10-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

or

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from          to         

Commission File No. 001-16197

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New Jersey	22-3537895
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)	Identification No.)

500 Hills Drive, Suite 300
Bedminster, NJ	07921
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number: (908) 234-0700

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

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol (s)	Name of Exchange on which Registered
Common Stock, No par value	PGC	NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC

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

NONE

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes   ☒ No ☐.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes   ☐ No   ☒.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes   ☒ No   ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  Yes   ☒ No   ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☒
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
Emerging growth company	☐

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.    ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.     ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes   ☐ No   ☒

The aggregate market value of the shares held by unaffiliated stockholders was approximately $553 million on June 30, 2021.

As of March 1, 2022, 18,255,802 shares of no par value Common Stock were outstanding.

Auditor Firm Id: 173 Auditor Name: Crowe LLP Auditor Location: Livingston, New Jersey USA

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2022 Proxy Statement”) are incorporated by reference into Part III.  The Company expects to file the 2022 Proxy Statement within 120 days of December 31, 2021.

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FORM 10-K

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

For the Year Ended December 31, 2021

Table of Contents

PART I
Item 1.	Business	4
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	11
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	19
Item 2.	Properties	19
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	19
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosure	19
PART II
Item 5.	Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	20
Item 6.	[Reserved]	21
Item 7.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	21
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	54
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	56
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	115
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	115
Item 9B.	Other Information	116
Item 9C.	Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections	116
PART III
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	117
Item 11.	Executive Compensation	118
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	118
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	118
Item 14.	Principal Accountant Fees and Services	118
PART IV
Item 15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules	119
Item 16.	Form 10-K Summary	122
	Signatures	123

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PART I

Item 1. BUSINESS

The disclosures set forth in this Form 10-K are qualified by Item 1A-Risk Factors and the section captioned “Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” in Item 7-Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of this report and other cautionary statements set forth elsewhere in this report and filed by us from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The terms “Peapack,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise.

The Corporation

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation is a bank holding company registered under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “Bank Holding Company Act”). The Company was organized under the laws of New Jersey in August 1997 by the Board of Directors of Peapack-Gladstone Bank (the “Bank”), its principal subsidiary. The Bank is a state chartered commercial bank founded in 1921 under the laws of the State of New Jersey. The Bank is a member of the Federal Reserve System. Through its branch network in Somerset, Morris, Hunterdon and Union counties and its private banking locations in Bedminster, Morristown, Princeton and Teaneck, its private wealth management, commercial private banking, retail private banking and residential lending divisions, along with its online platforms, Peapack-Gladstone Bank is committed to offering unparalleled client service.

Our wealth management clients include individuals, families, foundations, endowments, trusts and estates. Our commercial loan clients include business owners, professionals, retailers, contractors and real estate investors. Most forms of commercial lending are offered, including working capital lines of credit, term loans for fixed asset acquisitions, commercial mortgages, multifamily mortgages and other forms of asset-based financing.

In addition to commercial lending activities, we offer a wide range of consumer banking services, including checking and savings accounts, money market and interest-bearing checking accounts, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. We also offer residential mortgages, home equity lines of credit and other second mortgage loans. Automated teller machines are available at 20 locations. Internet banking, including an online bill payment option and mobile phone banking, is available to clients.

Available Information

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation is a public company, and files interim, quarterly and annual reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).  These reports and any amendments to these reports are available for free on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov, and on our website, www.pgbank.com, as soon as reasonably practical after they have been filed with or furnished to the SEC.  Information on our website should not be considered a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Employees

Human Capital Resources

We believe our employees are our most important resource and are critical to our success and ability to provide outstanding service to our customers.  As of December 31, 2021, we had 497 full-time and part-time employees, with 266 at our corporate headquarters, 105 in our branch offices and 126 in other locations. Our management believes that they have good relations with our employees.

Hiring and Promotion

We look to hire internally for positions whenever possible. When this is not the case, we look to source candidates from multiple avenues, including referrals, utilizing online platforms such as LinkedIn, Indeed, Circa, the New Jersey Department of Labor website and our own corporate website. We also post advertisements at our branch locations and reach out to local community organizations to promote open positions. Additionally, we meet with local colleges and host career workshops for students to further develop our talent pool. This approach has improved our brand awareness in the community and our ability to grow diverse hires.

