SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 5, 1998
TO SUPPLEMENTS DATED APRIL 2, 1998,
JANUARY 30, 1998, DECEMBER 23, 1997,
NOVEMBER 18, 1997, AND OCTOBER 24, 1997,
TO PROSPECTUS DATED OCTOBER 22, 1997
WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.
On April 8, 1998, Peter T. Joseph, who is named in the Prospectus as a
Selling Stockholder, transferred 10,000 shares of Common Stock to Ballet Theater
Foundation, Inc., 2,700 shares of Common Stock to Yale University and 340 shares
of Common Stock to another organization.
As a result of the foregoing transfers, the number of Shares eligible for
resale pursuant to the Registration Statement by persons previously named as
Selling Stockholders and named below is adjusted to the number set forth
opposite such person's name (without adjustment for any resales that such person
has made pursuant to the Registration Statement). Also as a result of the
foregoing transfers, the other persons named below are added to the list of
Selling Stockholders, and the number of Shares that each may sell pursuant to
the Registration Statement is as set forth opposite such person's name:
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Name Shares
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Ballet Theater Foundation, Inc. 10,000
Prep for Prep 340
Yale University 2,700
Peter T. Joseph 530,395
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The date of this Prospectus Supplement is May 6, 1998.