Wintrust Financial Corporation · NASDAQ:WTFC

Wintrust Financial — Retail Banking & Financial Services Symposium (June 2006)

46 slides from Wintrust Financial's conference presentation, Jun 20, 2006

  1. Slide 1: Wintrust Financial Corporation

    Wintrust Financial Corporation

  2. Slide 2: Edward J. Wehmer, President and Chief Executive Officer

    Edward J. Wehmer President and Chief Executive Officer

  3. Slide 3: Forward-Looking Information

    FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION During the course of our remarks today, you will hear us make certain predictive statements regarding our plans and strategies and anticipated financial effects to assist you better in understanding our company. These forward looking statements about future results are no

  4. Slide 4: Who We Are: A Little History

    Who We Are A Little History

  5. Slide 5: Who We Are

    Who We Are Approximately fourteen year-old community focused banking organization with approximately $9.0 billion in assets Fifteen community banks with strong ties to local residents and business leaders in the Chicago and Milwaukee metropolitan markets. 9 charters started since 1991 and 7 acquisit

  6. Slide 6: Historical Growth

    1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Current Bank and Trust Subsidiaries 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 14 16 22 23 25 Banking Offices 1 1 3 5 11 14 17 21 24 28 29 31 36 50 62 72 Historical Growth

  7. Slide 7: Business Overview - Compound Annual Growth Rates

    Business Overview - Compound Annual Growth Rates (Years ended December 31, 2005) 1 year 2 year 3 year 4 year 5 year Revenues 27.6% 26.8% 25.0% 31.8% 31.4% Net Income 30.5 32.6 34.0 38.1 43.1 EPS (diluted) 17.5 17.9 19.8 21.3 27.1 Assets 27.4 31.2 30.0 31.9 31.2 Loans 19.9 25.7 26.8 26.8 27.5 Deposit

  8. Slide 8: Consolidated Net Income

    Consolidated Net Income (000s) 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 1Q05 1Q06 -2236 1497 -973 4846 6245 9427 11155 18439 27875 38118 51334 67016 15673 19013 West 31.6 2606 North 43.9

  9. Slide 9: Consistent EPS Growth

    Consistent EPS Growth 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Annual 0.4 0.49 0.73 0.83 1.27 1.6 1.98 2.34 2.75 3.02 Quarterly 0.07 0.09 0.1 0.13 0.08 0.08 0.17 0.16 0.15 0.18 0.2 0.21 0.23 0.24 0.07 0.29 0.29 0.32 0.33 0.33 0.4 0.37 0.4 0.43 0.45 0.49 0.53 0.52 0.54 0.58 0.6 0.62 0.68 0.5

  10. Slide 10: Prospects For Continued Earnings Growth

    Prospects For Continued Earnings Growth Each chartered bank expected to increase assets $50 - $75 million per year and improve ROA 10 - 20 basis points. Newly chartered de novo every two years Recent acquisitions should be accretive right out of the box and even more so when put on our growth track

  11. Slide 11: Loans Growth Issues

    Loans Growth Issues Average Loan-to-deposit Ratios: 2000 87.7% 2001 87.4% 2002 88.5% 2003 86.4% 2004 87.7% 2005 83.4% 1Q06 79.6% Current year ratio is lower due to: What we deem to be irrational competition on the pricing and underwriting terms being offered in the marketplace Our niche portfolio gr

  12. Slide 12: Total Assets by Bank (in millions)

    1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 1Q06 Crystal Lake 7 40 Total 52 83 189 354 471 706 1053 1348 1679 2103 2705 3722 4747 6419 8177 8382 Barrington 11 72 105 Libertyville 35 76 124 174 North Shore 44 105 169 266 287 Hinsdale 23 67 115 167 223 254 Lake Forest 8

