Business Combinations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]

Business Combinations

Business Combinations

On August 1, 2024, the Company completed its previously announced acquisition of Macatawa Bank Corporation (“Macatawa”), the parent company of Macatawa Bank. Pursuant to the terms of the merger, each common share of Macatawa outstanding at the time of merger was converted into the right to receive 0.137 shares of Wintrust common stock, with cash paid in lieu of fractional shares. As a result, the Company issued approximately 4.7 million shares of common stock, the fair value of consideration paid was $499.3 million. Macatawa operates 26 full-service branches located throughout communities in Kent, Ottawa and northern Allegan counties in the state of Michigan. Macatawa offers a full range of banking, retail and commercial lending, wealth management and ecommerce services to individuals, businesses and governmental entities. As of August 1, 2024, Macatawa had approximately $2.7 billion in assets, $2.3 billion in deposits and $1.3 billion in loans. In conjunction with the acquisition, the Company recorded $53.7 million discount on acquired loans, $33.5 million discount on securities and recorded total intangibles of $251.9 million. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company incurred $1.6 million and $2.5 million, respectively, in acquisition expenses related to the acquisition of Macatawa. The initial purchase accounting for the acquisition, in accordance with GAAP, for this business combination is not finalized and is therefore subject to change.

On April 3, 2023, the Company completed its acquisition of Rothschild & Co Asset Management US Inc. and Rothschild & Co Risk Based Investments LLC from Rothschild & Co North America Inc. As of the acquisition date, the Company acquired approximately $12.6 million in net assets. As the transaction was determined to be a business combination, the Company recorded goodwill of approximately $2.6 million on the purchase.