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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-016073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMBK"
cik: "0001038773"
company_name: "SMARTFINANCIAL INC."
filed_at: "2023-09-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T08:02:34.902667+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SmartFinancial EVP & Chief Lending Officer Gregory Davis resigns effective Sept 29, 2023

## Summary
- Gregory L. Davis, EVP and Chief Lending Officer of SmartFinancial and SmartBank, resigned effective September 29, 2023.
- Resignation was to pursue a career outside of banking; no disagreement with company operations, policies, or practices.
- Separation agreement grants accelerated vesting of all 6,402 restricted shares of company common stock as of separation date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-016073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMBK
- cik: 0001038773
- company_name: SMARTFINANCIAL INC.
- filed_at: 2023-09-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1038773/000155837023016073/0001558370-23-016073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1038773/000155837023016073/smbk-20230921x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-016073.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gregory L. Davis resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer at SMARTFINANCIAL INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer
  source text: On September 21, 2023, Gregory L. Davis, Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of SmartFinancial, Inc. (the “ Company ”) and the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SmartBank, formally tendered his resignation to pursue a career outside of banking, effective September 29, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1038773/000155837023016073/0001558370-23-016073-index.htm

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