UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person HARDIS, STEPHEN R 28601 CLEMENS ROAD WESTLAKE, OH 44145 U.S.A. 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NORDSON CORPORATION - NDSN 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year MARCH 31, 2001 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| COMMON STOCK | | | | | | |24,000 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| COMMON STOCK | | | | | | |8,000 (1) |I |BY SPOUSE | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| COMMON STOCK | | | | | | |200 (1) |I |BY CHILDREN | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (1) Reporting person discl| | | | | | | | | | aims beneficial ownership o| | | | | | | | | | f these securities. | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Stock Units | |3/31/|J | |659 |A | | |COMMON STOCK|659 |* |31,141 |D | | | |01 | | | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Director Stock Option |$28.50 |3/8/0|A | |1 |A |** |3/8/2|COMMON STOCK|3,958 | |3,958 |D | | (Right to Buy) | |1 | | | | | |011 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: * STOCK UNITS ACCRUED THROUGH NORDSON'S DIRECTOR'S DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN AS OF 3/31/01 AND HAVE ACCRUED ON A PERIODIC BASIS. RECEIPT OF STOCK IS NOT PERMISSIBLE UNTIL THE DIRECTOR CEASES TO BE A DIRECTOR OR ATTAINS AGE 70, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST. ** GRANT TO REPORTING PERSON OF OPTION TO PURCHASE 3,958 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER NORDSON'S LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE PLAN, EXERCISABLE AT 100% BEGINNING 9/8/01. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON ROBERT E. VEILLETTE, ATTORNEY-IN-FACT DATE APRIL 10, 2001