---
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"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T12:37:05.842980+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nordson discloses severance terms for departing EVP Gregory Merk; cash payment of ~$532K plus equity treatment

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- 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

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072331-22-000008.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gregory P. Merk departed as Executive Vice President at NORDSON CORP.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Executive Vice President
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233122000008/0000072331-22-000008-index.htm

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