Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-10-02
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001015328-25-000194
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Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-02
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 5.02
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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.  

On October 1, 2025, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Wintrust Financial Corporation (the "Company") appointed Laura Kohl and David S. Richter as directors of Company, effective immediately. Ms. Kohl will serve on the Risk Management Committee and the Information Technology & Information Security Committee of the Board, and Mr. Richter will serve on the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee. The Board has determined that Ms. Kohl and Mr. Richter are independent under the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Kohl and Mr. Richter and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Kohl and Mr. Richter were selected as directors. Ms. Kohl and Mr. Richter are not parties to any transaction with the Company reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A copy of the press release relating to the appointment of Ms. Kohl and Mr. Richter to serve as directors of the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

  Exhibit No.      Description                                                                  
         99.1      P ress Re lease dated October 2, 2025                                        
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          104      Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)  

Signature

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.

  WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION                                                                             
  By:                                 /s/Kathleen M. Boege                                                   
                                      Kathleen M. Boege                                                      

Date: October 2, 2025