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Exhibit 10.43
 
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Amendment No. 2 to Employment Agreement (this "Amendment") is entered into
this __ day of February 2014, by and among PINNACLE BANK, a Tennessee
state-chartered bank (the "Bank"), PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC., a
Tennessee corporation (the "Company") (collectively, the Bank and the Company
are referred to hereinafter as the "Employer") and HAROLD R. CARPENTER (the
"Executive").

WHEREAS, the Bank, the Company and the Executive are parties to that certain
Employment Agreement dated January 1, 2008 (the "Employment Agreement"),
pursuant to which the Executive serves as Chief Financial Officer of the Bank
and the Company;

WHEREAS, the Bank, the Company and the Executive are parties to that certain
Amendment No. 1 to Employment Agreement dated November 20, 2012; and

WHEREAS, each of the Bank, the Company and the Executive desires to further
amend the Employment Agreement.

NOW THEREFORE, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:

1.            Capitalized Terms.  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Employment
Agreement.

2.            Amendment to Employment Agreement. The Employment Agreement is
hereby amended as follows:

(a)            Section 4.7 of the Employment Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:

4.7 VACATION.  On a non-cumulative basis, the Executive shall be entitled to six
(6) weeks of vacation in each successive twelve-month period during the Term,
during which his compensation shall be paid in full.

3.            Except as expressly modified hereby, the Employment Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect.

4.            This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which will
be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 2 to be
executed as of the date first above written.

 
PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.
 
By:
/s/ M. Terry Turner
 
Name:
M. Terry Turner
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
PINNACLE BANK
 
By:
/s/ M. Terry Turner
 
Name:
M. Terry Turner
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
EXECUTIVE
 
 
/s/ Harold R. Carpenter
 
 
Harold R. Carpenter

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