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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
on April&nbsp;23, 2004



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


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UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.</B><BR>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Tennessee</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>62-1812853</B><BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>211 Commerce Street, Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37201</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.<BR>
2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>M. Terry Turner<BR>
The Commerce Center<BR>
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.<BR>
211 Commerce Street, Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37201<BR>
(615)&nbsp;744-3700</B><BR>
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Registrant&#146;s agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copy to:



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Bob F. Thompson, Esq.<BR>
Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC<BR>
315 Deaderick Street, Suite&nbsp;2700<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37238-0002</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price per share</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock,
$1.00 par value
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">264,755 shares
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">30.46</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">8,064,437.30</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, includes an indeterminate
number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution
resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">The offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the
amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the
Securities Act and is based on the average of the bid and ask prices for the
Common Stock on April&nbsp;19, 2004.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Information Required in the Section&nbsp;10(a) Prospectus</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) will send or give
documents containing the information specified by Part&nbsp;I of this Form S-8
Registration Statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) to participants in the
plan to which this Registration Statement relates, as specified in Rule
428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). The
Registrant is not filing such documents with the SEC, but these documents
constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof) a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Information Required in the Registration Statement</B>



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    <TD>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC, pursuant to
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are
hereby incorporated by reference and shall be deemed to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such document:


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2003;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed January&nbsp;21, 2004,
February&nbsp;2, 2004 and April&nbsp;20, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock par value $1.00 per
share contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A
filed with the Commission and dated August&nbsp;3, 2000, including all
amendments and reports filed for purposes of updating such description;
and</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or replaced for
purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein) modifies or replaces such statement. Any
statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
replaced, to constitute a part hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding the foregoing, information furnished under Items 9 and 12
of any Current Report on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits, is not
incorporated by reference in this prospectus or the accompanying registration
statement.


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    <TD>Description of Securities.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


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    <TD>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</TD>
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    <TD>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s bylaws provide that its directors and officers will be
indemnified against expenses that they actually and reasonably incur if they
are successful on the merits of a claim or proceeding. In addition, the bylaws
provide that the Registrant will advance to its directors and officers
reasonable expenses of any claim or proceeding so long as the director or
officer furnishes the Registrant with (1)&nbsp;a written affirmation of his or her
good faith belief that he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct and
(2)&nbsp;a written statement that he or she will repay any advances if it is
ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When a case or dispute is settled or otherwise not ultimately determined
on its merits, the indemnification provisions provide that the Registrant will
indemnify its directors and officers when they meet the applicable standard of
conduct. The applicable standard of conduct is met if the director or officer
acted in a manner he or she in good faith believed to be in or not opposed to
the Registrant&#146;s best interests and, in the case of a criminal action
or proceeding, if the insider had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful. The Registrant&#146;s board


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">of directors, shareholders or
independent legal counsel determines whether the director or officer has met
the applicable standard of conduct in each specific case.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s bylaws also provide that the indemnification rights
contained in the bylaws do not exclude other indemnification rights to which a
director or officer may be entitled under any bylaw, resolution or agreement,
either specifically or in general terms approved by the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote. The Registrant can also
provide for greater indemnification than is provided for in the bylaws if the
Registrant chooses to do so, subject to approval by its shareholders and the
limitations provided in the Registrant&#146;s charter as discussed in the subsequent
paragraph.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s charter eliminates, with exceptions, the potential
personal liability of a director for monetary damages to the Registrant and its
shareholders for breach of a duty as a director. There is, however, no
elimination of liability for:


