WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:WTFC) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, associated with the Wintrust Financial Corporation (the "Company") Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 25, 2017 (the "Annual Meeting"). The sole purpose of this Amendment is to disclose the Company's decision regarding how frequently it will conduct an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. No other changes have been made to the Original Form 8-K.

As previously reported on the Original Form 8-K, at the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders voted on an advisory (non-binding) proposal to determine whether future shareholder advisory votes to approve executive compensation show occur every one, two or three years. The results of the vote were as follows:

The Board of Directors has considered the outcome of this advisory vote and has determined, as was recommended with respect to this proposal by the Board of Directors in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, that the Company will hold an annual advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.

About WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:WTFC)

Wintrust Financial Corporation is a financial holding company. The Company conducts its businesses through three segments: community banking, specialty finance and wealth management. The Company provides community-oriented, personal and commercial banking services to customers located in the Chicago metropolitan area and in southeastern Wisconsin through its banking subsidiaries (the banks). Its subsidiary, First Insurance Funding Corporation (FIFC), is engaged in the premium finance receivables business, including commercial insurance premium finance and life insurance premium finance. It is also engaged in commercial insurance premium finance in Canada through its subsidiary, First Insurance Funding of Canada (FIFC Canada). The Company provides wealth management services to customers in its market area through its subsidiaries, The Chicago Trust Company, N.A. (CTC), Wayne Hummer Investments, LLC (WHI) and Great Lakes Advisors, LLC (Great Lakes Advisors).