Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-031671
Chunk: 104

Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 104
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 reductions in non-performing assets; net income; operating income; operating expenses; gross profit or margin; operating profit or margin; interest expenses; expense management; economic value added; net cash provided by operations; price-to-earnings growth; customer satisfaction; customer acquisition; business expansion; cost targets; reductions in errors and omissions; reductions in lost business; management of employment practices and employee benefits; supervision of litigation; supervision of information technology; efficiency; acquisitions and divestitures, productivity; employee retention; succession management; management of the cost of insurance claims; achievement of regulatory compliance performance goals; satisfactory internal or external audits; improvements in financial ratings; measurable marketing effectiveness; market penetration; achievement of human capital goals; or any such other goals as the Committee may determine, whether or not listed in the 2025 Plan. The applicable performance measures may be determined on a pre-tax or post-tax basis or on an absolute or relative basis and may include comparisons based on current internal targets, the past performance of the Company (including the performance of one or more subsidiaries, divisions, or operating units) or the past or current performance of other companies or market indices (or a combination of such past and current performance). In addition to the ratios specifically enumerated above, performance goals may include comparisons relating to capital (including, but not limited to, the cost of capital), shareholders’ equity, shares outstanding, assets or net assets, sales, or any combination thereof. In establishing a performance measure or determining the achievement of the applicable performance measures may be amended or adjusted to include or exclude components of any performance measure, including, without limitation, foreign exchange gains and losses, asset write-downs, acquisitions and divestitures, change in fiscal year, change in tax rates, unbudgeted capital expenditures, special charges such as restructuring or impairment charges, debt refinancing costs, extraordinary or noncash items, unusual, infrequently occurring, nonrecurring or one-time events affecting the Company or its financial statements or changes in law or accounting principles. Performance measures will be subject to such other special rules and conditions as the Committee may establish at any time. Minimum Vesting and Restricted Period . No award granted under the 2025 Plan (other than cash-based awards) may become exercisable or vest prior to the first anniversary of the date of grant; provided, however, that the following awards will not be subject to this minimum vesting requirement: (i) any substitute awards granted in connection with awards that are assumed, converted or substituted pursuant to a merger, acquisition