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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-360911"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WWD"
cik: "0000108312"
company_name: "Woodward, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-21T18:51:40+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-21T18:53:11.807841+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Woodward issues $450M senior notes in three tranches due 2029-2033

## Summary
- Aggregate $450M senior unsecured notes: $150M each Series U (2029), V (2030), W (2033).
- Rates: 5.34% (2029), 5.39% (2030), 5.64% (2033); step-up to +0.75% if leverage >3.5x.
- Closing scheduled Sept 30, 2026; interest semi-annual starting Mar 30, 2027.
- Guaranteed by subsidiaries MPC Products and Woodward HRT; customary covenants and events of default.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-360911
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WWD
- cik: 0000108312
- company_name: Woodward, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-21T18:51:40+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000119312526360911/0001193125-26-360911-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108312/000119312526360911/wwd-20260819.htm

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