  13. Slide 13: Asset Growth of Banks by Year

    Asset Growth of Banks by Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 1Q06 Lake Forest 8 49 96 143 195 270 380 441 499 581 667 897 1087 1256 1334 1404 Hinsdale 0 23 67 115 167 223 281 350 401 508 642 746 887 980 1037 North Shore 0 44 105 169 266 294 360 450 563 771

  14. Slide 14: Deposit Composition

    Deposit Composition As of March 31, 2006 - $6.882 Billion DDA NOW Wealth Mgmt Money Market Savings CDs East 0.09 0.11 0.06 0.09 0.04 0.61 NOW Certificates of Deposit Money Market Wealth Mgmt. DDA Savings

  15. Slide 15: Wintrust Core Deposit Composition

    Wintrust Core Deposit Composition As of 3/31/2006 81% Retail wCommercial

  16. Slide 16: Loan Growth

    Loan Growth 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 3/31/06 BV per share 712 974 1270 1548 2018 2556 3298 4348 5214 5435 (in millions)

  17. Slide 17: Loan Composition

    Loan Composition Desire a Loan-to-deposit ratio of 85%-90% Loan Portfolio allocation: 60-65% Core Loans (Commercial, real estate, retail) 35-40% Niche Loan Portfolios Assists in maintaining sound credit quality (i.e. lenders don't need to stretch for volume) Approach allows us to be asset driven Hav

  18. Slide 18: Loan Portfolio Composition

    Loan Portfolio Composition As of March 31, 2006 - $5.4 Billion Comm'l Premium Finance Indirect Auto Tricom Other Niches Res. Real Estate Home Equity Other East 0.58 0.17 0.04 0.01 0.03 0.05 0.11 0.01 Comm'l and Comm'l R/E Premium Finance Indirect Consumer Tricom Res. R/E Home Equity Other Other Nich

  19. Slide 19: Wintrust Core Loan Composition

    Wintrust Core Loan Composition As of 3/31/2006 Retail mCommercial

  20. Slide 20: Our Growth And Marketing Strategy

    Our Growth And Marketing Strategy

  21. Slide 21: Marketing Strategy

    Marketing Strategy Primarily serve the affluent suburbs of Chicago Our target market is anywhere within 90 miles of our Lake Forest Ill. headquarters Position as the local alternatives to the big banks Decentralized management style coupled with multi-business unit approach allows us to keep decisio

  22. Slide 22: Banking Locations

    Banking Locations Wisconsin

  23. Slide 23: Market Demographics

    Lake Forest Bank Lake Forest $255,720 Hinsdale Bank Hinsdale $211,503 North Shore Community Wilmette $176,465 Libertyville Bank Libertyville $139,362 Barrington Bank Barrington $182,830 Crystal Lake Bank Crystal Lake $100,153 Northbrook Bank Northbrook $148,270 Beverly Bank Beverly - Chicago $76,498

  24. Slide 24: Marketing Strategy

    Lead with retail - leads to commercial growth Go after the big guys - Creative advertising that positions our community banks as the "David" versus the "Goliath" big banks Go after market share - Desire to have No. 1 or 2 market share in short order Focus on household penetration Cross-sell Service,

  25. Slide 25: Marketing Strategy - New Bank

    Marketing Strategy - New Bank Image differentiation -Community bank versus the "big bad commoditizers" Design market specific cradle to grave products with attributes tailored to beat all local competition Shotgun advertising (media and direct mail) of bundled account packages which provide added be

  26. Slide 26: Marketing Strategy - Ongoing

    Marketing Strategy - Ongoing Continued image re-enforcement of "little vs. big" Continued product advertising to gain new households and additional wallet share of existing customers Utilize MCIF system for targeted cross sales opportunities Utilize MCIF for "life stage" promotions The longer we kee

  27. Slide 27: Number of Households

    Number of Households Retail and Commercial Banking Customers Q4 1998 Q1 1999 Q2 1999 Q3 1999 Q4 1999 Q1 2000 Q2 2000 Q3 2000 Q4 2000 Q1 2001 Q2 2001 Q3 2001 Q4 2001 Q1 2002 Q3 2002 Q4 2002 Q1 2003 Q2 2003 Q3 2003 Q4 2003 Q1 2004 Q2 2004 Q3 2004 Q4 2004 Q1 2005 Q2 2005 Q3 2005 Q4 2005 Households 2867

