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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000943374-21-000017
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210119

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	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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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION</div>
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    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">January 19, 2021</div>
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    <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: bold;"><u>Via Edgar</u></div>
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    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission</div>
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    <div style="margin-left: 36pt;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Re:</font><font style="width: 9pt; font-size: 1px; display: inline-block;" class="HorizontalTab"> </font><font style="width: 9pt; font-size: 1px; display: inline-block;" class="HorizontalTab">&#160;</font><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation</font></div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-left: 36pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration Number 333-252046)</div>
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    <div style="font-size: 12pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-size: 12pt;">Peapack Gladstone Financial Corporation, a New Jersey corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), hereby requests that the Company&#8217;s Registration
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