| The Board of Directors of Washington Federal, Inc. parent company of Washington Federal Savings, has announced a 2.4 percent increase in the company’s quarterly cash dividend to 21 cents per share, from 20.5 cents per share. The dividend will be payable July 20, to common stockholders of record on July 6. This will be Washington Federal’s 98th consecutive quarterly cash dividend.
Roy M. Whitehead, Chairman and CEO commented, “We are pleased to report another cash dividend increase. This is the 42nd such increase since Washington Federal began publicly trading in 1982.”
Washington Federal Savings operates 136 offices in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico, including two in Kitsap County. The Company reported $9.9 billion in assets and $6.0 billion in deposits as of March 31, 2007. |
