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on December&nbsp;3, 2007
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED
STATES<BR>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top"><B>Tennessee</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>62-1812853</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>211 Commerce Street, Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37201</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">BANK OF THE SOUTH 2001 STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>
PRIMETRUST BANK 2001 STATUTORY-NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>
PRIMETRUST BANK 2005 STATUTORY-NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>
MID-AMERICA BANCSHARES, INC. 2006 OMNIBUS EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><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></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Registrant&#146;s agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copy to:</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>D. Scott Holley, Esq.<BR>
Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC<BR>
315 Deaderick Street, Suite&nbsp;2700<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37238-0002</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock,
$1.00 par value
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">576,270 shares
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$6.63 &#150; $27.65
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">9,539,855</TD>
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    <TD>This Form S-8 is registering 576,270 shares of common stock, $1.00 par value per
share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) of Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) representing the number of shares of Registrant Common Stock to be issued upon the
exercise of options or stock appreciation rights outstanding and/or authorized to be issued under
each of the Bank of the South 2001 Stock Option Plan, PrimeTrust Bank 2001 Statutory-Non-Statutory
Stock Option Plan, PrimeTrust Bank 2005 Statutory-Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan, and Mid-America
Bancshares, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, after giving effect to the exchange ratio used
in
connection with the merger of Mid-America Bancshares, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (&#147;Mid-America&#148;)
with and into the Registrant of 0.4655 shares of Registrant Common Stock for every share of
Mid-America common stock: 76,344 shares under the Bank of the South 2001 Stock Option Plan; 40,557
shares under the PrimeTrust Bank 2001 Statutory-Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan; 118,517 shares
under the PrimeTrust Bank 2005 Statutory-Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan; and 340,852 shares under
the Mid-America Bancshares, Inc. 2006 Ombnibus Equity Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>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>The offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of
the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act and is
based on (i)&nbsp;the actual exercise or grant price for those outstanding stock options and stock
appreciation rights for which an exercise or grant price exists; and (ii)&nbsp;the average of the high
and low sales prices for the Common Stock on November&nbsp;27, 2007 for those awards for which no
exercise price is currently know.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g10904exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1 OPINION OF BASS, BERRY & SIMS PLC</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Form S-8 is registering 576,270 shares of Registrant Common Stock representing the number
of shares of Registrant Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of options and stock
appreciation rights outstanding and/or authorized to be issued under each of the Bank of the South
2001 Stock Option Plan, PrimeTrust Bank 2001 Statutory-Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan, PrimeTrust
Bank 2005 Statutory-Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan, and Mid-America Bancshares, Inc. 2006 Omnibus
Equity Incentive Plan, after giving effect to the exchange ratio used in connection with the merger
of Mid-America Bancshares, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (&#147;Mid-America&#148;) with and into the
Registrant of 0.4655 shares of Registrant Common Stock for every share of Mid-America common stock:
76,344 shares under the Bank of the South 2001 Stock Option Plan; 40,557 shares under the
PrimeTrust Bank 2001 Statutory-Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan; 118,517 shares under the PrimeTrust
Bank 2005 Statutory-Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan; and 340,852 shares under the Mid-America
Bancshares, Inc. 2006 Ombnibus Equity Incentive Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant previously registered 7,168,159 shares of Registrant Common Stock on Form S-4,
Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-146128; $2,619 was previously paid in connection with the filing of
Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-146128.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant 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&nbsp;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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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Information Required in the Registration Statement</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006;</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2007, June
30, 2007 and September&nbsp;30, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed January&nbsp;8, 2007, January&nbsp;19, 2007, January
25, 2007, February&nbsp;5, 2007, April&nbsp;9, 2007, April&nbsp;17, 2007, July&nbsp;18, 2007, August&nbsp;15, 2007,
September&nbsp;21, 2007, October&nbsp;17, 2007, October&nbsp;22, 2007
and October&nbsp;31, 2007; and</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;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding the foregoing, information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;4. <U>Description of Securities</U>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;5. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 of directors, shareholders
or independent legal counsel determines whether the director or officer has met the applicable
standard of conduct in each specific case.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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:
</DIV>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">-</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its shareholders;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">-</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>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">-</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>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;7. <U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</U>.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U>.
