| FORM
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF
SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act
of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
*
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
06/30/2021
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3. Issuer Name
and
Ticker or Trading Symbol
WASHINGTON FEDERAL INC
[
WAFD
]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
| X |
Director |
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10% Owner |
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Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check
Applicable Line)
| X |
Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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Form filed by More than One Reporting
Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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2.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr.
4)
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3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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Common Stock
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100
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D
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
| Explanation of Responses: |
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Vincent L. Beatty, Attorney-in-fact |
07/09/2021 |
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** Signature of Reporting Person |
Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * 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). |
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby makes,*
constitutes and appoints Cathy Cooper, EVP and Retail Group Manager and*
Vince Beatty, EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Washington*
Federal, Inc. "the Company", as the undersigned's true and lawful*
attorney-in-fact "the Attorney-in-Fact", each with*
full power of substitution and resubstitution, with the power to act alone*
for the underisgned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in*
any and all capacities to:
1. Prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's*
behalf, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission "SEC" a*
Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary*
or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned*
to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required or considered*
advisable under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 "the*
Exchange Act" or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
2. Prepare, execute and submit to the SEC, any national securities exchange*
or securities quotation system and the Company any and all reports,*
including any amendment thereto, of the undersigned required or considered*
advisable under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations*
thereunder, with respect to the equity securities of the Company, including*
Forms 3, 4 and 5; and
3. Obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf,*
information regarding transactions in the Company's equity securities from*
any third party, including the Company and any brokers, dealers, employee*
benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby*
authorizes any such third party to release any such information to the*
Attorney-in-Fact.
The undersigned acknowledges that:
a) This Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the*
Attorney-in-Fact to act at his or her discretion on information provided*
to such Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of such*
information;
b) Any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the*
undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form*
and will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or her*
discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
c) Neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability for the*
undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of Section 16*
of the Exchange Act, any liability of the undersigned for any failure to*
comply with such requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for*
disgorgement of profits under Section 16b of the Exchange Act; and
d) This Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from*
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under*
Section 16 of the Exchange Act,including, without limitation, the*
reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and*
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite,*
necessary or convenient to be done in connection with the foregoing,*
as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or*
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the*
Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall*
lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Limited Power*
of Attorney.
This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect*
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 with*
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in equity*
securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned*
in a signed writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact. This Limited*
Power of Attorney revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect*
to the subject matter of this Limited Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power*
of Attorney as of June 30, 2021.
____/s/ Shawn Bice _
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