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    <TD>a breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its shareholders;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">&#149;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>an act or omission not in good faith or which involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; or</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">&#149;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any payment of a dividend or approval of a stock repurchase that is illegal under the Tennessee Business Corporation Act.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s charter does not eliminate or limit the Registrant&#146;s
right or the right of its shareholders to seek injunctive or other equitable
relief not involving monetary damages.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The indemnification provisions of the bylaws specifically provide that the
Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any director or
officer against any liability asserted against and incurred by him or her in
his or her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent whether or not
the Registrant would have had the power to indemnify against such liability.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s bylaws further provide that, under similar limitations
and conditions specified above for its directors and officers, the Registrant
is obligated to provide indemnification for its organizers and may provide
indemnification for its employees and agents.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Tennessee Business Corporation Act (&#147;TBCA&#148;) provides that a
corporation may indemnify any of its directors and officers against liability
incurred in connection with a proceeding if (i)&nbsp;the director or officer acted
in good faith, (ii)&nbsp;in the case of conduct in his or her official capacity with
the corporation, the director or officer reasonably believed such conduct was
in the corporation&#146;s best interests, (iii)&nbsp;in all other cases, the director of
officer reasonably believed that his or her conduct was not opposed to the best
interest of the corporation, and (iv)&nbsp;in connection with any criminal
proceeding, the director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe that his
or her conduct was unlawful. In actions brought by or in the right of the
corporation, however, the TBCA provides that no indemnification may be made if
the director or officer was adjudged to be liable to the corporation. In cases
where the director or officer is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise,
in the defense of any proceeding instigated because of his or her status as an
officer or director of a corporation, the TBCA mandates that the corporation
indemnify the director or officer against reasonable expenses incurred in the
proceeding. The TBCA also provides that in connection with any proceeding
charging improper personal benefit to an officer or director, no
indemnification may be made if such officer or director is adjudged liable on
the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the TBCA provides that a court of competent jurisdiction, upon
application, may order that an officer or director be indemnified for
reasonable expenses if, in consideration of all relevant circumstances, the
court determines that such individual is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification, whether or not the standard of conduct set forth above was
met.


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    <TD nowrap>Item&nbsp;7.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None.


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    <TD nowrap>Item&nbsp;8.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Exhibits.</TD>
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    <TD>Amended and Restated Charter of Registrant (filed as Exhibit
3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form SB-2, as
amended (File No.&nbsp;333-38018) and incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">4.2</TD>
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    <TD>Bylaws of Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">5.1</TD>
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    <TD>Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">10.1</TD>
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    <TD>Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">24.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement).</TD>
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="99%"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap>Item&nbsp;9.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Undertakings.</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement; and


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;


<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that clauses (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona
fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Nashville, State of Tennessee, on this 23rd day of
April, 2004.

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    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="73%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ M. Terry Turner<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
M. Terry Turner, Chief Executive Officer</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, </B>each person whose signature appears below
hereby constitutes and appoints M. Terry Turner and Robert A. McCabe, Jr. and
each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with the SEC, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated below.

