Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-031671
Chunk: 69

Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 69
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. The Committee also believes that these agreements are important as a recruitment and retention device, as nearly all of the companies with which we compete for executive talent have similar agreements in place for their senior employees. Additional Information Regarding Compensation Policies We have additional compensation policies that support our practices. These policies serve to further illustrate and provide context around our approaches to compensation. Clawback Policy . Our clawback policy provides that the Company will recover any payment or equity awards made to a current or former executive officer, if the payment was predicated upon achieving certain financial results that were subsequently the subject of a restatement. In such event, the Company will recover the amount by which any annual or long-term payments or awards made or granted exceeded what would have been awarded or granted based on restated financials. In addition, the Company may recover any 48

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profits realized on the sales of securities received by such executive officer pursuant to such awards. Our clawback policy is designed to comply with recent requirements of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules and Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards implementing Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. In addition, the clawback provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 also applies to Messrs. Wehmer, Crane and Stoehr. This provision provides that if the Company is required to restate its financial statements as a result of misconduct, Messrs. Wehmer, Crane and Stoehr are required to reimburse the Company for short-term incentives or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation and profits realized in the 12 months after the financial information was first publicly issued or filed with the SEC. Policy Regarding Excessive or Luxury Expenditures . Our Board adopted a policy designed to eliminate or prevent any excessive or luxury expenditures, including excessive expenditures on entertainment or events, office and facility renovations, aviation or other transportation services. A copy of this policy is available on our website, www.wintrust.com. Tax Gross-Up Provisions . Effective May 20, 2009, the Company adopted a policy that it will not enter into any new or materially amended agreements with NEOs that include any excise tax gross-up provisions with respect to payments contingent upon a change in control. In connection with the CEO transition, Mr. Wehmer’s employment agreement was amended and restated to eliminate Mr. Wehmer’s contractual right to an excise tax gross-up with respect to change in control payments. Prohibition on Hedging and