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Form 10-Q for WASHINGTON FEDERAL INC


5-Feb-2013

Quarterly Report


Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
In addition to historical information, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes certain "forward-looking statements," as defined in the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, based on current management expectations. Actual results could differ materially from those management expectations. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding the Company's intentions, beliefs or current expectations as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based. Stockholders and potential stockholders are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause future results to vary from current management expectations include, but are not limited to: general economic conditions; legislative and regulatory changes, including without limitation the potential effect of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and regulations to be promulgated thereunder; monetary fiscal policies of the federal government; changes in tax policies; rates and regulations of federal, state and local tax authorities; changes in interest rates; deposit flows; cost of funds; demand for loan products; demand for financial services; competition; changes in the quality or composition of the Company's loan and investment portfolios; changes in accounting principles; policies or guidelines and other economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors affecting the Company's operations, markets, products, services and fees, including without limitation the Bank's ability to comply in a timely and satisfactory manner with the requirements of the memorandum of understanding entered into with the Office of The Comptroller of the Currency. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time.
GENERAL
Washington Federal, Inc. ("Company") is a savings and loan holding company. The Company's primary operating subsidiary is Washington Federal. The results discussed below were impacted by the acquisition on close of business October 31, 2012, of South Valley Bank and Trust, headquartered in Klamath Falls, Oregon ("South Valley"). The acquisition provided $383 million of net loans, $107 million of net covered loans, $735 million of deposit accounts, including $533 million in transaction deposit accounts and 24 branch locations in Central and Southern Oregon. Total consideration at closing of $44 million, including $33 million of Washington Federal, Inc. stock and $10 million of cash resulting from the collection of certain earn-out assets.

The operating results of the Company include the operating results produced by the acquired assets and assumed liabilities for the period from November 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012.

INTEREST RATE RISK
Historically, the Company accepted a higher level of interest rate volatility as a result of its significant holdings of fixed-rate single-family home loans that are longer in term than the characteristics of its primary liabilities of customer accounts and borrowings. Based on Management's assessment of the current interest rate environment, the Company has taken steps, including growing business loans, transaction deposit accounts and extending the maturity on borrowings, to reduce its interest rate risk profile compared to its historical norms.
At December 31, 2012, the Company had approximately $1.6 billion more liabilities subject to repricing in the next year than assets, which amounted to a negative one-year maturity gap of 12.3% of total assets. This was a Increase from the 10.1% negative gap as of September 30, 2012.
The negative one-year maturity gap described above signifies that assets do not respond as quickly to changes in interest rates as liabilities and net interest income typically declines when interest rates rise and expands when interest rates fall as compared to a portfolio of matched maturities of assets and liabilities.
The potential impact of rising interest rates on net income for one year has also been estimated using a model that is based on account level of detail for loans and deposits. In the event of an immediate and parallel increase of 200 basis points in interest rates, we would expect net interest income to decrease by 1.7%. In the event of a gradual increase from current rates by 200 basis points over a twelve-month period, we would expect a decrease in net interest income of .76%.


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WASHINGTON FEDERAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
PART I - Financial Information
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This analysis assumes zero balance sheet growth and constant percentage composition of assets and liabilities. It also assumes that loan and deposit prices respond in full to the increase in market rates. Actual results will differ from the assumptions used in this model, as Management monitors and adjusts loan and deposit pricing and the size and composition of the balance sheet to respond to changing interest rates.
The net portfolio value ("NPV") is the difference between the present value of expected cash flows from interest-earning assets and the present value of expected cash flows from interest-paying liabilities and off-balance-sheet contracts. The sensitivity of the NPV to changes in interest rates is another measure of interest rate risk. This approach provides a longer term view of interest rate risk as it incorporates all future expected cash flows. In the event of an immediate and parallel increase of 200 basis points in interest rates, the NPV is estimated to decline by $315 million and the NPV to total assets ratio to decline to 16.14%. As of September 30, 2012 the estimated decrease in NPV in the event of a 200 basis point increase in rates was estimated to decline by $296 million and the NPV to total assets ratio to decline to 15%.
The interest rate spread increased to 2.83% at December 31, 2012 from 2.80% at September 30, 2012. The spread increased due to a decline in the average rate on customer deposit accounts and borrowings. As of December 31, 2012, the weighted average rate on customer deposit accounts and borrowings decreased by 12 basis points compared to September 30, 2012, while the weighted average rates on earning assets decreased by 9 basis points over the same period.
As of December 31, 2012, the Company had increased total assets by $633,898,000 from $12,472,944,000 at September 30, 2012. For the quarter ended December 31, 2012, compared to September 30, 2012, loans (both non-covered and covered) increased $255,130,000, or 3.3%. To help offset the reduced income from loans, investment securities increased $437,831,000, or 14.7%. Cash and cash equivalents of $637,298,000 and stockholders' equity of $1,914,678,000 provides management with flexibility in managing interest rate risk going forward.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The Company's net worth at December 31, 2012 was $1,914,678,000, or 14.61% of total assets. This was an increase of $14,926,000 from September 30, 2012 when net worth was $1,899,752,000, or 15.23% of total assets. The Company's net worth was impacted in the three months ended December 31, 2012 by net income of $35,282,000, the payment of $17,250,000 in cash dividends, treasury stock purchases that totaled $44,747,000, as well as a decrease in other comprehensive income of $1,667,000.
Management believes this strong net worth position will help the Company manage its interest rate risk and provide the capital support needed for controlled growth in a regulated environment. To be categorized as well capitalized, Washington Federal must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier 1 risk-based and Tier 1 leverage ratios as set forth in the following table.

