Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-031671
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Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
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TABLE OF CONTENTS UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549 SCHEDULE 14A Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Filed by the Registrant ☒ Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ☐ Check the appropriate box: ☐ Preliminary Proxy Statement ☐ Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) ☒ Definitive Proxy Statement ☐ Definitive Additional Materials ☐ Soliciting Material under § 240.14a-12 Wintrust Financial Corporation (Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply): ☒ No fee required. ☐ Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. ☐ Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. TABLE OF CONTENTS WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MAY 22, 2025 To the Shareholders of Wintrust Financial Corporation: You are cordially invited to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Wintrust Financial Corporation (the “Company”) to be held at our offices located at 9700 West Higgins Road, 2nd Floor, Rosemont, Illinois 60018 on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time, for the following purposes: 1. To elect the 13 nominees for director named in this Proxy Statement to hold office until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until a successor has been elected and qualified; 2. To consider a proposal to approve the Company’s 2025 Stock Incentive Plan; 3. To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the Company’s executive compensation as described in this Proxy Statement; 4. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025; and 5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting and any adjournment thereof. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote