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As of November 30, 2022, there were 1,185 record shareholders.
−Removed: While we have historically paid dividends to shareholders of our common stock on a quarterly basis, the declaration and payment of future dividends will depend on many factors, including but not limited to, our earnings, financial condition, business development needs and regulatory considerations, and are at the discretion of our board of directors.
+Added: While we have historically paid dividends to holders of our common shares on a quarterly basis, the declaration and payment of future dividends will depend on many factors, including but not limited to, our earnings, financial condition, business development needs and regulatory considerations, and are at the discretion of our board of directors.
Performance Graph
−Removed: The following is a graph that compares the 10-year cumulative return, calculated on a dividend-reinvested basis, from investing $100 on November 1, 2011 in Nordson common shares, the S&P 500 Index, the S&P MidCap 400 Index, the S&P 500 Industrial Machinery Index, the S&P MidCap 400 Industrial Machinery Index and our Proxy Peer Group, which includes:
−Removed: AIN, AME, B, DCI, ENTG, EPAC, FLIR, GDI, GGG, GTLS, IEX, ITT, KEYS, LECO, NATI, ROP, TER, WTS, and WWD.
+Added: The following graph compares the 10-year cumulative return, calculated on a dividend-reinvested basis, from investing $100 on November 1, 2012 in Nordson common shares, the S&P 500 Index, the S&P MidCap 400 Index, the S&P 500 Industrial Machinery Index, the S&P MidCap 400 Industrial Machinery Index and our New Peer Group, which includes:
+Added: AME, B, DCI, ENTG, GGG, GTLS, IEX, ITT, KEYS, LECO, MKSI, NATI, TER, TRMB, WTS and WWD.
+Added: For 2022, the Company made changes to its peer group to remove Enerpac Tool Group Corp., Albany International Corp., Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc.
+Added: (fka Ingersoll Rand Inc.) and Roper Technologies, Inc., because each had fallen outside of the parameters used to establish the peer group and to add MKS Instruments, Inc.
+Added: and Trimble Inc., which fell within such parameters.
+Added: FLIR Systems, Inc.
+Added: was also removed from the New Peer Group because it was acquired by Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:
+Added: TDY) and ceased to be an independent public company.
Company/Market/Peer Group 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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Machinery $ 100.00 $ 138.84 $ 147.12 $ 123.15 $ 144.53 $ 207.30 $ 202.93 $ 241.15 $ 257.68 $ 366.04 $ 331.62
−Removed: Peer Group $ 100.00 $ 113.18 $ 156.53 $ 170.69 $ 166.65 $ 170.89 $ 257.95 $ 263.99 $ 338.06 $ 365.85 $ 538.56
+Added: New Peer Group $ 100.00 $ 138.62 $ 145.80 $ 136.18 $ 148.19 $ 226.15 $ 221.17 $ 290.09 $ 326.22 $ 493.24 $ 418.37
+Added: Old Peer Group $ 100.00 $ 138.31 $ 150.81 $ 147.25 $ 151.00 $ 227.92 $ 233.26 $ 298.70 $ 323.26 $ 475.86 $ 419.71
Zack’s Investment Research
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In August 2018, the board of directors authorized the repurchase of an additional $500,000 of the Company’s common shares.
+Added: In September 2022, the board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $500,000 of the Company's common shares.
Approximately $631,782 of the total $1,500,000 authorized remained available for share repurchases at October 31, 2022.
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Shares purchased are treated as treasury shares until used for such purposes.
−Removed: The repurchase program is being funded using cash from operations and proceeds from borrowings under our credit facilities.
+Added: The repurchase program will be funded using cash from operations and proceeds from borrowings under our credit facilities.
+Added: The repurchase program does not have an expiration date.
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