Excess Defined Benefit Pension Plan

Exhibit 10-f-1


FIRST AMENDMENT
TO
NORDSON CORPORATION
EXCESS DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLAN


The Nordson Corporation Excess Defined Benefit Pension Plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), as originally established for the benefit of certain designated salaried employees effective as of November 1, 1985, is hereby amended, effective as January 1, 1989, to provide as follows:


1. Section 1.1 of the Plan is amended by the addition of a new paragraph (f) at the end thereof to provide as follows:


(f) The term "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. Reference to a section of the Code shall include such section and any compar ...