<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000936528-14-000018.txt : 20140326
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000936528-14-000018
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140326
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140326
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140326

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WASHINGTON FEDERAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000936528
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
		IRS NUMBER:				911661606
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34654
		FILM NUMBER:		14719456

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		425 PIKE STREET
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98101
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2066247930

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		425 PIKE ST
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98101
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style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s3435B94A99BF5078517FFB8F22B4CBB2"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td width="12%"></td><td width="88%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.02</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of&#160;Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</font></div><div style="font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">On March 25, 2014, the Board of Directors of Washington Federal, Inc., parent company of Washington Federal, announced the appointments of Brent Beardall, age 43, to Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer and Diane Kelleher, age 54, to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.    </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">In his new role, Mr. Beardall will direct all client-facing activities, including commercial real estate lending, retail banking, commercial and industrial lending, treasury management services and capital markets.  Mr. Beardall joined Washington Federal in 2001 as Controller and he has served as the company&#8217;s Chief Financial Officer since October 2003.  He began his career as a Certified Public Accountant with Deloitte &amp; Touche.  He holds an undergraduate degree in accounting, along with an MA in Professional Accounting, from Brigham Young University, and recently completed the Stanford University Executive Program.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Diane Kelleher joined Washington Federal in 2010 as Vice President and Treasurer.  She subsequently served as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management, and she became the Controller last year.  Ms. Kelleher has 30 years of experience in the financial services industry with companies such as Safeco, Washington Mutual and American West Bancorp, where she also served as Chief Financial Officer. She is a Certified Public Accountant and holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from Oregon State University and an MBA from the University of Washington.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td width="12%"></td><td width="88%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7.01</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:12pt;"><font 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<a name="sA8209CCC26D90773169C0030444F7893"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:left;text-indent:288px;font-size:12pt;"><img src="ex991mar252014pressre_image1.gif" style="height:50px;width:250px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 99.1</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:right;padding-left:432px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:right;padding-left:432px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington Federal, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">425 Pike Street</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Seattle, WA 98101</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Contact:  Cathy Cooper</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">206-777-8246</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;">Monday, March 24, 2014</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington Federal Announces</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">Brent Beardall Promoted to Chief Banking Officer and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">Diane Kelleher to Chief Financial Officer</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">_________________________________________________________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">SEATTLE, WASHINGTON &#8211; The Board of Directors of Washington Federal, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD), parent company of Washington Federal, today announced changes to its leadership team.</font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Brent Beardall </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">is named Executive Vice President and the company&#8217;s Chief Banking Officer.  In his new role, all client-facing activities, including commercial real estate lending, retail banking, commercial and industrial lending, treasury management services and capital markets will report to him. Beardall joined Washington Federal in 2001 and has served as the company&#8217;s Chief Financial Officer since October 2003.  Beardall began his career as a Certified Public Accountant with Deloitte &amp; Touche.  He holds an undergraduate degree in accounting, along with an MA in Professional Accounting, from Brigham Young University, and recently completed the Stanford University Executive Program.</font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Diane Kelleher </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">succeeds Beardall as Chief Financial Officer.  She joined Washington Federal in 2010 and currently serves as Senior Vice President, Controller and Treasurer after previously heading Enterprise Risk Management.  Kelleher has 30 years of experience in the financial services industry with companies such as Safeco, Washington Mutual and American West </font></div><br><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sA8209CCC26D90773169C0030444F7893"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Bancorp, where she also served as Chief Financial Officer. She is a Certified Public Accountant and holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from Oregon State University and an MBA from the University of Washington.  </font></div><div style="line-height:180%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Chairman, President &amp; CEO Roy Whitehead stated that, &#8220;Our company is blessed with a tremendous depth of talent that we can move about as needed to capitalize on the many strengths of our executive team.  Mr. Beardall&#8217;s global understanding of the business will strengthen our banking teams and invigorate business development efforts, while Ms. Kelleher&#8217;s background makes her an outstanding choice to take on the Chief Financial Officer duties. They have worked together carefully over the past several quarters to ready the Company for this transition. Congratulations to them both.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:180%;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Washington Federal, with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, has 231 branches in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico. Established in 1917, the company provides consumer and commercial deposit services, insurance products, and financing for small to middle market businesses, commercial real estate and residential real estate, including consumer mortgages and home equity lines of credit. As of December 31, 2013, the Company reported $14.4 billion in assets, $10.4 billion in deposits and $1.9 billion in stockholders' equity.</font></div><div style="line-height:209%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">To find out more about Washington Federal, please visit our website. Washington Federal uses its website to distribute financial and other material information about the Company, which is routinely posted on and accessible at </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;color:#0000ff;text-decoration:underline;">www.washingtonfederal.com</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"># # #</font></div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Contact:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Washington Federal, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">425 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Cathy Cooper, SVP Marketing Communications </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">206-777-8246 </font></div><div style="line-height:138%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">cathy.cooper@wafd.com</font></div><br><div></div>	</body>
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