# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000108312
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-233115
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
**Character Count:** 8276
**Document Hash:** 31bb6c908f4e137c53a14cae40133a8f
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-233115.hdr.sgml**: 20251007

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-233115

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 3

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251001

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251007

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251007

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** McLevige Shawn M
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0002089424

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 3
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-39265
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251379081

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1081 WOODWARD WAY
- **CITY:** FORT COLLINS
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80524
**ISSUER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Woodward, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000108312
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIAL APPARATUS [3620]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 361984010
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0930

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1081 WOODWARD WAY
- **CITY:** FORT COLLINS
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80524
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 970-482-5811

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1081 WOODWARD WAY
- **CITY:** FORT COLLINS
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80524

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** WOODWARD GOVERNOR CO
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

## Ex-24

**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

Known all by these present that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Rebecca L. Dees or Bryan B. Dunn signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Woodward, Inc. (the "Company") Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities and exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such form 3, 4, and 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25 day of September 2025.

<u>/s/ Shawn M. McLevige</u> 

Signature

<u>Shawn M. McLevige</u> 

Print Name

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### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 3

### INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>McLevige Shawn M<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>1081 WOODWARD WAY<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>FORT COLLINS, CO 80524<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>Woodward, Inc. [ WWD ] | **5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  |
| **2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2025-10-01 | **4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[ ] Director   [ ] 10% Owner<br>[X] Officer (give title below)   [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_EVP and President, Aerospace_ | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 3. Ownership Form | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Woodward, Inc. Common Stock | 2383 | D |  |
| Woodward, Inc. Common Stock | 845 | I | By Woodward Retirement Savings Plan<sup>(1)</sup> |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) | 2020-10-01<sup>(2)</sup> | 2029-10-01 | Woodward, Inc. Common Stock | 1850 | $104.77 | D |  |
| Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) | 2021-10-01<sup>(2)</sup> | 2030-10-01 | Woodward, Inc. Common Stock | 4300 | $81.03 | D |  |
| Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) | 2022-10-01<sup>(2)</sup> | 2031-10-01 | Woodward, Inc. Common Stock | 2600 | $117.64 | D |  |
| Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) | 2023-10-03<sup>(3)</sup> | 2032-10-03 | Woodward, Inc. Common Stock | 2570 | $83.24 | D |  |
| Non-Qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy) | 2025-02-12<sup>(4)</sup> | 2034-02-12 | Woodward, Inc. Common Stock | 1256 | $137.76 | D |  |

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### Footnotes:

(1) The information in this report regarding the number of shares held by the reporting person in the Woodward Retirement Savings Plan is based on a calculation as of October 3, 2025.

(2) Options are fully vested and exercisable.

(3) Options become exercisable as to 25% of the shares on October 3, 2023 and 25% each one-year anniversary thereafter.

(4) Options become exercisable as to 25% of the shares on February 12, 2025 and 25% each one-year anniversary thereafter.

**Signature:** Rebecca L. Dees, by Power of Attorney  
**Date:** 2025-10-07

### Remarks:

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

**Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.**