Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-05-22
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001104659-25-051990
Chunk: 1

Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-05-22
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 8.01
Chunk 1
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s are qualified in
their entirety by reference to Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, each of which is incorporated by reference herein.

The
Depositary Shares were offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File
No. 333-271788), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission”)
on May 9, 2023, and a prospectus supplement related to the Depositary Shares datedMay 8,
2025 (filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended).

In connection
with the issuance of the Depositary Shares, Sidley Austin LLP provided the Company with the legal opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto,
which is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.