                                                                                                     Categorized as
                                                                                                 Well Capitalized Under
                                                                      Capital                       Prompt Corrective
                                         Actual                 Adequacy Guidelines                 Action Provisions
                                   Capital       Ratio           Capital          Ratio            Capital            Ratio
                                                                       (In thousands)
December 31, 2012
Total capital to risk-weighted
assets                          $ 1,684,606      26.25 %   $     513,443           8.00 %   $      641,804            10.00 %
Tier I capital to risk-weighted
assets                            1,603,789      24.99 %             N/A            N/A            385,082             6.00 %
Core capital to adjusted
tangible assets                   1,603,789      12.49 %             N/A            N/A            642,126             5.00 %
Core capital to total assets      1,603,789      12.49 %         385,276           3.00 %              N/A              N/A
Tangible capital to tangible
assets                            1,603,789      12.49 %         192,638           1.50 %              N/A              N/A

September 30, 2012
Total capital to risk-weighted
assets                            1,653,760      27.29 %         484,822           8.00 %          606,028            10.00 %
Tier I capital to risk-weighted
assets                            1,577,280      26.03 %             N/A            N/A            363,617             6.00 %
Core capital to adjusted
tangible assets                   1,577,280      12.92 %             N/A            N/A            610,556             5.00 %
Core capital to total assets      1,577,280      12.92 %         366,334           3.00 %              N/A              N/A
Tangible capital to tangible
assets                            1,577,280      12.92 %         183,167           1.50 %              N/A              N/A


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WASHINGTON FEDERAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
PART I - Financial Information
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

CHANGES IN FINANCIAL CONDITION
Available-for-sale and held-to-maturity securities: Available-for-sale securities increased $222,072,000, or 12.5%, during the three months ended December 31, 2012, which included the purchase of $261,966,000 of available-for-sale securities. There were $43,899,000 of available-for-sale securities sold during the three months ended December 31, 2012, resulting in no gain or loss. During the same period, there were 264,781,000 of held-to-maturity securities purchased and no sales of held-to-maturity securities. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had net unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities of $11,639,000, net of tax, which were recorded as part of stockholders' equity. The Company increased its available-for-sale and held-to-maturity investment portfolios to help offset some of the lost interest income on maturing and prepaying loans and mortgage-backed securities. Loans receivable: During the three months ended December 31, 2012, the balance of loans receivable increased 2.2% to $7,614,910,000 compared to $7,451,998,000 at September 30, 2012. This increase is a result of the acquisition of $344 million in loans from South Valley offset by declining balances consistent with management's strategy to reduce the Company's exposure to land and construction loans and not aggressively compete for 30 year fixed-rate loans at rates below 4%, due to the duration risk associated with such low mortgage rates. Additionally, during the quarter, $22,762,000 of loans were transferred to REO. If the current low rates on 30 year fixed-rate mortgages persist, management will consider continuing to shrink the Company's loan portfolio. The following table shows the loan portfolio by category for the last three quarters.

