EX-10.2



 Exhibit 10.2 

Execution Version 

WOODWARD, INC. 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT 

As of May 31, 2018 
 To the Noteholders (as
defined below): 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 

Woodward, Inc. (hereinafter, together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”) agrees with you as follows: 

 

	1.	PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS. 

  

	 	1.1.	Note Issuances, etc. 

 Pursuant to that certain Note Purchase
Agreement dated October 1, 2013 (as in effect immediately prior to giving effect to the Amendments (as defined below) provided for hereby, the “Existing Note Purchase Agreement”, and as amended by this Amendment Agreement (as
defined below) and as may be further amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Note Purchase Agreement”) the Company issued and sold (a) Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) in aggregate principal amount of
its Series G Senior Notes due November 15, 2020 (as may be amended, restated, modified or replaced from time to time, together with any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of the Note Purchase Agreement, the
“Series G Notes”), (b) Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) in aggregate principal amount of its Series H Senior Notes due November 15, 2023 (as may be amended, restated, modified or replaced from time to time,
together with any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of the Note Purchase Agreement, the “Series H Notes”), (c) Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) in aggregate principal amount of its
Series I Senior Notes due November 15, 2025 (as may be amended, restated, modified or replaced from time to time, together with any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of the Note Purchase Agreement, the
“Series I Notes”), (d) Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) in aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Series J Senior Notes due November 15, 2020 (as may be amended, restated, modified or replaced from time to
time, together with any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of the Note Purchase Agreement, the “Series J Notes”), (e) Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) in aggregate principal amount of its
Series K Senior Notes due November 15, 2023 (as may be amended, restated, modified or replaced from time to time, together with any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of the Note Purchase Agreement, the
“Series K Notes”), and (f) Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) in aggregate principal amount of its Series L Senior Notes due November 15, 2025 (as may be amended, restated, modified or replaced from time to time, together
with any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section 13 of the Note Purchase Agreement, the “Series L Notes”, and the Series L Notes, together with the Series G Notes, the Series H Notes, the Series I Notes,
the Series J Notes and the Series K Notes, collectively, the “Notes”). The register for the registration and transfer of the Notes indicates that the parties named in Annex 1 (the “Noteholders”) to this Amendment
No. 1 to Note Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment Agreement”) are currently the holders of the entire outstanding principal amount of the Notes. 








	2.	DEFINED TERMS. 

 Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Existing Note Purchase Agreement. 
  

	3.	AMENDMENTS. 

 The Company agrees and, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Section 6 of this Amendment Agreement, the Noteholders agree to the amendment of certain provisions of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement as provided for by Section 4 of this Amendment Agreement (collectively, the
“Amendments”). 
  

	4.	AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT. 

 The Existing Note Purchase
Agreement is hereby and shall be amended in the manner specified in Exhibit A to this Amendment Agreement. 
  

	5.	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. 

 To induce you to enter into this
Amendment Agreement and to consent to the Amendments, the Company represents and warrants as follows: 
  

	 	5.1.	Reaffirmation of Representations and Warranties. 

 All of the representations and
warranties contained in Section 5 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement are correct with the same force and effect as if made by the Company on the date hereof except to the extent (a) that any of such representations and warranties
relate by their terms to a prior date, (b) otherwise disclosed in the periodic and current reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission since the Second Closing or set forth in the Offering Memorandum relating to
that certain Note Purchase Agreement, dated May 31, 2018, by and among the Company and the purchasers party thereto, a copy of which has been delivered to the Noteholders or (c) set forth on Schedule 5.1 attached hereto. 

 

	 	5.2.	Organization, Power and Authority, etc. 

 The Company has all requisite corporate power
and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Amendment Agreement. 
  

	 	5.3.	Legal Validity. 

 The execution and delivery of this Amendment Agreement by the Company
and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder and under the Note Purchase Agreement and the Notes: (a) are within the corporate powers of the Company; and (b) do not violate or result in any breach of, constitute a default
under, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any property of the Company under the provisions of: (i) its charter documents; (ii) any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to
either the Company or its property; or (iii) any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its property may be bound or any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority
applicable to the Company or its property. 
 This Amendment Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the
Company, has been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with


  
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its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium, or other similar laws affecting the enforceability of
creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 
  

	 	5.4.	No Defaults. 

 No event has occurred and no condition exists that: (a) would
constitute a Default or an Event of Default or (b) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 
  

	 	5.5.	Disclosure. 

 This Amendment Agreement and the documents, certificates or other writings
delivered to the Noteholders by or on behalf of the Company in connection therewith, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
in light of the circumstances under which they were made. There is no fact known to the Company that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in the other documents, certificates and other
writings delivered to the Noteholders by or on behalf of the Company specifically for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment Agreement. 
  

