{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001166928-23-000012","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"WTBA","cik":"0001166928","company_name":"WEST BANCORPORATION INC","filed_at":"2023-02-07T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:44.019406+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-19T22:29:49.918710+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.25,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.25,"confidence":"high","headline":"Director Michael J. Gerdin will not stand for re-election to West Bancorporation board","bullets":["Michael J. Gerdin will not stand for re-election at the 2023 annual meeting on April 27, 2023.","Gerdin has served on the board since 2013 and on the Compensation Committee.","His decision was not due to any disagreement with the company.","Gerdin also resigned from the West Bank board, effective concurrently."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001166928-23-000012","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001166928-23-000012.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001166928-23-000012.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001166928-23-000012.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692823000012/0001166928-23-000012-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692823000012/wtba-20230206.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-19T22:29:49.918710+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"71a6ce215a","claim":"Michael J. Gerdin departed as Director at WEST BANCORPORATION INC.","evidence_excerpt":"On February 6, 2023, Michael J. Gerdin informed West Bancorporation, Inc. (the Company) that he will not stand for re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors (the Board) at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders, scheduled to be held on April 27, 2023.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692823000012/0001166928-23-000012-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"will not stand for re-election"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}