Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 18, 2007
PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
         
Tennessee   000-31225   62-1812853
 
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
211 Commerce Street, Suite 300, Nashville, Tennessee
  37201 
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip Code) 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (615) 744-3700
N/A
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
     (d)   On November 27, 2007, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors of Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. recommended, and on December 18, 2007, the Board of Directors elected, effective as of January 1, 2008, Dr. Wayne Joseph Riley to the Company’s Board of Directors. Dr. Riley will serve as a Class II director.
     Dr. Riley has been appointed to serve on the Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors effective as of March 1, 2008.
     Dr. Riley is not a party to any arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which he was selected as a member of the Board of Directors nor is he a party to any transaction, or series of transactions, required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 


 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Harold R. Carpenter    
  Name:   Harold R. Carpenter   
  Title:   Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
Date: December 21, 2007