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EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex123116991.htm
EX-99.2 - EXHIBIT 99.2 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex123116992.htm
EX-32 - EXHIBIT 32 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex12311632.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex123116312.htm
EX-24.1 - EXHIBIT 24.1 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex123116241.htm
EX-14.1 - EXHIBIT 14.1 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex123116141.htm
EX-12.1 - EXHIBIT 12.1 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex123116121.htm
EX-10.26 - EXHIBIT 10.26 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex1231161026.htm
EX-10.25 - EXHIBIT 10.25 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex1231161025.htm
EX-10.24 - EXHIBIT 10.24 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex1231161024.htm
EX-10.23 - EXHIBIT 10.23 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex1231161023.htm
EX-10.22 - EXHIBIT 10.22 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex1231161022.htm
EX-10.21 - EXHIBIT 10.21 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex1231161021.htm
EX-10.20 - EXHIBIT 10.20 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex1231161020.htm
EX-10.19 - EXHIBIT 10.19 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex1231161019.htm
EX-10.4 - EXHIBIT 10.4 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex123116104.htm
EX-10.3 - EXHIBIT 10.3 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekaex123116103.htm
10-K - 10-K - Federal Home Loan Bank of Topekafhlbt12311610k.htm


Exhibit 31.1

 
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT
 
     I, Mark E. Yardley, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka (the “registrant”), certify that:

1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of the registrant;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a.
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b.
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c.
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d.
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a.
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b.
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 

Dated: March 9, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By: /s/ Mark E. Yardley
 
 
Mark E. Yardley
 
 
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer