Item 5.02        Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
                 of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On January 2, 2023 Brent Beardall, President and CEO of Washington Federal, Inc., (the "Company") and its wholly owned subsidiary Washington Federal Bank, dba WaFd Bank, was on board a private plane that crashed in Provo, Utah. He was transported by ambulance to the hospital for surgery with multiple injuries, including broken bones and lacerations, and is expected to make a full recovery. Mr. Beardall will take a temporary leave of absence from his duties as President and CEO while he recovers from his injuries.

Effective January 3, 2023, Executive Vice President and Chief Consumer Banker, Cathy Cooper, will temporarily assume Mr. Beardall's duties as President and CEO during his recovery. Ms. Cooper, 57, joined WaFd Bank in 1996 and has served as an Executive Vice President of WaFd Bank overseeing retail banking and client experience since 2016. Ms. Cooper will not receive any additional compensation related to her assumption of Mr. Beardall's duties during his absence.

Ms. Cooper does not have a family relationship with any director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer of the Company, and is not a party to any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

The statements made by the Company in this Current Report on Form 8-K include certain forward-looking statements. Words such as "expects" and other similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "should," "would" and "could" are intended to help identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not historical facts, but instead represent current expectations, plans or forecasts of the Company and are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the management of the Company and the information available to management at the time that these disclosures were prepared. The Company intends for all such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements are not guarantees of future results or performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict and often are beyond the Company's control. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the Company's forward-looking statements.

You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement and should consider the uncertainties and risks, as well as the risks and uncertainties discussed in this report and in any of the Company's other Securities and Exchange Commission filings, which could cause the Company's future results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, goals, estimates, intentions, and expectations expressed in forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which such statements are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events, changes to future operating results over time, or the impact of circumstances arising after the date the forward-looking statement was made.

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

A copy of a press release and a public letter regarding these events are furnished as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this report.




Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits



(d) The following exhibits are being furnished herewith:
Exhibit No.       Description
  99.1              Press     R    elease dated January 3, 2023.
  99.2              Public Letter dated January 3, 2023.
104               Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL)


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