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WOODWARD INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and WOODWARD INC.’s Form 8-K, filed January 26, 2024 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 18, 2026.

5Ballot items
397Asset managers
2,234Fund votes
January 24, 2024Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of January 24, 2024: 5 items on WOODWARD INC.’s Form 8-K, filed January 26, 2024: 5 without a stated outcome.

Material dissent

None.

Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided

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Official 2023-2024 meeting results reported by WOODWARD INC.

These tallies are WOODWARD INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed January 26, 2024 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.

WOODWARD INC. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held January 24, 2024
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Support (of votes cast)	Reported outcome	Voting standard
Elect Director: Charles P. Blankenship	45,909,926	3,275,331	127,445	--	5,655,789	93%	Not verified	—
Elect Director: John D. Cohn	46,455,808	2,716,807	140,087	--	5,655,789	94%	Not verified	—
Elect Director: Daniel G. Korte	46,008,112	3,163,715	140,875	--	5,655,789	94%	Not verified	—
2. Advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers	46,494,750	2,610,876	207,077	--	5,655,789	95%	Not verified	—
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	53,447,288	1,435,982	85,222	--	0	97%	Not verified	—

This meeting is also recorded here as January 25, 2024; both records come from the same filing, so the date should be checked against it.

Source: WOODWARD INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 26, 2024 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the WOODWARD INC. 2023-2024 meeting

Each item below shows how the 397 asset managers that disclosed a WOODWARD INC. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.

1. Elect Director: Charles P. Blankenship

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 7 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

93% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 93%

FOR: 45,909,926AGAINST: 3,275,331

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 94 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Elect as directors the three nominees identified in this proxy statement, each to serve for a term of three years: Charles P. Blankenship, Jr.

WOODWARD INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Charles P. Blankenship”): 45,909,926 for, 3,275,331 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 26, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 94 asset managers below reported 21,238,006 for, 654,361 against, 13,481 abstained, 2,220 unknown.

FOR

FOR: 21,238,006AGAINST: 654,361ABSTAIN: 13,481UNKNOWN: 2,220

Largest asset managers voting on “Elect as directors the three nominees identified in this proxy statement, each to serve for a term of three ye” at WOODWARD INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	6,114,356	0	0	For
BlackRock	3,963,802	0	0	For
AMCAP FUND	2,579,338	0	0	For
Fidelity	1,836,900	0	0	For
State Street	906,549	0	0	For
JPMorgan	739,112	0	0	For
Calvert	0	625,257	0	Against
Charles Schwab	507,098	0	0	For
Dimensional	504,924	0	0	For
TIAA	359,563	0	0	For
T. Rowe Price	324,601	0	0	For
Global X	303,701	0	0	For
Invesco	296,350	0	0	For
Goldman Sachs	232,871	0	0	For
Royce	232,215	0	0	For
Brown Advisory Funds	199,619	0	0	For
Equitable	197,952	0	0	For
Jackson National	187,401	0	0	For
Principal	156,878	0	0	For
Value Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund, Inc.	93,000	0	0	For
CARILLON SERIES TRUST	90,344	0	0	For
Brighthouse	75,878	0	13,481	Mixed
AIG/SunAmerica	82,006	0	0	For
Allspring	79,146	0	0	For
John Hancock	76,222	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 94 asset managers. See all 94 in the interactive database.

2. Elect Director: Daniel G. Korte

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

94% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 94%

FOR: 46,008,112AGAINST: 3,163,715

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 94 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Elect as directors the three nominees identified in this proxy statement, each to serve for a term of three years: Daniel G. Korte

WOODWARD INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Daniel G. Korte”): 46,008,112 for, 3,163,715 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 26, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 94 asset managers below reported 20,202,784 for, 1,689,583 against, 13,481 abstained, 2,220 unknown.

