0001015328-16-000272.txt : 20160201 0001015328-16-000272.hdr.sgml : 20160201 20160201171012 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001015328-16-000272 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160128 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160201 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160201 ISSUER: 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 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9700 WEST HIGGINS ROAD, 8TH FLOOR CITY: ROSEMONT STATE: IL ZIP: 60018 BUSINESS PHONE: 8479399000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9700 WEST HIGGINS ROAD, 8TH FLOOR CITY: ROSEMONT STATE: IL ZIP: 60018 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CRANE TIMOTHY CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001501874 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35077 FILM NUMBER: 161378156 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1228 OAK STREET CITY: WINNETKA STATE: IL ZIP: 60093 4 1 wf-form4_145436460180663.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2016-01-28 0 0001015328 WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP WTFC 0001501874 CRANE TIMOTHY 9700 WEST HIGGINS ROAD, 8TH FLOOR ROSEMONT IL 60018 0 1 0 0 EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Common Stock 2016-01-28 4 A 0 1352 0 A 15189 D Common Stock 831 I By ESPP Non-Qualified Stock Opion (right to buy) 40.87 2016-01-28 4 A 0 8046 0 A 2023-01-28 Common Stock 8046.0 8046 D Represents stock awarded upon attainment of performance objectives under the Company's Long Term Incentive Program. Option shares granted in conjunction with award under the Company's Long Term Incentive Program. Option shares vest at a rate of one-third on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant. EXHIBIT LIST: Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney /s/David A. Dykstra, Attorney-in-fact 2016-02-01 EX-24 2 a2015powerofattorneycrane.htm EXHIBIT 24.1 - POWER OF ATTORNEY TIMOTHY S. CRANE 8-K

EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Edward J. Wehmer, David A. Dykstra and Kathleen M. Boege signing singly, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
 
(1)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of Wintrust Financial Corporation (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
 
(2)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.
 
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 29th day of October, 2015.
 
Signature:
/s/Timothy S. Crane
Name:
Timothy S. Crane
Title:
Executive Vice President