---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000936528-23-000125"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WAFD"
cik: "0000936528"
company_name: "WAFD INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T11:39:12.146884+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Mark Tabbutt will not stand for reelection at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Mark Tabbutt notified Washington Federal on May 5, 2023, that he will not stand for reelection.
- He has served as director since 2011; term expires at the 2023 annual meeting (~Feb 2024).
- Decision is for personal reasons and not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Tabbutt will continue serving through the 2023 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000936528-23-000125
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WAFD
- cik: 0000936528
- company_name: WAFD INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936528/000093652823000125/0000936528-23-000125-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936528/000093652823000125/wfsl-20230505.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000936528-23-000125
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000936528-23-000125.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000936528-23-000125.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark Tabbutt departed as Director at WAFD INC.
  - Action: will not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 5, 2023, Mark Tabbutt notified Washington Federal, Inc. (the “Company”) that he will not stand for reelection as a director of the Company upon the expiration of his current term.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936528/000093652823000125/0000936528-23-000125-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.