Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 2, 2023, the shareholders of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (the "Company") approved an amendment to the Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") by increasing the number of authorized shares by 600,000. A description of the material terms of the Plan is contained in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2023.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation's Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") held on May 2, 2023, the shareholders voted on the matters described in the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2023 as set forth below. As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, holders of a total of 17,826,405 shares of the Company's Common Stock were entitled to vote on the matters considered at the Annual Meeting.

The following is a summary of the voting results for each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting:



                                                         For       Withheld     Broker
                                                                               Non-Votes

1. Election of thirteen directors, each for a


   one-year term expiring in 2024:
   Carmen M. Bowser                                   14,613,038     460,138   1,214,349
   Susan A. Cole                                      14,775,051     298,125   1,214,349
   Anthony J. Consi                                   13,415,182   1,657,994   1,214,349
   Richard Daingerfield                               14,788,048     285,128   1,214,349
   Edward A. Gramigna, Jr.                            13,857,204   1,215,972   1,214,349
   Peter D. Horst                                     14,538,322     534,854   1,214,349
   Steven A. Kass                                     14,795,840     277,336   1,214,349
   Douglas L. Kennedy                                 14,739,572     333,604   1,214,349
   F. Duffield Meyercord                              12,738,108   2,335,068   1,214,349
   Patrick J. Mullen                                  14,789,698     283,478   1,214,349
   Philip W. Smith, II                                13,821,176   1,252,000   1,214,349
   Tony Spinelli                                      13,457,638   1,615,538   1,214,349
   Beth Welsh                                         14,714,495     358,681   1,214,349


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                                                  For        Against     Abstain      Broker
                                                                                    Non-Votes
2.   Advisory vote to approve                  12,809,651    2,146,151    117,374    1,214,349
     the compensation of the
     Company's named executive
     officers as presented in
     the proxy statement:
                                   1 Year       2 Years      3 Years     Abstain      Broker
                                                                                    Non-Votes
3.   Advisory vote to approve    13,153,436       371,482    1,288,507    259,751    1,214,349
     the frequency of future
     non-binding advisory votes
     on the compensation of the
     Company's named executive
     officers as presented in
     the proxy statement:
                                                  For        Against     Abstain      Broker
                                                                                    Non-Votes
4.   Approval to amend the                      7,939,077    7,070,534     63,565    1,214,349
     Peapack-Gladstone Financial
     Corporation 2021 Long-Term
     Incentive Plan to increase
     the number of authorized
     shares by 600,000:
                                                  For        Against     Abstain      Broker
                                                                                    Non-Votes
5.   Ratification of Crowe LLP                 16,171,176       99,945     16,404            -
     as the Company's
     independent registered
     public accounting firm for
     2023:

Based on the above vote, the Company has determined to include a shareholder vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers in its annual meeting proxy solicitation materials on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of the shareholder vote on executive compensation, which is expected to occur at the Company's 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.






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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

The Company is furnishing the presentation materials presented at the Annual Meeting as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. The Company is not undertaking to update this presentation. The information in this report (including Exhibit 99.1) is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information herein (including Exhibit 99.1).

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.



Exhibit No.   Title

10.1            Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan
              (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the proxy statement for the
              Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange
              Commission on March 17, 2023 (File No. 001-16197))

99.1            Slides used by the Company at the 2023 Annual Meeting of
              Shareholders

104           Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
              document)





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