{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000072331-22-000008","form_type":"8-K/A","ticker":"NDSN","cik":"0000072331","company_name":"NORDSON CORP","filed_at":"2022-02-02T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:09.559569+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-27T12:37:05.842980+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"negative","materiality_score":0.6,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.6,"confidence":"high","headline":"Nordson discloses severance terms for departing EVP Gregory Merk; cash payment of ~$532K plus equity treatment","bullets":["Separation Agreement with EVP Gregory Merk, effective Jan 31, 2022, includes cash payment of ~$532,480 (base salary plus COBRA).","Stock options granted >12 months before departure continue vesting; exercisable until Jan 31, 2027 or 10-yr anniversary.","Restricted shares/units (except Continuation Award) vest pro-rata; performance share units vest pro-rata based on actual results.","CEO Sundaram Nagarajan assumes direct leadership of Industrial Precision Solutions segment after Merk's departure.","Outplacement and financial planning services capped at $5,000 each; customary non-compete, non-solicit, confidentiality obligations."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072331-22-000008","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072331-22-000008.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072331-22-000008.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072331-22-000008.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233122000008/0000072331-22-000008-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233122000008/ndsn-20220114.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-27T12:37:05.842980+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"10618110db","claim":"Gregory P. Merk departed as Executive Vice President at NORDSON CORP.","evidence_excerpt":"the Company and Gregory P. Merk, the Company’s Executive Vice President and a named executive officer, agreed that Mr. Merk would leave the Company on January 31, 2022.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233122000008/0000072331-22-000008-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"departed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Executive Vice President"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}