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 19, 2016


 
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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the "Company"), held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") on April 19, 2016. At the Annual Meeting, Harold Gordon Bone, Charles E. Brock, Renda J. Burkhart, Gregory L. Burns, Colleen Conway-Welch, Thomas C. Farnsworth, III, Glenda Baskin Glover, William F. Hagerty, IV, Ed C. Loughry, Jr., Gary L. Scott 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 to these individuals, Robert A. McCabe, Jr., William H. Huddleston, IV and Reese L. Smith, III, each of whom was previously elected to the Company's board of directors for a term expiring at the Company's annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2017, remains a director of the Company. In addition, at the Annual Meeting, the shareholders (i) approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2016 (the "Proxy Statement") and (ii) ratified the appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.

The final voting results of the director elections, non-binding, advisory approval of compensation for the Company's named executive officers and ratification of the appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, 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
Harold Gordon Bone
28,942,052
 
132,288
 
986,113
 
6,115,426
Charles E. Brock
28,960,943
 
114,173
 
985,337
 
6,115,426
Renda J. Burkhart
28,952,431
 
122,094
 
985,928
 
6,115,426
Gregory L. Burns
28,812,161
 
263,780
 
984,512
 
6,115,426
Colleen Conway-Welch
28,790,895
 
282,427
 
987,131
 
6,115,426
Thomas C. Farnsworth, III
28,953,166
 
117,624
 
989,663
 
6,115,426
Glenda Baskin Glover
28,943,047
 
121,695
 
995,711
 
6,115,426
William F. Hagerty, IV
28,940,988
 
122,055
 
997,410
 
6,115,426
Ed C. Loughry, Jr.
28,929,326
 
138,345
 
992,782
 
6,115,426
Gary L. Scott
28,954,199
 
115,575
 
990,679
 
6,115,426
M. Terry Turner
28,971,264
 
99,781
 
989,408
 
6,115,426


(2)
The non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved by the following tabulation:

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
27,888,096
 
1,145,090
 
1,027,267
 
6,115,426

(3)
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, 2016 was approved by the following tabulation:

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
35,115,760
 
58,606
 
1,001,513
 
N/A


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 21, 2016