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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;28, 2006
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Commission File No.&nbsp;333-______
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Securities and Exchange Commission</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Registration Statement</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>under</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>The Securities Act of 1933</B></FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Woodward Governor Company</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">36-1984010</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">5001 North Second Street<BR>
Rockford, Illinois 61111<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Woodward Governor Company 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan</B></FONT><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Thomas A. Gendron
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Copies of Communications to</B>:</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Steven L. Clark</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">5001 North Second Street
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chapman and Cutler LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Rockford, Illinois 61111
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">111 West Monroe Street</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(815) 877-7441
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chicago, Illinois 60603</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Name, address and telephone
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(312) 845-3000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">number of agent for service)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Calculation of Registration Fee</FONT>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Proposed</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Maximum</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Amount</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Offering</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Aggregate</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Title of Securities</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">to Be</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Price Per</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Offering</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Registration</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">to Be Registered</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Registered</FONT></TD>
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<TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Share <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Price <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Fee</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.00291 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3,705,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">32.765</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">121,394,325</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">12,989.19</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><sup>1</sup></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457 of the General Rules
and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of
computing the registration fee.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Part II</FONT> <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">&#151;</FONT><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Information Required in the Registration Statement</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents which have been filed with the Commission by Woodward Governor
Company, a Delaware corporation (the <I>&#147;Company&#148;</I>), are incorporated herein by reference:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30,
2005; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December&nbsp;31,
2005; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Description of the Common Stock of the Company contained in the Company&#146;s Form A-2
(File No.&nbsp;2-4446) filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;28, 1940.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company undertakes to provide without charge to each person to whom a copy of the
Prospectus relating to this Registration Statement has been delivered, upon the written or oral
request of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents referred to above which have been or
may be incorporated in such Prospectus by reference, other than exhibits to such documents.
Requests for such copies should be directed to Woodward Governor Company, 5001 North Second Street,
Rockford, Illinois 61111, Attention: Carol J. Manning (815)&nbsp;877-7441.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the <I>&#147;DGCL&#148;</I>), sets forth the conditions
and limitations governing the indemnification of officers, directors, and other persons.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification by the
Company of certain persons (including officers and directors) in connection with any action, suit
or proceeding brought or threatened against such person by reason of his position with the Company
or service at the request of the Company. The Bylaws further provide that indemnification shall
not be exclusive of any rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(g) of the DGCL and Article&nbsp;VII, Section(h) of the Bylaws also authorize the
Company to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any director, officer, employee or agent of
the Company against any liability asserted against or incurred by them in such capacity
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">or arising
out of their status as such whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such
director, officer, employee or agent against such liability under the applicable provisions of the
DGCL or the Bylaws. The Company currently maintains a directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability policy to
insure its liability under the above-described provisions and to insure its individual directors
and officers against certain obligations not covered by such provisions.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See List of Exhibits on page II-6 hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the <I>&#147;Securities Act&#148;</I>);
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-2
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">reference in
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-3
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Signatures</B></FONT>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rockford, State of Illinois, on April&nbsp;25, 2006.
</DIV>

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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Woodward Governor Company</FONT><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Thomas A. Gendron</FONT>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="center">Thomas A. Gendron&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center">President and Chief Executive Officer<br>
(Principal executive officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Power of Attorney</B></FONT>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Know All Persons by these Presents</FONT>, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints jointly and severally, Thomas A. Gendron and Robert F. Weber, Jr. and each
of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying, and conforming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="31%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="46%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Signatures</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Title</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Date</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><u>/s/ Robert F. Weber, Jr.</u></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;25, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert F. Weber, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><u>/s/ John D. Cohn</u></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;25, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John D. Cohn</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><u>/s/ Paul Donovan</u></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;25, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Paul Donovan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-4
</DIV>

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<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always">&nbsp;</H5><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="31%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="46%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Signatures</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Title</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Date</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><u>/s/ John A. Halbrook</u></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;25, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John A. Halbrook</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><u>/s/ Michael H. Joyce</u></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;25, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael H. Joyce</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><u>/s/ Mary L. Petrovich</u></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;25, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mary L. Petrovich</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><u>/s/ Larry E. Rittenberg</u></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;25, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Larry E. Rittenberg</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><u>/s/ James R. Rulseh</u></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;25, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James R. Rulseh</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><u>/s/ Michael T. Yonker</u></FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;25, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael T. Yonker</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-5
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="11%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="66%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Page Number in</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Exhibit</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Sequential</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Number</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Description</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Numbering System</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Woodward Governor Company 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Certificate
(incorporated by reference
from the Company&#146;s Form
A-2 (File No.&nbsp;2-4446)
filed with the Commission
on June&nbsp;28, 1940)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Chapman and
Cutler LLP regarding
legality of the Securities</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Chapman and
Cutler LLP (included in
Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent
Registered Public
Accounting Firm</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">25.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (set
forth on page II-4 of this
Registration Statement)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Pro-Forma Effects of Stock
Split for Financial
Statement Periods in Form
10-K and Form&nbsp;10-Q that
are Incorporated by
Reference</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2006
Commission File No. 333-______
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
Registration Statement
under
The Securities Act of 1933
Woodward Governor Company
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Delaware
36-1984010
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
5001 North Second Street
Rockford, Illinois 61111
(Address of principal executive offices)
Woodward Governor Company 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Thomas A. Gendron
Copies of Communications to
:
President and Chief Executive Officer
Steven L. Clark
5001 North Second Street
Chapman and Cutler LLP
Rockford, Illinois 61111
111 West Monroe Street
(815) 877-7441
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(Name, address and telephone
(312) 845-3000
number of agent for service)
Calculation of Registration Fee
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Securities
to Be
Price Per
Offering
Registration
to Be Registered
Registered
Share
(1)
Price
(1)
Fee
Common Stock, $.00291 par value
3,705,000
$
32.765
$
121,394,325
$
12,989.19
1
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 of the General Rules
and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of
computing the registration fee.
