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Issuer:     WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP (WTFC)
CIK:        0001015328
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001015328-25-000133
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Wintrust shareholders approve 2025 Stock Incentive Plan, elect 13 directors at annual meeting
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- Shareholders approved 2025 Stock Incentive Plan authorizing 1,825,000 new shares plus rollover from prior plan.
- All 13 director nominees elected; votes ranged from 54.1M (Crist) to 59.9M (Crane, Postma) for.
- Advisory vote on 2024 executive compensation passed with 58.8M for vs 1.14M against.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for 2025 with 59.6M for vs 3.2M against.
- Plan replaces prior plans; no further awards under 2022 Plan after effective date.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015328/000101532825000133/0001015328-25-000133-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015328/000101532825000133/wtfc-20250522.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001015328-25-000133

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