WAFD INC — Director's Dealing 2009

Oct 28, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: WASHINGTON FEDERAL INC (wfsl)
CIK: 0000936528
Period of Report: 2009-10-26

Reporting Person: WHITEHEAD ROY M (Director, President, CEO and Chariman)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-10-26	Common Stock	A	20000	$17.67	Acquired	130684	Direct
2009-10-26	Common Stock	M	2875	$17.67	Acquired	133559	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-10-26	Stock Options	$11.719	X	8537	Disposed	2001-12-13	Common Stock (8537)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Mr. Whitehead also owns 17,738 shares indirectly in the PSRP.