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Talent Development

The continuous development and succession of our employees is a primary focus for the Company. We conduct regular talent reviews for the purpose of succession planning and developing our employees. Aside from regulatory trainings, we offer ethics and subject matter trainings regularly. On an annual basis, we offer career development, performance enablement and leadership development opportunities. Experiential learning opportunities are also available on an individualized basis. We maintain a mentorship program and a peer recognition program in which all employees can participate. Our President and CEO hosts a biweekly company update accessible by all employees. Tuition reimbursement, up to $10,000 annually, is offered to full-time employees after completion of one year of employment and successful course completion.

We provide an annual employee engagement survey by utilizing the American Banker ‘Best Banks to Work for Survey’, a third-party survey that collects employee feedback on areas that include, but are not limited to, leadership, corporate culture and communications, training and development resources, role satisfaction, pay and benefits and overall engagement. We review the detailed results to identify areas of opportunity and develop steps to improve as well as take actions in those areas. We invite all employees to participate and have received a high level of survey participation and based on our survey results, we have been awarded recognition as an American Banker ‘Best Banks to Work For’ for the previous four years (2018-2021).

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We are committed to expanding our role as an employer that champions diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace environment. Our strategy focuses on achieving hiring levels that are representative and in line with the communities in which we serve, as well as improving diversity representation in our senior roles. We have dedicated actions to drive a more diverse workforce, with focus in the areas of brand awareness and sourcing, recruiting and hiring, cultural awareness and appreciation, and furthering our development opportunities for all employees.

Our Cultural Ambassador Committee, established in 2019, consists of non-executive employees and is sponsored by our CEO, Chief Human Resource Officer and our President of Commercial Banking. The Committee was created to sustain and evolve our corporate culture through ongoing communication, awareness, engagement and advocacy of our core principles, including diversity, inclusion and volunteerism. We have seven employee resource groups, focusing on areas such as wellness, the environment, core principles and diversity and inclusion.

Additionally, we maintain an Anti-Discrimination and Harassment Policy as well as a workplace harassment training course which must be completed annually by all employees.

Employee Health and Safety

The safety, health and well-being of our employees and customers is extremely important to us. We closely monitored the COVID-19 pandemic since its inception and have followed recommendations of local and national health organizations throughout.  All employees were required to be vaccinated prior to returning to the workplace except those requiring either a medical or religious exemption. Employees are permitted to leverage a new flexible work arrangement offered by management provided their performance remains in good standing. The combination of working remotely and in the office enables employees to continue social distancing as needed while also being more productive, completing tasks with less interruption when remote while still having the opportunity to collaborate with peers in the workplace. Virtual meeting and teleconference platforms continue to be utilized to maintain a safe and productive work environment.

Compensation and Benefits

We seek to attract, motivate and retain the best talent in a competitive marketplace by offering an attractive compensation and benefits package. Compensation includes a market competitive salary, and for eligible positions, annual incentives or cash bonuses and participation in long-term incentive awards as well as an opportunity to participate in our discounted employee stock purchase plan.

Work/life balance is an important part of our culture, and in support of this we offer a broad list of benefits for eligible employees, which includes a comprehensive suite of health insurance benefits, paid time off, maternity and paternity leave,

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access to employee assistance programs, retirement planning and 401(k) Plan participation with a generous company match. Wellness programs are deeply embedded in our culture and other ancillary benefits such as pet insurance, identity protection coverage and Aflac enrollments are provided.  

Community Involvement

We actively reinvest in our communities with the greatest needs. We encourage volunteerism, supporting organizations valued by our employees and clients. Our employees are generous with their time in their support of local organizations. In 2021, a pandemic environment, we contributed over 1,125 hours of service and financial support to over 210 charitable organizations. We are proud to be known and recognized locally and nationally for our community involvement.

