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Nordson acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Nordson bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

Business	Deal	When	Value
ARAG Group Word for word“The all-cash ARAG acquisition of approximately €957,000, net of the repayment of approximately €30,300 of debt of the acquired companies, was funded using borrowings under the 364-Day Term Loan Facility and the Company's revolving credit facility.” 10-K for 2023	agreed acquisition	—	approximately €957,000
CyberOptics Corporation Word for word“We acquired CyberOptics for an aggregate purchase price of $ 377,843 , net of cash of approximately $ 40,890 , funded using borrowings under our revolving credit facility and cash on hand.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	—	$ 377,843
NDC Technologies Word for word“We acquired NDC for an aggregate purchase price of $ 171,613 , net of cash of approximately $ 7,533 and other working capital adjustments of $ 2,763 , utilizing cash on hand.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	—	$ 171,613
Atrion Corporation Word for word“On August 21, 2024, the Company completed the acquisition of Atrion, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement with Merger Sub and Atrion.” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	On August 21, 2024	—
select product lines in the medical contract manufacturing business Word for word“On September 2, 2025 we completed the sale of select product lines in the medical contract manufacturing business within the Medical and Fluid Solutions segment.” 10-K for 2025	divestiture	On September 2, 2025	—

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-10-31	$42.6 million	$25.2 million
2017-10-31	$805.9 million	$470.2 million
2018-10-31	$50.6 million	$24.7 million
2019-10-31	$12.5 million	$9.2 million
2020-10-31	$142.4 million	$90.4 million
2021-10-31	$0	—
2022-10-31	$171.6 million	$131.1 million
2023-10-31	−$1.42 billion	$980.2 million
2024-10-31	−$790 million	$484.3 million
2025-10-31	—	$14.1 million

Deal filings since 2016

2026-02-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-09-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-06-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-05-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-09-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-08-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-06-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-04-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-01-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-11-03 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2022-08-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-05-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-06-28 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-05-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-04-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-04-05 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2017-02-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Read from Nordson’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2025-12-17. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.