	6.	EFFECTIVENESS OF AMENDMENTS. 

 The Amendments shall become effective only upon the date
of the satisfaction in full of the following conditions precedent: 
  

	 	6.1.	Execution and Delivery of this Amendment Agreement. 

 The Company and the Noteholders
shall have executed and delivered this Amendment Agreement. 
  

	 	6.2.	Execution and Delivery of Guarantor Acknowledgement. 

 Each Guarantor shall have executed
and delivered the Guarantor Acknowledgement attached to this Amendment Agreement as Annex 2. 
  

	 	6.3.	Representations and Warranties True. 

 The representations and warranties set forth in
Section 5 shall be true and correct on such date in all respects. 
  

	 	6.4.	Authorization. 

 The Company shall have authorized, by all necessary action, the
execution, delivery and performance of all documents, agreements and certificates in connection with this Amendment Agreement. 
  

	 	6.5.	Amendment to Series M Note Purchase Agreement. 

 Each of the Noteholders shall have
received, on or before the date hereof, a fully executed copy of the Amendment No. 1 to Note Purchase Agreement dated as of May 31, 2018, by and among the 

  
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Company and the Noteholders (as defined therein) party thereto with respect to that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated September 23, 2016 by and among the Company and the purchasers
listed in Schedule A thereto, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Noteholders, and the conditions to the effectiveness thereof shall have been satisfied or waived. 

 

	 	6.6.	Amendment to N and O Note Purchase Agreement. 

 Each of the Noteholders shall have
received, on or before the date hereof, a fully executed copy of the Amendment No. 1 to Note Purchase Agreement dated as of May 31, 2018, by and among the Company and the Noteholders (as defined therein) party thereto with respect to that
certain Note Purchase Agreement dated September 23, 2016 by and among Woodward International Holding B.V., the Company and the purchasers listed in Schedule A thereto, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Noteholders, and the
conditions to the effectiveness thereof shall have been satisfied or waived. 
  

	 	6.7.	Special Counsel Fees. 

 The Company shall have paid the reasonable fees and disbursements
of Noteholders’ special counsel in accordance with Section 7 below. 
  

	 	6.8.	Proceedings Satisfactory. 

 All proceedings taken in connection with this Amendment
Agreement and all documents and papers relating thereto shall be satisfactory to the Noteholders signatory hereto and their special counsel, and such Noteholders and their special counsel shall have received copies of such documents and papers as
they or their special counsel may reasonably request in connection herewith. 
  

	7.	EXPENSES. 

 Whether or not the Amendments become effective, the Company will promptly
(and in any event within thirty (30) days of receiving any statement or invoice therefor) pay all reasonable fees, expenses and costs of your special counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, incurred in connection with the preparation,
negotiation and delivery of this Amendment Agreement and any other documents related thereto. Nothing in this Section shall limit the Company’s obligations pursuant to Section 15.1 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement. 

 

	8.	MISCELLANEOUS. 

  

	 	8.1.	Part of Existing Note Purchase Agreement; Future References, etc. 

 This Amendment
Agreement shall be construed in connection with and as a part of the Note Purchase Agreement and, except as expressly amended by this Amendment Agreement, all terms, conditions and covenants contained in the Existing Note Purchase Agreement and the
Notes are hereby ratified and shall be and remain in full force and effect. Any and all notices, requests, certificates and other instruments executed and delivered after the execution and delivery of this Amendment Agreement may refer to the Note
Purchase Agreement without making specific reference to this Amendment Agreement, but nevertheless all such references shall include this Amendment Agreement unless the context otherwise requires. 

  
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	 	8.2.	Counterparts, Facsimiles. 

 This Amendment Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the
parties hereto. Delivery of an executed signature page by facsimile or email (signed .pdf) transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Amendment Agreement. 

 

	 	8.3.	Governing Law. 

 THIS AMENDMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK EXCLUDING CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF SUCH STATE THAT WOULD PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN
SUCH STATE. 
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 If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please so indicate by signing the acceptance below on
the accompanying counterpart of this Amendment Agreement and returning it to the Company, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among you and the Company. 

 

			
	WOODWARD, INC.


 
			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Robert F. Weber, Jr.


 
			
	Name:	 	Robert F. Weber, Jr.
	Title:	 	Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer



  
 Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Series G, H, I, J, K and L Note Purchase Agreement 








 The foregoing Amendment Agreement is hereby accepted as of the date first above written. By its
execution below, each of the undersigned represents that it is the owner of one or more of the Notes and is authorized to enter into this Amendment Agreement in respect thereof. 

VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY 
 (f/k/a
ING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY) 
 VOYA INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY 

(f/k/a ING USA ANNUITY AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 
 SECURITY LIFE OF
DENVER INSURANCE COMPANY 
 By: Voya Investment Management LLC, as Agent 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Joshua A. Winchester
	Name:	 	Joshua A. Winchester
	Title:	 	Vice President

 [Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Series G, H, I, J, K and L Note Purchase Agreement] 







 TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY 

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 
  

			
	By:	 	 Nuveen Alternatives Advisors LLC,
 its
Investment Manager

		
	By:	 	/s/ Jeffrey J. Hughes
	Name:	 	Jeffrey J. Hughes
	Title:	 	Director


  
 [Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Series G, H, I, J, K and L Note Purchase Agreement] 









			
	NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By:	 	/s/ Sean Campbell
	Name:	 	Sean Campbell
	Title:	 	Corporate Vice President

 NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY CORPORATION 

By: NYL Investors LLC, its Investment Manager 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Sean Campbell
	 Name:
	 	Sean Campbell
	Title:	 	Senior Director

 [Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Series G, H, I, J, K and L Note Purchase Agreement] 







 LONDON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ W.J. Sharman
	Name:	 	W.J. Sharman
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory
		
	By:	 	/s/ D.B.E. Ayers
	Name:	 	D.B.E. Ayers
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory


GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Eve Hampton Darrow
	Name:	 	Eve Hampton Darrow
	Title:	 	Vice President, Investments

 [Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Series G, H, I, J, K and L Note Purchase Agreement] 







 STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Julie Hoyer
	Name:	 	Julie Hoyer
	Title:	 	Investment Executive
		
	By:	 	/s/ Jeffrey Attwood
	Name:	 	Jeffrey Attwood
	Title:	 	Investment Professional

 STATE FARM LIFE AND ACCIDENT ASSURANCE COMPANY 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Julie Hoyer
	Name:	 	Julie Hoyer
	Title:	 	Investment Executive
		
	By:	 	/s/ Jeffrey Attwood
	Name:	 	Jeffrey Attwood
	Title:	 	Investment Professional

 [Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Series G, H, I, J, K and L Note Purchase Agreement] 







 PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

 

			
	By:	 	 Principal Global Investors, LLC,
 a Delaware
limited liability company,
 its authorized signatory



			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Alan P. Kress
	Name:	 	Alan P. Kress
	Title:	 	Counsel
		
	By:	 	/s/ Christopher Henderson
	Name:	 	Christopher Henderson
	Title:	 	Vice President and Associate General Counsel

 PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

ON BEHALF OF ONE OR MORE SEPARATE ACCOUNTS 
  

			
	By:	 	 Principal Global Investors, LLC,
 a Delaware
limited liability company,
 its authorized signatory



			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Alan P. Kress
	Name:	 	Alan P. Kress
	Title:	 	Counsel


			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Christopher Henderson
	Name:	 	Christopher Henderson
	Title:	 	Vice President and Associate General Counsel

 [Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Series G, H, I, J, K and L Note Purchase Agreement] 







 HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INEMNITY COMPANY 
 HARTFORD LIFE
AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 
  

			
	By:	 	Hartford Investment Management Company Their Agent and Attorney-in-Fact


			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Dawn Crunden
	Name:	 	Dawn Crunden
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

