---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000072331-22-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NDSN"
cik: "0000072331"
company_name: "NORDSON CORP"
filed_at: "2022-01-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T16:59:55.560357+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nordson EVP Gregory P. Merk to depart Jan 31, 2022; CEO to lead Industrial Precision Solutions

## Summary
- Gregory P. Merk, Executive VP and named executive officer, leaves Nordson on January 31, 2022.
- CEO Sundaram Nagarajan assumes direct leadership of the Industrial Precision Solutions business segment.
- No replacement named for Mr. Merk's role; responsibilities absorbed by CEO.
- Departure described as mutually agreed; no reason disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000072331-22-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NDSN
- cik: 0000072331
- company_name: NORDSON CORP
- filed_at: 2022-01-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233122000004/0000072331-22-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233122000004/ndsn-20220114.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072331-22-000004
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072331-22-000004.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072331-22-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gregory P. Merk departed as Executive Vice President at NORDSON CORP.
  - Action: leave
  - Role: Executive Vice President
  source text: On January 14, 2022 , Nordson Corporation (the “Company”) and Gregory P. Merk, the Company’s Executive Vice President and a named executive officer, agreed that Mr. Merk will leave the Company on January 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233122000004/0000072331-22-000004-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.