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<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="93%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Charter of Registrant (restated for SEC electronic filing
purposes only) (Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
as filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;6, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right" 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 align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Registrant, as amended (restated for SEC electronic filing purposes
only) (Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;22, 2007 and incorporated herein
by reference).</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD align="right" 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 align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.1 in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;SB-2, as amended (File No.
333-38018))</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD align="right" 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 align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" 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 align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">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"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="right" 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 align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 of 1933;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 the
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 the 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
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference into the
registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 3<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">rd</SUP> day
of December, 2007.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ M. Terry Turner
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">M. Terry Turner, Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">/s/ Robert A. McCabe, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman and Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert A. McCabe, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ M. Terry Turner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
M. Terry Turner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief
Executive Officer
and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Harold R. Carpenter
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Harold R. Carpenter
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Sue G. Atkinson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sue G. Atkinson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gregory L. Burns
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gregory L. Burns
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Colleen Conway-Welch
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Colleen Conway-Welch
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James C. Cope
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James C. Cope
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William H. Huddleston, IV
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William H. Huddleston, IV
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2007</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Clay T. Jackson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Clay T. Jackson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ed C. Loughry, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ed C. Loughry, Jr.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Hal N. Pennington
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Hal N. Pennington
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2007</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dale W. Polley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James L. Shaub, II
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James L. Shaub, II
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Reese L. Smith, III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Reese L. Smith, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;3, 2007</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gary
L. Scott
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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David
Major
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Harold
Gordon Bone
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Charter of Registrant (restated for SEC electronic filing
purposes only) (Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
as filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;6, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Registrant, as amended (restated for SEC electronic filing purposes
only) (Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;22, 2007 and incorporated herein
by reference).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.1 in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;SB-2, as amended (File No.
333-38018))</TD>
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PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC. - FORM S-8
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As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission
on December 3, 2007
Registration No. 333-
UNITED
STATES
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)
BANK OF THE SOUTH 2001 STOCK OPTION PLAN
PRIMETRUST BANK 2001 STATUTORY-NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN
PRIMETRUST BANK 2005 STATUTORY-NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN
MID-AMERICA BANCSHARES, INC. 2006 OMNIBUS 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:
D. Scott Holley, Esq.
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
315 Deaderick Street, Suite 2700
Nashville, Tennessee 37238-0002
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
Proposed maximum
maximum aggregate
registration
to be registered
registered
(1)(2)
offering price per share
(3)
offering price
(3)
fee
Common Stock,
$1.00 par value
576,270 shares
$6.63 – $27.65
$
9,539,855
$
293
(1)
This Form S-8 is registering 576,270 shares of common stock, $1.00 par value per
share (the "Common Stock") of Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the
"Registrant") representing the number of shares of Registrant Common Stock to be issued upon the
exercise of options or stock appreciation rights outstanding and/or authorized to be issued under
each of the Bank of the South 2001 Stock Option Plan, PrimeTrust Bank 2001 Statutory-Non-Statutory
Stock Option Plan, PrimeTrust Bank 2005 Statutory-Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan, and Mid-America
Bancshares, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, after giving effect to the exchange ratio used
in
connection with the merger of Mid-America Bancshares, Inc., a Tennessee corporation ("Mid-America")
with and into the Registrant of 0.4655 shares of Registrant Common Stock for every share of
Mid-America common stock: 76,344 shares under the Bank of the South 2001 Stock Option Plan; 40,557
shares under the PrimeTrust Bank 2001 Statutory-Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan; 118,517 shares
under the PrimeTrust Bank 2005 Statutory-Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan; and 340,852 shares under
the Mid-America Bancshares, Inc. 2006 Ombnibus Equity Incentive Plan.
(2)
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.
(3)
The offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of
the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act and is
based on (i) the actual exercise or grant price for those outstanding stock options and stock
appreciation rights for which an exercise or grant price exists; and (ii) the average of the high
and low sales prices for the Common Stock on November 27, 2007 for those awards for which no
exercise price is currently know.
