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Filing Details

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
108312	Woodward Governor Co	WGOV	Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620)	361984010

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1113697	A John Halbrook	1000 E. Drake Road Fort Collins CO 80525		Yes	No	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
Woodward Governor Company Common Stock	Acquisiton	2010-08-02	84,800	$6.97	1,522,317	No	4	M	Direct
Woodward Governor Company Common Stock	Disposition	2010-08-02	19,471	$30.35	1,502,846	No	4	F	Direct
Woodward Governor Company Common Stock	Disposition	2010-08-02	23,786	$30.23	1,479,060	No	4	S	Direct
Woodward Governor Company Common Stock	Disposition	2010-08-04	165	$30.56	1,478,895	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	F	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Stock	Nonqualified Stock Option (right to buy)	Disposition	2010-08-02	84,800	$0.00	84,800	$6.97

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
30,534	2001-11-21	2010-11-21	No	4	M	Direct

Footnotes

The transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on June 3, 2010.
Shares delivered to the Company in payment of exercise price incident to the exercise of a security issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3.
Shares sold to cover tax liability incident to the exercise of a security issued in accordance with Rule 16b-3. The reporting person executed a trade order through a broker-dealer which resulted in multiple same day, same-way open market sales, with the prices ranging from $30.03 to $30.49 per share. The reporting person has reported these sales on an aggregate basis using the weighted average price for the transactions. The reporting person undertakes to provide, upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the Company or a security holder of the Company, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
In accordance with the terms of Mr. Halbrook's 10b5-1 plan, this amount represents additional shares that were required to be sold to cover a shortfall in required tax withholdings related to the transactions dated August 2, 2010.
Options, which expire in November 2010, became exercisable at the rate of 25% per year beginning 11/21/2001.