# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000108312
**File Stem:** 0001171843-23-000545
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
**Character Count:** 6424
**Document Hash:** 33b26455c08a3d8a17dacad0765ea03a
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001171843-23-000545.hdr.sgml**: 20230130

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001171843-23-000545

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230125

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230130

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230130

**FILER**: 

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

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-39265
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23567899

**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

?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?Form 8-K

### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

### Washington, D.C. 20549
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### FORM 8-K
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#### CURRENT REPORT

#### Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

#### Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 25, 2023
_______________________________

#### Woodward, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

_______________________________

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **Delaware** | **000-8408** | **36-1984010** |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |

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#### 1081 Woodward Way

#### Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(970) 482-5811

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

#### Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

_______________________________

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, par value $0.001455 | WWD | Nasdaq Global Select Market |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

**Item 8.01. Other Events.**

On January 25, 2023, the Board of Directors of Woodward, Inc. approved a cash dividend of $0.22 per share for the quarter, payable on March 7, 2023, for stockholders of record as of February 21, 2023.

**Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

**(a) Financial statements:**

None

**(b) Pro forma financial information:**

None

**(c) Shell company transactions:**

None

**(d) Exhibits**

[99.1](exh_991.htm) [Press Release of Woodward, Inc. dated January 30, 2023](exh_991.htm) <br> 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

#### SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Woodward, Inc.** | **Woodward, Inc.** |
| Dated: January 30, 2023 | By: | <u>/s/ A. Christopher Fawzy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u> |
|  |  | A. Christopher Fawzy |
|  |  | *Corporate Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer* |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**EXHIBIT 99.1**

**Woodward Increases Dividend by 16 Percent**

FORT COLLINS, Colo., Jan. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ: WWD) today announced that its Board of Directors approved a dividend of $0.22 per share, up from the prior quarter's dividend of $0.19 per share. The dividend will be payable on March 7, 2023, for stockholders of record as of February 21, 2023.

**About Woodward, Inc.**

Woodward is the global leader in the design, manufacture, and service of energy conversion and control solutions for the aerospace and industrial equipment markets. Together with our customers, we are enabling the path to a cleaner, decarbonized world. Our innovative fluid, combustion, electrical, propulsion and motion control systems perform in some of the world's harshest environments. Woodward is a global company headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Visit our website at www.woodward.com<u>.</u>

**Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements**

The statements in this release contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements concerning the company's quarterly cash dividend. Actual results could differ materially from projections or any other forward-looking statements and we have no obligation to update our forward-looking statements. Factors that could affect performance and could cause actual results to differ materially from projections and forward-looking statements are described in Woodward's Annual Report and Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2022, and any subsequently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

CONTACT:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Dan Provaznik

Director, Investor Relations

970-498-3849

Dan.Provaznik@woodward.com