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PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1 OPINION OF BASS, BERRY & SIMS PLC
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Form S-8 is registering 576,270 shares of Registrant Common Stock representing the number
of shares of Registrant Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of options and stock
appreciation rights outstanding and/or authorized to be issued under each of the Bank of the South
2001 Stock Option Plan, PrimeTrust Bank 2001 Statutory-Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan, PrimeTrust
Bank 2005 Statutory-Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan, and Mid-America Bancshares, Inc. 2006 Omnibus
Equity Incentive Plan, after giving effect to the exchange ratio used in connection with the merger
of Mid-America Bancshares, Inc., a Tennessee corporation ("Mid-America") with and into the
Registrant of 0.4655 shares of Registrant Common Stock for every share of Mid-America common stock:
76,344 shares under the Bank of the South 2001 Stock Option Plan; 40,557 shares under the
PrimeTrust Bank 2001 Statutory-Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan; 118,517 shares under the PrimeTrust
Bank 2005 Statutory-Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan; and 340,852 shares under the Mid-America
Bancshares, Inc. 2006 Ombnibus Equity Incentive Plan.
The Registrant previously registered 7,168,159 shares of Registrant Common Stock on Form S-4,
Registration Statement No. 333-146128; $2,619 was previously paid in connection with the filing of
Registration Statement No. 333-146128.
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.
PART I
Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
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-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006;
(2)
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2007, June
30, 2007 and September 30, 2007;
(3)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed January 8, 2007, January 19, 2007, January
25, 2007, February 5, 2007, April 9, 2007, April 17, 2007, July 18, 2007, August 15, 2007,
September 21, 2007, October 17, 2007, October 22, 2007
and October 31, 2007; and
(4)
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 2.02 and 7.01 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
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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 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:
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a breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its shareholders;
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an act or omission not in good faith or which involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; or
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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
.
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None.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
4.1
Amended and Restated Charter of Registrant (restated for SEC electronic filing
purposes only) (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
as filed with the SEC on May 6, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Bylaws of Registrant, as amended (restated for SEC electronic filing purposes
only) (Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22, 2007 and incorporated herein
by reference).
4.3
Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.1 in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2, as amended (File No.
333-38018))
5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.
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 of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
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 the 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 paragraphs (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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference into the
registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the 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 of 1933 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 of 1933, 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 3
rd
day
of December, 2007.
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 of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Robert A. McCabe, Jr.
Chairman and Director
December 3, 2007
Robert A. McCabe, Jr.
/s/ M. Terry Turner
M. Terry Turner
President, Chief
Executive Officer
and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
December 3, 2007
/s/ Harold R. Carpenter
Harold R. Carpenter
Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
December 3, 2007
/s/ Sue G. Atkinson
Sue G. Atkinson
Director
December 3, 2007
/s/ Gregory L. Burns
Gregory L. Burns
Director
December 3, 2007
/s/ Colleen Conway-Welch
Colleen Conway-Welch
Director
December 3, 2007
/s/ James C. Cope
James C. Cope
Director
December 3, 2007
/s/ William H. Huddleston, IV
William H. Huddleston, IV
Director
December 3, 2007
/s/ Clay T. Jackson
Clay T. Jackson
Director
December 3, 2007
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Ed C. Loughry, Jr.
Ed C. Loughry, Jr.
Director
December 3, 2007
/s/ Hal N. Pennington
Hal N. Pennington
Director
December 3, 2007
Dale W. Polley
Director
/s/ James L. Shaub, II
James L. Shaub, II
Director
December 3, 2007
/s/ Reese L. Smith, III
Reese L. Smith, III
Director
December 3, 2007
Gary
L. Scott
Director
David
Major
Director
Harold
Gordon Bone
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
Amended and Restated Charter of Registrant (restated for SEC electronic filing
purposes only) (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
as filed with the SEC on May 6, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Bylaws of Registrant, as amended (restated for SEC electronic filing purposes
only) (Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22, 2007 and incorporated herein
by reference).
4.3
Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.1 in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2, as amended (File No.
333-38018))
5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.
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).
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