Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-031671
Chunk: 105

Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 105
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 or similar transaction entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) shares of Common Stock delivered in lieu of fully vested cash obligations, (iii) awards to directors that vest on earlier of the one-year anniversary of the date of grant and the next annual meeting of shareholders which 71 TABLE OF CONTENTS is at least 50 weeks after the immediately preceding year’s annual meeting, and (iv) any additional awards the Committee may grant, up to a maximum of five percent (5%) of the available share reserve authorized for issuance under the 2025 Plan. The minimum vesting requirement does not apply to the Compensation Committee’s discretion to provide for accelerated exercisability or vesting of any award, including in cases of retirement, death, disability or a change in control, in the terms of the award agreement or otherwise. Adjustments . In the event of any equity restructuring (within the meaning of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Codification Topic 718, Compensation — Stock Compensation) that causes the per share value of shares of Common Stock to change, such as a share dividend, stock split, spinoff, rights offering or recapitalization through an extraordinary cash dividend, the number and class of securities available under the 2025 Plan, the terms of each outstanding stock option and SAR (including the number and class of securities subject to each outstanding stock option or SAR and the purchase price or base price per share), the terms of each outstanding restricted share award and restricted share unit award (including the number and class of securities subject thereto), the terms of each outstanding performance award (including the number and class of securities subject thereto) and the terms of each Other Incentive Award (including the number and class of securities subject thereto) will be appropriately adjusted by the Compensation Committee, such adjustments to be made in the case of outstanding stock options and SAR without an increase in the aggregate purchase price or base price and in accordance with Section 409A of the Code. In the event of any other change in corporate capitalization, including a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or partial or complete liquidation of the Company, such equitable adjustments described in the foregoing sentence may be made as determined to be appropriate and equitable by the Compensation Committee to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights of participants. Change in Control . The Company will undergo a change in control in the event of certain acquisitions of 50% or more of the Common Stock, a change in the majority of the Board, or the consummation of a reorganization, merger