 [Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Series G, H, I, J, K and L Note Purchase Agreement] 








			
	AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
		
	By:	 	/s/ Jeffrey A. Fossell
	Name:	 	Jeffrey A. Fossell
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory

 [Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Series G, H, I, J, K and L Note Purchase Agreement] 







 THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ David Levine
	Name:	 	David Levine
	Title:	 	Vice President

 PRUDENTIAL RETIREMENT GUARANTEED COST 

BUSINESS TRUST 
 By: PGIM, Inc., as investment manager


			
		
	By:	 	/s/ David Levine
	Name:	 	David Levine
	Title:	 	Vice President

 BCBSM, INC. DBA BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF MINNESOTA 

By: Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P. (as Investment Advisor) 

By: Prudential Private Placement Investors, Inc. (as its General Partner) 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ David Levine
	Name:	 	David Levine
	Title:	 	Vice President

 PHYSICIANS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 

By: Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P. (as Investment Advisor) 

By: Prudential Private Placement Investors, Inc. (as its General Partner) 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ David Levine
	Name:	 	David Levine
	Title:	 	Vice President

 [Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Series G, H, I, J, K and L Note Purchase Agreement] 







 UNITED OF OMAHA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Justin P. Kavan
	Name:	 	Justin P. Kavan
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

 COMPANION LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Justin P. Kavan
	Name:	 	Justin P. Kavan
	Title:	 	An Authorized Signer

 [Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Series G, H, I, J, K and L Note Purchase Agreement] 







 CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

By: CIGNA Investments, Inc. (authorized agent) 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Leonard Mazlish
	Name:	 	Leonard Mazlish
	Title:	 	Managing Director

 LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA 

By: CIGNA Investments, Inc. (authorized agent) 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Leonard Mazlish
	Name:	 	Leonard Mazlish
	Title:	 	Managing Director

 CIGNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK 

By: CIGNA Investments, Inc. (authorized agent) 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Leonard Mazlish
	Name:	 	Leonard Mazlish
	Title:	 	Managing Director

 [Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Series G, H, I, J, K and L Note Purchase Agreement] 







 WESTERN-SOUTHERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Daniel R. Larsen
	Name:	 	Daniel R. Larsen
	Title:	 	Vice President


			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Kevin L. Howard
	Name:	 	Kevin L. Howard
	Title:	 	Vice President

 COLUMBUS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Daniel R. Larsen
	Name:	 	Daniel R. Larsen
	Title:	 	Vice President


			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Kevin L. Howard
	Name:	 	Kevin L. Howard
	Title:	 	Vice President

 INTEGRITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE ACCOUNT GPO 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Daniel R. Larsen
	Name:	 	Daniel R. Larsen
	Title:	 	Vice President


			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Kevin L. Howard
	Name:	 	Kevin L. Howard
	Title:	 	Vice President

 THE LAFAYETTE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Daniel R. Larsen
	Name:	 	Daniel R. Larsen
	Title:	 	Vice President


			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Kevin L. Howard
	Name:	 	Kevin L. Howard
	Title:	 	Vice President

 [Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Series G, H, I, J, K and L Note Purchase Agreement] 







 AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP. 

AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP. (successor by merger to 
 The
Union Central Life Insurance Company) 
 AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP. (successor by merger to 

Acacia Life Insurance Company) 
 AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP.
OF NEW YORK 
 By: Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. as Agent 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Tina Udell
	Name:	 	Tina Udell
	Title:	 	Vice President and Managing Director

 [Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Series G, H, I, J, K and L Note Purchase Agreement] 







 PHOENIX LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

By its investment manager, Nassau Asset Management LLC 
  

			
	By:	 	/s/ Christopher Wilkos
	Name:	 	Christopher Wilkos
	Title:	 	Chief Investment Officer

 PHL VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 

By its investment manager, Nassau Asset Management LLC 

			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Christopher Wilkos
	Name:	 	Christopher Wilkos
	Title:	 	Chief Investment Officer

 [Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Series G, H, I, J, K and L Note Purchase Agreement] 







 Schedule 5.1 

None. 

