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Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 12/31/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 2/9/22, at 9:04am ET   ·   For:  12/31/21   ·   Accession #:  1490906-22-9   ·   File #:  1-34814

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 2/09/22  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   10-Q       12/31/21   58:12M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.82M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 4: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
10: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     71K 
11: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML     93K 
12: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     43K 
13: R4          Consolidated Statements Of Income                   HTML    123K 
14: R5          Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income     HTML     39K 
15: R6          Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income     HTML     23K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R7          Consolidated Statements Of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     61K 
17: R8          Consolidated Statements Of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     20K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R9          Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows               HTML    118K 
19: R10         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     24K 
20: R11         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     41K 
21: R12         Securities                                          HTML    108K 
22: R13         Loans Receivable And Allowance For Credit Losses    HTML    696K 
23: R14         Borrowed Funds                                      HTML     25K 
24: R15         Fair Value Of Financial Instruments                 HTML    120K 
25: R16         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income              HTML     54K 
26: R17         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     25K 
                (Policies)                                                       
27: R18         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     40K 
28: R19         Securities (Tables)                                 HTML    114K 
29: R20         Loans Receivable And Allowance For Credit Losses    HTML    689K 
                (Tables)                                                         
30: R21         Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML    107K 
31: R22         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)     HTML     54K 
32: R23         Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     26K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
33: R24         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     67K 
34: R25         Securities (Amortized Cost, Estimated Fair Value,   HTML     38K 
                and Gross Unrealized Gains and Losses of AFS and                 
                HTM Securities) (Details)                                        
35: R26         Securities (Schedule Of Estimated Fair Value And    HTML     41K 
                Gross Unrealized Losses Of Securities In                         
                Continuous Unrealized Loss Position) (Details)                   
36: R27         Securities (Schedule Of Contractual Maturities)     HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
37: R28         Securities (Schedule Of Taxable And Non-taxable     HTML     24K 
                Components Of Interest Income) (Details)                         
38: R29         Securities (Schedule Of Carrying Value Of           HTML     27K 
                Securities Pledged As Collateral) (Details)                      
39: R30         Loans Receivable And Allowance For Credit Losses    HTML     40K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
40: R31         Loans Receivable And Allowance For Credit Losses    HTML     60K 
                (Summary Of Loans Receivable) (Details)                          
41: R32         Loans Receivable And Allowance For Credit Losses    HTML    155K 
                (Classified Loans) (Details)                                     
42: R33         Loans Receivable And Allowance For Credit Losses    HTML    159K 
                (Delinquent Loans) (Details)                                     
43: R34         Loans Receivable And Allowance For Credit Losses    HTML     87K 
                (Loans, Past Due Aging Analysis) (Details)                       
44: R35         Loans Receivable And Allowance For Credit Losses    HTML     45K 
                (Loans, Nonaccrual) (Details)                                    
45: R36         Loans Receivable And Allowance For Credit Losses    HTML     50K 
                (Troubled Debt Restructurings On Financing                       
                Receivables) (Details)                                           
46: R37         Loans Receivable And Allowance For Credit Losses    HTML     45K 
                (Troubled Debt Restructurings On Financing                       
                Receivables That Subsequently Defaulted) (Details)               
47: R38         Loans Receivable And Allowance For Credit Losses    HTML     77K 
                (Allowance For Credit Losses) (Details)                          
48: R39         Loans Receivable And Allowance For Credit Losses    HTML     29K 
                (Reserve for Off-Balance Sheet Credit Exposures)                 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R40         Borrowed Funds (Narrative) (Details)                HTML     35K 
50: R41         Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Narrative)     HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R42         Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Schedule Of    HTML     56K 
                Fair Value Assets Measured On A Recurring Basis)                 
                (Details)                                                        
52: R43         Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Schedule Of    HTML     59K 
                Carrying Amounts And Estimated Fair Values Of                    
                Financial Instruments) (Details)                                 
53: R44         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details)    HTML     63K 
56: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    106K 
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11/24/21  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   10-K        9/30/21  109:19M
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11/29/16  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   10-K        9/30/16  101:19M
11/29/12  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   10-K        9/30/12  114:46M
 2/06/12  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   10-Q       12/31/11   61:16M
12/22/11  Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.   DEF 14A     1/24/12    1:1.2M                                   Silver Freedman … LLP/FA
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 4/13/00  Capitol Federal Financial         DEFR14A                1:98K                                    Silver Freedman … LLP/FA
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