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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000891020-08-000167
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081107
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081107
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081107

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000933136
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
		IRS NUMBER:				911653725
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14667
		FILM NUMBER:		081172656

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1301 SECOND AVENUE
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98101
		BUSINESS PHONE:		206-461-2000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1301 SECOND AVENUE
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98101

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WASHINGTON MUTUAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19941123
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Form&nbsp;8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Current Report<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): 11/7/2008</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.</B>
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<B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>



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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>WASHINGTON<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation)</B>
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<B>1301 SECOND AVENUE</B><BR>

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101<BR>

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<B>(206)&nbsp;461-2000<BR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Washington Mutual, Inc. (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;) and its affiliated chapter 11 debtor, WMI
Investment, Corp. (&#147;<U>WMIC</U>&#148;, and together with the Company, the &#147;<U>Debtors</U>&#148;), filed a
motion (the &#147;<U>Motion</U>&#148;) with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
(the &#147;<U>Court</U>&#148;) on October&nbsp;24, 2008 seeking an order restricting certain transfers of
interest in stock of the Debtors.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On November&nbsp;7, 2008, the Court entered an order granting the relief requested in the Motion on
an interim basis. A final hearing on the Motion is scheduled for November&nbsp;14, 2008 at 10:00&nbsp;a.m.
at the Court, 824 Market Street, 5th Floor, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. If the requested relief is
granted, any acquisition, disposition, or other transfer in violation of the restrictions set forth
in the proposed order (attached to the Motion) on or after October&nbsp;24, 2008 shall be null and void
<I>ab initio </I>as an act in violation of the automatic stay under sections 105(a) and 362 of the
Bankruptcy Code.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Motion applies to &#147;Substantial Equityholders,&#148; being persons who are, or as a result of a
transaction would become, the beneficial owner of 4.75% of the outstanding shares of the Company&#146;s
common stock, 4.5% of the outstanding shares of the Company&#146;s 7.75% Series&nbsp;R Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, or 4.75% of any other series of the Company&#146;s preferred
stock. A copy of the Motion, which includes a complete definition of &#147;Substantial Equityholders,&#148;
is available on the website of the Debtors&#146; claims agent: <U>www.kccllc.net/wamu</U>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.<BR>
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    <TD align="left">Date: November 7, 2008&nbsp;</TD>
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Auditor, Controller, Chief Financial
Officer and Chief Restructuring Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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