---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000072331-24-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NDSN"
cik: "0000072331"
company_name: "NORDSON CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T12:49:01.207397+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nordson appoints Daniel Hopgood as CFO, effective May 20, 2024

## Summary
- Hopgood succeeds Joseph Kelley, who moved to Industrial Precision Solutions segment leader role.
- Hopgood previously served as controller and chief accounting officer at Eaton Corporation since 2021.
- Base salary $520,000; annual cash incentive target 75% of base; sign-on bonus $175,000 with clawback provisions.
- Equity award ~$2M: $1M performance share units, $600K stock options, $400K RSUs, vesting over 3-4 years.
- Stephen Shamrock, interim CFO, named chief accounting officer in addition to corporate controller role.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000072331-24-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NDSN
- cik: 0000072331
- company_name: NORDSON CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233124000057/0000072331-24-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233124000057/ndsn-20240423.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072331-24-000057.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Daniel R. Hopgood was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at NORDSON CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
  source text: appointed Daniel R. Hopgood, 52, as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective on his first day of employment, anticipated to be May 20, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233124000057/0000072331-24-000057-index.htm

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