# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001050743
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-085239
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
**Character Count:** 5488
**Document Hash:** d0dc4a3cdfb5f7433a3d89374987d2a7
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-085239.hdr.sgml**: 20260302

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-085239

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K/A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 10

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251218

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260302

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260302

**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
- **EIN:** 223537895
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NJ
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K/A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-16197
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26707118

**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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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

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**FORM** 8-K/A

**CURRENT REPORT**

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE**

**SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)** | &nbsp;&nbsp;December 18, 2025 |

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PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)**

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;New Jersey | &nbsp;&nbsp;001-16197 | &nbsp;&nbsp;22-3537895 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**(State or Other Jurisdiction** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**(Commission** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**(I.R.S. Employer** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**of Incorporation)** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**File Number)** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**Identification No.)** |

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;500 Hills Drive, Suite 300, Bedminster, New Jersey | &nbsp;&nbsp;07921 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;**(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**(Zip Code)** |

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Registrant's telephone number, including area code** | &nbsp;&nbsp;(908) 234-0700 |

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading**<br>**Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, no par value | PGC | The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC |

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (*see* General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

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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 13 (a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

**<u>Explanatory Note</u>**

This Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A amends the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 18, 2025 (the "Original Filing") by Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (the "Company"). The Original Filing reported, among other items, the appointments of Diane D'Erasmo and Ellen C. Walsh to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"). At the time of the Original Filing, the Board had not made any determinations regarding committee assignments for Ms. D'Erasmo and Ms. Walsh. The Company hereby amends the Original Filing to include information on the committee assignments in Item 5.02 below. Other than providing the additional information in Item 5.02 below, no other disclosure in the Original Filing is amended by this Form 8-K/A.

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

At a Board meeting held on February 26, 2026, the Board appointed Ms. D'Erasmo to the Risk Committee and the Technology Committee and appointed Ms. Walsh to the Risk Committee and the Compensation Committee. The committee appointments were immediately effective.

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|  | PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION | PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION |
| Dated: March 2, 2026 | By: | /s/ Douglas L. Kennedy |
|  | Douglas L. Kennedy | Douglas L. Kennedy |
|  | President and Chief Executive Officer | President and Chief Executive Officer |

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