Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-031671
Chunk: 27

Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 27
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 ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 5,803,360 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 9.5%   | ​ | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | FMR, LLC(7)                                                  | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                        | ​ | 4,298,290 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                     | ​ | 7.019% | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                           | ​ |       — | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​               | ​ |       — | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 4,298,290 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 7.019% | ​ | ​ | ​ |

* Less than 1%. ** Messrs. Wehmer and Crane are also NEOs. (1) Beneficial ownership and percentages are calculated in accordance with SEC Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) as of the Record Date.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS (2) Includes vested and unvested restricted stock units representing shares that are not issuable within 60 days of the Record Date. Does not include unvested performance-based restricted stock units. The executive officers do not have voting power with respect to the shares listed in this column. (3) Includes deferred Units held in our Director Plan. For Mr. Wehmer, includes deferred performance-based restricted stock units that have vested. None of the shares in this column are issuable within 60 days of the Record Date. Neither the directors nor the executive officers have voting power with respect to the shares listed in this column. (4) Total includes beneficial ownership of Common Stock as of the Record Date, plus the restricted stock units and deferred shares as indicated in the table. (5) Based solely on information obtained from a Schedule 13G/A filed by The Vanguard Group, Inc. (“Vanguard”) with the SEC on February 13, 2024 reporting beneficial ownership as of December 29, 2023. According to this report, Vanguard’s business address is 100 Vanguard Blvd., Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355. Vanguard has indicated that it holds shares of our Common Stock together with certain of its subsidiaries. Vanguard has shared voting power with respect to 32,740 of these shares, sole dispositive power with respect to