Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-031671
Chunk: 118

Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 118
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. 2. Definitions . a. “ Award ” includes, without limitation, stock options (including incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code), stock appreciation rights, performance awards, stock awards, restricted share or unit awards, or other awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based on, the Common Stock (“Other Incentive Awards”), all on a stand alone, combination or tandem basis, as described in or granted under this Plan. b. “ Award Agreement ” means a written or electronic agreement between the Corporation and each Participant setting forth the terms and conditions of each Award made under this Plan. c. “ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation. d. “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. e. “ Committee ” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, or a subcommittee thereof, or such other committee of the Board as may be designated by the Board from time to time to administer this Plan, with each member of such committee intended to be (i) a “Non-Employee Director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and (ii) “independent” within the meaning of the rules of the Nasdaq Global Select Market or any other stock exchange on which the Common Stock is then traded. f. “ Common Stock ” means the Common Stock, no par value, of the Corporation. g. “ Corporation ” means Wintrust Financial Corporation, an Illinois corporation. h. “ Director ” means a non-employee director of the Corporation or a Subsidiary. i. “ Effective Date ” means May 22, 2025, the date of the approval of the Plan by the shareholders of the Corporation. j. “ Employee ” means an employee or prospective employee of the Corporation or a Subsidiary. k. “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. l. “ Fair Market Value ” means the average of the highest and the lowest quoted selling prices on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on the relevant valuation date or, if there were no sales on the valuation date, on the next preceding date on which such selling prices were recorded; provided, however, that, to the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may modify the definition of Fair Market Value to mean the closing selling price on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on the relevant valuation date or, if there were no sales on