Eligibility. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, an ISO may only be granted to full or part-time employees (including officers) of the Company or of an Affiliate, provided that the Affiliate is a Parent or Subsidiary.

Eligibility. The Committee shall designate the Participants, if any, for each Performance Period. An Eligible Officer who is designated as a Participant for a given Performance Period is not guaranteed of being selected as a Participant for any other Performance Period.

Eligibility. The Board may grant Awards to any Eligible Director, whether or not he or she has previously received an Award.

Eligibility. Nonstatutory Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares and Performance Units may be granted to Service Providers. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees.

Eligibility. Each Participant whose employment is involuntarily terminated shall receive Severance Pay; provided, however, that Severance Pay shall not be paid to any Participant who:

Eligibility. All employees of the Company and all employees of any subsidiary of the Company (as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code) designated by the Board or the Committee from time to time (a “Designated Subsidiary”), are eligible to participate in any one or more of the offerings of Purchase Rights (as defined in Section 9) to purchase Common Stock under the Plan provided that:

Eligibility. Effective as of August 1, 2021, notwithstanding any other Plan provisions restricting withdrawals prior to severance from employment, a Participant may take a distribution of up to $5,000 from his vested Account balance during the one-year period beginning on the date on which the child of the Participant is born or the legal adoption by the Participant of an Eligible Adoptee is finalized (a “Qualified Birth or Adoption Distribution”). This $5,000 limit shall be reduced by any Qualified Birth or Adoption Distributions previously received by the Participant with respect to the same child or Eligible Adoptee under this Plan or any other similar distribution under any other plan maintained by the Company or any Affiliated Employer. For the avoidance of doubt, # if each parent of the child or Eligible Adoptee is a Participant in the Plan, each parent may receive a Qualified Birth or Adoption Distribution with respect to such child or Eligible Adoptee, and # each Participant is entitled to receive Qualified Birth or Adoption Distributions with respect to the birth of more than one child or the adoption of more than one Eligible Adoptee. For purposes of Code Sections 401(a)(31), 402(f), and 3405, a Qualified Birth or Adoption Distribution shall not be treated as an eligible rollover distribution. In order to be eligible to receive a Qualified Birth or Adoption Distribution under this [Section 12.14(b)], the Participant must certify that he or she is eligible for such Qualified Birth or Adoption Distribution in accordance with the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (“SECURE Act”), in a form that is satisfactory to the Administrative Committee or its delegate.

ELIGIBILITY. An Eligible Director shall become a Participant upon completion of an Election (as defined in Section 4) or as otherwise provided in Section 4.

ELIGIBILITY. Persons eligible to participate in this Plan include # all officers and key employees of the Company, as determined by the Committee, including Employees who are members of the Board and Employees who reside in countries other than the United States of America and # all Nonemployee Directors.

Eligibility. An Employee who is a Participant in the Employees’ Savings Trust Plan and or the Non-Union ESOP whose benefits under either Plan have been limited by [Section 401(a)(17)], [Section 401(k)(3)], [Section 401(m)], [Section 402(g)(1)] or Section 415 of the Code, including limitations on tax-deferred and employer-matching contributions, shall be eligible for an excess retirement benefit determined by Section 2.2; provided, however, that an Employee who is a participant in the 2005 Nordson Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan with respect to any year shall not be entitled to an excess retirement benefit under this Plan with respect to such year. In addition, in the event that the Tax Deferred Contributions of an eligible Employee under the Employees’ Savings Trust Plan are limited by the provisions of [Section 401(a)(17)], [Section 401(k)(3)], Section 415 or 402(g)(1) of the Code, such eligible Employee may elect to defer payment of a portion of his compensation under this Plan to make up for that portion of his compensation that otherwise could have been made as Tax Deferred Contributions but for these limitations. The deferred payment election shall be made in writing by the eligible Employee and delivered to the Company prior to the beginning of a Plan Year. The election shall be irrevocable until the first day of the next Plan Year. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, any reference in Section 2.1 and 2.2 hereunder to the limitations imposed by Section 402(g)(1) of the Code shall automatically include any amendments to such limitation to reflect cost of living increases.