SUPPLEMENT DATED APRIL 2, 1998
TO SUPPLEMENTS DATED JANUARY 30, 1998,
DECEMBER 23, 1997, NOVEMBER 18, 1997,
AND OCTOBER 24, 1997,
TO PROSPECTUS DATED OCTOBER 22, 1997
WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.
On February 6, 1998, Peter T. Joseph, who is named in the Prospectus as
a Selling Stockholder, transferred 1,557 shares of Common Stock to Educational
Broadcasting Corp.
On or about February 10, 1998, David W. Mills, who is named in the
Prospectus as a Selling Stockholder, transferred 7,698 shares of Common Stock to
W S Investments, L.P.
On or about March 19, 1998, Mark L. Hart, who is named in the
Prospectus as a Selling Stockholder, transferred 291 shares of Common Stock to
Mary Frances Hart.
On March 20, 1998, Dee J. Kelly, who is named in the Prospectus as a
Selling Stockholder, transferred 2,991 shares of Common Stock to the Dee J.
Kelly Foundation.
On April 2, 1998, Billie J. Ellis, who is named in the Prospectus and
the Prospectus Supplement dated December 23, 1997, as a Selling Stockholder,
transferred 492 shares to Mary Ellis, who is named as a Selling Stockholder in
the Prospectus.
Netcong Newton Partners, L.P., who is named in the Prospectus as a
Selling Stockholder, has sold 610,045 shares of Common Stock otherwise than
pursuant to the Registration Statement in transactions exempt from registration.
Such shares are hereby removed from registration pursuant to this Registration
Statement.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, who is named
in the Prospectus as a Selling Stockholder, has sold 750,000 shares of Common
Stock otherwise than pursuant to the Registration Statement in a transaction
exempt from registration. Such shares are hereby removed from registration
pursuant to this Registration Statement.
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
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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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Billie J. Ellis 16,475
David W. Mills -0-
Dee J. Kelly 10,459
Dee J. Kelly Foundation 2,991
Educational Broadcasting Corporation 1,557
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States 315,345
Mary Ellis 15,480
Mark L. Hart 7,100
Mary Frances Hart 291
Netcong Newton Partners, L.P. -0-
Peter T. Joseph 491,878
W S Investments, L.P. 7,698
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The date of this Prospectus Supplement is April 2, 1998.
