Wintrust Financial completes merger with Macatawa Bank for $14.85 per share

Wintrust Financial jointly announced the completion of their previously announced merger whereby Wintrust acquired Macatawa in an all-stock transaction. Macatawa was the parent company of Macatawa Bank, which is headquartered in Holland, Michigan and operates a network of 26 full-service branches located throughout communities in Kent, Ottawa and northern Allegan counties, including Grand Rapids. The aggregate purchase price to Macatawa shareholders is approximately $510.3 million, or $14.85 per share. In the transaction, each of Macatawa’s 34,361,562 common shares outstanding at the time of the merger were converted into the right to receive merger consideration paid in shares of Wintrust common stock