UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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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): October 15, 2013

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (615) 744-3700

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

The press release contains non-GAAP noninterest income for the three months ended each of September 30, 2013, June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012, excluding the impact of net securities gains and losses and noncredit related loan losses. The press release also contains non-GAAP noninterest expense and the Company's efficiency ratio (the quotient resulting from dividing noninterest expense by the sum of net interest income and noninterest income) for certain periods, excluding the impact of expenses related to other real estate owned, FHLB restructuring charges and noncredit related loan losses.

The press release also contains certain non-GAAP capital ratios. These non-GAAP capital ratios exclude the impact of goodwill and core deposit intangibles associated with the Company's acquisition of Mid-America Bancshares, Inc. and Cavalry Bancorp, Inc., which the Company acquired on November 30, 2007 and March 15, 2006, respectively, and the preferred stock issued to the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the Capital Purchase Program of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

The presentation of this non-GAAP financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for any measure prepared in accordance with GAAP. Because non-GAAP financial measures presented in the press release are not measurements determined in accordance with GAAP and are susceptible to varying calculations, these non-GAAP financial measures, as presented, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures presented by other companies.

The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures facilitate making period-to-period comparisons and are meaningful indications of its operating performance. In addition, because intangible assets such as goodwill and the core deposit intangible, and the net gain or loss on sale of investment securities, and other real estate owned expenses and expenses related noncredit related loan losses each vary extensively from company to company, the Company believes that the presentation of this information allows investors to more easily compare the Company's results to the results of other companies.

The Company's management utilizes this non-GAAP financial information to compare the Company's operating performance for 2013 versus the comparable periods in 2012 and to internally prepared projections.

 

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

On October 15, 2013, the Company  issued a press release announcing the declaration of a quarterly dividend of $.08 per share. The dividend is payable on December 20, 2013, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 26, 2013. A copy of the Company's press release announcing the dividend is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.2.

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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

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