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

Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d) Election of Directors

On October 14, 2011, the members of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka (FHLBank) in the state of Kansas were notified that Mr. Bruce A. Schriefer, President, CEO and director of Bankers’ Bank of Kansas in Wichita, Kansas, was deemed elected as a member director by FHLBank for a four-year term commencing January 1, 2012, and expiring December 31, 2015. In addition, on October 14, 2011, the members of FHLBank in the state of Oklahoma were notified that Mr. G. Bridger Cox, Chairman and President of Citizens Bank & Trust Company in Ardmore, Oklahoma, was deemed elected as a member director by FHLBank for a four-year term commencing January 1, 2012, and expiring December 31, 2015.

The member directorships are being filled without an election because only one nominee, Mr. Schriefer and Mr. Cox, accepted nomination for the one member directorship up for election in Kansas and Oklahoma, respectively, in 2011. Messrs. Schriefer and Cox were deemed elected to FHLBank’s board of directors in accordance with the rules governing the election of Federal Home Loan Bank directors specified in the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932, as amended (Bank Act), and the regulations of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

At the time of this filing there has been no determination on which committees Messrs. Schriefer and Cox may serve in 2012.

Pursuant to the Bank Act and FHFA regulations, the majority of FHLBank’s directors, known as member directors, are elected by FHLBank’s membership in each state. The remaining directors, known as independent directors, are elected through district-wide elections. In the normal course of its business, FHLBank extends credit to members whose officers or directors may serve as member directors of FHLBank. All loans extended by FHLBank to such members are on market terms that are no more favorable to them than the terms of comparable transactions with other members.

FHLBank expects to compensate these directors in accordance with FHLBank’s 2012 Director Compensation Policy which has not yet been adopted.

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.