---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-007783"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WWD"
cik: "0000108312"
company_name: "Woodward, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T16:23:38.188757+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Woodward stockholders elect three directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify auditor at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Charles P. Blankenship, John D. Cohn, and Daniel G. Korte elected to three-year terms with >45M votes each; broker non-votes 5,655,789.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 46,494,750 for, 2,610,876 against, 207,077 abstain.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for FY2024 approved: 53,447,288 for, 1,435,982 against, 85,222 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-007783
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WWD
- cik: 0000108312
- company_name: Woodward, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000095017024007783/0000950170-24-007783-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000095017024007783/wwd-20240124.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Woodward, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending September 30, 2024 at the 2024-01-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-24
  source text: Proposal 3. Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending September 30, 2024: For 53,447,288 Against 1,435,982 Abstain 85,222 Broker Non-Votes 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000095017024007783/0000950170-24-007783-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Woodward, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2024-01-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-24
  source text: Proposal 2. Advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: For 46,494,750 Against 2,610,876 Abstain 207,077 Broker Non-Votes 5,655,789
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000095017024007783/0000950170-24-007783-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Woodward, Inc. shareholders approved Election of three directors for a three-year term to hold office until the Company's 2026 Annual Meeting to be held in or about January 2027 at the 2024-01-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-01-24
  source text: Proposal 1. Election of three directors for a three-year term to hold office until the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting to be held in or about January 2027: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Charles P. Blankenship 45,909,926 3,275,331 127,445 5,655,789 John D. Cohn 46,455,808 2,716,807 140,087 5,655,789 Daniel G. Korte 46,008,112 3,163,715 140,875 5,655,789
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000095017024007783/0000950170-24-007783-index.htm

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