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AMENDMENT NO. 2 WEST BANCORPORATION, INC. EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND STOCK OWNERSHIP
PLAN The Plan named above gives the Employer the right to amend it at any time.
According to that right, the Plan is amended effective January 1, 2016, as
follows: By adding the following as the 10th paragraph under subparagraph (a) of
the EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS SECTION of Article III (as previously amended by
Amendment No. 1): The automatic Elective Deferral Contribution shall apply to
all Active Participants on each January 1, who have not elected to make Elective
Deferral Contributions of at least 6%. This amendment is made an integral part
of the aforesaid Plan and is controlling over the terms of said Plan with
respect to the particular items addressed expressly herein. All other provisions
of the Plan remain unchanged and controlling. Unless otherwise stated on any
page of this amendment, eligibility for benefits and the amount of any benefits
payable to or on behalf of an individual who is an Inactive Participant on the
effective date(s) stated above, shall be determined according to the provisions
of the aforesaid Plan as in effect on the day before he became an Inactive
Participant. Signing this amendment, the Employer, as plan sponsor, has made the
decision to adopt this plan amendment. The Employer is acting in reliance on its
own discretion and on the legal and tax advice of its own advisors, and not that
of any member of the Principal Financial Group or any representative of a member
company of the Principal Financial Group. Signed this ______________ day of
_______________________________________, _______. WEST BANCORPORATION, INC. By
________________________________ ___________________________________ Title 1

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