WASHINGTON FEDERAL, INC. 21,000,000 Shares of Common Stock Underwriting AgreementWashington Federal Inc • September 21st, 2009 • Savings institution, federally chartered • New York
Washington Federal, Inc., a Washington corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”), an aggregate of 21,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company (the “Underwritten Shares”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 3,150,000 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Shares”. The shares of common stock of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares are referred to herein as the “Stock”.
