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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * FREEMAN MICHAEL L   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol WD 40 CO [WDFC] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Division President, Americas (Last) (First) (Middle) 1061 CUDAHY PLACE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/11/2011 (Street) SAN DIEGO, CA 92110 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 10/11/2011   D   1,116 (1) D (1) 25,504.103 D   Common Stock 10/11/2011   A   1,432 (2) A (2) 26,936.103 D   Common Stock 10/11/2011   A   2,147 (3) A (3) 29,083.103 (4) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FREEMAN MICHAEL L 1061 CUDAHY PLACE SAN DIEGO, CA 92110			Division President, Americas

Signatures

Maria M. Mitchell, attorney-in-fact for Michael F. Freeman		10/13/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Disposition of Performance Share Units (Common Stock equivalents) upon certified performance vesting of Performance Share Units (PSUs) awarded to the reporting person on December 7, 2009. 1,284 vested shares will be issued to the reporting person pursuant to the applicable PSU Award Agreement.
(2)	1,432 Restricted Stock Units (Common Stock equivalents) were granted pursuant to the WD-40 Company 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. The Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) will be settled solely with Issuer Common Stock upon an annual vesting schedule as provided for in the Award Agreement for the RSUs as follows: 487 shares not later than11/15/2012, 473 shares not later than 11/15/2013, and 472 shares not later than 11/15/2014.
(3)	2,147 Performance Share Units (Common Stock equivalents) were granted pursuant to the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. The Performance Share Units (PSUs) will be settled solely with Issuer Common Stock upon performance vesting as provided for in the Award Agreement for the PSUs following a 2 year performance measurement period.
(4)	Total includes 2,118.103 shares held in WD-40 Company Profit Sharing Plan (Company Stock Fund) account. Total also includes 9,791 Restricted Stock Units, of which 5,820 are subject to future vesting, and 5,831 Performance Share Units, of which 4,547 are subject to future vesting.

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