Peapack-Gladstone Bank’s Private Wealth Management Division (“Peapack Private”)

Peapack Private is a New Jersey-chartered trust and investment business with $11.1 billion of assets under management and/or administration as of December 31, 2021. It is headquartered in Bedminster, with additional private banking locations throughout New Jersey in Morristown, Princeton, Red Bank and Teaneck, as well as at the Bank’s subsidiaries, PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware, in Greenville, Delaware and Murphy Capital Management (“MCM”), in Bedminster, New Jersey. Peapack Private is known for its integrity, client service and broad range of fiduciary, investment management and tax services, designed specifically to meet the needs of high net-worth individuals, families, foundations and endowments.

Our wealth management business differentiates us from our competition and adds significant value. We intend to grow this business further, both in and around our market; through our existing wealth, loan and depository client base; through our innovative private banking service model, which utilizes private bankers working together to provide fully integrated client solutions; and through potential acquisitions of complimentary wealth management businesses. Throughout the wealth management division and all other business lines, we will continue to provide the unparalleled personalized, high-touch service our valued clients have come to expect.

Our Markets

Our current market is defined as the New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical area, with our primary market areas being in New Jersey and New York. According to estimates from the United States Census Bureau, as of 2015-2019, New Jersey had a total population exceeding 9.3 million and a median household income of $82,545, and Somerset County, where we are headquartered, is one of the wealthiest counties in New Jersey, with a median household income of $113,611; compared to a U.S. median household income of $62,843. We believe that these markets have economic and competitive dynamics that are consistent with our objectives and favorable to executing our growth strategy.

Competition

We operate in a market area with a high concentration of banking and financial institutions and we face substantial competition in attracting deposits and in originating loans and leases. A number of our competitors are significantly larger institutions with greater financial and managerial resources and lending limits.  Our ability to compete successfully is a significant factor affecting our growth potential and profitability.

Our competition for deposits, loans and leases historically has come from other insured financial institutions such as local and regional commercial banks, savings institutions, leasing companies and credit unions located in our primary market area.  We also compete with mortgage banking and finance companies for real estate loans and with commercial banks and savings institutions for consumer loans.

The Company also faces direct competition for wealth and advisory services from registered investment advisory firms and investment management companies.

Our Business Strategy

When we implemented our Strategic Plan – Expanding Our Reach (the “Strategic Plan” in 2013), we recognized it would help address three industry headwinds that:

• the low interest rate and tight spread environment would likely continue;

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• costs associated with compliance and risk management would increase significantly; and

• our clients would continue to shift from traditional branches in favor of electronic delivery channels.

The key elements of our business strategy include:

• a robust wealth management business that provides a diversified and relatively predictable, stable source of revenue over time, through organic growth and through strategic acquisitions;

• an emphasis on commercial banking with private bankers focused on providing high-touch client service through an advice-based approach encompassing corporate and industrial (“C&I”) lending (including equipment finance lending and leasing), wealth management, depository services, electronic banking, Small Business Administration (“SBA”) and other commercial real estate lending, and corporate advisory services; 

• highly efficient branch network and deposit gathering processes;

• robust risk management processes, including, but not limited to, active loan portfolio, capital, liquidity, and interest rate risk stress testing; and

• a focus on the community and community service and involvement.

Governmental Policies and Legislation

The banking industry is highly regulated.  Statutory and regulatory controls increase a bank holding company’s cost of doing business and limit the options of its management to deploy assets and maximize income.  Proposals to change the laws and regulations governing the operations and taxation of banks, bank holding companies and other financial institutions are frequently made in Congress, in state legislatures and before various bank regulatory agencies.  The likelihood of any major changes and the impact such changes might have on the Company or the Bank is impossible to predict.  The following description is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety to applicable laws and regulations.

Bank Regulation

As a New Jersey-chartered commercial bank, the Bank is subject to the regulation, supervision, and examination by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (“NJDOBI”).  As a Federal Reserve-member bank, the Bank is also subject to the regulation, supervision and examination by the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) as its primary federal regulator. The regulations of the FRB and the NJDOBI impact virtually all of our activities, including the minimum levels of capital we must maintain, our ability to pay dividends, our ability to expand through new branches or acquisitions and various other matters.

