UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO

~~Pursuant~~SECTION ~~to Section~~ 13 OR 15(d) ofOF ~~The Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~THE

~~July~~SECURITIES ~~20,~~EXCHANGE ~~2021~~ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (~~date~~Date of earliest event reported): July 29, 2021

Reliant Bancorp, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Tennessee	001-37391	~~001-37391~~	37-1641316	~~37-1641316~~
(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. EmployerIdentification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1736 Carothers Parkway, Suite 100, Brentwood, Tennessee				37027
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

(615) 221-2020

1736 Carothers Parkway, Suite 100 Brentwood, Tennessee		37027
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(615) 221-2020 (Registrant'’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

(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 each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share	RBNC	NASDAQ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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oItem 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

~~Item~~On 2July 29, 2021, Mark C.02 ~~Results~~Seaton, the Chief Accounting Officer and Controller of ~~Operations~~Reliant Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) and ~~Financial~~its ~~Condition~~wholly owned subsidiary, Reliant Bank (the “Bank” and, together with the Company, “Reliant”), tendered to Reliant notice of resignation from his position with Reliant to pursue other interests. Mr. Seaton’s resignation will be effective as of the close of business on August 13, 2021.

OnMr. ~~July~~Seaton’s ~~20,~~resignation ~~2021,~~is ~~Reliant~~not ~~Bancorp, Inc. (~~the ~~“Company”),~~result ~~the~~of ~~parent~~any ~~company~~disagreement ofwith Reliant ~~Bank,~~or ~~issued~~management aover ~~press~~any ~~release~~matter ~~announcing~~relating ~~financial~~to ~~results~~the ~~for~~operations, ~~its second quarter ended June 30~~policies, ~~2021.~~or practices ~~The~~of ~~press release is attached as Exhibits 99~~Reliant.~~1 to this Current Report on Form 8‑K (this “Report”) and is incorporated herein by reference.~~

InOn ~~accordance~~August ~~with~~3, ~~General~~2021, ~~Instruction~~Alison ~~B.2~~Lee ofJefferson, ~~Form~~age ~~8-K~~33, ~~the~~was ~~information~~appointed ~~furnished~~as ~~under~~Senior ~~this~~Vice ~~Item~~President, ~~2.02~~Chief ofAccounting ~~this~~Officer ~~Report~~and Controller of Reliant, effective ~~including~~August ~~Exhibit~~14, 992021.1 ~~attached~~Ms. ~~hereto,~~Jefferson is ~~deemed~~an toexperienced befinancial ~~“furnished”~~executive ~~and~~with ~~shall~~approximately ~~not~~10 beyears ~~deemed~~of ~~“filed”~~financial ~~for~~institution ~~purposes~~accounting ofexperience. ~~Section~~Since 18June of2020, ~~the~~she ~~Securities~~has ~~Exchange~~been ~~Act~~employed ofas ~~1934~~a financial reporting manager at Reliant. Prior to joining Reliant, she worked as ~~amended~~an ~~(the~~assurance ~~“Exchange~~manager ~~Act”),~~at orErnst ~~otherwise~~& ~~subject~~Young LLP from November 2017 to ~~the~~June ~~liabilities~~2020 ofand ~~that~~at ~~section~~Horne, ~~nor~~LLP ~~shall~~from ~~such~~August ~~information~~2016 beuntil ~~deemed~~November ~~incorporated~~2017. From byDecember ~~reference~~2015 ~~into~~to ~~any~~August ~~filing~~2016, orshe ~~document~~worked ~~under~~as ~~the~~a ~~Securities~~financial ~~Act~~officer ofat ~~1933,~~Atlantic Capital asBank. Ms. ~~amended~~Jefferson ~~(the~~began ~~“Securities~~her ~~Act”)~~career, orin 2011, in the ~~Exchange~~financial ~~Act,~~services ~~except~~practice asof ~~may~~Dixon beHughes ~~expressly~~Goodman ~~set~~LLP ~~forth~~providing bylarge ~~specific~~regional ~~reference~~financial ininstitutions ~~such~~with ~~filing~~internal orand ~~document~~external auditing and consulting services.

~~Item 7~~Ms.01 ~~Regulation~~Jefferson FDholds ~~Disclosure~~bachelor’s degrees in both Accounting and Finance with a minor in Music from Eastern Illinois University and a Masters in Accountancy from the University of Tennessee.

OnMs. ~~July~~Jefferson 20does not have any family relationships with any director, ~~2021~~executive officer, ~~the~~or ~~Board~~person ofnominated ~~Directors~~to become a director or executive officer of the Company, ~~declared~~and other than a salary increase to an annualized salary of $~~0.12~~175,000, ~~per~~there ~~share~~are ~~cash~~no ~~dividend.~~arrangements ~~The~~or ~~dividend~~understandings isbetween ~~payable~~Ms. onJefferson ~~August~~and ~~12,~~any ~~2021,~~other person pursuant to ~~shareholders~~which ofMs. ~~record~~Jefferson was appointed as ofSenior ~~the~~Vice President, ~~close~~Chief ofAccounting ~~business~~Officer onand ~~July~~Controller ~~30,~~of ~~2021~~Reliant. AThere ~~copy~~are ofno ~~the~~transactions ~~Company’s~~in ~~press~~which ~~release~~Ms. ~~announcing~~Jefferson ~~this~~had ~~quarterly~~or ~~cash~~will ~~dividend~~have isan ~~attached~~interest asthat ~~Exhibit~~would ~~99.2~~be required to ~~this~~be ~~Report~~disclosed ~~and~~pursuant isto ~~incorporated~~Item ~~herein~~404(a) byof ~~reference~~Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

The disclosure contained in Item 2.02 of this Report is incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of the Form 8-K, the information furnished under this Item 7.01 of this Report and Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 attached hereto are deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information or exhibits be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing or document.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number			Description
99.1			Press Release announcing second quarter ended June 30, 2021 financial results issued by Reliant Bancorp, Inc., dated July 20, 2021.
99.2			Press Release announcing dividend declaration issued by Reliant Bancorp, Inc., dated July 20, 2021.
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).

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, ~~thereunto~~hereunto duly authorized.

RELIANT BANCORP, INC.

~~RELIANT BANCORP, INC.~~

July 20, 2021

/s/ DeVan D. Ard, Jr.

Date: August 3, 2021

DeVan D. Ard, Jr.

/s/ DeVan Ard, Jr.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

DeVan Ard, Jr.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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