secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NORDSON CORP (NDSN)
CIK:        0000072331
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000072331-24-000057
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Nordson appoints Daniel Hopgood as CFO, effective May 20, 2024
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233124000057/0000072331-24-000057-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72331/000007233124000057/ndsn-20240423.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072331-24-000057

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