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

On May 4, 2021, the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (the "Company") was held.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders took the following actions:

Proposal #1 - Election of Directors. Voted on the election of 13 persons, named in the Proxy Statement, to serve as directors of the Company for the ensuing year constituting the entire Board of Directors. The following is a list of directors elected at the Annual Meeting.





         Name             For     Withheld
Carmen M. Bowser       14,999,099   421,112
Dr. Susan A. Cole      15,151,209   269,002
Anthony J. Consi, II   14,156,158 1,264,053
Richard Daingerfield   15,174,693   245,518
Edward A. Gramigna, Jr 14,973,753   446,458
Peter D. Horst         14,982,659   437,552
Steven A. Kass         15,175,088   245,123
Douglas L. Kennedy     15,176,317   243,894
F. Duffield Meyercord  14,000,688 1,419,523
Patrick J. Mullen      15,165,067   255,144
Philip W. Smith, III   14,223,719 1,196,492
Anthony Spinelli       14,456,212   963,999
Beth Welsh             15,163,078   257,133

There were 1,277,183 broker non-votes on the proposal.

Proposal #2 - Compensation of Executive Officers. Voted on a non-binding, advisory basis to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.

The number of shares voted "For" and "Against" this proposal, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, is as follows:





                 Number of Votes
For                 12,080,472
Against             3,244,840
Abstentions           94,899
Broker Non-Votes    1,277,183





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Proposal #3 - Approval of the Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan. Voted to approve the Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

The number of shares voted "For" and "Against" this proposal, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, is as follows:





                 Number of Votes
For                10,529,043
Against             4,822,972
Abstentions          68,196
Broker Non-Votes    1,277,183

Proposal #4 - Ratification of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Voted to ratify the appointment of Crowe LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.

The number of shares voted "For" and "Against" this proposal, as well as the number of abstentions, is as follows:





            Number of Votes
For           16,506,959
Against         187,884
Abstentions      2,551

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

99.1            Slides used by the Company at the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

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




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The press release disclosed in this Item 9.01 as Exhibit 99.1 shall be considered "furnished" but not "filed" for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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