<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001038773-20-000094.txt : 20200529
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001038773-20-000094
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200528
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200529
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200529

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SMARTFINANCIAL INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001038773
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				621173944
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-37661
		FILM NUMBER:		20926431

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5401 KINGSTON PIKE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			KNOXVILLE
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37919
		BUSINESS PHONE:		866-290-2554

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5401 KINGSTON PIKE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 600
		CITY:			KNOXVILLE
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37919

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CORNERSTONE BANCSHARES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980402

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EAST RIDGE BANCSHARES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970507
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ibddc642cc62b416884dd5ddc04e58656_1"></div><div style="height:72pt;width:100%;"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;"> SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;"> WASHINGTON, DC 20549</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">FORM 8-K</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;"> SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE </font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Date of earliest event reported&#58; May 28, 2020</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">SMARTFINANCIAL, INC.</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;"> (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</font></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;display:inline-table;width:100.000%;"><tr><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:30.290%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:0.1%;"></td><td style="width:0.937%;"></td><td style="width:0.1%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:13.931%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:0.1%;"></td><td style="width:1.080%;"></td><td style="width:0.1%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:13.931%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:0.1%;"></td><td style="width:0.937%;"></td><td style="width:0.1%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:30.294%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="height:9pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="height:9pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="9" style="height:9pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="height:9pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="height:9pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Tennessee</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">001-37661</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">62-1173944</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">(Commission File Number)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="height:9pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="height:9pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="9" style="height:9pt;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">5401 Kingston Pike, Suite 600</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Knoxville, Tennessee </font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">37919</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">(Zip Code)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none;"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;display:inline-table;width:62.946%;"><tr><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:98.000%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">(865) 437-5700</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:middle;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">(Registrant&#8217;s telephone number, including area code</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">)</font></div><div style="text-align:center;"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">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 (</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration: underline;">see</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;"> General Instruction A.2. below)&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">&#91; &#93;  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">&#91; &#93;  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange 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style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;display:inline-table;width:100.000%;"><tr><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:26.869%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:0.1%;"></td><td style="width:0.395%;"></td><td style="width:0.1%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:27.315%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:0.1%;"></td><td style="width:0.395%;"></td><td style="width:0.1%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:38.626%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:top;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Title of Each Class</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 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style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">SMBK</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 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style="margin-bottom:10pt;"><font><br></font></div></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Item 5.07&#160;Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">The 2020 annual meeting of shareholders (the &#8220;</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Annual Meeting</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">&#8221;) of SmartFinancial, Inc. (the &#8220;</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">Company</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">&#8221;) was held on May 28, 2020.  Of the 15,226,514 shares of common stock of the Company outstanding as of the record date for the Annual Meeting, 11,949,635 shares, or 78.48%, were present at the meeting in person or by proxy.  At the Annual Meeting, Victor L. Barrett, Monique P. Berke, William (&#8220;Billy&#8221;) Y. Carroll, Jr., William (&#8220;Bill&#8221;) Y. Carroll, Sr., Ted C. Miller, David A. Ogle, Ottis H. Phillips, Jr., Steven B. Tucker, Wesley M. (&#8220;Miller&#8221;) Welborn, Keith E. Whaley, O.D., and Geoffrey A. Wolpert were elected as directors of the Company, to serve in such capacity until the 2021 annual meeting of Company shareholders. Additionally, at the Annual Meeting, the Company&#8217;s shareholders ratified the appointment of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as the Company&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">The final voting results for each proposal put to a vote at the Annual Meeting, all of which proposals were described in the Proxy Statement, are set forth below.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:-36pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:138%;">(a)</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%;padding-left:24.91pt;">Election of Directors</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:138%;">.  The Company&#8217;s shareholders elected each director nominee by the vote indicated for each such nominee below&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;display:inline-table;width:86.011%;"><tr><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:30.352%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:16.685%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:22.048%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:22.915%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;">NAME</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-align:center;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;">VOTES FOR</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-align:center;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;">VOTES WITHHELD</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-align:center;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;">BROKER NON-VOTES</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;">Victor L. Barrett</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">7,824,819</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">1,107,585</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">3,017,231</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;">Monique P. Berke</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">8,672,659</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">259,745</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">3,017,231</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;">William (&#8220;Billy&#8221;) Y. Carroll, Jr.</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">8,546,984</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">385,420</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">3,017,231</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;">William (&#8220;Bill&#8221;) Y. Carroll, Sr.</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">8,469,085</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">463,319</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">3,017,231</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;">Ted C. Miller</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">8,573,180</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">359,224</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">3,017,231</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;">David A. Ogle</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">7,733,104</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">1,199,300</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">3,017,231</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">Ottis H. Phillips. Jr.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">8,426,872</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">505,532</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">3,017,231</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;">Steven B. Tucker</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">8,679,301</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">253,103</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">3,017,231</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;">Wesley M. (&#8220;Miller&#8221;) Welborn</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">8,527,888</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">404,516</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">3,017,231</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;">Keith E. Whaley, O.D.</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">8,574,140</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">358,264</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">3,017,231</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;">Geoffrey A. Wolpert</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">7,824,819</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">1,107,585</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">3,017,231</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:-36pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:138%;">(b)</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%;padding-left:24.34pt;">Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:138%;">.  The Company&#8217;s shareholders ratified the appointment of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as the Company&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020, by the following vote&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><table style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;display:inline-table;width:85.714%;"><tr><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:23.000%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:23.000%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:23.000%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td><td style="width:23.000%;"></td><td style="width:1.0%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:center;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;">VOTES FOR</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-align:center;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;">VOTES AGAINST</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-align:center;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;">ABSTENTIONS</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);text-align:left;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:1pt;border-right:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:1pt;"><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:4.5pt;text-align:center;margin-bottom:2pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;">BROKER NON-VOTES</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">11,943,270</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);">194</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;border-top:1pt solid #000000;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;padding-left:4.5pt;padding-right:1pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;font-family:'Times New 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style="height:72pt;width:100%;"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:10pt;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:138%;">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">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.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;SMARTFINANCIAL, INC.</font></div><div style="padding-left:252pt;"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">Date&#58; May 29, 2020</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration: underline;">&#47;s&#47; William Y. Carroll, Jr.&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;William Y. Carroll, Jr.</font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255, 0.0);color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;">President and Chief Executive Officer</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;"><font><br></font></div><div style="position:relative;width:100%;height:72pt;"><div style="position:absolute;bottom:0;width:100%;"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;"><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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