CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL, INC. (NASDAQ:CFFN) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. (the "Company") announces that Carlton A. Ricketts, Executive Vice President – Corporate Services will retire in February 2019.

Anthony (Tony) Barry has been hired to succeed Mr. Ricketts upon his retirement. Mr. Barry will be joining Capitol Federal Savings Bank and the Company on October 1, 2018. Mr. Barry has been in private law practice for 29 years. He has been a partner in Barry Law Offices, LLC since 1990. In additional to his law practice, Mr. Barry has served as President of Associates Management Corporation since 1990.

About CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL, INC. (NASDAQ:CFFN)

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. is the savings and loan holding company. The Company provides a range of retail banking services, through its subsidiary, Capitol Federal Savings Bank (the Bank), a federal savings bank that serves primarily the metropolitan areas of Topeka, Wichita, Lawrence, Manhattan, Emporia and Salina, Kansas and portions of the metropolitan area of greater Kansas City. The Company attracts retail deposits from the general public and invests those funds primarily in permanent loans secured by first mortgages on owner-occupied, one- to four-family residences. In addition to providing full service banking offices, it provides its customers mobile banking, telephone banking and bill payment services, and online banking and bill payment services. Its primary lending business is originating and purchasing loans secured by one- to four-family residential properties, which results in a loan concentration in residential first mortgage loans located in Kansas and Missouri.