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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

______________________

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 17, 2018

PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Tennessee
000-31225
62-1812853
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
 Identification No.)
150 Third Avenue South, Suite 900, Nashville, Tennessee
37201
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (615) 744-3700

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
As described below under Item 5.07, at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the "Company"), held on April 17, 2018, the Company's shareholders approved the Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 2018 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the "2018 Equity Plan"), which permits awards to current and prospective employees, directors and consultants of the Company in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, shares, restricted shares, restricted share units, performance shares, performance share units, or any combination thereof. A summary of the material terms of the 2018 Equity Plan is set forth on pages 23 to 30 of the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2018 (the "Proxy Statement"), and is incorporated herein by reference. That summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the 2018 Equity Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On January 17, 2018, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company unanimously approved and adopted, subject to shareholder approval, a proposed amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Charter (the “Articles of Amendment”), providing for an increase in the authorized number of shares of capital stock from 100,000,000 to 190,000,000 with 180,000,000 shares reserved for common stock and 10,000,000 shares reserved for preferred stock, and recommended that the Company's shareholders approve such Articles of Amendment at the Annual Meeting. As described below under Item 5.07, the Company's shareholders approved the Articles of Amendment at the Annual Meeting. The Company filed the Articles of Amendment reflecting the Charter amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Tennessee on April 17, 2018 and the Articles of Amendment became effective following the acceptance of such filing.

The foregoing description of the Charter amendment is qualified in all respects by reference to the text of the Company’s Amended and Restated Charter, as amended, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting, Abney S. Boxley, III, Charles E. Brock, Renda J. Burkhart, Gregory L. Burns, Richard D. Callicutt, III, Marty G. Dickens, Thomas C. Farnsworth, II, Joseph C. Galante, Glenda Baskin Glover, David B. Ingram, Robert A. McCabe, Jr., Ronald L. Samuels, Gary L. Scott, Reese L. Smith, III, Thomas R. Sloan, G. Kennedy Thompson and M. Terry Turner were elected as directors of the Company to hold office for a term of one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. In addition, at the Annual Meeting, the shareholders (i) ratified the appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, (ii) approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, (iii) approved the Articles of Amendment and (iv) approved the 2018 Equity Plan.

The final voting results of the director elections, ratification of the appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, non-binding, advisory approval of compensation for the Company's named executive officers, the Articles of Amendment and the 2018 Equity Plan, which were described in more detail in the Proxy Statement, are set forth below.





(1)
Each director was elected by the following tabulation:
 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
Abney S. Boxley, III
56,733,846
66,492
1,071,492
11,189,890
Charles E. Brock
56,483,247
320,924
1,067,659
11,189,890
Renda J. Burkhart
56,623,270
177,627
1,070,933
11,189,890
Gregory L. Burns
56,323,811
459,257
1,088,762
11,189,890
Richard D. Callicutt, II
55,853,499
908,266
1,110,065
11,189,890
Marty G. Dickens
56,328,065
272,450
1,271,315
11,189,890
Thomas C. Farnsworth, III
56,477,177
322,846
1,071,807
11,189,890
Joseph C. Galante
56,465,554
311,589
1,094,687
11,189,890
Glenda Baskin Glover
56,594,046
195,525
1,082,259
11,189,890
David B. Ingram
56,634,993
176,018
1,060,819
11,189,890
Robert A. McCabe, Jr.
56,179,123
633,451
1,059,256
11,189,890
Ronald L. Samuels
55,917,974
887,333
1,066,523
11,189,890
Gary L. Scott
56,570,662
229,609
1,071,559
11,189,890
Reese L. Smith, III
56,425,335
377,176
1,069,319
11,189,890
Thomas R. Sloan
56,702,484
114,596
1,054,750
11,189,890
G. Kennedy Thompson
56,391,616
417,670
1,062,544
11,189,890
M. Terry Turner
56,630,050
177,931
1,063,849
11,189,890

(2)
The ratification of the appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018 was approved by the following tabulation:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
67,971,175
37,877
1,052,668
N/A

(3)
The non-binding, advisory basis, vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved by the following tabulation:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
55,387,426
1,138,588
1,345,816
11,189,890

(4)
The Articles of Amendment was approved by the following tabulation:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
66,806,172
1,072,303
1,183,245
N/A

(5)
The 2018 Equity Plan was approved by the following tabulation:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
51,306,262
5,467,919
1,097,649
11,189,890






Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits

   

10.1        Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 2018 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan





SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.

 
By:
/s/Harold R. Carpenter
 
Name:
Harold R. Carpenter
 
Title:
Executive Vice President and
 
 
Chief Financial Officer


Date:    April 18, 2018