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    <TD width="46%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="28%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Robert A. McCabe, Jr.
<HR size="1" noshade>
Robert A. McCabe, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ M. Terry Turner
<HR size="1" noshade>
M. Terry Turner</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief<BR>
Executive Officer and<BR>
Director (Principal<BR>
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Harold R. Carpenter
<HR size="1" noshade>
Harold R. Carpenter</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial<BR>
Officer (Principal<BR>
Financial and<BR>
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Sue G. Atkinson
<HR size="1" noshade>
Sue G. Atkinson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Gregory L. Burns
<HR size="1" noshade>
Gregory L. Burns</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Colleen Conway-Welch
<HR size="1" noshade>
Colleen Conway-Welch</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Clay T. Jackson
<HR size="1" noshade>
Clay T. Jackson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ John R. Maupin, Jr., D.D.S.
<HR size="1" noshade>
John R. Maupin, Jr., D.D.S.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Robert E. McNeilly, Jr.
<HR size="1" noshade>
Robert E. McNeilly, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-5
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    <TD width="46%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="28%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Dale W. Polley
<HR size="1" noshade>
Dale W. Polley</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Linda E. Rebrovick
<HR size="1" noshade>
Linda E. Rebrovick</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ James L. Shaub, II
<HR size="1" noshade>
James L. Shaub, II</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Reese L. Smith, III
<HR size="1" noshade>
Reese L. Smith, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 23, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-6
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    <TD width="83%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Charter of Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;SB-2, as amended (File No.
333-38018) and incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-KSB for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003 and incorporated herein by
reference).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement)</TD>
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PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.
Table of Contents
As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission
on April 23, 2004
Registration No. 333-________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Tennessee
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
62-1812853
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
211 Commerce Street, Suite 300
Nashville, Tennessee 37201
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.
2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
M. Terry Turner
The Commerce Center
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.
211 Commerce Street, Suite 300
Nashville, Tennessee 37201
(615) 744-3700
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Registrant's agent for service)
Copy to:
Bob F. Thompson, Esq.
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
315 Deaderick Street, Suite 2700
Nashville, Tennessee 37238-0002
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Title of securities
Amount to be
Proposed maximum
maximum aggregate
Amount of
to be registered
registered
(1)
offering price per share
offering price
(2)
registration fee
Common Stock,
$1.00 par value
264,755 shares
$
30.46
$
8,064,437.30
$
1,022
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, includes an indeterminate
number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution
resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
The offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the
amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the
Securities Act and is based on the average of the bid and ask prices for the
Common Stock on April 19, 2004.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1 OPINION OF BASS BERRY & SIMS
EX-10.1 2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
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PART I
Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. (the "Registrant") will send or give
documents containing the information specified by Part I of this Form S-8
Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") to participants in the
plan to which this Registration Statement relates, as specified in Rule
428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The
Registrant is not filing such documents with the SEC, but these documents
constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC, pursuant to
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are
hereby incorporated by reference and shall be deemed to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such document:
(1)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2003;
(2)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed January 21, 2004,
February 2, 2004 and April 20, 2004;
(3)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock par value $1.00 per
share contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
filed with the Commission and dated August 3, 2000, including all
amendments and reports filed for purposes of updating such description;
and
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or replaced for
purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein) modifies or replaces such statement. Any
statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
replaced, to constitute a part hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, information furnished under Items 9 and 12
of any Current Report on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits, is not
incorporated by reference in this prospectus or the accompanying registration
statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant's bylaws provide that its directors and officers will be
indemnified against expenses that they actually and reasonably incur if they
are successful on the merits of a claim or proceeding. In addition, the bylaws
provide that the Registrant will advance to its directors and officers
reasonable expenses of any claim or proceeding so long as the director or
officer furnishes the Registrant with (1) a written affirmation of his or her
good faith belief that he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct and
(2) a written statement that he or she will repay any advances if it is
ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification.
When a case or dispute is settled or otherwise not ultimately determined
on its merits, the indemnification provisions provide that the Registrant will
indemnify its directors and officers when they meet the applicable standard of
conduct. The applicable standard of conduct is met if the director or officer
acted in a manner he or she in good faith believed to be in or not opposed to
