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~~SECURITIES~~UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~Washington~~WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

~~______________________~~FORM 8-K

~~FORM 8-K~~CURRENT REPORT

~~CURRENT~~PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF ~~REPORT~~THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

~~Pursuant to~~Date ~~Section~~of 13Report ~~or 15~~(d)Date of earliest event reported): September 30, 2005

~~The~~Commission ~~Securities~~File ~~Act~~Number: ~~of 1934~~0-23605

~~Date~~CAVALRY ~~of Report (Date of earliest event reported) July 29~~BANCORP, ~~2005~~INC.

~~Commission file~~(Exact ~~number:~~Name ~~0-23605~~of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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	Tennessee		62-1721072

	(State or other jurisdiction		(I.R.S. Employer
	of incorporation)		Identification No.)

~~_____________________________________~~111 West College Street, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37130 (Address of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

(~~exact name~~615) of893-1234 ~~registrant~~(Registrant’s astelephone ~~specified~~number, inincluding ~~its~~area ~~charter~~code)

Tennessee	62-1721072
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


	Not Applicable

	(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

~~114~~Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy ~~West~~the ~~College~~filing ~~Street~~obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

~~Murfreesboro, Tennessee~~þ ~~37130~~Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) þ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 140.14a-12) o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

~~(Address of~~TABLE ~~Registrant’s~~OF ~~principal executive office)~~CONTENTS

~~(615) 893~~Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits SIGNATURES EXHIBIT INDEX Ex-~~1234~~2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger Ex-99.1 Press Release

~~______________________~~Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

o On October 3, 2005, Cavalry Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it had entered into ~~Written~~an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Agreement”), dated as of September 30, 2005, with Pinnacle ~~communications~~Financial ~~pursuant~~Partners, Inc. (“Pinnacle”), a Tennessee corporation. Under the terms of the Agreement, the Company will be merged with and into Pinnacle, with Pinnacle as the surviving corporation, and the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Cavalry Banking will be merged with and into Pinnacle National Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pinnacle. Upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement, Company shareholders will be entitled to ~~Rule 425~~receive ~~under~~0.95 shares of Pinnacle common stock for each share of common stock in the ~~Securities~~Company ~~Act~~owned by such shareholders. Each option to purchase Company common stock will be converted into the right to purchase the number of shares of Pinnacle common stock equal to the product of (17i) the ~~CFR~~number of shares of ~~230.425~~Company common stock issuable upon exercise of such option and (ii) 0.95 at a price equal to the exercise price per share of the Company common stock divided by 0.95.

~~o Soliciting~~ The ~~material~~closing ~~pursuant~~of the merger is subject to ~~Rule 14a-12~~the ~~under~~satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions, including, among others, receipt of approval by the ~~Exchange~~Company’s ~~Act~~and ~~(17~~Pinnacle’s ~~CFR~~shareholders and applicable state and federal regulatory authorities and is expected to occur in ~~140.14a-12)~~the first quarter of 2006.

o The Agreement is attached hereto as an exhibit, and is incorporated herein by reference. The ~~Pre-commencement~~foregoing ~~communications~~summary ~~pursuant~~of the Agreement does not purport to ~~Rule 14d-2(b)~~be ~~under~~complete ~~the~~and is qualified in its entirety ~~Exchange~~by ~~Act~~reference ~~(17~~to ~~CFR~~such ~~240~~exhibit.~~14d-2(b))~~

~~o Pre-commencement~~Additional ~~communications~~Information ~~pursuant~~and Where to ~~Rule 13e-4(c)~~Find ~~under~~It ~~the~~ ~~Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))~~

~~Item~~In connection with the proposed merger, Pinnacle and the Company will file a joint proxy ~~2.02~~statement/prospectus ~~Results~~with ofthe ~~Operations~~Securities and ~~Financial~~Exchange ~~Condition~~Commission (the “SEC”).

~~Item~~INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS WHEN IT ~~7.01~~BECOMES ~~Regulation~~AVAILABLE FDAND ~~Disclosure~~ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PINNACLE, THE COMPANY AND THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION.

~~On July 29,~~Investors ~~2005,~~and ~~the~~security ~~Company~~holders ~~issued~~may aobtain ~~press~~free ~~release~~copies ~~reporting~~of ~~financial~~these ~~results~~documents ~~for~~once they are available through the ~~second~~ ~~quarter~~website ~~ended~~maintained ~~2005,~~by athe ~~copy~~SEC ofat ~~which~~http://www.sec.gov. isFree ~~being~~copies ~~furnished~~of asthe ~~Exhibit~~joint ~~99.1~~proxy ~~to this~~statement/prospectus ~~Report~~also ~~and~~may isbe ~~incorporated~~obtained ~~into~~by ~~this~~directing ~~Report~~a request by ~~reference.~~telephone ~~The~~or ~~information being~~mail ~~furnished~~to ~~under~~Pinnacle Financial ~~Item~~Partners 7Inc.01, of211 ~~this~~Commerce ~~Report~~Street, ~~shall~~Suite 300, ~~not~~Nashville, beTN ~~considered~~37201, ~~“filed”~~Attention: Investor ~~for~~Relations ~~purposes~~(615) 744-3710 ofor ~~the~~Cavalry ~~Exchange~~Bancorp, ~~Act~~Inc., ~~and~~114 ~~shall~~West ~~not~~College beStreet, ~~incorporated~~P.O. byBox ~~reference~~188, ~~into~~Murfreesboro, ~~any~~TN of37133, ~~the~~Attention: ~~Company’s~~Investor ~~previous~~Relations ~~or future filings under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act~~(615) 849-2272.

~~Item~~This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy ~~9.01~~securities, ~~Financial~~nor ~~Statements~~shall ~~and~~there ~~Exhibits~~be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer,

DATE: October 3, 2005

/s/ Ed. C. Loughry, Jr.

Ed C. Loughry, Jr.

Chairman of the Board of Directors and

Chief Executive Officer

~~Exhibit~~solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities ~~Number Description~~laws of such jurisdiction.

~~99.1 Press Release~~Participants ~~issued~~in bythe ~~Cavalry Bancorp, Inc. dated July 29, 2005.~~Solicitation

~~SIGNATURES~~The directors and executive officers of Pinnacle and the Company may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies with respect to the proposed merger. Information about Pinnacle’s directors and executive officers is contained in the proxy statement filed by Pinnacle with the SEC on March 14, 2005, which is available on Pinnacle’s web site (www.pnfp.com) and at the address provided above. Information about the Company’s directors and executive officers is contained in the proxy statement filed by the Company with the SEC on March 18, 2005, which is available at the Company’s website (www.cavb.com) and at the address provided above. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests by security holding or otherwise, will be contained in the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant material to be filed with the SEC when they become available.

~~Pursuant to~~Item 9.01 Financial ~~the~~Statements ~~requirements~~and ~~of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant~~Exhibits ~~has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~

Date: July 29, 2005		CAVALRY BANCORP, INC.
	By:
		Hillard C. Gardner
		Senior Vice President and
		Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit No.		Description
2.1		Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 30, 2005, by and between Cavalry Bancorp, Inc. and Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the schedules and exhibits to this agreement are omitted, but will be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

99.1		Press Release issued by Cavalry Bancorp, Inc. and Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc., dated October 3, 2005

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.

CAVALRY BANCORP, INC.

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.		Description
2.1		Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 30, 2005, by and between Cavalry Bancorp, Inc. and Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the schedules and exhibits to this agreement are omitted, but will be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

99.1		Press Release issued by Cavalry Bancorp, Inc. and Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc., dated October 3, 2005

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