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                    <ns2:city>New York</ns2:city>
                    <ns2:stateOrCountry>NY</ns2:stateOrCountry>
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            <paymentDate>11/11/2024</paymentDate>
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        <remarks>Sales that were executed on November 11, 2024 are being reported on this Form 144 filed on November 12, 2024 given the EDGAR system was not accepting filings November 11, 2024 in observance of the federal holiday. </remarks>
        <noticeSignature>
            <noticeDate>11/12/2024</noticeDate>
            <planAdoptionDates>
                <planAdoptionDate>05/17/2024</planAdoptionDate>
            </planAdoptionDates>
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144
0001454930
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0000108312
WOODWARD, INC.
001-39265
1081 Woodward Way
Fort Collins
CO
80524
970-482-5811
THOMAS G CROMWELL
Officer
Common
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services
1 New York Plaza
8th Floor
New York
NY
10004
10000
1776503.00
59659225
11/11/2024
NASDAQ
Common
11/11/2024
Stock Option Exercise
Issuer
N
10000
11/11/2024
Cash
N
THOMAS G CROMWELL
1081 Woodward Way
Fort Collins
CO
80524
Common
11/11/2024
10000
1776503.00
THOMAS G CROMWELL
1081 Woodward Way
Fort Collins
CO
80524
Common
11/07/2024
10000
1745000.00
Sales that were executed on November 11, 2024 are being reported on this Form 144 filed on November 12, 2024 given the EDGAR system was not accepting filings November 11, 2024 in observance of the federal holiday.
11/12/2024
05/17/2024
/s/ Thomas G. Cromwell