UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~January~~February 3018, 2026

NORDSON CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Ohio	000-07977	34-0590250
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)


28601 Clemens Road Westlake, Ohio 44145 (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: 440-892-1580

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NDSN

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Item 12.0102. ~~Entry~~Results ~~into~~of aOperations ~~Material~~and ~~Definitive~~Financial ~~Agreement~~Condition.

On ~~January 30~~February 18, 2026, Nordson Corporation ~~(the~~issued ~~“Company”)~~a ~~entered~~press ~~into~~release anrelating ~~Amended~~to ~~and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Revolving Credit Agreement”) with~~ its ~~subsidiary,~~results ~~Nordson Engineering GmbH, a private limited liability company organized and existing under the laws~~ of ~~Germany,~~operations ~~registered~~for ~~with~~ the ~~commercial~~first ~~register~~quarter of ~~the~~fiscal local court of Lüneburg under number HRB 999 (“Nordson GmbH”), with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the “Revolving Agent”), various financial institutions named therein as lenders and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, BofA Securities, Inc2026.~~, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.~~ A., ~~Morgan~~copy ~~Stanley~~is ~~Senior~~attached ~~Funding, Inc., and PNC Capital Markets LLC,~~ as ~~Joint~~Exhibit ~~Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners~~99. ~~The Revolving Credit Agreement amended and restated the Company’s current unsecured senior credit agreement, dated June 6, 2023, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent~~1.

~~The~~Item ~~Revolving~~7.01. Regulation ~~Credit~~FD ~~Agreement:~~ Disclosure.

~~•provides~~Nordson ~~for~~Corporation will provide additional commentary on first quarter fiscal 2026 results and outlook during a $1webcast on Thursday,~~200~~ ~~million~~February ~~senior~~19, ~~unsecured~~2026 ~~multicurrency~~at ~~revolving~~8:30 ~~credit~~a.m. ~~facility~~eastern (time, which can be accessed at https://investors.nordson.com. For persons unable to listen to the ~~“Revolving~~live ~~Credit~~broadcast, ~~Facility”);~~a replay will be available after the event.

~~•provides~~As ~~that~~provided in General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the ~~loans~~information ~~under~~contained in Items 2.02 and 7.01 of this Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the ~~Revolving~~Securities ~~Credit~~Exchange ~~Facility~~Act ~~will~~of 1934, as amended, nor shall any such information be ~~funded~~deemed to be incorporated by ~~the~~reference ~~lenders~~in ~~upon~~any filing under the ~~satisfaction~~Securities Act of ~~certain~~1933, ~~customary~~as ~~conditions~~amended, ~~precedent;~~except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

•matures on January 30, 2031;

•permits borrowings in U.S. Dollars, Euros, Sterling, Swiss Francs, Singapore Dollars, Japanese Yen, and each other currency approved by the Revolving Agent and the Revolving Credit Banks (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement);

•includes an $85 million sub-facility for standby letters of credit, a $100 million sub-facility for swingline loans, and a sub-limit for multicurrency borrowings available in Euros, Sterling, Swiss Francs, Singapore Dollars, Japanese Yen, and certain other currencies in the equivalent of $425 million;

•contains certain representations and warranties that the Company believes are usual and customary for a senior unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facility;

•contains certain covenants that the Company believes are usual and customary for a senior unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facility, including compliance with a leverage ratio and an interest coverage ratio, and certain covenants that restrict, among other things, the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to: incur debt; incur liens; merge or consolidate with other companies or sell assets outside the ordinary course of business; and

•contains events of default usual and customary for a senior unsecured multicurrency revolving credit facility (subject to grace periods, as appropriate) including among others: nonpayment of principal, interest or fees; breach of the representations or warranties; breach of the financial, affirmative or negative covenants; default of payment on, or accelerations of, other material indebtedness; bankruptcy or insolvency; material judgments entered against the Company or any of its subsidiaries; certain specified events under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended; certain changes in control of the Company; and the invalidity or unenforceability of the Revolving Credit Agreement or other documents associated with the Revolving Credit Agreement.

The loans under the Revolving Credit Agreement bear interest at the sum of (i) either a base rate or, depending on the currency, a SOFR rate, EURIBOR rate, TIBOR rate, SORA rate, SONIA rate or SARON rate (each as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) plus (ii) an applicable margin. The applicable margin is based on either the Company’s Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement) or then current Debt Rating (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement).

Proceeds of the Revolving Credit Facility are available for use by the Company and Nordson GmbH for working capital, acquisitions, and other general corporate purposes, including refinancing existing debt of the Company and its subsidiaries. In connection with the closing of the Revolving Credit Facility, the Company used proceeds of the Revolving Credit Facility to repay and retire $248.0 million of outstanding term loans under the Company’s prior credit facility.

The foregoing description of the Revolving Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Revolving Credit Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility and/or their affiliates have in the past performed, and may in the future from time to time perform, investment banking, financial advisory, lending and/or commercial banking services, or other services from the Company and its subsidiaries (including in connection with the transactions described in this Current Report on Form 8-K), for which they have received, and may in the future receive, customary compensation and expense reimbursement.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of the Registrant.

The description contained under Item 1.01 above is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 2.03.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

10.1						Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2026, by and among Nordson Corporation, as Borrower, Nordson Engineering GmbH, as German Borrower, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and various financial institutions named therein as lenders.
99.1						Press release of Nordson Corporation dated February 18, 2026.
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the ~~Inline~~inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

		NORDSON CORPORATION
Date:	February 218, 2026	By:	/s/ ~~Daniel~~Joseph ~~Hopgood~~Rutledge
			Daniel Hopgood
			Joseph Rutledge
			Executive Vice President andChief Financial Officer
			Chief Accounting Officer

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