WTFC Wintrust Financial Corporation

Wintrust Financial Corporation ("Wintrust") (Nasdaq:WTFC) will present at the Raymond James 2012 Bank Conference to be held in Chicago, Illinois on August 14, 2012. Wintrust management will make a presentation that is scheduled to begin at 9:10 AM, Central Time, on the day of the conference.

This event will be webcast and may be accessed at http://wsw.com/webcast/rj77/wtfc/ or at Wintrust's website at www.wintrust.com by clicking on the "Presentations" link located on the "Presentations and Conference Calls" page.  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 90 days after the conference. There is no charge to access the event.

Wintrust is a financial holding company with assets of approximately $17 billion whose common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Wintrust operates fifteen community banks that provide a full complement of commercial and consumer loan and deposit products and services through over 100 banking facilities in the Chicago and Milwaukee metropolitan areas. Wintrust also provides brokerage, trust and investment services to customers primarily in the Midwest, as well as customers of the banks, and provides services in mortgage banking, insurance premium financing and several specialty-lending niches.

CONTACT: Edward J. Wehmer, President
         & Chief Executive Officer
         David A. Dykstra, Senior Executive Vice President
         & Chief Operating Officer
         (847) 939-9000
         Website address: www.wintrust.com