Investment Advisory Regulations

In addition to Peapack Private, we offer wealth management services through a subsidiary of the Bank. This subsidiary is a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and as such, is supervised by the SEC. It is also subject to various other federal laws and state licensing and/or registration requirements. These laws and regulations generally grant supervisory agencies broad administrative powers, including the power to limit or restrict the carrying on of business for failure to comply with such laws and regulations.

Holding Company Supervision

The Company is a bank holding company and periodically examined within the meaning of the Bank Holding Company Act. As a bank holding company, the Company is supervised by the FRB and is required to file reports with the FRB and provide such additional information as the FRB may require.

The Bank Holding Company Act prohibits the Company, with certain exceptions, from (i) acquiring direct or indirect ownership or control of more than five percent of the voting shares of any company that is not a bank and (ii) from engaging in any business other than banking, managing and controlling banks, or furnishing services to subsidiary banks,  However, the Company may apply to engage in, or own shares of companies engaged in, certain businesses found by the FRB to be so closely related to banking “as to be a proper incident thereto.” The Bank Holding Company Act requires prior approval by the FRB of the acquisition by the Company of more than five percent of the voting stock of any additional bank. Generally, federal regulatory approval to make acquisitions requires prerequisites including satisfactory capital ratios, Community Reinvestment Act ratings and anti-money laundering policies. Federal law provides that a bank holding company must act as a source of financial strength to its subsidiary bank and commit resources to support the subsidiary

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bank in circumstances in which it might not do so absent that law. Acquisitions through the Bank require the approval of the FRB and the NJDOBI.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Report and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) significantly changed bank regulation and affected the lending, investment, trading and operating activities of depository institutions and their holding companies. The Dodd-Frank Act also created a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) with extensive powers to supervise and enforce consumer protection laws.  The CFPB has broad rule-making authority for a wide range of consumer protection laws that apply to all banks and savings institutions, including the authority to prohibit “unfair, deceptive or abusive” acts and practices.  The CFPB also has examination and enforcement authority over all banks and savings institutions with more than $10 billion in assets.  Banks and savings institutions with $10 billion or less in assets, such as the Bank, continue to be examined by their applicable federal bank regulators.  The Dodd-Frank Act required the CFPB to issue regulations requiring lenders to make a reasonable good faith determination as to a prospective borrower’s ability to repay a residential mortgage loan.  The final “Ability to Repay” rules, which were effective beginning January 2014, and amended in 2021, established a “qualified mortgage” safe harbor for loans whose terms and features are deemed to make the loan less risky.

The CFPB may issue additional final rules regarding mortgages in the future, including amendments to certain mortgage servicing rules regarding forced-placed insurance notices, policies and procedures and other matters.  We cannot guarantee that existing or future regulations will not have a material adverse impact on our residential mortgage loan business.  

To the extent the Dodd-Frank Act remains in place or is not materially amended, it is likely to continue to affect our cost of doing business, limit our permissible activities, and affect the competitive balance within our industry and market areas.

The Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act of 2018 (the “Relief Act”) modified certain aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act to relieve regulatory burden.  In particular, the legislation exempted banks with less than $10 billion of assets from the Ability to Repay requirements for certain qualified residential mortgage loans held in portfolio.

Capital Requirements

Pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (“FDICIA”), each federal banking agency has promulgated regulations, specifying the levels at which a financial institution would be considered “well capitalized,” “adequately capitalized,” “undercapitalized,” “significantly undercapitalized,” or “critically undercapitalized,” and to take certain mandatory and discretionary supervisory actions based on the capital level of the institution.

FRB regulations require member banks to meet several minimum capital standards:  a common equity Tier 1 (“CET1”) capital to risk-based assets ratio of 4.5 percent, a Tier 1 capital to risk-based assets ratio of 6.0 percent, a total capital to risk-based assets of 8.0 percent, and a 4.0 percent Tier 1 capital to total assets leverage ratio.  The present capital requirements were effective January 1, 2015 and represent increased standards over the previous requirements.  The current requirements implement recommendations of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and certain requirements of federal law.

