WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:WTFC) Files An 8-K Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders

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WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION (NASDAQ:WTFC) Files An 8-K Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

On June 5, 2017, Wintrust Financial Corporation (the Company)
filed with the Secretary of the State of Illinois a Statement of
Resolution (the Modification) relating to the Companys Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the Articles
of Incorporation). The Modification was filed solely to formally
reflect the fact that no shares of the Companys 5.00%
Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, Series C,
no par value per share (the Series C Preferred Stock), which was
created in 2012, remain issued and outstanding.
As a result of the Modification, the shares formerly designated
as the Series C Preferred Stock were returned to the status of
authorized and unissued shares of the Companys preferred stock.
The only issued and outstanding series of preferred stock of the
Company is the Companys fixed-to-floating non-cumulative
perpetual preferred stock, Series D, liquidation preference $25
per share, 5,000,000 shares of which were issued and sold in July
2015.
A copy of the Modification is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and
is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws;
Change of Fiscal Year.
The information under Item 3.03 is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit
3.1
Statement of Resolution of the Board of Directors of
Wintrust Financial Corporation Regarding the Series C
Preferred Stock.


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).