  
 Schedule 5.1-1 








 EXHIBIT A 

AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT 

(a) Section 8.2 – Optional Prepayments of with Prepayment Compensation. Section 8.2 of the Existing Note Purchase
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word “of” from the heading of such Section. 
 (b) Section 8.3 –
Prepayment Upon Change of Control. Section 8.3 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (i) in clause (d) thereof, deleting “, except as provided in paragraph (e) of this
Section 8.3”, (ii) deleting clause (e) thereof in its entirety, and (iii) relettering clause (f) thereof as clause (e) and deleting “or proposed date” in such clause. 

(c) Section 8.4 – Prepayment in Connection with an Asset Disposition. Clause (c) of Section 8.4 of the
Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by replacing “Section 10.10” with “Section 10.3”. 
 (d)
Section 10.7 – Minimum Consolidated Net Worth. Section 10.7 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: 

“10.7 Minimum Consolidated Net Worth. 

The Company will not permit its Consolidated Net Worth, as of the end of each fiscal quarter, to be less than the sum of
(a) $1,156,000,000 (the “Base Amount”) plus (b) the sum of fifty percent (50%) of Net Income (if positive) for each completed fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, plus
(c) fifty percent (50%) of the net cash proceeds received by the Company on or after May 31, 2018 from the issuance by the Company of any Capital Stock, other than shares of Capital Stock issued pursuant to employee stock option or
ownership plans; provided, that the effect of adjustments (up to the Maximum Adjustment Amount) in the accumulated other comprehensive earnings accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries, shall in each case be excluded in the calculation of
Consolidated Net Worth for purposes of this Section 10.7. For purposes of this Section 10.7, “Maximum Adjustment Amount” means 10% of the lesser of (x) the Base Amount and (y) the applicable Base Amount (as
defined in the Revolving Facility) then in effect for purposes of the minimum consolidated net worth covenant set forth in the Revolving Facility.” 

(e) Section 10.8 – Maximum Leverage Ratio. Section 10.8 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and
restated to read as follows: 
 “10.8. Maximum Leverage Ratio.  

The Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries will not permit the ratio (the “Leverage Ratio”) of (a) (x)
at any time the numerator of the leverage ratio covenant set forth in each Applicable Major Credit Facility is Consolidated Total Net Debt, Consolidated Total Net Debt, or (y) at any other time, Net Indebtedness to (b) EBITDA to be greater
than (x) 4.0 to 1.0 during any Material Acquisition Period or (y) 3.5 to 1.0 at any other time. The Leverage Ratio will be calculated, in each case, determined as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company based upon
(i) for Net Indebtedness or Consolidated Total Net Debt (as applicable), Net Indebtedness or Consolidated Total Net Debt (as applicable) as of the last day of such fiscal quarter; and (ii) for EBITDA, the actual amount for the four
(4) fiscal quarter period ending on such date.” 

  
 Exhibit A-1 








 (f) Section 10.9 – Priority Debt. Section 10.9 of the Existing Note
Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: 
 “10.9 Priority Debt. 

The Company will not at any time permit Priority Debt to exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Assets (determined as of the then
most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company).” 
 (g) Section 10.10 – Subsidiary Debt. Clause (g) of
Section 10.10 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: 
 “(g)
additional Indebtedness of a Subsidiary; provided that on the date the Subsidiary incurs or otherwise becomes liable with respect to any such additional Indebtedness and immediately after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds
thereof, 
 (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist; 

(ii) such Indebtedness can be incurred within the applicable limitations provided in Sections 10.8 and 10.9; and 

(iii) the total amount of all Indebtedness permitted under this Section 10.10(g) at no time exceeds an amount equal to
15% of Consolidated Total Assets (determined as of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company).” 
 (h)
Section 10.11 – Permitted Receivables Securitization Program. Section 10.11 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: 

“10.11 Permitted Receivables Securitization Program. 

The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, sell any Securitization Assets pursuant to a Permitted Receivables
Securitization program or otherwise unless (a) immediately before and after giving effect to such sale, no Default or Event of Default exists, (b) after giving effect to such sale, the aggregate outstanding face amount of Securitization
Assets sold by the Company or a Subsidiary pursuant to a Permitted Receivables Securitization program does not exceed $200,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) and (c) immediately after giving effect to such sale, the Company would
be permitted by the provisions of Section 10.8 hereof to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (determined on a pro forma basis based upon EBITDA for the four (4) fiscal quarter period most recently ended for which financial
statements have been provided to holders of Notes).” 
 (i) Section 13.2 – Transfer and Exchange of Notes. The
penultimate sentence of the first paragraph of Section 13.2 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: 

“Notes shall not be transferred in denominations of less than $100,000, provided that if necessary to enable the registration of transfer
by a holder of its entire holding of Notes of a Series, one Note of such Series may be in a denomination of less than $100,000.” 

