# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000936528
**File Stem:** 0000936528-23-000043
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000936528-23-000043.hdr.sgml**: 20230126

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000936528-23-000043

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 15

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230126

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Regulation FD Disclosure

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230126

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230126

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** WASHINGTON FEDERAL INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000936528
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
- **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:** 23558728

**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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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

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**FORM 8-K** 

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**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the**

**Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 26, 2023**

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**WASHINGTON FEDERAL INC** 

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)**

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| **Washington** | **001-34654** | **001-34654** | **91-1661606** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)** |
| **425 Pike Street** | **Seattle** | **Washington** | **98101** |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** | | | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's telephone number, including area code (206) 624-7930** 

Not Applicable

**(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)**

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of Each Class** | **Trading Symbol** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share | WAFD | NASDAQ Stock Market |
| Depositary Shares, Each Representing a 1/40th Interest in a Share of 4.875% Fixed Rate Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock | WAFDP | NASDAQ Stock Market |

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yes ☐&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No ⌧

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| **Item 7.01** | **Regulation FD** |

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On January 26, 2023, Washington Federal, Inc. (the "Company" or "WaFd") released a press release detailing the timing for the expected return of CEO Brent Beardall.

A copy of the press release regarding this event is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

The information provided pursuant to this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing or other document filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing or document. The information provided pursuant to this Item 7.01 shall instead be deemed "furnished."

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| **Item 9.01** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits** |

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(d) The following exhibits are being furnished herewith:

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Description** |
| <u>[99.1](ceobrentbeardallreturnst.htm)</u> | <u>[Press Release dated January 26, 2023.](ceobrentbeardallreturnst.htm)</u> |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL) |

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**SIGNATURES**

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 thereunto duly authorized.

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| January 26, 2023 | WASHINGTON FEDERAL, INC. | WASHINGTON FEDERAL, INC. |
|  | By: | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ KELLI J. HOLZ |
|  |  | Kelli J. Holz |
|  |  | Executive Vice President<br>and Chief Financial Officer |

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## Exhibit 99.1

![](ceobrentbeardallreturnst001.jpg)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;January 26, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WaFd Bank President and CEO Brent Beardall Expected to Return Soon to Full-Time Duties Brent Beardall, President and CEO of Washington Federal, Inc. (Nasdaq: WAFD) and Washington Federal Bank (dba WaFd Bank), continues to make significant progress recovering from a small plane crash in early January in Provo, Utah. Beardall, who is undergoing extensive physical therapy at the Rehabilitation Hospital at the University of Utah Health, expects to be discharged from the hospital on February 10, 2023, and return to his duties at WaFd Bank full time beginning February 13, 2023. "I'm feeling stronger every day, lifted by so much love and support I've received over the last few weeks," Beardall said. "I feel incredibly blessed to be on the mend so quickly and to work with an exceptional team of bankers who have stepped up and done an outstanding job running the bank during my recovery. With Executive Vice President and Chief Consumer Banker Cathy Cooper temporarily assuming my duties, we have not missed a beat executing on WaFd's growth strategies and we're pleased to post record quarterly earnings." Washington Federal's Chairman of the Board, Stephen Graham, said, "We are so grateful to see Brent well on his way to a full recovery and we look forward to his return to normal duties after he completes inpatient rehabilitation." WaFd Bank, a federally insured Washington state-chartered bank with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, has more than 200 branches in eight western states. To find out more about WaFd Bank, please visit our website www.wafdbank.com. WaFd Bank uses its website to distribute financial and other material information about the Company. # # # Contact: Brad Goode Chief Marketing & Communications Officer WaFd Bank/Washington Federal, Inc. 425 Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 626-8178

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