Subsequent Events

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

Note 21.  Subsequent events

On July 24, 2013, Woodward’s Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share, payable on September 3, 2013 to shareholders of record as of August 20, 2013.

Also on July 24, 2013, Woodward’s Board of Directors approved a new stock repurchase plan that authorizes the repurchase of up to $200,000 of its outstanding shares of common stock on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions over a three-year period that will end in July 2016.  The existing stock repurchase program, which was authorized for the same amount and scheduled to expire in July 2013, is replaced by the new program.