8-K 1 a2019q103312019earningsrel.htm 8-K SMARTFINANCIAL 1ST QUARTER 2019 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: April 24, 2019
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)

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Item 2.02 | Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On April 24, 2019, SmartFinancial, Inc. issued a press release reporting earnings results for its first quarter ending March 31, 2019. 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 March 31, 2019 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 April 25, 2019. 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

Exhibit No. | Description
99.1 | Press release announcing first quarter 2019 financial results dated April 24, 2019
99.2 | First quarter 2019 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: April 24, 2019 |
| /s/ William Y. Carroll, Jr.
| William Y. Carroll, Jr.
| President & Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No. |  | Description
99.1 |  | Press release announcing first quarter 2019 financial results dated April 24, 2019
99.2 |  | First quarter 2019 investor presentation