Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-031671
Chunk: 96

Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 96
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(2) | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |  1,503,219 | ​ | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | Total number of shares remaining available for future grant under the 2022 Plan(3)                                                              | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |    337,608 | ​ | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | Total number of shares remaining available for future issuance under the Directors Deferred                                                     
 Fee and Stock Plan (Directors Plan)                                                                                                             | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |    341,673 | ​ | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | Total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the Record Date                                                                        | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 66,911,290 | ​ | ​ | ​ |

(1) The weighted-average exercise price of the stock options outstanding was $44.81and the weighted-average remaining term of the stock options outstanding was 3.4 years. The Company did not have any stock appreciation rights outstanding as of March 17, 2025. (2) Assumes performance-based awards will vest and pay out based on maximum performance levels being achieved. (3) Represents the total number of shares available for future awards under the 2022 Plan reflecting performance-based awards at maximum payout. The 2022 Plan and the Directors Plan were our only active equity compensation plans as of March 17, 2025.

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Burn Rate. We manage our long-term shareholder dilution by closely managing the number of equity awards granted annually and regularly engaging with our compensation consultant. We grant what we believe is an appropriate amount of equity necessary to attract, reward and retain employees. Burn rate is generally calculated as the number of shares granted or earned over a set period divided by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding, and generally demonstrates how quickly a company uses shares available under our equity compensation plans. The following table provides our average three-year burn rate under the 2022 Plan:

| ​ | ​ | Element                                                                                   | ​ | ​ | ​ | Fiscal 2024 |   |            |   | ​ | ​ | ​ | Fiscal 2023 |   |            |   | ​ | ​ | ​ | Fiscal 2022 |   |            |   | ​ | ​ | ​ | Three-YearAverage |   |       |   | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | Stock options granted                                                                     | ​ | ​ | ​