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Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

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Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

NORDSON CORPORATION
Date: December 14, 2018By:/s/ Gregory A. Thaxton
Gregory A. Thaxton
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Gregory A. Thaxton as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power to act alone, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

SignaturesTitleDate
/s/ Michael F. HiltonDirector, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)December 14, 2018
Michael F. Hilton
/s/ Gregory A. ThaxtonExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) (Principal Accounting Officer)December 14, 2018
Gregory A. Thaxton
/s/ Michael J. Merriman, Jr.Chairman of the BoardDecember 14, 2018
Michael J. Merriman, Jr.
/s/ Lee C. BanksDirectorDecember 14, 2018
Lee C. Banks
/s/ Randolph W. CarsonDirectorDecember 14, 2018
Randolph W. Carson
/s/ Arthur L. George, Jr.DirectorDecember 14, 2018
Arthur L. George, Jr.
/s/ Frank M. JaehnertDirectorDecember 14, 2018
Frank M. Jaehnert
/s/ Joseph P. KeithleyDirectorDecember 14, 2018
Joseph P. Keithley
/s/ Mary G. PumaDirectorDecember 14, 2018
Mary G. Puma
/s/ Victor L. Richey, Jr.DirectorDecember 14, 2018
Victor L. Richey, Jr.

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Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves

Balance atBalance
BeginningCharged toCurrencyat End
of YearExpenseDeductionsEffectsof Year
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
2016$4,5021,867945111$5,535
2017$5,5354,030349575$9,791
2018$9,7911,1851,189(207)$9,580
Inventory Obsolescence and Other Reserves
2016$28,2306,7196,096471$29,324
2017$29,3248,8884,530(542)$33,140
2018$33,14013,0418,930294$37,545

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