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REVOLVING NOTE

$25,000,000        Birmingham, Alabama
March 31, 2020

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, SMARTFINANCIAL INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Tennessee (the “Borrower”), promises to pay to the order of SERVISFIRST BANK, an Alabama banking corporation (hereinafter called the “Lender” or, together with any other holder of this note, the “Holder”), the principal sum of TWENTY-FIVE MILLION and 00/100 DOLLARS ($25,000,000) or the aggregate unpaid principal sum advanced hereunder, whichever is less, together with interest on the unpaid balance of said principal sum outstanding from time to time, from the date hereof until paid in full, at the Interest Rate in effect from time to time under that certain Loan and Security Agreement of even date herewith by and between the Borrower and the Lender (as may be amended from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Loan Agreement).  Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, by multiplying the product of the principal amount outstanding and the applicable rate by the actual number of days elapsed, and dividing by 360.  

This note evidences indebtedness of the Borrower under a revolving line of credit extended by the Lender to the Borrower.  In connection therewith, subject to the terms of the Loan Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay without penalty or premium, and reborrow hereunder, from the date hereof until the Maturity Date.  It is contemplated that by reason of prepayments hereon there may be times when no indebtedness is owing hereunder.  Notwithstanding any such occurrence, this note shall remain valid and shall be in full force and effect as to each principal advance made hereunder subsequent to each such occurrence.  Each principal advance and each payment thereon made pursuant to this note shall be reflected by the notations made by the Lender on the internal records of the Lender, and the Lender is hereby authorized to record thereon such principal advances and payments.  The aggregate unpaid amounts reflected by the notations on said internal records shall be deemed rebuttably presumptive evidence of the principal amount remaining outstanding and unpaid on this note.  No failure of the Lender to record any advance or payment shall limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder with respect to any advance, and no payment of the principal by the Borrower shall be affected by the failure of the Lender to record the same.

Principal and interest on the indebtedness evidenced by this note shall be due and payable at such times, and on such other terms and conditions, as are set forth in the Loan Agreement.  To the extent the Loan Agreement would require the Borrower to pay late fees or other amounts to the Lender under certain circumstances, the Borrower shall pay such late fees and other amounts in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement.  To the extent the Loan Agreement would increase the interest rate payable on the indebtedness evidenced by this note under certain default conditions or other circumstances, such interest rate shall be increased in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement.  

All payments due under this note shall be made to the Holder at the office of the Lender at 2500 Woodcrest Place, Birmingham, Alabama 35209, or at such other place as the Holder may designate.  All such payments shall be made in legal tender of the United States of America in immediately available funds.  If any payment of principal or interest on this note shall become due on a Saturday, Sunday or any day on which the Holder is legally closed to business, such payment shall automatically be deemed to be due on the next succeeding business day.  Time is of the essence with respect to the payment of every installment of principal and of interest hereunder and the performance of every other covenant made by the undersigned under this note, the Loan Agreement, the Collateral Documents and any agreement which secures the payment of this note.

The Borrower hereby waives demand, presentment, dishonor, notice of dishonor and any other requirement necessary to hold it obligated hereon.  The Borrower hereby agrees that any collateral now or hereafter held for the obligations of the Borrower under this note may hereafter be released, compromised, or exchanged, and that the Holder may fail to perfect its lien or security interest in such collateral or may permit the perfection of its lien or security interest in such collateral to lapse, all without in any way affecting or releasing the liability of the Borrower under this note.
The Borrower agrees to pay all intangibles taxes, documentary stamp taxes, recording fees or taxes and other taxes and fees due to any governmental authority in connection with the execution and delivery of this note, the Loan Agreement, or any other agreement that provides collateral for this note.  The Borrower agrees to pay all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fee, incurred by the Holder of this note in collecting or attempting to collect this note.
The Holder shall not by any act, delay, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies under this note, the Loan Agreement, any agreement which provides collateral for this note, or applicable law.  All rights and remedies of the Holder under this note, the Loan Agreement, any such agreement providing collateral for this note, and applicable law shall be cumulative and may be exercised successively or concurrently.  This note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and of the State of Alabama.  Any provision of this note which shall be deemed to be unenforceable or invalid under any such law shall be ineffective only to the extent of such unenforceability or invalidity, without affecting the enforceability or validity of any other provision hereof.
This note has been executed by the Borrower without condition that anyone else should sign or become bound hereunder and without any other conditions whatever being made.  The provisions hereof are binding on the successors and assigns of the Borrower, and shall inure to the benefit of the Holder, its successors and assigns.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Revolving Note as an instrument under seal on the date first above written.

						
	SMARTFINANCIAL INC.

	
	By:	/s/ William Y. Carroll, Jr.

	Name:	William Y. Carroll, Jr.
	Its:	President & Chief Executive Officer

Address: 5401 Kingston Pike, Suite 600
         Knoxville, Tennessee 37919
             
Attention: William Y. Carroll, Jr.

