---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001015328-21-000186"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTFC"
cik: "0001015328"
company_name: "WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T16:28:46.349081+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wintrust declares $0.31 quarterly dividend and authorizes $200M share repurchase

## Summary
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.31 per common share; payable Nov 26, 2021 to holders of record Nov 11, 2021.
- Preferred dividends declared: Series D (6.50% Fixed-to-Floating) and Series E (6.875% Fixed-Rate Reset), payable Jan 15, 2022.
- Board authorized $200M common stock repurchase, incremental to ~$23M remaining from prior 2019 program.
- Repurchases subject to market conditions and regulatory limits; may use open market, block trades, or private transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001015328-21-000186
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTFC
- cik: 0001015328
- company_name: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2021-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015328/000101532821000186/0001015328-21-000186-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015328/000101532821000186/wtfc-20211028.htm

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