CET1 capital is generally defined as common stockholders’ equity and retained earnings.  Tier 1 capital is generally defined as CET1 and additional Tier 1 capital.  Additional Tier 1 capital includes certain noncumulative perpetual preferred stock and related surplus and minority interests in equity accounts of consolidated subsidiaries.  Total capital includes Tier 1 capital and Tier 2 capital.  Tier 2 capital is comprised of capital instruments and related surplus, meeting specified requirements, and may include cumulative preferred stock and long-term perpetual preferred stock, mandatory convertible securities, intermediate preferred stock and subordinated debt.

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As fully phased in on January 1, 2019, the capital requirements also require the Company and the Bank to maintain a 2.5 percent “capital conservation buffer,” composed entirely of CET1, on top of the minimum risk-weighted asset ratios, effectively resulting in minimum ratios of (i) CET1 to risk-weighted assets of at least 7.0 percent, (ii) Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets of at least 8.5 percent, and (iii) total capital to risk-weighted assets of at least 10.5 percent. The capital conservation buffer is designed to absorb losses during periods of economic stress. Banking institutions with a ratio of (i) CET1 to risk-weighted assets, (ii) Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets or (iii) total capital to risk-weighted assets above the respective minimum but below the capital conservation buffer will face constraints on dividends, equity repurchases and discretionary bonus payments to executive officers based on the amount of the shortfall.

Federal law requires that federal bank regulatory authorities take “prompt corrective action” with respect to institutions that do not meet minimum capital requirements. The FRB maintains regulations to implement the prompt corrective action legislation. An institution is deemed to be “well capitalized” if it has a total risk-based capital ratio of 10.0 percent or greater, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 8.0 percent or greater, a leverage ratio of 5.0 percent or greater and a CET1 ratio of 6.5 percent or greater. An institution is “adequately capitalized” if it has a total risk-based capital ratio of 8.0 percent or greater, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 6.0 percent or greater, a leverage ratio of 4.0 percent or greater and a CET1 ratio of 4.5 percent or greater. An institution is “undercapitalized” if it has a total risk-based capital ratio of less than 8.0 percent, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of less than 6.0 percent, a leverage ratio of less than 4.0 percent or a CET1 ratio of less than 4.5 percent. An institution is deemed to be “significantly undercapitalized” if it has a total risk-based capital ratio of less than 6.0 percent, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of less than 4.0 percent, a leverage ratio of less than 3.0 percent or a CET1 ratio of less than 3.0 percent. An institution is considered to be “critically undercapitalized” if it has a ratio of tangible equity (as defined in the regulations) to total assets that is equal to or less than 2.0 percent.

The Company and the Bank’s capital ratios were all above the minimum levels required for it to be considered a “well capitalized” financial institution at December 31, 2021 under the “prompt corrective action” regulations in effect as of such date.  

The Relief Act required that the federal banking agencies, including the FRB, establish a “community bank leverage ratio” of between 8-10 percent of average total consolidated assets for qualifying institutions with less than $10 billion of assets.  Institutions with tangible equity (subject to certain adjustments) meeting the specified level and electing to follow the alternative framework would be deemed to comply with the applicable regulatory capital requirements, including the risk-based requirements, and be considered to be “well-capitalized.”  The agencies have issued a proposed rule that would set the “community bank leverage ratio” at 9.0 percent, effective January 1, 2022.  The CARES Act had temporarily reduced the community bank leverage ratio to 8.0 percent.  The Bank has not elected to measure its capital adequacy using the community bank leverage ratio.

Insurance Funds Legislation

The Bank’s deposits are insured up to applicable limits by the Deposit Insurance Fund of the FDIC. Under the FDIC’s risk-based system, insured institutions are assigned to one of four risk categories based on supervisory evaluations, regulatory capital levels and certain other factors with less risky institutions paying lower assessments on their deposits.