  28. Slide 28: Deposit Market Share - Chicago MSA

    Deposit Market Share-Chicago MSA As of June 30, 2005 In-market Deposit Deposit Market Bank Holding Company Dollars Share % JP Morgan Chase & Co. ** $38.4 BB 16.02% ABN AMRO Holding N.V. ** $31.0 BB 12.92% Bank of Montreal ** $23.3 BB 9.74% Northern Trust Corporation $ 8.5 BB 3.53% Fifth Third Bancor

  29. Slide 29: Average Deposit Account Size

    Average Deposit Account Size De Novo Average Opening Acq. Deposit Bank Date Date Acct. Size Lake Forest Bank & Trust 12/91 $39,300 Hinsdale Bank & Trust 10/93 $21,700 North Shore Community Bank 09/94 $22,600 Libertyville Bank & Trust 10/95 $20,000 Barrington Bank &Trust 12/96 $27,800 Crystal Lake Ba

  30. Slide 30: Accounts per Household by Relationship Duration

    Accounts per Houshold by Relationship Duration x r = 6 6 Years as a customer Retail Accts @Cammercial Acts

  31. Slide 31: Marketing Strategy - New Competition

    Marketing Strategy - New Competition Competition is nothing new - we've always had it and always will We never play defense - always offense We will not lose what we have worked so hard to build Corporate structure allows us to react quickly and directly "Meet or Beat"

  32. Slide 32: Examples of our Advertising

    Examples of our Advertising Continually Searching For The Purple Cow

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  34. Slide 34: Become a Founder of Village Bank

    BECOME A FOUNDER OF VILLAGE BANK AND STAY IN THE SAFE HARBOR FOR LIFE! eeecibeeeen a

  35. Slide 35: Bring The Kids to Free Event

    Bring The Kids to Another S ~iiee, Free Event! an £05 he i mi ify sa ° You don't have to go jar for FUN!

  36. Slide 36: Student Checking Account advertisement

  37. Slide 37: Introducing our new Platinum Adventures

    Introducing our new Platinum Adventures™ Travel and Activities Club!

  38. Slide 38: Participating Hometown Merchants

    PanriciparinG HOMETOWN MERCHANTS

  39. Slide 39: What makes you think I'm not from around here

    What makes you think | 1m not fiom around here

  40. Slide 40: At the bank I wear many hats

    “AT THE BANK | WEAR MANY HATS: CEO, Banker, DiRECTOR, FRIEND. AND CHAUFFEUR.”

  41. Slide 41: A Great Community Deserves a Great Community Bank

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  42. Slide 42: Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft

    Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft cat Free Document Shredder ‘when you Join our bank by opening ’2 SingleSolution* checking account Open a SingleSolution checking Free Shredding Event count the fist and on . checking account you'll ever need — if Meee land receive a fee Fll P {$79.99 ret val p

  43. Slide 43: Banking The Way It Used To Be

    Banking The Way It Used To Be! Markot Rate Savings Account Foatures!

  44. Slide 44: Jr. Savers Newsletter

    Wate 2006 Jr. Savers Newsletter The Recap. Pumpkins & Sc -ecrows Fall Fest” Upcoming Events In the know c Wiraton Bank

  45. Slide 45: Home Equity Rates haven't been this low

    Home Equity Rates haven't been this low since stm — ..Well, you get the picture. Sa OS ee SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY RATE FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS sees eas wiped Aah

  46. Slide 46: Community Banking Isn't the Only Treasure You'll Find

    COMMUNITY BANKING ISN'T THE ONLY ATLAKE FO} TREASURE YOU'LL FIND REST BANK & TRUST IRDA TON a

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