exhibit 10. 30 supplemental agreement to managing director service contract dated 6th march 2002 th and subsequent arrangement dated 21st november 2006 st between woodward gmbh ( previously leonhard reglerbau dr. - ing. adolf leonhard gmbh ) handwerkstraße 29, 70565 stuttgart -,, company “ - and mr gerhard lauffer, goldregenweg 40, 70565 stuttgart -,, managing director “ - preamble woodward, inc. ’ s ( woodward ’ s ) electrical power systems business group structure will undergo various organizational changes. upon completion of the planning phase, the changes will be announced at the end of fy2012 or at the beginning fy2013, i. e., late september or early october 2012. more specifically, it is intended to consolidate the electrical power systems business group ( “ eps ” ) into the engine systems business group ( “ es ” ) and into industrial turbomachinery systems business group ( “ its ” ), and consequently, eps will cease to be a separate business group within woodward ’ s energy business segment. this will include that power generation and distribution ( “ pg & d ” ) and power solutions ( “ ps ” ), which are currently sub - segments under eps, will be moved to es. wind power systems ( “ wps ” ) and power conversion systems ( “ pcs ” ), which will be moved to its, will form a new organizational unit under its, renewable power systems ( “ rps ” ). the parties jointly find that their current contractual arrangement will not adequately reflect the business situation resulting from the intended organizational changes. agreement therefore, effective as of the date of signature of this supplemental agreement, the parties agree as follows : 1. the managing director will continue in both his roles as managing director of the company and as a president of woodward, inc. while managing director may no longer be deemed an officer pursuant to the requirements of section 16 of the securities exchange act of 1934, as amended, he will remain a corporate officer of woodward, and will, effective october 1, 2012, lead rps until the earlier of ( i ) june 30, 2013, or ( ii ) such time that woodward at its sole discretion releases managing director from all of his duties as managing director taking into consideration the company ’ s appointment of a successor and a reasonable transition period ( such earlier date, the “ role change date ” ). during the period prior to this release of duties, the managing director will continue