8-K 1 a123117q4earningsreleasecove.htm 8-K SMARTFINANCIAL 4TH QTR 2017 EARNINGS RELEASE
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of earliest event reported: January 31, 2018
SMARTFINANCIAL, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Tennessee |  | 333-203449 |  | 62-1173944
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |  | (Commission File Number) |  | (IRS Employer Identification No.)

5401 Kingston Pike, Suite 600 |  |
Knoxville, Tennessee |  | 37919
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |  | (Zip Code)

(865) 437-5700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 2.02 | Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On January 31, 2018, SmartFinancial, Inc. issued a press release reporting earnings results for its fourth quarter ending December 31, 2017. The information included in the press release is considered to be "furnished" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). SmartFinancial will include final financial statements and additional analysis for the quarter ended December 31, 2017 as part of its annual report on form 10-K covering that period.

Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure

SmartFinancial is filing an investor slide presentation that it intends to review in conjunction with its earnings release conference call on February 1, 2018. The slides are included as Exhibit 99.2 to this report and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

| 99.1 | Press Release announcing fourth quarter 2017 financial results dated January 31, 2018.
| 99.2 | Fourth quarter 2017 investor presentation

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.

| SMARTFINANCIAL, INC.
Date: January 31, 2018 |
| /s/ William Y. Carroll, Jr.
| William Y. Carroll, Jr.
| President & Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No. |  | Description
99.1 |  | Press Release dated January 31, 2018
99.2 |  | Fourth quarter 2017 investor presentation