AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION, WINTRUST MERGER SUB LLC AND COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SHARES, INC. Dated as of March 2, 2015Merger Agreement • March 2nd, 2015 • Community Financial Shares Inc • Savings institution, federally chartered • Maryland
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), is entered into as of the 2nd day of March, 2015, by and among WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORPORATION, an Illinois corporation (“Wintrust”), WINTRUST MERGER SUB LLC, an Illinois limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Wintrust (“Merger Co.”), and COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SHARES, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”). Wintrust, Merger Co. and the Company are each referred to in this Agreement as a “Party” and collectively in this Agreement as the “Parties.”
