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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-22-007322
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220321
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220321
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220321

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RIDGE GARRY O
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001191649

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-06936
		FILM NUMBER:		22756775

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1061 CUDAHY PL
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92110

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WD 40 CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000105132
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS [2890]
		IRS NUMBER:				951797918
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0831

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9715 BUSINESSPARK AVENUE
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92131
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6192751400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9715 BUSINESSPARK AVENUE
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92131
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O:  WD-40 COMPANY</rptOwnerStreet1>
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        <footnote id="F1">Restricted stock units (RSUs) were granted pursuant to the Transition and Release Agreement (TRA) dated March 11, 2022.  RSUs are scheduled to vest on June 30, 2023, subject to certain terms and conditions in the TRA and/or the respective award agreement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Total includes:  (i) 1,307 shares held in the WD-40 Company Profit Sharing / 401(k) Plan and Trust (Company Stock Fund account), (ii) 1,700 shares of restricted Common Stock received (net of shares withheld for taxes) upon settlement of Performance Share Units or PSUs, (iii) 12,876 of unvested RSUs, which includes the grant of RSUs reported in this Form 4, and (iv) 967 Deferred Performance Units (Common Stock equivalents).  Immaterial increases in shares held in the Common Stock Fund account are due to stock dividends received periodically.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares and this report of indirect beneficial ownership shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise, the beneficial owner of such shares.  Immaterial increases in shares are due to stock dividends received periodically.</footnote>
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    <remarks>See attached Power of Attorney dated March 3, 2022.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>Phenix Q. Kiamilev, attorney-in-fact for Garry O. Ridge</signatureName>
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  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS EACH OF<font style="font-weight: bold;">&#160;</font>(I)<font style="font-weight: bold;">&#160;</font>THE VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL, WHO IS CURRENTLY <font style="font-weight: bold;">PHENIX Q. KIAMILEV</font>, (II) THE ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL, WHO IS CURRENTLY <font style="font-weight: bold;">ANN T.
      NGUYEN</font>, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS, AND (III) <font style="font-weight: bold;">MARIEL D. LEON,</font> SIGNING SINGLY, THE UNDERSIGNED&#8217;S TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY-IN-FACT TO:</div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">(1)<font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="text-indent: 0px; font-size: 5.14pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>prepare, execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) a Form ID application, including amendments thereto, and any other
      documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings in accordance with the SEC Electronic Date Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) Filer Management System Requirements of reports
      required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934&#160; or any rule or regulation of the SEC thereunder (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;);</div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">(2)<font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="text-indent: 0px; font-size: 5.14pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as an officer and/or director of WD-40 Company (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) and/or beneficial owner of more than 10% of the Company&#8217;s
      capital stock, Forms 3, 4, and 5 and any amendments thereto in accordance with the Exchange Act, and Forms 144 and any amendments thereto in accordance with Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;);</div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">(3)<font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="text-indent: 0px; font-size: 5.14pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any of the foregoing filings and timely file such forms with the SEC
      and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">(4)<font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="text-indent: 0px; font-size: 5.14pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font>take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by,
      the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
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  <div style="text-indent: 34.05pt;">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
    whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
    revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.</div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 34.05pt;">The undersigned agrees that each such attorney-in-fact herein may rely entirely on information furnished orally or in writing by the
    undersigned to such attorney-in-fact for purposes of executing, acknowledging, delivering or filing the Form ID, Forms 3, 4 or 5, Forms 144, including any amendments thereto (collectively, &#8220;Section 16 Filings&#8221;).&#160; The undersigned acknowledges that the
    foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144 promulgated
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  <div style="text-indent: 33.85pt;">This Power of Attorney supersedes any power of attorney previously executed by the undersigned regarding the purposes outlined in the
    first paragraph hereof (&#8220;Prior Power of Attorney&#8221;), and the authority of the attorney-in-fact named in any Prior Power of Attorney is hereby revoked.</div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 33.85pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Section 16 Filings with
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  <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">This Power of Attorney may be executed and delivered by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission and shall be deemed to have the same
    legal effect as delivery of an original signed copy of this Power of Attorney.</div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 34.05pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 3<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">rd</sup> day of March, 2022.</div>
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  <div style="margin-left: 234pt;"><u>/s/&#160; GARRY O. RIDGE</u><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="text-indent: 0px; font-size: 5.06pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div>
  <div style="margin-left: 234pt;">Signature</div>
  <div style="margin-left: 234pt;">Print Name:&#160; Garry O. Ridge</div>
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