-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, DbqLXm4WwnS7TeTmvSIAn5vjHu/FgMRyJfg40074NaqgFCsj26AKdeKZkr8VIVzQ 9VGdJNqUcwdHaN6IAQt4WA== 0000950137-07-001295.txt : 20070131 0000950137-07-001295.hdr.sgml : 20070131 20070131143606 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-07-001295 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070125 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20070131 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070131 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001015328 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 363873352 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-21923 FILM NUMBER: 07567633 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 727 N BANK LANE CITY: LAKE FOREST STATE: IL ZIP: 60045 BUSINESS PHONE: 8476154096 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 727 N BANK LN CITY: LAKE FOREST STATE: IL ZIP: 60045 8-K 1 c11885e8vk.htm CURRENT REPORT e8vk
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 25, 2007
WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
         
Illinois
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation) 		  0-21923
(Commission File Number) 		  36-3873352
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
        
727 North Bank Lane
Lake Forest, Illinois
(Address of principal executive offices) 		      60045
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (847) 615-4096
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last year)
     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
     2006 Bonus. The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Wintrust Financial Corporation (the “Company”), based on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, authorized the payment of annual bonus awards under the Company’s 1997 Stock Incentive Plan and 2007 Stock Incentive Plan to the Company’s executive officers for the year ended December 31, 2006. The Compensation Committee recommended awards based on its assessment of the Company’s and each executive’s performance measured against previously set financial and business objectives. The shares of restricted stock awarded vest on the first anniversary of the original award. The following table sets forth the awards to the executive officers who will be included as Named Executive Officers in the Company’s 2007 Proxy Statement. Edward J. Wehmer and David A. Dykstra will be included as Named Executive Officers in the Company’s 2007 Proxy Statement but did not receive a cash or stock bonus for the year ended December 31, 2006.
                         
Name   Cash Bonus     Stock Bonus     Total Bonus  
 
 
                        
Randolph M. Hibben
   $ 0     $ 74,000     $ 74,000  
Richard B. Murphy
   $ 20,000     $ 55,000     $ 75,000  
David L. Stoehr
   $ 24,200     $ 30,800     $ 55,000  
     2007 Base Salary. On January 25, 2007, the Board approved, based on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, base salaries in the amounts indicated below, effective as of February 1, 2007, for those executives who will be included as Named Executive Officers in the Company’s 2007 Proxy Statement:
         
Name   Base Salary  
 
 
        
Edward J. Wehmer
   $ 700,000  
David A. Dykstra
   $ 510,000  
Randolph M. Hibben
   $ 290,000  
Richard B. Murphy
   $ 290,000  
David L. Stoehr
   $ 230,000  
     The Company will provide additional information regarding compensation of its executive officers in its Proxy Statement for the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

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Signature
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Registrant)
 		  
  By:   /s/ David A. Dykstra    
    David A. Dykstra    
    Senior Executive Vice President and
   Chief Operating Officer 		  
 
Date: January 31, 2007

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