Westlake, Ohio-Based Nordson Corp's Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Benefits Increase Was a Blistering 19.9% Per Year During the Eight Years (2009-2016) That Joe Biden Was US VP

From Company Proxy Statement filings with the SEC, below are Nordson Corp's Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive full years of employment for the most recent ten years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Oct	Oct		Oct	Oct		Oct	Oct		Oct	Oct		Oct	Oct
Nordson Corp	2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014		2014	2013
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Hilton CEO	6,997	6,748		6,748	6,429		6,429	5,640		5,640	5,494		5,494	4,429
Thaxton CFO	1,962	2,288		2,288	2,419		2,419	2,084		2,084	2,249		2,249	1,340
Keane EVP	1,849	2,022		2,022	2,215		2,215	1,874		1,874	2,150		2,150	1,275
Merk EVP	1,394	1,871		1,871	1,913		1,913	1,417		1,417	1,743		1,743	1,503
Veillette General Counsel				1,718	1,660		1,660	1,520		1,520	1,707
Totals	12,202	12,929		14,647	14,636		14,636	12,535		12,535	13,343		11,636	8,547
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	-5.6%			0.1%			16.8%			-6.1%			36.1%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		8.3%
	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	Oct	Oct		Oct	Oct		Oct	Oct		Oct	Oct		Oct	Oct
Nordson Corp	2013	2012		2012	2011		2011	2010		2010	2009		2009	2008
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Hilton CEO	4,429	4,582		4,582	4,515		N/A	N/A
Thaxton CFO	1,340	1,871		1,871	1,685		1,685	1,281		1,281	882		908	739
Keane EVP	1,275	2,216		2,216	1,973		1,973	1,689		1,689	1,213		1,365	1,201
Merk EVP	1,503	867
Lambert SVP	974	1,387		1,387	1,592		1,592	1,107		1,107	748
Bloomfield VP							1,379	1,005
Campbell Former Chair and CEO										N/A	N/A		8,307	3,908
Groos VP													492	1,623
Totals	9,521	10,923		10,056	9,765		6,629	5,082		4,077	2,843		11,072	7,471
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	-12.8%			3.0%			30.4%			43.4%			48.2%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		22.4%
10 Year Average Per Year % Change		15.3%
8 Years (2009-2016) Average Per Year % Change When Joe Biden Was US VP		19.9%