Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer · Woodward, Inc. (WWD)

Charles Blankenship, Jr.

A named executive officer of Woodward in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$10,482,876

FY2024: $11,177,865

1st of 5 named executive officers at Woodward by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Woodward, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed December 12, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Charles Blankenship, Jr. compensation by year

Woodward Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Woodward reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$1,132,885$1,177,887
Bonus$0$0
Stock awards$7,202,743$5,898,696
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$2,191,082$2,895,100
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$651,155$511,193
Total$11,177,865$10,482,876

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Woodward, Inc. DEF 14A filed December 12, 2025, accession 0001193125-25-317453, and prior-year filings.

How this page was built: the Woodward, Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-25-317453. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed December 12, 2025.

$11.2M
$10.5M
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU34,377$8,687,485—
PSU22,584$5,707,089—
RSU18,959$4,791,159—
RSU15,337$3,875,762—
RSU5,314$1,342,781—
Option47,644—$83.24
Option12,625—$98.34

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Woodward, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

61 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed December 12, 2025)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-10-03Tax withholding—1,112$331.6264,797
2026-03-10Sale10b5-1343$380.5168,136
2026-03-10Exercise or conversion derivative10b5-12,625$0.0056,466
2026-03-10Exercise or conversion10b5-12,625$83.2468,479
2026-03-10Sale10b5-11,550$386.0766,034
2026-03-10Sale10b5-1262$384.2567,584
2026-03-10Sale10b5-1290$382.4067,846
2026-03-10Sale10b5-1180$386.7565,854

The 8 most recent of 61 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Woodward discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Death—$0——
Retirement—$33,520,546—$33,520,546
Disability—$0——
Involuntary termination without cause$2,618,000$0$57,000$4,470,100
Change in control and involuntary termination$5,236,000$906,880$180,000$8,117,980

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Woodward, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Woodward’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Charles Blankenship, Jr. · this pageChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$10,482,876
Thomas CromwellExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$3,852,894
William LaceyExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$2,628,586
Terence VoskuilExecutive Vice President and President, Aerospace$2,425,452
Randall HobbsExecutive Vice President and President, Industrial$2,115,894

Board service

Woodward board · FY2023–FY2025

How this board is paid

Company policy: Woodward pays directors a $90,000 cash retainer and $145,000 in equity. As stated in Woodward's FY2025 proxy.

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