# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001166928
**File Stem:** 0001166928-23-000029
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 5592
**Document Hash:** f2935461ddf0851b468ba0328a1d93cf
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001166928-23-000029.hdr.sgml**: 20230223

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001166928-23-000029

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230223

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230223

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230223

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** WEST BANCORPORATION INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001166928
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 421230603
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** IA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-49677
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23655905

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1601 22ND ST
- **CITY:** WEST DES MOINES
- **STATE:** IA
- **ZIP:** 50266
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 5152222309

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1601 22ND ST
- **CITY:** WEST DES MOINES
- **STATE:** IA
- **ZIP:** 50266

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-K**

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): **February 23, 2023**

**WEST BANCORPORATION, INC.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Iowa** | **0-49677** | **42-1230603** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |

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**1601 22nd Street, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266**

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: **515-222-2300**

**Not Applicable**

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

□Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

□Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

□Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

□Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common stock, no par value | WTBA | The Nasdaq Global Select Market |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Emerging growth company □

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. □

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**Item 8.01 Other Events.**

West Bancorporation, Inc. (the "Company") is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to amend the consent of RSM US LLP filed as Exhibit 23 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2022. The original consent inadvertently omitted a reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-255638). The revised and updated consent attached hereto as Exhibit 23 supersedes and replaces the original Exhibit 23 but does not change any previously reported financial results or any other disclosures contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

**Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

(d) Exhibits:

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| Exhibit Number | Description |
| 23 | <u>[Consent of RSM US LLP](wtba-202302023form8xkex23.htm)</u> |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | | West Bancorporation, Inc. |
| *February 23, 2023* | *By:* | */s/ Jane M. Funk* |
|  |  | *Name: Jane M. Funk* |
|  |  | *Title: Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer* |

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## Ex-23

**EXHIBIT 23**

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No. 333-255638) on Form S-8, Registration Statement (No. 333-120089) on Form S-8, Registration Statement (No. 333-236740) on Form S-3, Registration Statement (No. 333-181146) on Form S-8 and Registration Statement (No. 333-217523) on Form S-8 of West Bancorporation, Inc. of our reports dated February 23, 2022, relating to the consolidated financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of West Bancorporation, Inc., appearing in the Annual Report to Stockholders, which is incorporated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of West Bancorporation, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2021.

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| /s/ RSM US LLP |
| Des Moines, Iowa |
| February 23, 2022 |

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