0000914317-13-000530.txt : 20130423 0000914317-13-000530.hdr.sgml : 20130423 20130423102405 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000914317-13-000530 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130422 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20130423 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130423 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PEAPACK GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001050743 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC [6029] IRS NUMBER: 223537895 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16197 FILM NUMBER: 13775421 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 158 ROUTE 206 NORTH CITY: GLADSTONE STATE: NJ ZIP: 07934 BUSINESS PHONE: 9082340700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 158 ROUTE 206 NORTH CITY: GLADSTONE STATE: NJ ZIP: 07934 8-K 1 form8k-130324_pgfc.htm 8-K

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):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 
 

 

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
   

 

 

 
 

 EX-99.1 2 ex99-1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

Subject Line: Douglas L. Kennedy, CEO, Appointed President and F. Duffield Meyercord Appointed Lead Director of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation and Peapack-Gladstone Bank.

 

Bedminster, NJ – April 22, 2013 – Frank A. Kissel, Chairman of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select Market: PGC) (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Douglas L. Kennedy, CEO, to the position of President of the Company and of Peapack-Gladstone Bank, the company’s wholly-owned commercial bank. Mr. Kennedy will continue in his role as Chief Executive Officer.

 

Additionally, F. Duffield Meyercord was named Lead Director of the Company and the Bank, as a means of enhancing Corporate Governance. Mr. Meyercord has been a director since 1991.

 

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation is a bank holding company with total assets of $1.67 billion as of December 31, 2012. Peapack-Gladstone Bank, its wholly owned commercial bank, was established in 1921 and has 23 branches in Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union Counties. The Bank’s wealth management division, PGB Trust & Investments, operates at the Bank’s corporate offices located at 500 Hills Drive in Bedminster and at four other locations: Clinton, Morristown and Summit, New Jersey, and within the Bank's new subsidiary, PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware, in Greenville, Delaware. To learn more about Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation, Peapack-Gladstone Bank or PGB Trust & Investments, please visit www.pgbank.com or call 908-234-0700.

 

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Contact: Jeffrey J. Carfora, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, jcarfora@pgbank.com, 908-719-4308, Peapack-Gladstone Bank, 500 Hills Drive, Suite 300, Bedminster, NJ 07921.