President and Chief Executive Officer · NORDSON CORP (NDSN)

Sundaram Nagarajan

A named executive officer of NORDSON in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$8,153,900

FY2024: $8,566,276

1st of 6 named executive officers at Nordson by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for NORDSON, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed January 16, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Sundaram Nagarajan compensation by year

NORDSON Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as NORDSON reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$212,500$882,692$870,000$900,000$975,000$1,009,731$1,049,385
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$1,660,397$2,092,522$5,439,290$2,997,098$3,110,106$4,219,798$3,514,413
Option awards$0$1,628,219$1,970,346$2,475,660$2,012,792$1,740,010$1,519,547
Non-equity incentive$212,500$353,077$1,740,000$1,670,400$331,012$925,721$1,327,472
Pension and deferred compensation$69,136$290,917$239,445$327,553$443,516$559,095$677,468
All other$241,066$103,048$49,669$61,402$109,219$111,921$65,616
Total$2,395,599$5,350,475$10,308,750$8,432,113$6,981,645$8,566,276$8,153,900

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: NORDSON CORP DEF 14A filed January 16, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-014662, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the NORDSON CORP filed document, accession 0001193125-26-014662. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed January 16, 2026.

$2.4M
$5.4M
$10.3M
$8.4M
$7.0M
$8.6M
$8.2M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU12,980$3,010,711—
RSU12,410$2,878,500—
RSU8,852$2,053,221—
RSU4,964$1,151,400—
RSU3,462$803,011—
RSU1,476$342,358—
Option21,981—$209.73
Option16,104—$238.80
Option12,791—$240.01
Option7,750—$267.51

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in NORDSON CORP's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

3 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed January 16, 2026)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-02-24Exercise or conversion derivative—41,800$293.260
2026-02-24Exercise or conversion—41,800$165.21106,624
2026-02-24Sale—41,800$293.2664,824

The 3 most recent of 3 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments NORDSON discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause———$9,887,080
Disability———$5,321,822
Death———$5,321,822
Change in control and involuntary termination———$12,306,580
Retirement———$3,041,396

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in NORDSON CORP's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

NORDSON’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Sundaram Nagarajan · this pagePresident and Chief Executive Officer$8,153,900
Joseph KelleyExecutive Vice President$2,687,215
Stephen LovassFormer Executive Vice President$2,241,952
Daniel HopgoodExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$2,228,140
Srinivas SubramanianExecutive Vice President$1,964,850
Jennifer McDonoughExecutive Vice President$1,791,531

Board service

NORDSON board · FY2021–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: NORDSON pays directors a $100,000 cash retainer and $190,000 in RSUs. As stated in NORDSON's FY2025 proxy.

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How this record is built

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