  
 Exhibit A-2 








 (j) Section 15.1 – Transaction Expenses. Section 15.1 of the Existing Note
Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (i) adding “, by the Guaranty Agreement” immediately after “hereby” in clause (b) thereof, and (ii) by adding a period at the end of the second paragraph
thereof. 
 (k) Section 17.1 – Requirements. Section 17.1 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended
and restated to read as follows: 
 “This Agreement and the Notes may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof
or of the Notes may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders, except that (a) no amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of Section 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6 or 21 hereof, or any defined term (as it is used therein), will be effective as to any Purchaser unless consented to by such Purchaser in writing, and (b) no such amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of the holder of each
Note at the time outstanding affected thereby, (i) subject to the provisions of Section 12 relating to acceleration or rescission, change the amount or time of any prepayment or payment of principal of, or reduce the rate or change the
time of payment or method of computation of interest or of the Prepayment Compensation Amount and/or Breakage Cost Indemnity on, the Notes, (ii) change the percentage of the principal amount of the Notes the holders of which are required to
consent to any amendment or waiver or the principal amount of the Notes that the Purchasers are to purchase pursuant to Section 2 upon the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing that appear in Section 4, or (iii) amend any of
Sections 8, 11(a), 11(b), 12, 17 or 20. No Guarantor may be released from the Guaranty Agreement without the written consent of the holder of each Note at the time outstanding (other than in compliance with Section 9.8(b)). For purposes of
Section 10 of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Required Holders shall constitute the requisite number of holders of Notes required under this Agreement to approve an amendment to or waiver of any provision of the Intercreditor Agreement or to
consent to a departure by any Lender (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) therefrom. For purposes of Section 16 of the Intercreditor Agreement, (x) each of the holders of the Notes shall constitute the requisite parties under this
Agreement to whom a Joinder Agreement (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) shall be executed and delivered by any New Creditor (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) and (y) with respect to the proviso to the first sentence of such
Section 16, if any default, event of default or event of termination has occurred and is continuing under any of the Revolving Credit Agreement, the 2008 Note Agreement, the 2009 Note Agreement or any other applicable Financing Agreement (each
such term as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), the Required Holders shall constitute the requisite number of holders of Notes required under this Agreement to approve the addition of any other New Creditor (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement).” 
 (l) Section 22.2 – Payments Due on Non-Business Days. Section 22.2 of the Existing Note Purchase
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “optional”. 
 (m) Section 22.8 – Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury
Trial. Section 22.8 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new clause (b) thereto in its proper alphabetical order to read as follows, and by relettering the following clauses of such Section accordingly:

 “(b) The Company agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, that a final judgment in any suit, action
or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 22.8(a) 

  
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brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon it subject to rights of appeal, as the case may be, and may be enforced in the courts of the United States of America or the State
of New York (or any other courts to the jurisdiction of which it or any of its assets is or may be subject) by a suit upon such judgment.” 

(n) Schedule B – Definitions of Applicable Major Credit Facility and Consolidated Total Net Debt. The following definitions
are hereby added to Schedule B of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement in their proper alphabetical order to read as follows: 

