 NEW YORK, April 20, 2021 PRNewswire -- Juan Monteverde , founder and managing partner at Monteverde Associates PC, a national securities firm rated Top 50 in the 2018 and 2019 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report and headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City, is investigating SmartFinancial, Inc. SMBK or the Company SMBK relating to its proposed acquisition of Sevier County Banchares, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Sevier shareholders are expected to receive 0.90 shares of SMBK per share. The investigation focuses on whether SmartFinancial, Inc. and its Board of Directors violated securities laws andor breached their fiduciary duties to the Company by 1 failing to conduct a fair process, and 2 whether the transaction is properly valued. 