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 Act of 1934
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 16, 2006
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INC. |
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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Tennessee
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000-31225
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62-1812853
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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Commission
file number:
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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211
Commerce Street, Suite 300, Nashville, Tennessee
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37201
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(615)
744-3700
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area
code
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N/A
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last
report)
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Item
1.01. Entry
into a Material Definitive Agreement.
At
the
2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Pinnacle Financial
Partners, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the “Company”), on May 16, 2006, the
Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the Company’s 2004 Equity
Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) that increased the total number of shares available
for issuance under the Plan by 500,000 shares. The description of the amendment
is qualified by reference to the Plan, as amended, which is filed as Exhibit
10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item
9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
10.1 Pinnacle
Financial Partners, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, as
amended (restated
for SEC electronic filing purposes only).
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/
M.
Terry Turner
Name:
M.
Terry Turner
Title: President
and Chief Executive Officer
Date: May
18,
2006