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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001166928-25-000078"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTBA"
cik: "0001166928"
company_name: "WEST BANCORPORATION INC"
filed_at: "2025-10-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T03:21:18.801330+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director James W. Noyce not seeking re-election at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- James W. Noyce, 70, informed West Bancorporation he will not stand for re-election at the April 2026 annual meeting.
- Noyce will continue as director until the 2026 annual meeting; no successor announced.
- Decision not due to any disagreement with the Company's operations, policies, or practices.
- Noyce served 17 years, chairs the audit committee, and was previously board chair for six years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001166928-25-000078
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTBA
- cik: 0001166928
- company_name: WEST BANCORPORATION INC
- filed_at: 2025-10-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692825000078/0001166928-25-000078-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692825000078/wtba-20251014.htm

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