UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

 

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) April 22, 2013

 

 

 

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

New Jersey 001-16197 22-3537895
(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
     
     
500 Hills Drive, Suite 300, Bedminster, New Jersey   07921
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (908) 234-0700

 

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):

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On April 22, 2013, Frank A. Kissel, Chairman of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation, (the “Corporation”) announced the appointment of Douglas L. Kennedy, CEO, as President of the Corporation and of Peapack-Gladstone Bank (the “Bank”), the Corporation’s bank subsidiary. Mr. Kennedy will continue in his role as CEO. Additionally, F. Duffield Meyercord was named Lead Director of the Corporation and the Bank. Mr. Meyercord has been a director since 1991.

 

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein is the press release of the Corporation dated April 22, 2013 relating to Messrs. Kennedy’s and Meyercord’s appointments.

 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Title
   
99.1 Press release dated April 22, 2013
   

 

 

 

 

 
 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

  PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
       
       
       
Dated: April 23, 2013 By:   /s/Jeffrey J. Carfora
    Name: Jeffrey J. Carfora
    Title: Executive Vice President and
      Chief Financial Officer

 

 
 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No. Title
   
99.1 Press release dated April 22, 2013