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: May 3, 2021

SMARTFINANCIAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Tennessee		001-37661		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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class			Trading Symbol(s)			Name of Exchange on which Registered
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share			SMBK			The Nasdaq Stock Market

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Item 8.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 3, 2021, SmartFinancial, Inc. (the “Company”), through its subsidiary bank, SmartBank (“SmartBank”), completed the previously announced acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of all of the membership interests of Fountain Leasing, LLC (“Fountain”) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2021 (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and between SmartBank and the members of Fountain.

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, SmartBank paid an aggregate amount of consideration to the Fountain members of $14 million in cash at closing, and SmartBank repaid approximately $45 million of Fountain’s indebtedness. In addition to the closing consideration, the Purchase Agreement contains a performance-based earnout, pursuant to which the former members of Fountain could be entitled to up to $6 million in future cash payments from SmartBank based on future results of the acquired business over various periods through December 31, 2026.

Following the closing of the Acquisition, on May 4, 2021, SmartBank changed the name of Fountain to “Fountain Equipment Finance, LLC”.

The foregoing descriptions of the Purchase Agreement and the Acquisition do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which was previously filed Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 3, 2021.

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: May 5, 2021
	/s/ William Y. Carroll, Jr.
	William Y. Carroll, Jr.
	President & Chief Executive Officer