““Applicable Major Credit Facility” means a Major Credit Facility in respect of which the Company or any
Guarantor is an obligor or otherwise provides a guarantee or other credit support.” 
 ““Consolidated
Total Net Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the types of Indebtedness described in clauses (a), (b), (d), (e) and
(g) of the definition of “Indebtedness” of the Company and its Subsidiaries and, without duplication, Contingent Obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of such Indebtedness of other Persons over (b) the
Unrestricted Domestic Cash Amount as of such date.” 
 (o) Schedule B – Definitions of EBITDA and Unrestricted Domestic
Cash Amount. The definitions of “EBITDA”, “Fitch”, “S&P” and “Unrestricted Domestic Cash Amount” appearing in Schedule B of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement are hereby amended and restated to read
as follows: 
 ““EBITDA” means, for any period, on a consolidated basis for the Company and its
Subsidiaries, the sum of the amounts for such period, without duplication, of (a) Net Income, plus (b) Interest Expense to the extent deducted in computing Net Income, plus (c) charges against income for foreign,
federal, state and local taxes to the extent deducted in computing Net Income, plus (d) depreciation expense to the extent deducted in computing Net Income, plus (e) amortization expense, including, without limitation,
amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets to the extent deducted in computing Net Income, plus (f) any unusual non-cash charges to the extent deducted in computing Net Income, plus (g) non-cash stock based
compensation paid during such period to the extent deducted in computing Net Income plus (h) up to $5,000,000 per consecutive four fiscal quarter period in transaction fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the consummation
of any acquisition permitted hereunder (or any such acquisition proposed and not consummated); provided, that any such fees, costs or expenses are paid within six (6) months of the date incurred; provided further that this clause (h) shall
only be effective at any time that each Applicable Major Credit Facility includes such clause (and such clause is effective therein) and shall otherwise have no effect, plus (i) costs, charges, accruals, reserves or expenses attributable
to the undertaking and/or implementation of cost savings initiatives or operating expense reductions and similar initiatives, integration, transition, and other restructuring costs, charges, accruals, reserves and expenses (including costs related
to the closure or consolidation of facilities and curtailments, consulting and other professional fees, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, executive recruiting costs, relocation expenses, severance payments and modifications to, or
losses on settlement of, pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans); provided that the aggregate amount included in EBITDA pursuant to this clause (i) during any period shall not exceed 10% of EBITDA in the aggregate for any
consecutive four fiscal quarter period calculated prior to giving effect to any adjustment pursuant to this clause (i); provided further that this clause (i) shall only be effective at any time that each Applicable Major Credit Facility
includes such clause (and such clause is effective therein) and shall otherwise have 

  
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no effect, minus (j) any unusual non-cash gains to the extent added in computing Net Income. EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to Material Acquisitions and
Material Asset Dispositions on a four (4) fiscal quarter basis on the assumption that any such Material Acquisition or Material Asset Disposition shall be deemed to have occurred on the first day of the fourth full fiscal quarter preceding the
date of determination, using historical financial statements containing reasonable adjustments satisfactory to the Required Holders, broken down by fiscal quarter in the Company’s reasonable judgment. As used herein, “Material
Acquisition” means one or more related Acquisitions the net consideration for which is in excess of $20,000,000 individually or in the aggregate and “Material Asset Disposition” means any Asset Disposition or series of
Asset Dispositions the Fair Market Value of which is equal to or greater than $20,000,000 individually or in the aggregate.” 

““Fitch” means Fitch, Inc., together with its successors and assigns.” 

““S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, together with its successors and assigns.” 

““Unrestricted Domestic Cash Amount” means, as of any date of determination, that portion of the
Company’s and its consolidated Subsidiaries’ aggregate cash and Cash Equivalents in excess of $10,000,000 that is (a) on deposit with one or more lenders under any Major Credit Facility in the United States of America and (b) not
encumbered by or subject to any Lien (including, without limitation, any Lien permitted hereunder), setoff (other than (x) common law rights of setoff to the extent such cash and Cash Equivalents are subject to an intercreditor agreement as to
the sharing of recoveries and setoffs in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders (it being acknowledged and agreed that, to the extent any cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company or any Subsidiary are subject to the
agreements as to the sharing of recoveries and setoffs set forth in the Second Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement and the Company or such Subsidiary, each holder and the relevant depository bank are parties thereto, such cash and Cash
Equivalents will not be excluded from the Unrestricted Domestic Cash Amount as a result of the existence of such setoff rights) and (y) ordinary course setoff rights of a depository bank arising under a bank depository agreement for customary
fees, charges and other account-related expenses due to such depository bank thereunder), counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right in favor of any Person; provided, however, that notwithstanding the actual amount of the Unrestricted
Domestic Cash Amount, no more than $20,000,000 of the Unrestricted Domestic Cash Amount may be deducted in the calculation of Net Indebtedness or Consolidated Total Net Debt.” 

