Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer · Woodward, Inc. (WWD)

Thomas Cromwell

A named executive officer of Woodward in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 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

$3,852,894

FY2024: $3,962,522

2nd of 5 named executive officers at Woodward by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed December 12, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Thomas Cromwell compensation by year

Woodward Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Woodward reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$342,788$560,100$596,554$624,558$649,515$670,696$693,539
Bonus$500,000—$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$0$0$0$0$286,206$2,211,245$1,849,455
Option awards$1,101,015$1,150,460$2,023,271$1,247,400$1,033,962$0$0
Non-equity incentive$292,827$95,194$256,850$134,976$720,962$1,001,269$1,229,676
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$674,225$38,485$43,258$74,567$74,178$79,312$80,223
Total$2,910,855$1,844,239$2,919,932$2,081,501$2,764,823$3,962,522$3,852,894

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. Open the filing on EDGAR.

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.

$2.9M
$1.8M
$2.9M
$2.1M
$2.8M
$4.0M
$3.9M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU10,553$2,666,889—
PSU7,081$1,789,340—
RSU5,820$1,470,885—
RSU4,809$1,215,219—
RSU1,739$439,348—
Option15,590—$83.24
Option7,425—$117.64

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

7 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed December 12, 2025)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-10-03Tax withholding—382$331.6215,666
2026-02-12Tax withholding—1,128$380.4316,023
2026-02-10Tax withholding—474$391.5317,151
2026-02-10Grant or award—2,490$0.0017,625
2025-12-15Sale10b5-15,000$297.8815,135
2025-12-15Exercise or conversion derivative10b5-15,000$0.0013,386
2025-12-15Exercise or conversion10b5-15,000$83.2420,135

The 7 most recent of 7 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
Retirement—$0——
Death—$9,741,203—$9,741,203
Disability—$9,741,203—$9,741,203
Involuntary termination without cause$1,260,000$5,825,209$57,000$7,846,845

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.Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer$10,482,876
Thomas Cromwell · this pageExecutive 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

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