FOR

FOR: 20,202,784AGAINST: 1,689,583ABSTAIN: 13,481UNKNOWN: 2,220

Largest asset managers voting on “Elect as directors the three nominees identified in this proxy statement, each to serve for a term of three ye” at WOODWARD INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	6,114,356	0	0	For
BlackRock	3,963,802	0	0	For
AMCAP FUND	2,579,338	0	0	For
Fidelity	1,836,900	0	0	For
State Street	906,549	0	0	For
JPMorgan	739,112	0	0	For
Calvert	0	625,257	0	Against
Charles Schwab	507,098	0	0	For
Dimensional	504,924	0	0	For
TIAA	359,563	0	0	For
T. Rowe Price	0	324,601	0	Against
Global X	303,701	0	0	For
Invesco	0	296,350	0	Against
Goldman Sachs	21,426	211,445	0	Mixed
Royce	232,215	0	0	For
Brown Advisory Funds	199,619	0	0	For
Equitable	106,710	91,242	0	Mixed
Jackson National	187,401	0	0	For
Principal	156,878	0	0	For
Value Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund, Inc.	93,000	0	0	For
CARILLON SERIES TRUST	90,344	0	0	For
Brighthouse	25,893	49,985	13,481	Mixed
AIG/SunAmerica	82,006	0	0	For
Allspring	79,146	0	0	For
John Hancock	76,222	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 94 asset managers. See all 94 in the interactive database.

3. Elect Director: John D. Cohn

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

94% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 94%

FOR: 46,455,808AGAINST: 2,716,807

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 94 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Elect as directors the three nominees identified in this proxy statement, each to serve for a term of three years: John D. Cohn

WOODWARD INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: John D. Cohn”): 46,455,808 for, 2,716,807 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 26, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

The 94 asset managers below reported 21,485,807 for, 406,560 against, 13,481 abstained, 2,220 unknown.

FOR

FOR: 21,485,807AGAINST: 406,560ABSTAIN: 13,481UNKNOWN: 2,220

Largest asset managers voting on “Elect as directors the three nominees identified in this proxy statement, each to serve for a term of three ye” at WOODWARD INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	6,114,356	0	0	For
BlackRock	3,963,802	0	0	For
AMCAP FUND	2,579,338	0	0	For
Fidelity	1,836,900	0	0	For
State Street	906,549	0	0	For
JPMorgan	739,112	0	0	For
Calvert	625,257	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	507,098	0	0	For
Dimensional	504,924	0	0	For
TIAA	359,563	0	0	For
T. Rowe Price	0	324,601	0	Against
Global X	303,701	0	0	For
Invesco	296,350	0	0	For
Goldman Sachs	232,871	0	0	For
Royce	232,215	0	0	For
Brown Advisory Funds	199,619	0	0	For
Equitable	197,952	0	0	For
Jackson National	187,401	0	0	For
Principal	156,878	0	0	For
Value Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund, Inc.	93,000	0	0	For
CARILLON SERIES TRUST	90,344	0	0	For
Brighthouse	25,893	49,985	13,481	Mixed
AIG/SunAmerica	82,006	0	0	For
Allspring	79,146	0	0	For
John Hancock	76,222	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 94 asset managers. See all 94 in the interactive database.

4. 2. Advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers

Outcome not verified Fund totals may overlapSECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 14 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

95% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 95%

FOR: 46,494,750AGAINST: 2,610,876

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 388 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Vote on an advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers;

WOODWARD INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers”): 46,494,750 for, 2,610,876 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 26, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports: 93 asset managers voting on “Vote on an advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers;” at WOODWARD INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	6,114,356	0	0	For
BlackRock	3,963,802	0	0	For
AMCAP FUND	2,579,338	0	0	For
Fidelity	1,836,900	0	0	For
State Street	906,549	0	0	For
JPMorgan	739,112	0	0	For
Calvert	0	625,257	0	Against
Charles Schwab	507,098	0	0	For
Dimensional	504,924	0	0	For
TIAA	359,563	0	0	For
T. Rowe Price	324,601	0	0	For
Global X	303,701	0	0	For
Invesco	296,350	0	0	For
Goldman Sachs	232,871	0	0	For
Royce	232,215	0	0	For
Brown Advisory Funds	199,619	0	0	For
Equitable	197,952	0	0	For
Jackson National	187,401	0	0	For
Principal	156,878	0	0	For
Value Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund, Inc.	93,000	0	0	For
CARILLON SERIES TRUST	90,344	0	0	For
Brighthouse	75,878	0	13,481	Mixed
AIG/SunAmerica	82,006	0	0	For
Allspring	79,146	0	0	For
John Hancock	76,222	0	0	For