the Registrant's best interests and, in the case of a criminal action
or proceeding, if the insider had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful. The Registrant's board
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of directors, shareholders or
independent legal counsel determines whether the director or officer has met
the applicable standard of conduct in each specific case.
The Registrant's bylaws also provide that the indemnification rights
contained in the bylaws do not exclude other indemnification rights to which a
director or officer may be entitled under any bylaw, resolution or agreement,
either specifically or in general terms approved by the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote. The Registrant can also
provide for greater indemnification than is provided for in the bylaws if the
Registrant chooses to do so, subject to approval by its shareholders and the
limitations provided in the Registrant's charter as discussed in the subsequent
paragraph.
The Registrant's charter eliminates, with exceptions, the potential
personal liability of a director for monetary damages to the Registrant and its
shareholders for breach of a duty as a director. There is, however, no
elimination of liability for:
•
a breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its shareholders;
•
an act or omission not in good faith or which involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; or
•
any payment of a dividend or approval of a stock repurchase that is illegal under the Tennessee Business Corporation Act.
The Registrant's charter does not eliminate or limit the Registrant's
right or the right of its shareholders to seek injunctive or other equitable
relief not involving monetary damages.
The indemnification provisions of the bylaws specifically provide that the
Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any director or
officer against any liability asserted against and incurred by him or her in
his or her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent whether or not
the Registrant would have had the power to indemnify against such liability.
The Registrant's bylaws further provide that, under similar limitations
and conditions specified above for its directors and officers, the Registrant
is obligated to provide indemnification for its organizers and may provide
indemnification for its employees and agents.
The Tennessee Business Corporation Act ("TBCA") provides that a
corporation may indemnify any of its directors and officers against liability
incurred in connection with a proceeding if (i) the director or officer acted
in good faith, (ii) in the case of conduct in his or her official capacity with
the corporation, the director or officer reasonably believed such conduct was
in the corporation's best interests, (iii) in all other cases, the director of
officer reasonably believed that his or her conduct was not opposed to the best
interest of the corporation, and (iv) in connection with any criminal
proceeding, the director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe that his
or her conduct was unlawful. In actions brought by or in the right of the
corporation, however, the TBCA provides that no indemnification may be made if
the director or officer was adjudged to be liable to the corporation. In cases
where the director or officer is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise,
in the defense of any proceeding instigated because of his or her status as an
officer or director of a corporation, the TBCA mandates that the corporation
indemnify the director or officer against reasonable expenses incurred in the
proceeding. The TBCA also provides that in connection with any proceeding
charging improper personal benefit to an officer or director, no
indemnification may be made if such officer or director is adjudged liable on
the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the TBCA provides that a court of competent jurisdiction, upon
application, may order that an officer or director be indemnified for
reasonable expenses if, in consideration of all relevant circumstances, the
court determines that such individual is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification, whether or not the standard of conduct set forth above was
met.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
None.
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Item 8.
Exhibits.
4.1
Amended and Restated Charter of Registrant (filed as Exhibit
3.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2, as
amended (File No. 333-38018) and incorporated herein by reference)
4.2
Bylaws of Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
December 31, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.
10.1
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement).
Item 9.
Undertakings.
A. The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that clauses (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
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B. The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Nashville, State of Tennessee, on this 23rd day of
April, 2004.
PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.
By:
/s/ M. Terry Turner
M. Terry Turner, Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
each person whose signature appears below
hereby constitutes and appoints M. Terry Turner and Robert A. McCabe, Jr. and
each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with the SEC, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated below.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Robert A. McCabe, Jr.
Robert A. McCabe, Jr.
Chairman and Director
April 23, 2004
/s/ M. Terry Turner
M. Terry Turner
President, Chief
Executive Officer and
Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
April 23, 2004
/s/ Harold R. Carpenter
Harold R. Carpenter
Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
April 23, 2004
/s/ Sue G. Atkinson
Sue G. Atkinson
Director
April 23, 2004
/s/ Gregory L. Burns
Gregory L. Burns
Director
April 23, 2004
/s/ Colleen Conway-Welch
Colleen Conway-Welch
Director
April 23, 2004
/s/ Clay T. Jackson
Clay T. Jackson
Director
April 23, 2004
/s/ John R. Maupin, Jr., D.D.S.
John R. Maupin, Jr., D.D.S.
Director
April 23, 2004
/s/ Robert E. McNeilly, Jr.
Robert E. McNeilly, Jr.
Director
April 23, 2004
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Dale W. Polley
Dale W. Polley
Director
April 23, 2004
/s/ Linda E. Rebrovick
Linda E. Rebrovick
Director
April 23, 2004
/s/ James L. Shaub, II
James L. Shaub, II
Director
April 23, 2004
/s/ Reese L. Smith, III
Reese L. Smith, III
Director
April 23, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 4.1
Amended and Restated Charter of Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2, as amended (File No.
333-38018) and incorporated herein by reference)
Exhibit 4.2
Bylaws of Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2003 and incorporated herein by
reference).
Exhibit 5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.
Exhibit 10.1
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5.1).
Exhibit 24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement)
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