---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000936528-23-000168"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WAFD"
cik: "0000936528"
company_name: "WAFD INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T08:02:01.875374+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Washington Federal changes corporate name to WaFd, Inc effective Sept 29, 2023

## Summary
- Name change from Washington Federal, Inc. to WaFd, Inc.
- Articles of Amendment filed with Washington Secretary of State effective 12:01 a.m. Sept 29, 2023.
- Bylaws also amended to reflect new name.
- Ticker symbol WAFD and CUSIP numbers for common stock and depositary shares unchanged.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000936528-23-000168
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WAFD
- cik: 0000936528
- company_name: WAFD INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936528/000093652823000168/0000936528-23-000168-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936528/000093652823000168/wfsl-20230927.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000936528-23-000168.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  WAFD INC: Articles of Amendment filed to change corporate name from Washington Federal, Inc. to WaFd, Inc (effective 2023-09-29).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-09-29
  source text: On September 27, 2023 Washington Federal, Inc. (the “Company”) filed Articles of Amendment to its Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, with the Washington Secretary of State, to change its corporate name to WaFd, Inc, (the “Name Change”). The Articles of Amendment are effective at 12:01 a.m. on September 29, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936528/000093652823000168/0000936528-23-000168-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  WAFD INC: Bylaws amended and restated to reflect name change to WaFd, Inc (effective 2023-09-29).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-09-29
  source text: The Company’s Bylaws were also amended and restated, effective September 29, 2023 to reflect the Name Change.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936528/000093652823000168/0000936528-23-000168-index.htm

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