| Maryland                                                      |   | 36-4713616                              |
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| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporationor Organization) |   | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |

| 34 South 7th Street, Richmond, Indiana   |   | 47374      |
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| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) |   | (Zip Code) |

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| (Title of each class to be registered) |   | (Name of each exchange on whicheach class is to be registered) |

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|                                        |                                                      |  WEST END INDIANA BANCSHARES, INC.     |
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|                                        |                                                      |                                        |
|  Date: April 1, 2016    |     By:      |  /s/  Timothy R. Frame       |
|                                        |                                                      |  Timothy R. Frame                      |
|                                        |                                                      |  President and Chief Executive Officer |
|                                        |                                                      |  (Duly Authorized Representative)      |

| Signatures                  |   | Title                                                               | Date                 |
|-----------------------------|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|                        |   |                                                                |                 |
| /s/ Timothy R. Frame        |   |   President and Chief Executive Officer                        |   April 1, 2016 |
| Timothy R. Frame            |   | (Principal Executive Officer)                                       |                 |
|                        |   |                                                                |                 |
|  /s/ Shelley D. Miller |   |  Executive Vice President and                                  |                 |
| Shelley D. Miller           |   | Chief Financial Officer(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | April 1, 2016        |
|                        |   |                                                                |                 |
|  /s/ John P. McBride   |   |  Chairman of the Board                                         |  April 1, 2016  |
| John P. McBride             |   |                                                                |                 |
|                        |   |                                                                |                 |
|  /s/ Michael J. Allen  |   |  Director                                                      |  April 1, 2016  |
| Michael J. Allen            |   |                                                                |                 |
|                        |   |                                                                |                 |
| /s/ Greg Janzow             |   |  Director                                                      |  April 1, 2016  |
| Greg Janzow                 |   |                                                                |                 |
|                        |   |                                                                |                 |
| /s/ Craig C. Kinyon         |   |  Director                                                      |  April 1, 2016  |
| Craig C. Kinyon             |   |                                                                |                 |

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| 3.1  | Articles of Incorporation of West End Indiana Bancshares, Inc.*                                                                 |
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| 3.2  | Bylaws of West End Indiana Bancshares, Inc.*                                                                                    |
| 4    | Form of Common Stock Certificate of West End Indiana Bancshares, Inc.*                                                          |
| 10.1 | West End Bank, S.B. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan for John McBride*                                                    |
| 10.2 | Second Amendment to the West End Bank Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan *                                                  |
| 10.3 | Form of Director Retirement Plan *                                                                                              |
| 10.4 | Form of Amendment to the Director Retirement Plan *                                                                             |
| 10.5 | West End Bank, S.B. Employee Stock Ownership Plan *                                                                             |
| 10.6 | Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with John P. McBride **                                                               |
| 10.7 | Form of Employment Agreement with Timothy R. Frame and Shelley D. Miller *                                                      |
| 10.8 | Description of Cash Bonus Plan *                                                                                                |
| 21   | Subsidiaries                                                                                                                    |
| 23   | Consent of Independent Auditor                                                                                                  |
| 31.1 | Certification required pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.                                               |
| 31.2 | Certification required pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.                                               |
| 32.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |

| *  | Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (file no. 333-175509), initially filed July 12, 2011. |
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| ** | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 13, 2013.                  |