form8k-97456_pgfc.htm
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
February
5, 2009
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported)
PEAPACK-GLADSTONE
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact
name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
New
Jersey
(State or
Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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001-16197
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22-3537895
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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158 Route
206, Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey 07934
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(908)
234-0700
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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:
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
INFORMATION
TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
Item
2.02 Results
of Operations and Financial Condition.
On
February 5, 2009, Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (the “Corporation”)
issued a press release reporting earnings and other financial results for its
fourth quarter of 2008, which ended December 31, 2008. A copy of the press
release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is
incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The press
release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 contains certain non-GAAP financial
measures which exclude the effect of impairment charges taken by the Corporation
in the fourth quarter of 2008. The Corporation believes that the
disclosure of such non-GAAP financial measures is useful to investors because it
provides the investor a comparison of the Corporation’s fourth quarter 2008 and
year-end core earnings and results of operations against the Corporation’s
earnings and results of operations for prior periods during which the
Corporation did not incur a large impairment charge.
The
information disclosed under this Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, shall be
considered “furnished” but not “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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(d)
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Exhibits.
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Exhibit
No.
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Title
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99.1
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Press Release dated
February 5, 2009.
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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.
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 thereunto duly
authorized.
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PEAPACK-GLADSTONE
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
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Dated:
February 6, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Arthur
F. Birmingham |
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Arthur
F. Birmingham
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Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit No.
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Title
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99.1
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Press
Release dated February 5, 2009.
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