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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000943374-24-000219
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240530
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240530
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20240530

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PEAPACK GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001050743
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC [6029]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		IRS NUMBER:				223537895
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-279821
		FILM NUMBER:		241005146

	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: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission May 30, 2024</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549<br>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">UNDER<br>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<br>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">22-3537895</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt;">(State or Other Jurisdiction of</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">500 Hills Drive, Suite 300</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Bedminster, New Jersey 07921</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 8pt;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-size: 8pt;"></font><font style="font-weight: bold;"></font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt;">(Full Title of the Plan)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center;">Copies to:</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Frank A. Cavallaro</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Lawrence M.F. Spaccasi, Esq.</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Chief Financial Officer</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Scott A. Brown, Esq.</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Luse Gorman, PC</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">500 Hills Drive, Suite 300</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">5335 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Suite 780</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Bedminster, New Jersey 07291</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Washington, DC 20015-2035</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">(908) 234-0700</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">(202) 274-2000</div>
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      <div>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated
        filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:</div>
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            <div>Large accelerated filer&#160;&#9744;</div>
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            <div>Accelerated filer&#160;&#8999;</div>
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            <div>Non-accelerated filer&#160;&#9744;&#160;&#160;</div>
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      <div>If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the
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    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">PART I.</font><font class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 72pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION

        REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Items 1 and 2.&#160; Plan Information and Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 have been or will be sent or given to participants in the Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation 2024
      Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;).</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Such documents are not being filed with the Commission, but constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of
      Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">PART II.</font><font class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 72pt">&#160;</font><font style="font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION

        REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Item 3.&#160; Incorporation of Documents by Reference</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">The following documents previously or concurrently filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(a)<font class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font>The Company&#8217;s Annual Report on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1050743/000095017024029761/pgc-20231231.htm">Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023</a> (File No. 001-16197), filed with the Commission on March 12, 2024;</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(b)<font class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font>The Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1050743/000095017024057676/pgc-20240331.htm">Form&#160;10-Q&#160;for the quarter ended March&#160;31, 2024</a>, filed with the Commission on May 10, 2024 (File No. 001-16197)</div>
    <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(c)<font class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font>The Company&#8217;s Current Reports on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1050743/000095017024051065/pgc-20240430.htm">Form 8-K filed on May 1, 2024</a>; (File No. for all 001-16197); and</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">(d)<font class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 36pt">&#160;</font>The description of the Company&#8217;s common stock contained in
      the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050743/000091431708002204/form8a12ba-94234_pgfc.htm">Form 8-A/A (Amendment No. 1) filed with the Commission on August 18, 2008</a> (File No. 001-16197), as
      updated by <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050743/000156459020010802/pgc-ex4e_392.htm">Exhibit 4.E to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019</a> (File No. 001-16197), filed with the Commission
      on March 13, 2020, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such information</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date hereof, and prior to the
      filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be
      a part thereof from the date of the filing of such documents.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Any statement contained in the documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein or therein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
      this Registration Statement and the prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes
      such statement.&#160; Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement and the prospectus.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">All information appearing in this Registration Statement and the prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the detailed information, including financial statements, appearing in
      the documents incorporated herein or therein by reference.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Item 4.&#160; Description of Securities</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">Not applicable.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Item 5.&#160; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;">None.</div>
    <div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;">Item 6.&#160; Indemnification of Directors and Officers</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-style: italic;">Indemnification</font>. Article VI of the Company&#8217;s certificate of incorporation provides that the Company shall indemnify a director or officer of the Company or of
      a subsidiary of the Company against his reasonable expenses and all liabilities in connection with any proceeding involving that director or officer of the Company or a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, including a proceeding by or in the right
      of the Company or its wholly-owned subsidiary, unless such breach of duty is based on an act or omission (a) in breach of such person&#8217;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its shareholders; (b) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law;
      or (c) resulting in receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit. The Company shall advance or pay those reasonable expenses incurred by such director or officer in a proceeding as and when incurred, provided, however, that the director or
      officer shall, as a condition to receipt of such advances, undertake to repay all amounts advanced if it shall finally be adjudicated that the breach of duty by the director or officer was based upon an act or omission (a) in breach of such person&#8217;s
      duty of loyalty to the Company (and/or its subsidiary) or its shareholders; (b) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law; or (c) resulting in receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The New Jersey Business Corporation Act empowers a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against his expenses and liabilities incurred in connection with any proceeding (other than a derivative
      lawsuit) involving the corporate agent by reason of his being or having been a corporate agent if (a) the agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and (b) with
      respect to any criminal proceeding, the corporate agent had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. For purposes of the Act, the term &#8220;corporate agent&#8221; includes any present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the
      corporation, and a person serving as a &#8220;corporate agent&#8221; at the request of the corporation for any other enterprise.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">With respect to any derivative action, the corporation is empowered to indemnify a corporate agent against his expenses (but not his liabilities) incurred in connection with any proceeding involving
      the corporate agent by reason of his being or having been a corporate agent if the agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. However, only the court in which the
      proceeding was brought can empower a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against expenses with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which the agent was adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The corporation may indemnify a corporate agent in a specific case if a determination is made by any of the following that the applicable standard of conduct was met: (i) the board of directors, or a
      committee thereof, acting by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors; (ii) by independent legal counsel, if there is not a quorum of disinterested directors or if the disinterested quorum empowers counsel to make the
      determination; or (iii) by the shareholders.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">A corporate agent is entitled to mandatory indemnification to the extent that the agent is successful on the merits or otherwise in any proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter in the
      proceeding. If a corporation fails or refuses to indemnify a corporate agent, whether the indemnification is permissive or mandatory, the agent may apply to a court to grant him the requested indemnification. In advance of the final disposition of a
      proceeding, the corporation may pay an agent&#8217;s expenses if the agent agrees to repay the expenses unless it is ultimately determined he is entitled to indemnification.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-style: italic;">Exculpation. </font>Article VI of the Company&#8217;s certificate of incorporation provides that no director or officer of the Company, or of a subsidiary of the Company,
      shall be personally liable to the Company or to its shareholders for damages for breach of any duty owed to the Company or its shareholders unless such breach of duty is based on an act or omission (a) in breach of such person&#8217;s duty of loyalty to
      the Company (and/or its subsidiary) or its shareholders; (b) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law; or (c) resulting in receipt by such person of an improper benefit.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><font style="font-style: italic;">Insurance.</font> The Company maintains insurance policies insuring the Company&#8217;s directors and officers against liability for wrongful acts or omissions arising out
      of their positions as directors and officers, subject to certain limitations.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;">Item 7.&#160; Exemption From Registration Claimed.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Not applicable.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Item 8.&#160; Exhibits.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">LUSE GORMAN, PC</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">ATTORNEYS AT LAW</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">5335 WISCONSIN AVENUE, N.W., SUITE 780</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20015</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">TELEPHONE (202) 274-2000</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">FACSIMILE (202) 362-2902</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold;">www.luselaw.com</div>
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    <div>May 30, 2024</div>
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    <div>Board of Directors</div>
    <div>Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation</div>
    <div>500 Hills Drive, Suite 300</div>
    <div>Bedminster, New Jersey 07921</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Re:</td>
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            <div><font style="font-weight: bold;">Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation</font>&#160;<font style="font-weight: bold;">2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan </font><br>
              <font style="font-weight: bold;">Registration Statement on Form S-8</font></div>
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    <div>Ladies and Gentlemen:</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">You have requested the opinion of this firm as to certain matters in connection with the registration of 150,000 shares of common stock, no par value (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;), of Peapack-Gladstone Financial
      Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) to be issued pursuant to the Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;).</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">In rendering the opinion expressed herein, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of the following: (i) the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on
      Form S-8 (the &#8220;Form S-8&#8221;) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Act&#8221;), on the date hereof; (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended to
      date and currently in effect; (iii) the Bylaws of the Company, as amended to date and currently in effect; (iv) the Plan; (v) certain resolutions of the board of directors of the Company relating to the approval of the Plan, the filing of the
      Registration Statement, and certain related matters; and (vi) applicable statutes and regulations governing the Company.&#160; We have assumed the authenticity, accuracy and completeness of all documents in connection with the opinion expressed herein.&#160;
      We have also assumed the legal capacity and genuineness of the signatures of persons signing all documents in connection with which the opinions expressed herein are rendered.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Based on the foregoing, we are of the following opinion:</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Following the effectiveness of the Form S-8, the Shares of the Company, when issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">This opinion has been prepared solely for the use of the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of the Form S-8, and shall not be used for any other purpose or relied upon by any other
      person without the prior express written consent of this firm.&#160; We hereby consent to the use of this opinion in the Form S-8.&#160; By giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under
      Section&#160;7 of the Act.</div>
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            <div>Very truly yours,</div>
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          <td style="width: 50.14%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;/s/ Luse Gorman, PC<br>
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            <div>LUSE GORMAN, PC</div>
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<TYPE>EX-23.2
<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>ex23-2_s8053024.htm
<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</div>
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    <div>We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation of our report dated March 12, 2024, relating to the consolidated financial statements and effectiveness of internal
      control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2023.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 252pt; margin-left: 36pt;"> /s/ Crowe LLP<br>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 252pt; margin-left: 36pt;">Crowe LLP</div>
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    <div>Livingston, New Jersey</div>
    <div>May 30, 2024</div>
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<TYPE>EX-FILING FEES
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<FILENAME>ex107-s8_053024.htm
<DESCRIPTION>FILING FEES TABLE
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  <div style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">EXHIBIT 10</font>7<br>
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      <div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Form S-8</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 12pt;"><u>Table 1: Newly Registered Securities</u></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Amount to be Registered<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(1)</sup></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price Per Share<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(2)</sup></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Amount of Registration Fee<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(2)</sup></div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">Common stock, $0.01 par value per share</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">150,000</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">$21.08</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">$3,162,000.00</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">$466.71</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">$0.00</div>
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to
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              <div style="text-align: justify;">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
                  in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Company&#8217;s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on May 29, 2024.</div>
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