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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and WOODWARD INC.’s Form 8-K, filed 2025-02-04 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated 02 October 2026.
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These tallies are WOODWARD INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed 2025-02-04 (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.
| Ballot item | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Broker non-votes | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elect Director: Rajeev Bhalla | 47,769,829 | 681,433 | 155,364 | -- | 4,940,348 | Majority: yes |
| Elect Director: Eileen P. Paterson | 46,269,535 | 2,296,118 | 40,973 | -- | 4,940,348 | Majority: yes |
| Elect Director: Gregg C. Sengstack | 38,360,431 | 10,179,046 | 67,149 | -- | 4,940,348 | Majority: yes |
| Proposal 2. Advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers: | 46,395,278 | 2,002,512 | 208,837 | -- | 4,940,348 | Majority: yes |
| Proposal 3. Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025: | 52,138,162 | 1,370,684 | 38,128 | -- | 0 | Majority: yes |
Source: WOODWARD INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on 2025-02-04 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 446 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. These are reported items, not a count of the ballot: fund filings describe one ballot item in different words. Two descriptions are shown as one item only on evidence — the same text (or one cut short of the other), the same director nominee, or a match to the same row of WOODWARD INC.’s own Form 8-K tally — never because they merely read alike. A description that could not be joined that way is listed on its own, so one ballot item can appear more than once.
Meeting held 2025-01-29.
Combines 11 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
96% Majority: yes · of votes cast
WOODWARD INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 2. Advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's named executive officers:”): 46,395,278 for, 2,002,512 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2025-02-04 (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. Of all 59,130,924 outstanding shares: 78% for, 3% against (82% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 435 asset managers below cast 97% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (47,070,593 for, 1,330,395 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 6,053,229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 5,674,835 | 437 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 3,553,522 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 3,389,794 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 3,172,873 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 1,665,170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 1,652,244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1,293,466 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 1,242,156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Duquesne Family Office LLC | 1,225,750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC | 1,194,968 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| COOKE & BIELER LP | 1,049,883 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 1,003,233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 870,262 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 808,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| NAYA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT UK LTD | 703,043 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calvert | 665,803 | 16,225 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 603,864 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 0 | 594,548 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Dimensional | 585,931 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L P | 515,244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO | 476,790 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| HAWK RIDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | 464,505 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp | 408,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 393,542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 435 asset managers. See all 435 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2025-01-29.
Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
97% Majority: yes · of votes cast
WOODWARD INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 3. Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending September 30, 2025:”): 52,138,162 for, 1,370,684 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2025-02-04 (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. Of all 59,130,924 outstanding shares: 88% for, 2% against (90% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 106 asset managers below cast 99.9% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (19,209,660 for, 542 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 5,925,402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 3,709,062 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 1,938,111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 1,652,025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 1,082,662 | 323 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 499,623 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 447,064 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 393,542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 362,284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calvert | 328,211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 259,658 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 182,082 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 176,134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 165,237 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 164,637 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 129,825 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS | 99,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Value Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund, Inc. | 93,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 92,460 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AQR | 88,896 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 69,734 | 0 | 11,318 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 73,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brown Advisory Funds | 72,236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AIG/SunAmerica | 66,987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GMO | 58,602 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 106 asset managers. See all 106 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2025-01-29.
Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
95% Majority: yes · of votes cast
WOODWARD INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Eileen P. Paterson”): 46,269,535 for, 2,296,118 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2025-02-04 (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. Of all 59,130,924 outstanding shares: 78% for, 4% against (82% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 104 asset managers below cast 96% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (18,342,750 for, 857,447 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 5,925,402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 3,709,062 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 1,938,111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 1,652,025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 1,082,564 | 421 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 499,623 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 447,064 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 393,542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 362,284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calvert | 0 | 328,211 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Invesco | 0 | 259,658 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Equitable | 101,439 | 80,643 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 176,134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 5,113 | 160,124 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Jackson National | 164,637 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 129,825 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS | 99,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Value Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund, Inc. | 93,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 92,460 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AQR | 88,896 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 69,734 | 0 | 11,318 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 73,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brown Advisory Funds | 72,236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AIG/SunAmerica | 66,987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GMO | 58,602 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 104 asset managers. See all 104 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2025-01-29.
Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
79% Majority: yes · of votes cast
WOODWARD INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Gregg C. Sengstack”): 38,360,431 for, 10,179,046 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2025-02-04 (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. Of all 59,130,924 outstanding shares: 65% for, 17% against (82% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 104 asset managers below cast 74% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (14,257,130 for, 4,941,847 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 5,925,402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 4,177 | 3,704,885 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Fidelity | 1,924,550 | 13,561 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 1,652,025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 18,781 | 1,064,204 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Charles Schwab | 499,623 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 447,064 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 393,542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 362,284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calvert | 328,211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 259,658 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 156,643 | 25,439 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 176,134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 165,237 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 164,637 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 129,825 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS | 99,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Value Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund, Inc. | 93,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 92,460 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AQR | 88,896 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 69,734 | 0 | 11,318 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 73,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brown Advisory Funds | 72,236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AIG/SunAmerica | 66,987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GMO | 58,602 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 104 asset managers. See all 104 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2025-01-29.
Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99% Majority: yes · of votes cast
WOODWARD INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Rajeev Bhalla”): 47,769,829 for, 681,433 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2025-02-04 (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. Of all 59,130,924 outstanding shares: 81% for, 1% against (82% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 104 asset managers below cast 99.8% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (19,166,454 for, 33,743 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 5,925,402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 3,709,062 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 1,938,111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 1,652,025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 1,082,784 | 201 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 499,623 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 447,064 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 393,542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 362,284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Calvert | 328,211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 259,658 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 182,082 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 176,134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Goldman Sachs | 165,237 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 164,637 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Royce | 129,825 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TRUST FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS | 99,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Value Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund, Inc. | 93,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| First Trust | 92,460 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AQR | 88,896 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brighthouse | 69,734 | 0 | 11,318 | 0 | For |
| John Hancock | 73,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Brown Advisory Funds | 72,236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AIG/SunAmerica | 66,987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GMO | 58,602 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 104 asset managers. See all 104 in the interactive database.
Meeting held 2024-01-24 (outside the 2024-2025 season's 1 July to 30 June window; reported in this season's filings).
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
95% Majority: yes · of votes cast
WOODWARD INC.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 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 2024-01-26 (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. Of all 59,130,924 outstanding shares: 79% for, 4% against (83% of the company cast a for/against vote).
The 2 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (470 for, 0 against).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLDSTREAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | 470 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Echo45 Advisors LLC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
Meeting held 2025-01-29.
All nominees (reported as one line). These filers reported the election of directors as a single line covering every nominee. It is not attributed to any one director, and no share total is shown for it.
100% fund support · no official result
The 2 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMSBURG INVESTMENT TRUST | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| AMERICAN PENSION INVESTORS TRUST | 2,750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Ranked by the number of WOODWARD INC. shares each manager voted on the most widely held ballot item of the 2024-2025 meeting, shown as a share of the 59,130,924 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard | 10.24% |
| 2 | BlackRock | 9.60% |
| 3 | EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 6.01% |
| 4 | State Street | 5.73% |
| 5 | Fidelity | 5.37% |
| 6 | Capital Research Global Investors | 2.82% |
| 7 | Capital Group | 2.79% |
| 8 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 2.19% |
| 9 | FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2.10% |
| 10 | Duquesne Family Office LLC | 2.07% |
Positions disclosed to the SEC on Schedules 13D and 13G, Form 13F and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A).
| Holder | % outstanding | Disclosure |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 10.31% | DEF14A |
| The Vanguard Group | 9.74% | DEF14A |
| Vanguard Capital Management | 5.28% | 13G |
| Eagle Capital Management, LLC | 4.17% | 13G |
| State Street | 4.09% | 13F |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 2.81% | 13G |
| JPMorgan Chase | 1.85% | 13F |
| FMR (Fidelity) | 1.80% | 13F |
| Norges Bank | 1.24% | 13F |
| Northern Trust | 1.08% | 13F |
Percentages above are of 59,130,924 shares outstanding, as reported by WOODWARD INC. on its Form 10-K dated 2024-11-25 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2024-2025 meeting, so the percentages are the ones that were true then, not ones restated against today’s share count.
Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered investment companies and institutional managers disclose how they voted every proxy, 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 2024-11-25. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on 02 October 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
At WOODWARD INC.'s shareholder meeting held 2025-01-29, in the 2024-2025 proxy season, 446 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 2,334 separate fund positions. Their filings are grouped here into 7 reported items; because filers word the same ballot item differently, that can be more than the number of items on the ballot. 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 96% 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 2025-02-04.
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