Avenue Merger Helps Pinnacle Become Third-Biggest Bank Based on Deposits in Nashville Market

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. (Nasdaq/NGS: PNFP) announced today that it had grown its deposit market share within the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin metropolitan statistical area (Nashville MSA) to 9.98 percent for the 12 months ended June 30, 2016, according to a recent Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) report.

At June 30, 2016, Pinnacle ranked fourth in total deposits among the 65 financial institutions that operate in the Nashville MSA. On July 1, 2016, Pinnacle closed its acquisition of Avenue Financial Holdings, Inc. The firm’s pro forma market share total at June 30, 2016 is 11.84 percent, placing Pinnacle in the No. 3 spot ahead of SunTrust’s share of 11.45 percent.

“According to research from Greenwich Associates, Pinnacle has enjoyed the No. 1 market share position among businesses in Nashville for several years, and the latest FDIC market share report shows that we’ve been successful in growing deposit share across business lines,” said M. Terry Turner, Pinnacle’s president and chief executive officer. “Not only did we grow deposits organically over the previous year, but we also claimed the No. 3 spot in the market as a result of our merger with Avenue. We expect to continue taking share from larger regionals as we build Nashville’s bank together.”

Excluding the Avenue merger, Pinnacle grew its deposit market share in the Nashville MSA by 0.79 percentage points from June 30, 2015 to June 30, 2016, adding more than $760 million in deposits.

The firm maintained its top spot in Rutherford County with 25.4 percent market share and is now the second-largest financial institution in Wilson County with 12.1 percent market share.

Pinnacle Financial Partners provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services designed for businesses and their owners and individuals interested in a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The American Banker recognized Pinnacle as the third best bank to work for in the country in 2015.

The firm began operations in a single downtown Nashville location in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $9.7 billion in assets at June 30, 2016. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in the state’s four largest markets, Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville and Chattanooga, as well as several surrounding counties.

Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the NASDAQ Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at www.pnfp.com.

 

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Certain of the statements in this release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The words "expect," "anticipate," "goal," "objective," "intend," "plan," "believe," "should," "hope," "pursue," "seek," "estimate" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, but other statements not based on historical information may also be considered forward-looking. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Pinnacle Financial to differ materially from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks include, without limitation, (i) deterioration in the financial condition of borrowers resulting in significant increases in loan losses and provisions for those losses; (ii) continuation of the historically low short-term interest rate environment; (iii) the inability of Pinnacle Financial, or entities in which it has significant investments, like Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG), to maintain the historical growth rate of its, or such entities', loan portfolio; (iv) changes in loan underwriting, credit review or loss reserve policies associated with economic conditions, examination conclusions, or regulatory developments; (v) effectiveness of Pinnacle Financial's asset management activities in improving, resolving or liquidating lower-quality assets; (vi) increased competition with other financial institutions; (vii) greater than anticipated adverse conditions in the national or local economies including the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin MSA, the Knoxville MSA, the Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA and the Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA, particularly in commercial and residential real estate markets; (viii) rapid fluctuations or unanticipated changes in interest rates on loans or deposits; (ix) the results of regulatory examinations; (x) the ability to retain large, uninsured deposits; (xi) a merger or acquisition; (xii) risks of expansion into new geographic or product markets; (xiii) any matter that would cause Pinnacle Financial to conclude that there was impairment of any asset, including intangible assets; (xiv) reduced ability to attract additional financial advisors (or failure of such advisors to cause their clients to switch to Pinnacle Financial), to retain financial advisors or otherwise to attract customers from other financial institutions; (xv) further deterioration in the valuation of other real estate owned and increased expenses associated therewith; (xvi) inability to comply with regulatory capital requirements, including those resulting from changes to capital calculation methodologies and required capital maintenance levels; (xvii) risks associated with litigation, including the applicability of insurance coverage; (xviii) the risk that the cost savings and any revenue synergies from Pinnacle Financial's and Pinnacle Bank's recent mergers may not be realized or take longer than anticipated to be realized; (xix) disruption from the Avenue Financial Holdings, Inc. (Avenue) merger with customers, suppliers or employee relationships; (xx) the risk of successful integration of the businesses Pinnacle Financial recently acquired with Pinnacle Financial's; (xxi) the amount of the costs, fees, expenses and charges related to the Avenue merger; (xxii) risk of adverse reaction of Pinnacle Bank's and Avenue's customers to the Avenue merger; (xxiii) the risk that the integration of the operations of the companies Pinnacle Financial recently acquired with Pinnacle Financial's will be materially delayed or will be more costly or difficult than expected; (xxix) approval of the declaration of any dividend by Pinnacle Financial's board of directors; (xxx) the vulnerability of our network and online banking portals to unauthorized access, computer viruses, phishing schemes, spam attacks, human error, natural disasters, power loss and other security breaches; (xxxi) the possibility of increased compliance costs or modifications to our business plan or the business plan of entities in which we have made an investment as a result of increased regulatory oversight, including oversight of companies in which Pinnacle Financial has significant investments, and the development of additional banking products for our corporate and consumer clients; (xxxii) the risks associated with our being a minority investor in BHG, including the risk that the owners of a majority of the membership interests in BHG decide to sell the company if not prohibited from doing so by the terms of our agreement with them; (xxxiii) the possibility that the incremental cost and/or decreased revenues associated with exceeding $10 billion in assets will exceed current estimates; and (xxxiv) changes in state and federal legislation, regulations or policies applicable to banks and other financial service providers (like BHG), including regulatory or legislative developments. A more detailed description of these and other risks is contained herein and in Pinnacle Financial's most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2016. Many of such factors are beyond Pinnacle Financial's ability to control or predict, and readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Pinnacle Financial disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.