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PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.
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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on April 18, 2017.
 
 
PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.
 
Meeting Information
 
Meeting Type:               Annual Meeting
For holders as of:          February 24, 2017
Date:   April 18, 2017         Time:   11:00 A.M. CDT
Location:   Pinnacle Financial Partners
150 Third Avenue South, Suite 800
Nashville, TN 37201
For meeting directions, call Hugh Queener at 615-744-3744
 
 
PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.
150 THIRD AVENUE SOUTH
SUITE 900
NASHVILLE, TN 37201
 
 
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Voting Items
 
 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:
1.
To elect the fourteen (14) persons listed below to serve as Directors of Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. for a one-year term:
 
Nominees:
 
1a. Charles E. Brock   1m.  Reese L. Smith, III
 
1b. Renda J. Burkhart    1n. M. Terry Turner 
 
1c. Gregory L. Burns
 
1d. Marty G. Dickens
 
1e. Thomas C. Farnsworth, III
 
1f. Joseph C. Galante
 
1g. Glenda Baskin Glover
 
1h. David B. Ingram
 
1i. Ed C. Loughry, Jr.
 
1j. Robert A. McCabe, Jr.
 
1k. Ronald L. Samuels
 
1l. Gary L. Scott
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3:
 
2.
To ratify the appointment of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017; and
 
3.
To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the annual meeting of shareholders.
 
 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote for "1 year" on  the following proposal:
 
4.
To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the frequency of a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
 
NOTE: In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.