Fund voting reports, all 93 managers: 21,247,376 for, 644,991 against, 13,481 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 321 asset managers voting on “Vote on an advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers;” at WOODWARD INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Capital Research Global Investors	4,305,684	0	For
EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	3,215,487	0	For
State Street	2,084,987	0	For
BlackRock	1,942,664	437	For
Fidelity	1,003,131	163,220	Mixed
COOKE & BIELER LP	1,076,911	0	For
EARNEST PARTNERS LLC	1,025,892	0	For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	949,141	0	For
SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P	705,889	0	For
Calvert	0	635,883	Against
JPMorgan	607,833	0	For
BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO	600,446	0	For
BROWN ADVISORY INC	570,398	0	For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	565,202	0	For
Charles Schwab	515,281	0	For
HAWK RIDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP	506,608	0	For
T. Rowe Price	465,315	0	For
Two Sigma	383,258	0	For
Nuveen	377,225	0	For
PENSIOENFONDS RAIL & OV	0	327,205	Against
Invesco	320,495	0	For
EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC	282,452	0	For
Northern Trust	269,261	0	For
Point72	262,482	0	For
PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS	222,363	0	For

Institutional-manager reports, all 321 managers: 26,890,042 for, 1,631,138 against, 3,952 abstained, 38 not voted, 2,234 unknown, 400 1 year. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

5. 3. Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting…

Outcome not verifiedAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 7 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

97% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 97%

FOR: 53,447,288AGAINST: 1,435,982

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 94 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024; and

WOODWARD INC.’s own tally for this item (“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”): 53,447,288 for, 1,435,982 against, per its Form 8-K filed January 26, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 94 asset managers below reported 21,892,093 for, 274 against, 13,481 abstained, 2,220 unknown.

FOR

FOR: 21,892,093AGAINST: 274ABSTAIN: 13,481UNKNOWN: 2,220

Largest asset managers voting on “Ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm” at WOODWARD INC., 2023-2024
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	6,114,356	0	For
BlackRock	3,963,802	0	For
AMCAP FUND	2,579,338	0	For
Fidelity	1,836,900	0	For
State Street	906,549	0	For
JPMorgan	739,112	0	For
Calvert	625,257	0	For
Charles Schwab	507,098	0	For
Dimensional	504,924	0	For
TIAA	359,563	0	For
T. Rowe Price	324,601	0	For
Global X	303,701	0	For
Invesco	296,350	0	For
Goldman Sachs	232,871	0	For
Royce	232,215	0	For
Brown Advisory Funds	199,619	0	For
Equitable	197,952	0	For
Jackson National	187,401	0	For
Principal	156,878	0	For
Value Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund, Inc.	93,000	0	For
CARILLON SERIES TRUST	90,344	0	For
Brighthouse	75,878	13,481	Mixed
AIG/SunAmerica	82,006	0	For
Allspring	79,146	0	For
John Hancock	76,222	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 94 asset managers. See all 94 in the interactive database.

Largest WOODWARD INC. shareholders voting in 2023-2024

Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 60,032,056 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Fund voting reports: top WOODWARD INC. shareholders by shares voted on “Vote on an advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive…”, 2023-2024
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Vanguard	10.19%
2	BlackRock	6.60%
3	AMCAP FUND	4.30%
4	Fidelity	3.06%
5	State Street	1.51%
6	JPMorgan	1.23%
7	Calvert	1.04%
8	Charles Schwab	0.84%
9	Dimensional	0.84%
10	TIAA	0.60%

Institutional-manager reports: top WOODWARD INC. shareholders by shares voted on “Vote on an advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive…”, 2023-2024
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Capital Research Global Investors	7.17%
2	EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	5.36%
3	State Street	3.47%
4	BlackRock	3.24%
5	Fidelity	1.94%
6	COOKE & BIELER LP	1.79%
7	EARNEST PARTNERS LLC	1.71%
8	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	1.58%
9	SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P	1.18%
10	Calvert	1.06%

Reported WOODWARD INC. holdings and ownership

As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.

WOODWARD INC. holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2023-2024 proxy season
Holder	% outstanding	Disclosure
BlackRock	9.96%	13F
Vanguard Group	9.39%	13F
State Street	3.86%	13F
FMR (Fidelity)	2.99%	13F
Geode Capital	1.92%	13F
JPMorgan Chase	1.20%	13F
Dimensional Fund Advisors	1.13%	13F
Morgan Stanley	1.00%	13F
Northern Trust	0.94%	13F
BNY Mellon	0.88%	13F

Percentages above are of 60,032,056 shares outstanding, as reported by WOODWARD INC. on its Form 10-K dated November 17, 2023 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2023-2024 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.

About this page

Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from WOODWARD INC.’s 10-K dated November 17, 2023. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 18, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At WOODWARD INC.'s shareholder meeting held January 24, 2024, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 397 asset managers reported how they voted on 5 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 2,234 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — Vote on an advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive… — FOR was 95% of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side), which is more than half. Whether the item was approved is for the filing to say; that statement has not been read for this item. Source: WOODWARD INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2024.

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