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): October 21, 2014


 
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 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

                 This Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished to disclose the press release issued by Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the "Company"), on October 21, 2014. The press release, which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K, announced the Company's results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014.

The press release contains non-GAAP noninterest expense for the three and nine months ended each of September 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and September 30, 2013, as well as the ratio of noninterest expense to average assets, in each case excluding the impact of expenses related to other real estate owned.

The press release also contains certain non-GAAP capital ratios and discloses the Company's return on average tangible common equity. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude the impact of goodwill and core deposit intangibles associated with the Company's acquisition of Mid-America Bancshares, Inc. and Cavalry Bancorp, Inc., which the Company acquired on November 30, 2007 and March 15, 2006, respectively.

The presentation of this non-GAAP financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for any measure prepared in accordance with GAAP. Because non-GAAP financial measures presented in the press release are not measurements determined in accordance with GAAP and are susceptible to varying calculations, these non-GAAP financial measures, as presented, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures presented by other companies.

The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures facilitate making period-to-period comparisons and are meaningful indications of its operating performance. In addition, because intangible assets such as goodwill and the core deposit intangible, and other real estate owned expenses each vary extensively from company to company, the Company believes that the presentation of this information allows investors to more easily compare the Company's results to the results of other companies.

The Company's management utilizes this non-GAAP financial information to compare the Company's operating performance for 2014 versus the comparable periods in 2013 and to internally prepared projections.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

On October 21, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing the declaration of a quarterly dividend of $.08 per share. The dividend is payable on November 28, 2014, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 7, 2014.


Item 9.01                          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)            Exhibits

99.1            Press release issued by Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. dated October 21, 2014.




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:            October 21, 2014



EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
 
Description
   
99.1
Press release issued by Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. dated October 21, 2014