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Stock Options and Restricted Shares (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Summary of Activity for Unvested Restricted Share Awards
A summary of activity for unvested restricted share awards for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 is as follows:
 NumberGrant Date
Weighted-Average Cost
Unvested at December 31, 2024705,934 $82.48 
Shares awarded188,508 
Restrictions lapsed and shares released to associates/directors(208,184)
Shares forfeited(29,667)
Unvested at September 30, 2025656,591 $92.93 

Pinnacle Financial has granted restricted share awards to associates (including certain members of executive management) and outside directors with time-based vesting criteria. Compensation expense associated with time-based vesting restricted share awards is recognized over the time period that the restrictions associated with the awards lapse on a straight-line basis based on the total cost of the award. The following table outlines restricted stock grants that were made, grouped by similar vesting criteria, during the nine months ended September 30, 2025. The table reflects the life-to-date activity for these awards:
Grant
year
Group (1)
Vesting
period in years		Shares
awarded		Restrictions lapsed and shares released to participantsShares withheld for taxes by participants
Shares forfeited by participants (4)
Shares unvested
Time Based Awards      
2025
Associates (2)
5182,199 217 127 5,920 175,935 
Outside Director Awards (3)
      
2025Outside directors16,309 — — — 6,309 
(1)Groups include employees (referred to as associates above) and outside directors. When the restricted shares are awarded, a participant receives voting rights and forfeitable dividend rights with respect to the shares, but is not able to transfer the shares until the restrictions have lapsed. Once the restrictions lapse, the participant is taxed on the value of the award and shares are withheld by Pinnacle Financial to pay the applicable income taxes associated with the award. For time-based vesting restricted share awards, dividends paid on shares for which the forfeiture restrictions do not lapse will be recouped by Pinnacle Financial at the time of termination. For awards to Pinnacle Financial's directors, dividends are placed into escrow until the forfeiture restrictions on such shares lapse.
(2)The forfeiture restrictions on these restricted share awards lapse in equal annual installments on the anniversary date of the grant.
(3)Restricted share awards are issued to the outside members of the board of directors in accordance with their board compensation plan. Restrictions lapse on March 1, 2026 based on each individual board member meeting attendance goals for the various board and board committee meetings to which each member was scheduled to attend.
(4)These shares represent forfeitures resulting from recipients whose employment was terminated during the year-to-date period ended September 30, 2025. Any dividends paid on shares for which the forfeiture restrictions do not lapse will be recouped by Pinnacle Financial at the time of termination or will not be distributed from escrow, as applicable.
Summary of Restricted Share Unit awards
Restricted Stock Unit Awards

A summary of activity for unvested restricted stock units for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 is as follows:
 NumberGrant Date
Weighted-Average Cost
Unvested at December 31, 2024109,970 $80.84 
Shares awarded39,431 
Restrictions lapsed and shares released to associates(51,625)
Shares forfeited(3,535)
Unvested at September 30, 202594,241 $96.74 

Pinnacle Financial grants restricted stock units to its Named Executive Officers (NEOs) and leadership team members with time-based vesting criteria. Compensation expense associated with time-based vesting restricted stock unit awards is recognized over the time period that the restrictions associated with the awards lapse on a straight-line basis based on the total cost of the award. The following table outlines restricted stock unit grants that were made, grouped by similar vesting criteria, during the nine months ended September 30, 2025. The table reflects the life-to-date activity for these awards:
Grant yearVesting
period in years		Shares
awarded		Restrictions lapsed and shares released to participantsShares withheld for taxes by participants
Shares forfeited by participants (1)
Shares unvested
2025339,431 28 11 704 38,688 

(1)These shares represent forfeitures resulting from recipients whose employment was terminated during the year-to-date period ended September 30, 2025. Dividend equivalents are held in escrow for award recipients for dividends paid prior to the forfeiture restrictions lapsing. Such dividend equivalents are not released from escrow if an award is forfeited.
Performance Stock Unit Awards

The following table details the performance stock unit awards outstanding at September 30, 2025:
 Units Awarded    
Grant year

NEOs (1)
Leadership Team other than NEOsApplicable performance periods associated with each tranche
(fiscal year)		Service period per tranche
(in years)		Subsequent holding period per tranche
(in years)
Period in which units are expected to be settled into shares of common stock (2)
202550,887—122,120 41,008 2025-2027002028
202480,211—192,499 53,710 2024-2026002027
2023103,136—247,515 61,673 2023-2025002026
2022——190,000 — 2022-2024012026
(1)The NEOs are awarded a range of awards that generally may be earned based on attainment of goals between a target level of performance and a maximum level of performance. The 190,000 performance units awarded to the NEOs in 2022 for which the three-year performance period was completed on December 31, 2024 were earned at the target level of performance and are currently in the required one-year hold period.
(2)Performance stock unit awards granted in or after 2023, if earned, are expected to settle in shares of Pinnacle Financial common stock in the period noted in the table, if the performance criterion included in the applicable performance unit award agreement are met. Performance units granted in 2022 have been earned and will settle in shares of Pinnacle Financial common stock following their post-vest holding period. At the Effective Time of the Merger, all then outstanding performance units will become fully vested at the maximum payout level and thereafter a like number of shares of Newco common stock, less tax withholdings, will be released to the grantee.