Company: WTFCN
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-031671
Chunk: 75

Company: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: DEF 14A
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) The amounts in this column are valued based on the grant date fair value of the award calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 based on the probable outcome of the applicable performance 52

TABLE OF CONTENTS conditions. See Note 2 to the 2024 Summary Compensation Table for a discussion of the relevant assumptions used in calculating the grant date fair value. Narrative to the Summary Compensation Table and Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table As of December 31, 2024, each of our current NEOs was subject to an employment agreement with the Company. In the case of Messrs. Wehmer and Crane, their previous employment agreements were modified by the terms of their respective amended and restated employment agreements dated as of January 26, 2023, which were executed in connection with the transition of the CEO role from Mr. Wehmer to Mr. Crane, which occurred effective May 1, 2023, as discussed above. For Messrs. Dykstra and Murphy, the initial terms of their employment agreements expired in 2011 and the initial term of Mr. Stoehr’s employment agreement expired in 2009. However, each NEO’s agreement automatically renews for successive three-year terms, in the case of Messrs. Crane, Dykstra and Murphy, and one-year term in the case of Mr. Stoehr, unless either the NEO or the Company provides notice of non-renewal at least 60 days prior to the expiration of the then-current term. For Mr. Wehmer, the initial term of the Wehmer Agreement ends on December 31, 2026, and the Wehmer Agreement is renewable beyond such initial term by the mutual written agreement of Mr. Wehmer and the Company not less than 90 days prior to expiration of the initial term (or any subsequent term). If a change in control occurs, the then-current term of each NEO’s employment agreement automatically extends for two years from the date of the change in control. If the term is extended due to a change in control, such extension will be further extended automatically for successive three-year terms, in the case of Messrs. Crane, Dykstra and Murphy, and one-year term in the case of Mr. Stoehr, unless either the NEO or the Company provides notice of non-renewal at least 60 days prior to the expiration of the then-current term. 2024 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End Table The following table sets forth information for each NEO with