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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-21-006428"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WWD"
cik: "0000108312"
company_name: "Woodward, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-09-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T04:26:00.500210+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Woodward appoints Rajeev Bhalla to Board, effective Sept. 20, 2021

## Summary
- Bhalla, former EVP & CFO of CIRCOR International, appointed to Board and Audit Committee effective September 20, 2021.
- Board size increased from nine to ten directors; Bhalla will receive standard outside director compensation.
- Bhalla previously held CFO roles at Sikorsky, Pratt & Whitney, and was Corporate Controller at Lockheed Martin.
- He holds a BBA from UMass Amherst and is a CPA, bringing financial and aerospace expertise.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-21-006428
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WWD
- cik: 0000108312
- company_name: Woodward, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-09-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184321006428/0001171843-21-006428-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184321006428/f8k_091021.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-21-006428.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rajeev Bhalla was appointed as Director at Woodward, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 3, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Woodward, Inc. (“Woodward”) appointed Rajeev Bhalla to serve on the Board, effective upon the commencement of the meetings of the Board and its committees on September 20, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000117184321006428/0001171843-21-006428-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.