Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-031671
Chunk: 128

Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 128
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 she receives any or A-6 TABLE OF CONTENTS all of such benefit. Each designation will revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the Corporation, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Corporation during his or her lifetime. In the absence of any such designation, benefits remaining unpaid at the Participant’s death shall be paid to his or her estate. c. Termination of Employment . The termination of each Award in the event of the retirement, disability, death or other termination of a Participant’s employment or service, shall be as determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement. d. Rights as a Shareholder . A Participant shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to shares covered by an Award until the date the Participant or his nominee, guardian or legal representative is the holder of record. e. Payments by Participants . The Corporation may determine that Awards for which a payment is due from a Participant may be payable: (i) by a cash payment to the Corporation; (ii) through the delivery or deemed delivery based on attestation to the ownership of previously acquired shares of Common Stock with a Fair Market Value equal to the total payment due from the Participant; (iii) by authorizing the Corporation to withhold whole shares of Common Stock which would otherwise be delivered having an aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date of exercise, equal to the amount necessary to satisfy such obligation; (iv) by a combination of the methods described in (i), (ii) and (iii) above; (v) except as may be prohibited by applicable law, in cash by a broker-dealer acceptable to the Corporation to whom the Participant has submitted an irrevocable notice of exercise or sell; or (vi) by such other methods as the Corporation may deem appropriate and permitted by applicable law; provided, however, that any decisions regarding the payments by Participants subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall be determined by the Committee. f. Withholding . The Corporation shall have the right to require, prior to the issuance or delivery of any shares of Common Stock or the payment of any cash pursuant to an Award made hereunder, payment by the holder of such Award of any federal, state, local or other taxes which may be required to be withheld or paid in connection with such Award. An Award Agreement may provide that (i) the Corporation shall withhold whole shares of Common Stock which would otherwise be delivered to a holder, having an aggregate Fair Market Value