Huestis Timothy Howard Form 4 PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS / Timothy Howard Huestis ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Huestis Timothy Howard

(Last) (First) (Middle)

150 THIRD AVENUE SOUTH

SUITE 900

(Street)

NASHVILLE TN 37201

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC [ PNFP ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Credit Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/28/2022

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
PNFP Common Stock	02/28/2022		A		607(1)	A	$00.00(2)	3,728	D
PNFP Common Stock	02/28/2022		F		150(3)	D	$99.05	3,578	D
PNFP Common Stock								792	I	401K Plan

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. On January 25, 2017, the reporting person was granted 607 performance units eligible to vest at target levels of performance(with vesting of more or less units possible based on actual performance) based on the extent to which certain ROATA metrics were met for 2017, 2018 and 2019 and so long as the ratio of Pinnacle Bank's nonperforming assets to its loans plus other real estate owned ("NPA ratio") at December 31, 2021 was not greater than 3.00%.Based upon the performance of Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.(the "Company") for 2017, 2018 and 2019 and the NPA ratio at December 31, 2021, as reflected in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2021, the reporting person earned 607 performance units, which units vested and were settled in 607 shares of Company common stock. As described in footnote 3, a portion of those 607 shares of common stock were retained by the Company to cover withholding taxes owed by the reporting person

2. Performance units are settled in shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis. Accordingly, no purchase price was paid for the shares by the reporting person.

3. Represents shares retained by the Company to cover withholding taxes due upon the vesting of the performance units and issuance of the common shares described in footnote 1.

	/s/ Timothy Howard Huestis	03/02/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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