Effective July 1, 2016, the FDIC adopted changes that eliminated the risk categories. Assessments for institutions are now based on financial measures and supervisory ratings derived from statistical modeling estimating the probability of failure within three years. In conjunction with the Deposit Insurance Fund's reserve ratio achieving 1.15 percent, the assessment range (inclusive of possible adjustments) was reduced for insured institutions of less than $10 billion in total assets to a range of 1.5 basis points to 30 basis points.  On September 30, 2018, the Deposit Insurance Fund’s reserve ratio reached 1.36 percent, exceeding the statutorily required minimum reserve ratio of 1.35 percent ahead of the September 30, 2020 deadline required under the Dodd-Frank Act. FDIC regulations provide that, upon reaching the minimum, surcharges on insured depository institutions with total consolidated assets of $10 billion or less will receive an assessment credit for the portion of their assessment that contributed to the growth in the reserve ratio from between 1.15 percent to 1.35 percent.  As a result, the Bank received a credit reflected in its September 2019 assessment invoice, which covered the assessment period from April 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019. In August 2020, the FDIC reported that the reserve ratio fell to 1.30 percent in the first quarter of 2020, which is below the statutory minimum of 1.35 percent. To date, the FDIC has not announced any change in assessment ratios because of this decrease in the reserve ratio.

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Restrictions on the Payment of Dividends

The holders of the Company’s common stock are entitled to receive dividends, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Company out of funds legally available. The only statutory limitation is that such dividends may not be paid when the Company is insolvent. Since the principal source of income for the Company are dividends paid to the Company by the Bank, the Company’s ability to pay dividends to its shareholders will depend on whether the Bank pays dividends to it. As a practical matter, restrictions on the ability of the Bank to pay dividends act as restrictions on the amount of funds available for the payment of dividends by the Company. As a New Jersey chartered commercial bank, the Bank is subject to the restrictions on the payment of dividends contained in the New Jersey Banking Act of 1948, as amended (the “Banking Act”). Under the Banking Act, the Bank may pay dividends only out of retained earnings, to the extent that surplus exceeds 50 percent of stated capital. Under the Financial Institutions Supervisory Act, the FDIC has the authority to prohibit a state-chartered bank from engaging in conduct that, in the FDIC’s opinion, constitutes an unsafe or unsound banking practice. Under certain circumstances, the FDIC could claim that the payment of a dividend or other distribution by the Bank to the Company constitutes an unsafe or unsound practice. The Company is also subject to FRB policies, which may, in certain circumstances, limit its ability to pay dividends.

FRB policy is that a bank holding company should pay cash dividends only to the extent that the company’s net income for the past two years is sufficient to fund the dividends and the prospective rate of earnings retention is consistent with the company’s capital needs, asset quality and overall financial condition. In addition, FRB guidance sets forth the supervisory expectation that bank holding companies will inform and consult with FRB staff in advance of issuing a dividend that exceeds earnings for the quarter and should inform the FRB and should eliminate, defer or significantly reduce dividends if:  (i) net income available to stockholders for the past four quarters, net of dividends previously paid during that period, is not sufficient to fully fund the dividends; (ii) prospective rate of earnings retention is not consistent with the bank holding company’s capital needs and overall current and prospective financial condition; or (iii) the bank holding company will not meet, or is in danger of not meeting, its minimum regulatory capital adequacy ratios.

The FRB policies require, among other things, that a bank holding company must maintain a minimum capital base and serve as a source of strength to its subsidiary bank. The FRB by supervisory letters has advised holding corporations that it is has supervisory concerns when the level of dividends is too high and would seek to prevent dividends if the dividends paid by the holding company exceeded its earnings. The FRB would most likely seek to prohibit any dividend payment that would reduce a holding company’s capital below these minimum amounts.  In addition, the FRB staff has recently begun interpreting its regulatory capital regulations to require holding companies to receive FRB approval prior to any repurchases or redemptions of its common shares.

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was enacted to address, among other issues, corporate governance, auditing and accounting, executive compensation, and enhanced and timely disclosure of corporate information. We have existing policies, procedures and systems designed to comply with these regulations.

