Washington Mutual, Inc. Extends Voting Deadline for Class 16 PIERS Claims

SEATTLE, Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Washington Mutual, Inc. (Pink Sheets: WAMUQ) ("WMI" or the "Company") today announced that, pursuant to the Disclosure Statement Order issued by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, it has extended the deadline to vote on the Company's proposed Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan") solely for holders of PIERS Claims in Class 16 to November 19, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time.  

As previously announced, the deadline to vote on the Plan for all other holders of Claims and Equity Interests permitted to vote is November 18, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time.      

The official Notice of Extension filed with the Bankruptcy Court, as well as WMI's Plan and Disclosure Statement and the Settlement annexed to the Plan, are available at www.kccllc.net/wamu.  This press release is not intended as a solicitation for a vote on the Plan.

For additional information, contact Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC, at (888) 830-4644.

SOURCE Washington Mutual, Inc.