

B.4 Termination of Employment to Constitute a Separation from Service. The parties intend
that the phrase “termination of employment” and words and phrases of similar import mean a
“separation from service” with Nordson within the meaning of Section 409A. Employee and Nordson
will take all steps necessary (including taking into account this Section B.4 when considering any
further agreement regarding provision of services by Employee to Nordson after the Employment
Termination Date) to ensure that (a) any termination of employment under this Agreement constitutes
a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A, and (b) the Employment Termination
Date is the date on which Employee experiences a “separation from service” within the meaning of
Section 409A.

C. Definitions.

C.1 Accounting Firm.  The term “Accounting Firm” means the independent auditors of Nordson
for the fiscal year immediately preceding the earlier of (a) the year in which the Termination Date
occurred, or (b) the year, if any, in which occurred the first Change of Control occurring after
the Effective Date, and that firm’s successor or successors; unless that firm is unable or
unwilling to serve and perform in the capacity contemplated by this Agreement, in which case
Nordson must select another accounting firm that (i) is of recognized regional or national standing
and (ii) is not then the independent auditors for Nordson or any affiliated corporation.

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C.2 Sections 280G, 409A, and 4999. Each of the terms “Section 280G,” “Section 409A,” and

“Section 4999,” respectively, means that numbered section of the Internal Revenue Code. References

in the Agreement to any of these sections are intended to include any proposed, temporary, or final

regulations, or any other guidance, promulgated with respect to that specific section by the U.S.

Department of Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service.EXHIBIT B:

Compensation and Employment Benefit Plans

	 	1.	 	The Amended and Restated Nordson Corporation 2004 Management
Incentive Compensation Plan

	 	2.	 	The Amended and Restated Nordson Corporation 2004 Long-Term
Performance Plan

	 	3.	 	The Nordson Corporation Salaried Employees Pension Plan

	 	4.	 	The Nordson Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan

	 	5.	 	The 2005 Nordson Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan

	 	6.	 	The Amended and Restated Nordson Corporation 2005 Deferred
Compensation Plan

	 	7.	 	The Nordson Corporation Excess Defined Contribution Benefit
Plan

	 	8.	 	The 2005 Nordson Corporation Excess Defined Contribution
Benefit Plan

	 	9.	 	The Amended and Restated 2005 Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan (Defined Contribution)

10. The Nordson Corporation Excess Defined Benefit Pension Plan

	 	11.	 	The 2005 Nordson Corporation Excess Defined Benefit Pension
Plan

	 	12.	 	The Amended and Restated 2005 Supplemental Executive Retirement
Plan (Defined Benefit)

11. The Nordson Corporation Employees’ Savings Trust Plan (NEST)

	 	12.	 	The Nordson Corporation Salaried Employees’ Health Care Plan

	 	13.	 	The Nordson Corporation Prescription Drug and Dental Plans

	 	14.	 	The Nordson Corporation Short Term and Long Term Disability
Plans

	 	15.	 	The Nordson Corporation Group Life Insurance Plan-Salaried

	 	16.	 	The Nordson Corporation Group Travel Accident Plan

	 	17.	 	Nordson Corporation’s Car Allowance Plan

	 	18.	 	Nordson Corporation’s policy of reimbursement for club dues,
airline travel clubs, and the like

	 	19.	 	Nordson Corporation’s policies regarding vacation, holidays,
and paid time off.

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