PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC — Director's Dealing 2012

May 15, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC (PNFP)
CIK: 0001115055
Period of Report: 2012-05-15

Reporting Person: MCCABE ROBERT A JR (Director, CHAIRMAN)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-05-15	PNFP Common Stock	A	1783	$0.00	Acquired	377965	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
PNFP Common Stock	146511	Indirect
PNFP Common Stock	2370	Indirect
PNFP Common Stock	184	Indirect
PNFP Common Stock	2652	Indirect
PNFP Common Stock	19388	Indirect
PNFP Common Stock	159	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Restricted stock units that were awarded, effective 5/15/2012, by the Human Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. (the "Company") pursuant to a Salary Stock Unit Award Agreement (the "Agreement"), the form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (the "Form 8-K") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2011. The restricted stock units are immediately vested and are payable solely in a like number of shares of the Company's common stock on, or as soon as administratively practical following, December 30, 2012, or if earlier the reporting person's death (the "Settlement Date"), but in no event later than two and one-half months following the Settlement Date. For additional information regarding the restricted stock units please see the Form 8-K and the copy of the Agreement filed therewith.

F2: Includes 14,998 restricted stock units granted to the reporting person in 2012.