<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-21-042984.txt : 20210624
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20210624155706
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-21-042984
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210622
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210624
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210624

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Poland Todd
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001733297

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16197
		FILM NUMBER:		211042824

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 HILL DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			BEDMINSTER
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07921

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PEAPACK GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001050743
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC [6029]
		IRS NUMBER:				223537895
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 HILLS DRIVE
		CITY:			BEDMINSTER
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07921
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9082340700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 HILLS DRIVE
		CITY:			BEDMINSTER
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07921
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        <footnote id="F1">Shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations arising from settlement of restricted stock units.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Held indirectly through a rabbi trust pursuant to a non-qualified deferred compensation plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes shares received through dividend reinvestment since the last filing.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The restricted stock units vest and settle in stock in three approximately equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">The restricted stock units vest and settle in stock in five approximately equal installments on each of the first five anniversaries of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive one share of common stock of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation subject to certain performance conditions.  The units will cliff vest, after three years, if the conditions are met.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">The restricted stock units will cliff vest on the third anniversary of the grant date subject to certain performance conditions being satisfied.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Todd Poland</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-06-24</signatureDate>
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