Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-031671
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Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
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22, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time at the Company’s headquarters at 9700 West Higgins Road, 2nd Floor, Rosemont, Illinois 60018. What is the purpose of the Annual Meeting? At the Annual Meeting, shareholders will act upon the matters described in the Notice of Annual Meeting that accompanies this Proxy Statement, including the election of the 13 nominees for Director named in this Proxy Statement, a proposal to approve the Company’s 2025 Stock Incentive Plan (“2025 Plan”), a proposal approving (on an advisory non-binding basis) the Company’s executive compensation as described in this Proxy Statement, and the ratification of the Audit Committee’s appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025. Who may vote at the Annual Meeting? Only record holders of our Common Stock, no par value per share (“Common Stock”), as of the close of business on March 24, 2025 (the “Record Date”), will be entitled to vote at the meeting. On the Record Date, the Company had outstanding approximately 66,911,290 shares of Common Stock. Each outstanding share of the Common Stock entitles the holder to one vote. May shareholders ask questions at the Annual Meeting? Yes. Shareholders will have the ability to submit questions during the Annual Meeting. Such questions must be confined to matters properly before the Annual Meeting and of general Company relevance. What constitutes a quorum? The Annual Meeting will be held only if a quorum is present. A quorum will be present if a majority of the shares of the Common Stock issued and outstanding on the Record Date are represented, in person or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting. Shares represented by properly completed proxy cards marked “abstain” or returned without voting instructions are counted as present for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting. Also, if shares are held by brokers who submit a proxy but are prohibited from exercising discretionary authority for beneficial owners who have not given voting instructions 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS on certain matters (“broker non-votes”), those shares will be counted as present for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting. How do I submit my vote? If you are a shareholder of record, you can vote by: • attending the Annual Meeting and voting by ballot during the Annual Meeting; • using your telephone, according to the instructions on the Notice or proxy card; • visiting www.v