On December 23, 2008, as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program ("TARP") Capital Purchase Program, Timberland Bancorp, Inc. ("Company") entered into a Letter Agreement and Securities Purchase Agreement (collectively, the "Purchase Agreement") with the United States Department of the Treasury ("Treasury"), pursuant to which the Company sold (i) 16,641 shares of the Company's Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (the "Series A Preferred Stock") and (ii) a warrant (the "Warrant") to purchase 370,899 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), for an aggregate purchase price of $16.6 million in cash. The Purchase Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Series A Preferred Stock will qualify as Tier 1 capital and will be entitled to cumulative dividends at a rate of 5% per annum for the first five years, and 9% per annum thereafter. The Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed by the Company after three years. Prior to the end of three years, the Series A Preferred Stock may be redeemed by the Company only with proceeds from the sale of qualifying equity securities of the Company (a "Qualified Equity Offering"). The restrictions on redemption are set forth in the Certificate of Designation to the Company's Articles of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Designation") described in Item 5.03 below that it holds.

The Warrant has a 10-year term and is immediately exercisable upon its issuance, with an exercise price, subject to anti-dilution adjustments, equal to $6.73 per share of the Common Stock. The Warrant is attached as Exhibit 4.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. Treasury has agreed not to exercise voting power with respect to any shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Warrant that it holds.

The Series A Preferred Stock and the Warrant were issued in a private placement exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Upon the request of Treasury at any time, the Company has agreed to promptly enter into a deposit arrangement pursuant to which the Series A Preferred Stock may be deposited and depositary shares ("Depositary Shares"), representing fractional shares of Series A Preferred Stock, may be issued. The Company has agreed to register the Series A Preferred Stock, the Warrant, the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrant (the "Warrant Shares") and the Depositary Shares, if any, as soon as practicable after the date of the issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Warrant. Neither the Series A Preferred Stock, the Warrant nor the Warrant Shares will be subject to any contractual restrictions on transfer, except that Treasury may only transfer or exercise an aggregate of one-half of the Warrant Shares or the Warrant as applicable, prior to the earlier of the redemption of 100% of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and December 31, 2009.

The Purchase Agreement also subjects the Company to certain of the executive compensation limitations included in the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (the "EESA"). In this regard, as a condition to the closing of the transaction, each of Messrs. Michael R. Sand, Dean J. Brydon, Robert A. Drugge, John P. Norawong and Patrick K. Horan, the Company's Senior Executive Officers
(as defined in the Purchase Agreement) (the "Senior Executive Officers"), (i)
executed a waiver (the "Waiver") voluntarily waiving any claim against the Treasury or the Company for any changes to such Senior Executive Officer's compensation or benefits that are required to comply with the regulation issued by the Treasury under the TARP Capital Purchase Program as published in the Federal Register on October 20, 2008 and acknowledging that the regulation may require modification of the compensation, bonus, incentive and other benefit . . .

The information set forth under "Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement" is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the ability of the Company to declare or pay dividends or distributions on, or purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for consideration, shares of its Junior Stock (as defined below) and Parity Stock (as defined below) will be subject to restrictions, including a restriction against increasing dividends from the last quarterly cash dividend per share ($0.11) declared on the Common Stock prior to December 23, 2008. The redemption, purchase or other acquisition of trust preferred securities of the Company or its affiliates also will be restricted. These restrictions will terminate on the earlier of (a) the third anniversary of the date of issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock, (b) the date on which the Series A Preferred Stock has been redeemed in whole, and (c) the date Treasury has transferred all of the Series A Preferred Stock to third parties. The restrictions described in this paragraph are set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

In addition, pursuant to the Certificate of Designation, the ability of the Company to declare or pay dividends or distributions on, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for consideration, shares of its Junior Stock and Parity Stock will be subject to restrictions in the event that the Company fails to declare and pay full dividends (or declare and set aside a sum sufficient for payment thereof) on its Series A Preferred Stock. These restrictions are set forth in the Certificate of Designation described in Item 5.03.

"Junior Stock" means the Common Stock and any other class or series of stock of the Company the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. "Parity Stock" means any class or series of stock of the Company the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior or junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company (in each case without regard to whether dividends accrue cumulatively or non-cumulatively).

The information concerning executive compensation set forth under "Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement" is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

On December 19, 2008, the Company filed a Certificate of Designations with the State of Washington for the purpose of amending its Articles of Incorporation to fix the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the Series A Preferred Stock. The Series A Preferred Stock has a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share. The Certificate of Designations is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

On December 23, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing the sale of $16.6 million of Series A Preferred Stock to Treasury pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

 Exhibit       No. Description of Exhibit

    3.1        Certificate of Designations for the Series A
               Preferred Stock
    4.1        Form of Certificate for the Series A Preferred Stock
   4. 2        Warrant for Purchase of Shares of Common Stock
   10.1        Letter Agreement, dated December 23, 2008, between
               Timberland Bancorp, Inc. and United States
               Department of the Treasury, with respect to the
               issuance and sale of the Series A Preferred Stock
               and the Warrant
   10.2        Form of Waiver
   10.3        Form of Compensation Modification Agreement
   99.1        December 23, 2008 Press Release