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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001325878-24-000212"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001325878"
company_name: "Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka"
filed_at: "2024-09-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T00:23:06.410211+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Election of Christopher D. Wente to FHLBank Topeka board as member director from Kansas

## Summary
- Christopher D. Wente, Chairman/CEO of Golden Belt Bank, elected as member director from Kansas.
- Four-year term from Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2028; uncontested election per FHFA rules.
- Director compensation for 2025 not yet approved by FHLBank's board.
- FHLBank extends credit to member institutions whose directors serve; loans on market terms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001325878-24-000212
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001325878
- company_name: Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka
- filed_at: 2024-09-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325878/000132587824000212/0001325878-24-000212-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325878/000132587824000212/fhlbt-20240930.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher D. Wente was elected as Member Director at Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Member Director
  source text: On September 30, 2024, Mr. Christopher D. Wente, Chairman and CEO of Golden Belt Bank, FSA, in Hays, Kansas, was deemed elected as a member director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka (FHLBank) from the State of Kansas for a four-year term commencing January 1, 2025, and expiring December 31, 2028.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325878/000132587824000212/0001325878-24-000212-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.