LAKE FOREST, Ill., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wintrust Financial
Corporation ("Wintrust") (Nasdaq: WTFC) will present at the Raymond James and
Associates 25th Annual Institutional Investors Conference to be held in
Orlando, FL on March 1 - 3, 2004. Wintrust's presentation is scheduled to
begin at 8:05 AM, Eastern Time, on March 2, 2004.
This event will be webcast and may be accessed at Wintrust's website at
http://www.wintrust.com or at
http://www.wallstreetwebcasting.com/webcast/rjii04/wtfc/ . Listeners should go
to the website at least fifteen minutes before the presentation to download
and install any necessary audio software. For those unable to attend the live
broadcast, a replay will be available for 30 days after the conference. There
is no charge to access the event.
Wintrust is a financial holding company whose common stock is traded on
the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol "WTFC". Its nine suburban
Chicago community bank subsidiaries, each of which was founded as a de novo
bank since December 1991, are located primarily in high income retail
markets -- Lake Forest Bank & Trust Company, Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company,
North Shore Community Bank & Trust Company in Wilmette, Libertyville Bank &
Trust Company, Barrington Bank & Trust Company, Crystal Lake Bank & Trust
Company, Northbrook Bank & Trust Company, Advantage National Bank in Elk Grove
Village and Village Bank & Trust in Arlington Heights. The banks also operate
facilities in Lake Bluff, Highland Park, Hoffman Estates, Highwood, Glencoe,
Winnetka, Clarendon Hills, Western Springs, Skokie, Wauconda, Cary, McHenry,
Riverside, Roselle and Prospect Heights, Illinois. Additionally, the Company
operates various non-bank subsidiaries. First Insurance Funding Corporation,
one of the largest commercial insurance premium finance companies operating in
the United States, serves commercial loan customers throughout the country.
Tricom, Inc. of Milwaukee provides high-yielding, short-term accounts
receivable financing and value-added out-sourced administrative services, such
as data processing of payrolls, billing and cash management services, to
temporary staffing service clients located throughout the United States.
Wayne Hummer Investments, LLC is a broker-dealer providing a full range of
private client and brokerage services to clients located primarily in the
Midwest. Focused Investments LLC is a broker-dealer that provides a full
range of investment solutions to clients through a network of community-based
financial institutions throughout the Midwest. Wayne Hummer Asset Management
Company provides money management services and advisory services to individual
accounts as well as the Wayne Hummer Companies' four proprietary mutual funds.
Wayne Hummer Trust Company, a trust subsidiary, allows Wintrust to service
customers' trust and investment needs at each banking location. Wintrust
Information Technology Services Company provides information technology
support, item capture and statement preparation services to the Wintrust
subsidiaries.
Currently, Wintrust operates a total of 36 banking offices and is in the
process of constructing several additional branch facilities. All of the
Company's banking subsidiaries are locally managed with large local boards of
directors. Wintrust Financial Corporation has been one of the fastest growing
de novo bank groups in Illinois.
SOURCE Wintrust Financial Corporation
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Related links:
http://www.wintrust.com
http://www.rjcapitalmarkets.com/conference_detail_main.asp?content_id=39
CONTACT:
Edward J. Wehmer, President & Chief Executive
Officer, or David A. Dykstra, Senior Executive Vice President &
Chief Operating Officer, both of Wintrust Financial Corporation,
+1-847-615-4096
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