LAKE FOREST, Ill., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wintrust Financial
Corporation ("Wintrust") (Nasdaq: WTFC) will present at the West Coast 2004
Super-Community Bank Conference to be held in San Francisco on September 8,
2004 and September 9, 2004. Nineteen presenting banks sponsor the West Coast
2004 Super-Community Bank Conference. The presenting banks are small and
mid-cap banks. Wintrust's presentation is scheduled to begin at 8:20 PM,
Eastern Time, on September 8, 2004.
This event will be webcast and may be accessed at Wintrust's website at
http://www.wintrust.com or at
http://www.super-communitybanking.com/westcoast/webcast.htm . 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(R) (Nasdaq: WTFC). Its ten 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, Village Bank & Trust in
Arlington Heights and Beverly Bank & Trust Company in Chicago. The banks also
operate facilities in Buffalo Grove, Cary, Chicago, Clarendon Hills, Glencoe,
Gurnee, Highland Park, Highwood, Hoffman Estates, Lake Bluff, McHenry,
Prospect Heights, Ravinia, Riverside, Roselle, Skokie, Wauconda, Western
Springs and Winnetka, 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. WestAmerica Mortgage Company engages
primarily in the origination and purchase of residential mortgages for sale
into the secondary market through origination offices located throughout the
United States. Loans are also originated nationwide through relationships
with wholesale and correspondent offices. Guardian Real Estate Services, Inc.
of Oakbrook Terrace provides document preparation and other loan closing
services to WestAmerica Mortgage Company and its mortgage broker affiliates.
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' 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 42 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
bank groups in Illinois.
Note: the following notice is included to meet certain legal requirements
Wintrust has filed registration statements with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in connection with its previously announced proposed
acquisitions of Northview Financial Corporation ("Northview") and Town
Bankshares, Ltd. ("Town Bankshares") in separate stock and cash merger
transactions. Each registration statement includes a proxy
statement/prospectus, seeking approval of the proposed transactions by the
shareholders of Northview and Town Bankshares, respectively. Shareholders of
Northview and Town Bankshares are advised to read the important information
concerning the proposed transactions contained in the proxy
statements/prospectuses and other documents filed by Wintrust with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of the proxy statement/prospectus
relating to the proposed Northview acquisition have been mailed to
shareholders of Northview and, when available, copies of the proxy
statement/prospectus relating to the proposed Town Bankshares acquisition will
be mailed to shareholders of Town Bankshares. These documents can also be
obtained free of charge from the web site maintained by the Securities and
Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov or upon written request to Wintrust
Financial Corporation, Attn: Investor Relations, 727 North Bank Lane, Lake
Forest, Illinois 60045 or by calling (847) 615-4096, or, for Northview
shareholders, upon written request to Northview Financial Corporation, Attn:
President, 245 Waukegan Road, Northfield, Illinois 60093 or by calling (847)
446-0245, or, for Town Bankshares shareholders, upon written request to Town
Bankshares, Ltd., Attn: Investor Relations, 400 Genesee Street, Delafield,
Wisconsin 53018 or by calling (262) 646-6888.
SOURCE Wintrust Financial Corporation
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/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/
/Web site: http://www.wintrust.com /
(WTFC)
CO: Wintrust Financial Corporation; West Coast 2004 Super-Community Bank
Conference
ST: Illinois, California
IN: FIN
SU: CCA MAV TDS
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