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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000943374-21-000156
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210413
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210413

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:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16197
		FILM NUMBER:		21823511

	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;">UNITED STATES</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">SCHEDULE 14A</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section&#160;14(a) of the Securities</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;">Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. <u>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</u>)</div>
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    <div>Filed by the Registrant &#9746;</div>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant &#9744;</div>
    <div style="margin-bottom: 6pt;">Check the appropriate box:</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;">Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt;">(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</div>
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            <div>Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule&#160;0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):</div>
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        <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION</div>
        <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">500 Hills Drive</div>
        <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Bedminster, New Jersey 07921</div>
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          <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">SUPPLEMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT</div>
          <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS</div>
          <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">To Be Held on Tuesday, May 4, 2021</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 12pt;">April 13, 2021</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 12pt;">Dear Shareholder:</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 12pt;">This letter supplements the Proxy Statement dated March 18, 2021 provided to shareholders of Peapack-Gladstone Financial
          Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 4, 2021 (the &#8220;Annual Meeting&#8221;).&#160; At the Annual Meeting, shareholders are being asked to consider and vote: to elect thirteen directors to serve
          for a one-year term and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified; to approve, on a non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company&#8217;s named executive officers, to approve the Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation 2021
          Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Equity Plan&#8221;), and to ratify the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 12pt;">In connection with the requested approval of the Equity Plan, the following additional information is hereby being provided to
          shareholders:</div>
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                  <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 12pt;">As of April 12, 2021, there were 12 non-employee directors and approximately 99 senior officers and 393 other employees
                    eligible to participate and receive awards under the Equity Plan.</div>
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                  <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 12pt;">The closing sale price of the Company&#8217;s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on April 12, 2021 was
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        <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 12pt;">Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 12pt;">/s/ Todd M. Poland</div>
        <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Todd M. Poland</div>
        <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Corporate Secretary</div>
        <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 12pt;">Bedminster, New Jersey</div>
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