        Tax ID Number: 62-1173944 

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PLEDGE AGREEMENT
THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of March 31, 2020, by and between SMARTFINANCIAL, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Tennessee (“Borrower”), and SERVISFIRST BANK, an Alabama banking corporation (“Lender”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
Borrower has executed and delivered to Lender a certain Revolving Note (the “Note”) and a certain Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”), each of even date herewith.
As an inducement to Lender to make the loan provided for in the Loan Agreement, Borrower agreed to execute this Pledge Agreement and, pursuant hereto, to pledge the Pledged Stock, as defined in this Pledge Agreement, as security for the prompt payment and performance of all obligations of the Borrower under the Note and the Loan Agreement (the “Obligations”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties agree as follows:
1. (a) The term “Pledged Stock” means the shares of stock described in Schedule I hereto, together with all certificates, options, rights or other distributions issued as an addition to, in substitution or in exchange for, or on account of, any such shares, and all proceeds of all the foregoing, now or hereafter owned or acquired by Borrower.
(b) The term “Event of Default” means the occurrence of any Default under the Loan Agreement.
2. (a) As security for the prompt payment and performance of the Obligations, Borrower hereby pledges to Lender the Pledged Stock and grants to Lender a lien on and security interest therein.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (d) below, if Borrower shall become entitled to receive or shall receive, in connection with any of the Pledged Stock, any:
(i) Stock certificate, including, but without limitation, any certificate representing a stock dividend or in connection with any increase or reduction of capital, reclassification, merger, consolidation, sale of assets, combination of shares, stock split, spin-off or split-off;
(ii) Option, warrant, or right, whether as addition to or in substitution or in exchange for any of the Pledged Stock, or otherwise;
(iii) Dividend or distribution payable in property, including securities issued by other than the issuer of any of the Pledged Stock; or
(iv) Dividends or distributions of any sort, then:

