---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000072331-24-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NDSN"
cik: "0000072331"
company_name: "NORDSON CORP"
filed_at: "2024-03-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T00:54:34.920593+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nordson elects Victor L. Richey Jr. as board chair; annual meeting votes pass all proposals

## Summary
- Shareholders elected Christopher L. Mapes to board through 2026; Jaehnert, Jones, Morris through 2027.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2024 passed with 50,117,414 votes for (96.1% of cast).
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 46,102,380 votes for; broker non-votes of 3,363,581 on the proposal.
- Victor L. Richey Jr. elected chair of the board effective March 6, 2024, at the organizational meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000072331-24-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NDSN
- cik: 0000072331
- company_name: NORDSON CORP
- filed_at: 2024-03-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233124000049/0000072331-24-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233124000049/ndsn-20240305.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NORDSON CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-03-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-05
  source text: The Company’s shareholders elected Christopher L. Mapes to the Board of Directors to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, and Frank M. Jaehnert, Ginger M. Jones, and Milton M. Morris to the Board of Directors, each to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233124000049/0000072331-24-000049-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NORDSON CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2024-03-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-05
  source text: The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233124000049/0000072331-24-000049-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NORDSON CORP shareholders approved Advisory approval of named executive officer compensation at the 2024-03-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-05
  source text: The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and the accompanying tabular and narrative disclosure included in the Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233124000049/0000072331-24-000049-index.htm

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