Loan Portfolio by
Category *                  December 31, 2012             September 30, 2012               June 30, 2012
Non-Acquired loans                                          (In thousands)
Single-family
residential            $  5,573,590         69.4 %   $    5,778,922         73.5 %   $ 5,904,805         74.0 %
Construction -
speculative                 123,871          1.5            129,637          1.6         130,741          1.6
Construction - custom       228,140          2.9            211,690          2.7         210,488          2.6
Land - acquisition &
development                 109,458          1.4            124,677          1.6         135,392          1.7
Land - consumer lot
loans                       137,106          1.7            141,844          1.8         145,129          1.8
Multi-family                721,802          9.0            710,140          9.0         692,763          8.7
Commercial real estate      347,564          4.3            319,210          4.1         310,588          3.9
Commercial &
industrial                  171,644          2.1            162,823          2.1         148,577          1.9
HELOC                       111,986          1.4            112,902          1.4         113,559          1.4
Consumer                     59,131          0.7             63,374          0.8          68,202          0.9
Total non-acquired
loans                     7,584,292         94.4          7,755,219         98.6       7,860,244         98.5
Acquired loans                                              (In thousands)
Single-family
residential                  15,495            -                  -            -               -            -
Construction -
speculative                      90            -                  -            -               -            -
Construction - custom           994            -                  -            -               -            -
Land - acquisition &
development                   3,520            -                  -            -               -            -
Land - consumer lot
loans                         3,891          0.1                  -            -               -            -
Multi-family                  9,333          0.2                  -            -               -            -
Commercial real estate      178,727          2.2                  -            -               -            -
Commercial &
industrial                  106,931          1.3                  -            -               -            -
HELOC                        13,810          0.2                  -            -               -            -
Consumer                     10,759          0.1                  -            -               -            -
Total acquired loans        343,550          4.1                  -            -               -            -
Credit-impaired
acquired loans
Single-family
residential                     340            -                342            -             343            -
Construction -
speculative                   1,755            -              1,889            -           1,889            -
Land - acquisition &
development                   2,677            -              3,702          0.1           4,211          0.1
Multi-family                      -            -                601            -           1,074            -


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Commercial real estate      83,657          1.1          87,154          1.1          91,006          1.0
Commercial &
industrial                   1,883            -           3,292            -           5,100          0.1
HELOC                       12,849          0.2          14,040          0.2          15,037          0.2
Consumer                        90            -              97            -             115            -
Total credit-impaired
acquired loans             103,251          1.4         111,117          1.4         118,775          1.5
Total loans
  Single-family
residential              5,589,425         69.4       5,779,264         73.5       5,905,148         74.0
  Construction -
speculative                125,716          1.5         131,526          1.6         132,630          1.6
  Construction -
custom                     229,134          2.9         211,690          2.7         210,488          2.6
  Land - acquisition &
development                115,655          1.4         128,379          1.7         139,603          1.8
  Land - consumer lot
loans                      140,997          1.8         141,844          1.8         145,129          1.8
  Multi-family             731,135          9.2         710,741          9.0         693,837          8.7
  Commercial real
estate                     609,948          7.6         406,364          5.2         401,594          4.9
  Commercial &
industrial                 280,458          3.4         166,115          2.1         153,677            2
  HELOC                    138,645          1.8         126,942          1.6         128,596          1.6
  Consumer                  69,980          0.8          63,471          0.8          68,317          0.9
Total loans              8,031,093         99.8 %     7,866,336          100 %     7,979,019          100 %
Less:
Allowance for probable
losses                     126,827                      133,147                      137,951
Loans in process           204,566                      213,286                      155,051
Discount on acquired
loans                       50,817                       33,484                       35,200
Deferred net
origination fees            33,973                       34,421                       34,612
                           416,183                      414,338                      362,814
                       $ 7,614,910                  $ 7,451,998                  $ 7,616,205


 ____________________


* Excludes covered loans Covered loans: As of December 31, 2012, covered loans increased 32.0%, or $92,218,000, to $380,594,000, compared to September 30, 2012, due to acquisition of FDIC covered loans as part of the South Valley acquisition described in Note B. Non-performing assets: Non-performing assets, which excludes discounted acquired assets, decreased during the quarter ended December 31, 2012 to $264,219,000 from $272,905,000 at September 30, 2012, a 3.2% decrease. The continued elevated level of NPAs is a result of the significant decline in housing values in the western United States and the national recession over the last three years. Non-performing assets as a percentage of total assets was 2.02% at December 31, 2012 compared to 2.19% at September 30, 2012. This level of NPAs remains significantly higher than the 0.94% average in the Company's 28+ year history as a public company. The following table sets forth information regarding restructured and non-accrual loans and REO held by the Company at the dates indicated.


