WaFd, Inc. (WAFD) M&A Call Transcript

SA Transcripts 162.12K Followers Follow WaFd, Inc. ( WAFD ) M&A Call September 8, 2026 8:00 AM EDT Company Participants Brad Goode - Chief of Communications, Marketing & Community Relations and Senior VP Brent Beardall - President, CEO & Vice Chairman John Seibly - CEO & Director Patrick Rusnak - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Kelli Holz - Executive VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Kelly Motta - Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc., Research Division Adam Kroll - Piper Sandler & Co., Research Division Jeff Rulis - D.A. Davidson & Co., Research Division Andrew Terrell - Stephens Inc., Research Division Presentation Operator Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the WaFd Bank announcement conference call. [Operator Instructions]. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Brad Goode, WaFd Bank's Chief Marketing Officer. Sir, please go ahead. Brad Goode Chief of Communications, Marketing & Community Relations and Senior VP Thank you, Michelle. Good morning, everybody. Thanks for joining us for an update about WaFd Bank and the announcement about our strategic merger with EverBank. You can find our press release about the announcement, which we issued yesterday on our website at wafdbank.com. Additional supplemental information about the announcement can be found in our Form 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is also available on our website. During today's call, we'll make forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties and are intended to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of federal securities law. Information on risk factors that could cause actual results to differ is available from the announcement press release again that was issued yesterday and our Form 8-K. Forward statements are effective only as the date they are made, and WaFd assumes no obligation to update information concerning its expectations. We will also