Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP) 8-K Pinnacle Financial Expands Profitability In Second Quarter 2011

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): July 19, 2011

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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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EX-99.1

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 July 19, 2011. 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 six months ended June 30, 2011.

     The press release contains for the most recently completed six quarters, non-GAAP noninterest expense excluding the impact of other real estate expenses and non-GAAP ratios of tangible common stockholders’ equity to tangible assets, return on tangible equity and return on tangible common equity.

     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 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 2011 versus the comparable periods in 2010 and to internally prepared projections.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)	Exhibits
99.1	Press release issued by Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. dated July 19, 2011.

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
Date: July 20, 2011		Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release issued by Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. dated July 19, 2011