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                   WASHINGTON FEDERAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
PART I - Financial Information
Item 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations



                                       December 31,                    September 30,
                                           2012                             2012
                                                      (In thousands)
Restructured loans:
Single-family residential     $    356,546            84.0 %   $    361,640            83.4 %
Construction - speculative          14,244             3.4           15,907             3.7
Construction - custom                1,196             0.3            1,196             0.3
Land - acquisition &
development                         13,009             3.1           14,985             3.5
Land - consumer lot loans           13,622             3.2           13,782             3.2
Multi - family                      17,517             4.1           17,507             4.0
Commercial real estate               7,337             1.7            7,377             1.7
Commercial & industrial                  -               -                -               -
HELOC                                  891             0.2              884             0.2
Consumer                                 -               -                -               -
Total restructured loans (1)       424,362             100 %        433,278             100 %
Non-accrual loans:
Single-family residential          108,570            66.6 %        131,193            75.7 %
Construction - speculative           9,471             5.8           10,634             6.1
Construction - custom                   39               -              539             0.3
Land - acquisition &
development                         14,318             8.8           13,477             7.8
Land - consumer lot loans            4,024             2.5            5,149             3.0
Multi-family                         7,907             4.8            4,185             2.4
Commercial real estate              16,958            10.4            7,653             4.4
Commercial & industrial                987             0.6               16               -
HELOC                                  489             0.3              198             0.1
Consumer                               353             0.2              383             0.2
Total non-accrual loans (2)        163,116             100 %        173,427             100 %
Total REO (3)                       83,000                           80,800
Total REHI (3)                      18,103                           18,678
Total non-performing assets   $    264,219                     $    272,905
Total non-performing assets
and performing restructured
loans as a percentage of
total assets                          5.05 %                           5.42 %
(1)  Restructured loans were
as follows:
Performing                    $    397,045            93.6 %   $    403,238            93.1 %
Non-accrual *                       27,317             6.4           30,040             6.9
                              $    424,362             100 %   $    433,278             100 %

* Included in "Total non-accrual loans" above

(2) The Company recognized interest income on nonaccrual loans of approximately $790,000 in the three months ended December 31, 2012. Had these loans performed according to their original contract terms, the Company would have recognized interest income of approximately $2,250,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2012.

In addition to the nonaccrual loans reflected in the above table, at December 31, 2012, the Company had $134,816,000 of loans that were less than 90 days delinquent but which it had classified as substandard for one or more reasons. If these loans were deemed non-performing, the Company's ratio of total NPAs and performing restructured loans as a percent of total assets would have increased to 6.07% at December 31, 2012.
(3) Total REO and REHI (included in real estate held for sale on the Statement of Financial Condition) includes real estate held for sale acquired in settlement of loans or acquired from purchased institutions in settlement of loans. Excludes covered REO.


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WASHINGTON FEDERAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
PART I - Financial Information
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Restructured single-family residential loans are reserved for under the Company's general reserve methodology. If any individual loan is significant in balance, the Company may establish a specific reserve as warranted.

Most restructured loans are accruing and performing loans where the borrower has proactively approached the Company about modifications due to temporary financial difficulties. Each request is individually evaluated for merit and likelihood of success. Single-family residential loans comprised 84.0% of restructured loans as of December 31, 2012. The concession for these loans is typically a payment reduction through a rate reduction of from 100 to 200 bps for a specific term, usually six to twelve months. Interest-only payments may also be approved during the modification period.
For commercial loans, six consecutive payments on newly restructured loan terms are required prior to returning the loan to accrual status. In some instances after the required six consecutive payments are made, a management assessment will conclude that collection of the entire principal balance is still in doubt. In those instances, the loan will remain on non-accrual. Homogeneous loans may or may not be on accrual status at the time of restructuring, but all are placed on accrual status upon the restructuring of the loan. Homogeneous loans are restructured only if the borrower can demonstrate the ability to meet the restructured payment terms; otherwise, collection is pursued and the loan remains on non-accrual status until liquidated. If the homogeneous restructured loan does not perform it will be placed in non-accrual status when it is 90 days delinquent.
A loan that defaults and is subsequently modified would impact the Company's delinquency trend, which is part of the qualitative risk factors component of the general reserve calculation. Any modified loan that re-defaults and is charged-off would impact the historical loss factors component of our general reserve calculation.
Allocation of the allowance for loan losses: The following table shows the allocation of the Company's allowance for loan losses at the dates indicated.

                                   December 31, 2012                                    September 30, 2012
                                            Loans to        Coverage                             Loans to        Coverage
                         Amount         Total Loans (1)    Ratio (2)          Amount         Total Loans (1)    Ratio (2)
                     (In thousands)                                       (In thousands)
Single-family
residential        $         77,508             73.5 %          1.4 %   $         81,815             74.5 %          1.4 %
Construction -
speculative                   8,660              1.6            7.0               12,060              1.7            9.3
Construction -
custom                          275              3.0            0.1                  347              2.7            0.2
Land -
acquisition &
development                  15,056              1.4           13.8               15,598              1.6           12.5
Land - consumer
lot loans                     4,963              1.8            3.6                4,937              1.8            3.5
Multi-family                  5,107              9.5            0.7                5,280              9.2            0.7
Commercial real
estate                        2,651              4.6            0.8                1,956              4.1            0.6
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