(p) Schedule B – Definition of Affiliate. The definition of “Affiliate” appearing in Schedule B of the Existing
Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by replacing each reference to “corporation” with “Person”. 
 (q) Schedule
B – Definition of Cash Equivalents. The definition of “Cash Equivalents” appearing in Schedule B of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (i) adding “)” immediately after
“Moody’s” in clause (c) thereof, and (ii) adding a comma immediately before “industrial” in clause (d) thereof. 

(r) Schedule B – Definition of Change of Control. The definition of “Change of Control” appearing in Schedule B
of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “related”. 

  
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 (s) Schedule B – Definition of Consolidated Net Earnings. The definition of
“Consolidated Net Earnings” appearing in Schedule B of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted. 
 (t) Schedule
B – Definition of Control Event. Clause (c) of the definition of “Control Event” appearing in Schedule B of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “related”. 

(u) Schedule B – Definition of Material Acquisition Amount. The definition of “Material Acquisition Amount”
appearing in Schedule B of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “or similar threshold in any other Revolving Facility”. 

(v) Schedule B – Definition of Securities or Security. The definition of “Securities” or “Security”
appearing in Schedule B of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by replacing “Section 2(1)” with “Section 2(a)(1)”. 

  
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 Annex 1 

Noteholders 
 Voya Retirement Insurance
and Annuity Company (f/k/a ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company) 
 Voya Insurance and Annuity Company (f/k/a ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company)

 ReliaStar Life Insurance Company 
 Security Life of Denver
Insurance Company 
 Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America 

New York Life Insurance Company 
 New York Life Insurance and
Annuity Corporation 
 London Life Insurance Company 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company 
 State Farm
Life Insurance Company 
 State Farm Life and Accident Assurance Company 

Principal Life Insurance Company 
 Principal Life Insurance
Company on Behalf of one or More Separate Accounts 
 Hartford Life Insurance Company 

Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company 
 Hartford Life and
Annuity Insurance Company 
 American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company 

The Prudential Insurance Company of America 
 Prudential
Retirement Guaranteed Cost Business Trust 
 BCBSM, Inc. dba Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota 

Physicians Mutual Insurance Company 
 United of Omaha Life
Insurance Company 
 Companion Life Insurance Company 

Connecticut General Life Insurance Company 
 Cigna Life Insurance
Company of New York 
 Life Insurance Company of North America 

Western-Southern Life Assurance Company 
 Columbus Life Insurance
Company 
 Integrity Life Insurance Company Separate Account GPO 

The Lafayette Life Insurance Company 
 Ameritas Life Insurance
Corp. 
 Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. of New York 
 Ameritas
Life Insurance Corp. (successor by merger to Acacia Life Insurance Company and The Union Central Life Insurance Company) 
 Phoenix Life Insurance Company

 PHL Variable Insurance Company 

  
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 Annex 2 

GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees to the terms of Amendment No. 1 to Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of
May 31, 2018 (the “Amendment”), amending that certain Note Purchase Agreement, dated October 1, 2013, (the “Note Purchase Agreement”), among Woodward, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the holders of Notes
party thereto. Each of the undersigned hereby confirms that the Guaranty Agreement to which the undersigned is a party remains in full force and effect after giving effect to the Amendment and continues to be the valid and binding obligation of the
undersigned, enforceable against the undersigned in accordance with its terms, subject to any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights generally or by equitable
principles including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (whether enforceability is sought by proceedings in equity or at law). 

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 Capitalized terms used herein but not defined are used as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement.

 Dated as of May 31, 2018 
  

			
	WOODWARD FST, INC.


 
			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Robert F. Weber, Jr.


 
			
	Name:	 	Robert F. Weber, Jr.
	Title:	 	Secretary and Treasurer


  

			
	MPC PRODUCTS CORPORATION


 
			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Robert F. Weber, Jr.


 
			
	Name:	 	Robert F. Weber, Jr.
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Vice President


  

			
	WOODWARD HRT, INC.


 
			
		
	By:	 	/s/ Robert F. Weber, Jr.


 
			
	Name:	 	Robert F. Weber, Jr.
	Title:	 	Treasurer and Vice President



  
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