Borrower shall accept the same as Lender’s agent, in trust for Lender, and shall deliver them forthwith to Lender in the exact form received with, as applicable, Borrower’s endorsement when necessary, or appropriate stock powers duly executed in blank, to be held by Lender, subject to the terms hereof, as part of the Pledged Stock.
(c) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Lender, at its option, may have any or all of the Pledged Stock registered in its name or that of its nominee as a secured party, and Borrower hereby covenants that, upon Lender’s request, Borrower will cause the issuer of the Pledged Stock to effect such registration.  Immediately and without further notice, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, whether or not the Pledged Stock shall have been registered in the name of Lender or its nominee, Lender or its nominee shall have, with respect to the Pledged Stock, all voting rights and other corporate rights, and all conversion, exchange, subscription and other rights, privileges and options pertaining thereto as if it were the absolute owner thereof, including, without limitation, the right to exchange any or all of the Pledged Stock upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other readjustment of the issuer thereof, or upon the exercise by such issuer of any right, privilege, or option pertaining to any of the Pledged Stock, and, in connection therewith, to deliver any of the Pledged Stock to any committee, depository, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, all without liability except to account for property actually received by it; but Lender shall have no duty to exercise any of the aforesaid rights, privileges or options and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing.
(d) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrower shall be entitled, if not prohibited by the Loan Agreement, to receive for its own use cash dividends paid on or with respect to the Pledged Stock.  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Lender may require any such cash dividends to be delivered to Lender as additional security hereunder or to be applied toward the payment or performance of the Obligations.
(e) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Lender may, without demand of performance or other demand, advertisement, or notice of any kind (except the notice specified below of time and place of public or private sale) to or upon Borrower or any other person (all of which are, to the extent permitted by law, hereby expressly waived), forthwith realize upon the Pledged Stock or any part thereof, and may forthwith sell or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Pledged Stock, or any part thereof or interest therein, in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or at any of Lender’s offices or elsewhere, at such prices and on such terms (including, but without limitation, a requirement that any purchaser of all or any part of the Pledged Stock purchase the shares constituting the Pledged Stock for investment and without any intention to make a distribution thereof) as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk, with the right to Lender or any purchaser to purchase upon any such sale the whole or any part of the Pledged Stock free of any right or equity of redemption in Borrower, which right or equity is hereby expressly waived and released.
(f) The proceeds of any such disposition or other action by Lender shall be applied as follows:
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(i) First, to the costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith or incidental thereto or to the care or safekeeping of any of the Pledged Stock or in any way relating to the rights of Lender hereunder, including brokers’ fees and reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses;
(ii) Second, to the payment and performance of the Obligations;
(iii) Third, to the payment of any other amounts required by applicable law (including, without limitation, Section 9-615 of the Uniform Commercial Code); and
(iv) Fourth, to Borrower or its transferees, to the extent of any surplus proceeds.
(g) Lender need not give more than five (5) days’ notice of the time and place of any public sale or of the time after which a private sale may take place, which notice Borrower hereby deems reasonable.
3. Borrower represents and warrants that:
(a) It has, and has duly exercised, all requisite power and authority to enter into this Pledge Agreement, to pledge the Pledged Stock for the purposes described in paragraph 2(a), and to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Pledge Agreement;
(b) It is the legal and beneficial owner of all of the Pledged Stock;
(c) The shares of the Pledged Stock constitute all of the issued and outstanding shares of the issuer thereof; and there are no outstanding warrants, options, rights or other commitments (including, but without limitation, convertible notes or securities) entitling any person to purchase or otherwise acquire any such shares;
(d) All of the shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, and are owned by Borrower free of any pledge, mortgage, hypothecation, lien, charge, encumbrance or security interest in such shares or the proceeds thereof, except for that granted hereunder;
(e) The execution and delivery of this Pledge Agreement, and the performance of its terms, will not violate or constitute a default under the terms of any agreement, indenture or other instrument, license, judgment, decree, order, law, statute, ordinance or other governmental rule or regulation, applicable to Borrower or any of its property; and
(f) Upon delivery of the Pledged Stock to Lender or its agent, this Pledge Agreement shall create a valid first lien upon and perfected security interest in the Pledged Stock and the proceeds thereof, subject to no prior security interest, lien, charge or encumbrances, or agreement purporting to grant to any third party a security interest in the property or assets of Borrower which would include the Pledged Stock.
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4. (a) Borrower hereby covenants that, until all of the Obligations have been paid and performed in full, it will not:
(i) sell, convey, or otherwise dispose of any of the Pledged Stock or any interest therein or create, incur, or permit to exist any pledge, mortgage, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest whatsoever in or with respect to any of the Pledged Stock or the proceeds thereof, other than that created hereby; or
(ii) consent to or approve the issuance of any additional shares of any class of capital stock in the issuer of the Pledged Stock; or any securities convertible voluntarily by the holder thereof or automatically upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any event or condition into, or exchangeable for, any such shares; or any warrants, options, rights or other commitments entitling any person to purchase or otherwise acquire any such shares.
(b) Borrower warrants and will at its own expense, defend Lender’s right, title, special property and security interest in and to the Pledged Stock against the claims of any person, firm, corporation or other entity.
5. Borrower will promptly deliver to Lender all written notices, and will promptly give Lender written notice of any other notices, received by it with respect to Pledged Stock.
6. Borrower shall at any time, and from time to time, upon the written request of Lender, execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as Lender may reasonably request to effect the purposes of this Pledge Agreement, including, without limitation, delivering to Lender upon the occurrence of any Event of Default irrevocable proxies with respect to the Pledged Stock in form satisfactory to Lender.  Until receipt of such separate proxies, this Pledge Agreement shall constitute Borrower’s proxy to Lender or its nominee to vote all shares of Pledged Stock then registered in Borrower’s name.
7. Upon the payment and performance in full of all Obligations and the payment and performance of all additional costs and expenses of Lender as provided herein, this Pledge Agreement shall terminate and Lender shall deliver to Borrower, at Borrower’s expense, such of the Pledged Stock as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to this Pledge Agreement.
8. (a) Beyond the exercise of reasonable care to assure the safe custody of the Pledged Stock while held hereunder, Lender shall have no duty or liability to preserve rights pertaining thereto and shall be relieved of all responsibility for the Pledged Stock upon surrendering it or tendering surrender of it to Borrower.
(b) No course of dealing between Borrower and Lender, nor any failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, any right, power or privilege of Lender hereunder, under the Loan Agreement, or under the Note shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
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(c) The rights and remedies provided herein, in the Loan Agreement, and in the Note and in all other agreements, instruments, and documents delivered pursuant to or in connection with the Note, are cumulative and are in addition to and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law, including, but without limitation, the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code.
(d) The provisions of this Pledge Agreement are severable, and if any clause or provision shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, then such validity or unenforceability shall affect only such clause or provision or part thereof in such jurisdiction and shall not in any manner affect such clause or provision in any other jurisdiction or any other clause or provision in this Pledge Agreement in any jurisdiction.
9. Any notice required or permitted by this Pledge Agreement shall be effective if given in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Agreement.
10. This Pledge Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the parties hereto.
11. This Pledge Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the substantive law of the State of Alabama without regard to principles of conflicts of law and is intended to take effect as an instrument under seal.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Pledge Agreement as of the date and year first above written.

BORROWER:

						
	SMARTFINANCIAL, INC.

	
	By	/s/ William Y. Carroll, Jr.

	Name	William Y. Carroll, Jr.
	Its	President & Chief Executive Officer

         ACCEPTED:

						
	SERVISFIRST BANK

	
	By	/s/ William Mellown
	Name	William Mellown
	Its	Assistant Vice President

                       Signature Page for Pledge Agreement

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