EX-99.1 4 tm2415661d4_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1
Exhibit 99.1

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THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS: Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date SCAN TO VIEW MATERIALS & VOTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0000648660_1 R1.0.0.6 MACATAWA BANK CORPORATION 10753 MACATAWA DRIVE HOLLAND, MI 49424 VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode above Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information. Vote by 11:59 P.M. ET on July 30, 2024. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years. VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions. Vote by 11:59 P.M. ET on July 30, 2024. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 1, 2 and 3. For Against Abstain 1. Approval of merger agreement between Macatawa and Wintrust. 2. Advisory approval of merger-related compensation. 3. Approval to adjourn the special meeting to another time or place, if deemed necessary or appropriate by Macatawa. Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer.

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0000648660_2 R1.0.0.6 Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Special Meeting: The Notice & Proxy Statement is available at www.proxyvote.com PROXY THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MACATAWA BANK CORPORATION The undersigned hereby appoints and Jon W. Swets and Bryan L. Barker, or either of them, of Macatawa Bank Corporation ("Macatawa"), with full power of substitution, to act as attorneys and proxies for the undersigned to vote all shares of common stock of Macatawa that the undersigned is entitled to vote at Macatawa's Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting"), to be held on July 31, 2024, at Macatawa's corporate offices at 10753 Macatawa Drive, Holland, Michigan 49424, at 8:00 A.M. local time, and any and all adjournments or postponements of the Meeting, on all matters that come before, and on all matters incident to the conduct of the Meeting and any and all adjournments or postponements of the Meeting. WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED. IF NO DIRECTION IS SPECIFIED, THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR PROPOSALS 1, 2 AND 3, AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE NAMED PROXIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER MATTER THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE, AND ON ANY MATTER INCIDENT TO THE CONDUCT OF, THE MEETING. Continued and to be signed on reverse side