Part II
—
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents which have been filed with the Commission by Woodward Governor
Company, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"
), are incorporated herein by reference:
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30,
2005; and
(b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31,
2005; and
(c) Description of the Common Stock of the Company contained in the Company's Form A-2
(File No. 2-4446) filed with the Commission on June 28, 1940.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
The Company undertakes to provide without charge to each person to whom a copy of the
Prospectus relating to this Registration Statement has been delivered, upon the written or oral
request of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents referred to above which have been or
may be incorporated in such Prospectus by reference, other than exhibits to such documents.
Requests for such copies should be directed to Woodward Governor Company, 5001 North Second Street,
Rockford, Illinois 61111, Attention: Carol J. Manning (815) 877-7441.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
"DGCL"
), sets forth the conditions
and limitations governing the indemnification of officers, directors, and other persons.
The Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification by the
Company of certain persons (including officers and directors) in connection with any action, suit
or proceeding brought or threatened against such person by reason of his position with the Company
or service at the request of the Company. The Bylaws further provide that indemnification shall
not be exclusive of any rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section 145(g) of the DGCL and Article VII, Section(h) of the Bylaws also authorize the
Company to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any director, officer, employee or agent of
the Company against any liability asserted against or incurred by them in such capacity
or arising
out of their status as such whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such
director, officer, employee or agent against such liability under the applicable provisions of the
DGCL or the Bylaws. The Company currently maintains a directors' and officers' liability policy to
insure its liability under the above-described provisions and to insure its individual directors
and officers against certain obligations not covered by such provisions.
Item 8. Exhibits
See List of Exhibits on page II-6 hereof.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a) The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement;
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"
);
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
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reference in
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rockford, State of Illinois, on April 25, 2006.
Woodward Governor Company
By
/s/ Thomas A. Gendron
Thomas A. Gendron
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal executive officer)
Power of Attorney
Know All Persons by these Presents
, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints jointly and severally, Thomas A. Gendron and Robert F. Weber, Jr. and each
of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying, and conforming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Robert F. Weber, Jr.
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
April 25, 2006
Robert F. Weber, Jr.
/s/ John D. Cohn
Director
April 25, 2006
John D. Cohn
/s/ Paul Donovan
Director
April 25, 2006
Paul Donovan
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Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ John A. Halbrook
Director
April 25, 2006
John A. Halbrook
/s/ Michael H. Joyce
Director
April 25, 2006
Michael H. Joyce
/s/ Mary L. Petrovich
Director
April 25, 2006
Mary L. Petrovich
/s/ Larry E. Rittenberg
Director
April 25, 2006
Larry E. Rittenberg
/s/ James R. Rulseh
Director
April 25, 2006
James R. Rulseh
/s/ Michael T. Yonker
Director
April 25, 2006
Michael T. Yonker
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Page Number in
Exhibit
Sequential
Number
Description
Numbering System
4.1
Woodward Governor Company 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan
4.2
Specimen Certificate
(incorporated by reference
from the Company's Form
A-2 (File No. 2-4446)
filed with the Commission
on June 28, 1940)
5.1
Opinion of Chapman and
Cutler LLP regarding
legality of the Securities
23.1
Consent of Chapman and
Cutler LLP (included in
Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Independent
Registered Public
Accounting Firm
25.1
Power of Attorney (set
forth on page II-4 of this
Registration Statement)
99.1
Pro-Forma Effects of Stock
Split for Financial
Statement Periods in Form
10-K and Form 10-Q that
are Incorporated by
Reference
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