Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-031671
Chunk: 56

Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 56
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Base Salary The Company provides NEOs with base salaries to compensate them for services rendered during the fiscal year and reflect each NEO’s position, specific skills, tenure, experience, responsibility and performance. Annual base salary adjustments for NEOs for any given year are generally determined by the Committee at its meeting in January. Increases, if any, in base salary on a year-over-year basis are dependent on the Committee’s assessment of the Company’s and individual’s performance and data from Meridian regarding market competitive base salaries. The Committee has full discretion to set NEO salary at any level it deems appropriate. As part of this process, for 2024, the Committee solicited the recommendations of Mr. Crane with respect to the other NEOs (other than himself). The Committee also considers peer data provided by Meridian, internal pay equity and merit history in evaluating recommendations. In 2024, the Committee made the following determinations relative to base salary.

| ​ | ​ | Named Executive Officer | ​ | ​ | ​ | 2023 Base Salary |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | ​ | 2024 Base Salary |   |           |   | ​ | ​ |
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| ​ | ​ | Timothy S. Crane        | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                | $ | 1,000,000 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                | $ | 1,100,000 | ​ | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | David A. Dykstra        | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                | $ |   850,000 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                | $ |   881,875 | ​ | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | Richard B. Murphy       | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                | $ |   650,000 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                | $ |   674,375 | ​ | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | David L. Stoehr         | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                | $ |   540,000 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​