Other Laws and Regulations

Interest and other charges collected or contracted for by the Bank are subject to state usury laws and federal laws concerning interest rates.  The Bank’s operations are also subject to federal laws (and their implementing regulations) applicable to credit transactions, such as the:

• Truth-In-Lending Act, governing disclosures of credit terms to consumer borrowers;

• Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, requiring that borrowers for mortgage loans for one- to four-family residential real estate receive various disclosures, including good faith estimates of settlement costs, lender servicing and escrow account practices, and prohibiting certain practices that increase the cost of settlement services;

• Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, requiring financial institutions to provide information to enable the public and public officials to determine whether a financial institution is fulfilling its obligation to help meet the housing needs of the community it serves;

• Equal Credit Opportunity Act, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, creed or other prohibited factors in extending credit;

• Fair Credit Reporting Act, governing the use and provision of information to credit reporting agencies;

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• Fair Debt Collection Act, governing the manner in which consumer debts may be collected by collection agencies; and

• Truth in Savings Act, prescribing disclosure and advertising requirements with respect to deposit accounts.

The operations of the Bank also are subject to the:

• Right to Financial Privacy Act, which imposes a duty to maintain confidentiality of consumer financial records and prescribes procedures for complying with administrative subpoenas of financial records;

• Electronic Funds Transfer Act and Regulation E promulgated thereunder, governing automatic deposits to and withdrawals from deposit accounts and customers’ rights and liabilities arising from the use of automated teller machines and other electronic banking services;

• Check Clearing for the 21^st Century Act (also known as “Check 21”), which gives “substitute checks,” such as digital check images and copies made from that image, the same legal standing as the original paper check;

• USA PATRIOT Act, which requires institutions operating to, among other things, establish broadened anti-money laundering compliance programs, due diligence policies and controls to ensure the detection and reporting of money laundering. Such required compliance programs are intended to supplement existing compliance requirements, also applicable to financial institutions, under the Bank Secrecy Act and the Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations; and

• Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which places limitations on the sharing of consumer financial information by financial institutions with unaffiliated third parties. Specifically, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act requires all financial institutions offering financial products or services to retail customers to provide such customers with the financial institution’s privacy policy and the opportunity to “opt out” of having certain personal financial information shared with unaffiliated third parties.

Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

The material risks and uncertainties that Management believes affect the Company are described below.  These risks and uncertainties are not the only ones affecting the Company.  Additional risks and uncertainties that Management is not aware of or focused on or that Management currently deems immaterial may also affect the Company’s business operations.  This report is qualified in its entirety by these risk factors.  If any one or more of the following risks actually occur, the Company’s financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

Risks Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic

The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant economic dislocation in the United States as many state and local governments have placed restrictions on businesses and residents.  The spread of the coronavirus has caused us to modify our business practices, including employee travel, employee work locations, and cancellation of physical participation in meetings, events and conferences.  We have many employees working remotely and we may take further actions as may be required by government authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, customers and business partners.

Given the ongoing and dynamic nature of the circumstances, it is difficult to predict the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business. The extent of such impact will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain, including when the coronavirus can be controlled and abated.  As the result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related adverse local and national economic consequences, we could be subject to any of the following risks, any of which could have a material, adverse effect on our business, financial condition, liquidity, and results of operations:

• demand for our products and services may decline, making it difficult to grow assets and income;

• if the economy worsens, loan delinquencies, problem assets, and foreclosures may increase, resulting in increased charge-offs and reduced income;

• collateral for loans, especially real estate, may decline in value, which could cause loan losses to increase;

• our allowance for loan losses may have to be increased if borrowers experience financial difficulties, which will adversely affect our net income;

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• the net worth and liquidity of loan guarantors may decline, impairing their ability to honor commitments to us;

• a material decrease in, net income or a net loss over several quarters could result in a decrease in the elimination of or a decline in the rate of our quarterly cash dividend;

• our wealth management revenues may decline with outstanding market turmoil;

• our cyber security risks are increased as the result of the number of employees working remotely;

• we rely on third party vendors for certain services and the unavailability of a critical service due to the COVID-19 outbreak could have an adverse effect on us; and

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation premiums may increase if the agency experience additional resolution costs.

Moreover, our future success and profitability substantially depends on the management skills of our executive officers, many of whom have held officer positions with us for many years. The unanticipated loss or unavailability of key employees due to the pandemic could harm our ability to operate our business or execute our business strategy. We may not be successful in finding and integrating suitable replacements in the event of key employee loss or unavailability.

Risks Relating to Regulatory Matters

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act has and may continue to adversely affect our business activities, financial position and profitability by increasing our regulatory compliance burden and associated costs, placing restrictions on certain products and services, and limiting our future capital raising strategies. 

The Dodd-Frank Act has and may continue to increase our regulatory compliance burden.  Among the Dodd-Frank Act’s significant regulatory changes, it created the CFPB which is empowered to promulgate new consumer protection regulations and revise existing regulations in many areas of consumer protection.  Moreover, the Dodd-Frank Act permits states to adopt stricter consumer protection laws and state attorney generals may enforce consumer protection rules issued by the CFPB.  These changes have increased, and may continue to increase, our regulatory compliance burden and costs and may restrict the financial products and services we offer to our clients.

The Dodd-Frank Act also increased regulation of derivatives and hedging transactions, which could limit our ability to enter into, or increase the costs associated with, interest rate and other hedging transactions.

Government regulation significantly affects our business.

The banking industry is extensively regulated. Banking regulations are intended primarily to protect depositors, and the FDIC deposit insurance fund, not the shareholders of the Company. We are subject to regulation and supervision by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance and the Federal Reserve Bank. Regulatory requirements affect our lending practices, capital structure, investment practices, dividend policy and growth. The bank regulatory agencies possess broad authority to prevent or remedy unsafe or unsound practices or violations of law. In addition, changes in laws, regulations and regulatory practices affecting the banking industry may limit the manner in which we conduct our business. Such changes may adversely affect us, including our ability to offer new products and services, obtain financing, attract deposits, make loans and achieve satisfactory spreads and may impose additional costs on us.

The Bank is also subject to a number of federal laws, which, among other things, require it to lend to various sectors of the economy and population, and establish and maintain comprehensive programs relating to anti-money laundering and customer identification. The Bank's compliance with these laws will be considered by the federal banking regulators when reviewing bank merger and bank holding company acquisitions or commencing new activities or making new investments in reliance on the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. As a public company, we are also subject to the corporate governance standards set forth in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as any rules or regulations promulgated by the SEC and the NASDAQ Stock Market.

Risks Related to Economic Matters

Negative developments in the financial services industry and U.S. and global credit markets may adversely impact our operations and results.

Our businesses and operations, which primarily consist of lending money, borrowing money from clients in the form of deposits and investing in securities, are sensitive to general business and economic conditions in the United States. If the U.S. economy weakens, our growth and profitability from our lending, deposit and investment operations could be

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constrained. Uncertainty about the federal fiscal policymaking process and the medium and long-term fiscal outlook of the federal government is a concern for businesses, consumers and investors in the United States. In addition, economic conditions in foreign countries could affect the stability of global financial markets, which could hinder U.S. economic growth. Weak economic conditions are often characterized by deflation, fluctuations in debt and equity capital markets, a lack of liquidity and/or depressed prices in the secondary market for mortgage loans, increased loan delinquencies, real estate price declines and lower home sales and commercial activity.

Our business is also significantly affected by monetary and related policies of the U.S. federal government and its agencies. Changes in any of these policies are influenced by macroeconomic conditions and other factors that are beyond our control. Adverse economic conditions and government policy responses to such conditions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

We are more sensitive to adverse changes in the local economy than our more geographically diversified competitors.

Unlike larger regional banks that operate in large geographies, much of our business is with clients located within Central and Northern New Jersey, as well as New York City. Our business loans are generally made to small to mid-sized businesses, most of whose success depends on the regional economy. These businesses generally have fewer financial resources in terms of capital or borrowing capacity than larger entities. Due to our geographic concentration, a downturn in the local economy could make it more difficult to attract deposits and could cause higher losses and delinquencies on our loans than if the loans were more geographically diversified.  Adverse economic and business conditions in our market area could reduce our growth, affect our borrowers' ability to repay their loans and, consequently, adversely affect our financial condition and performance. Further, we place substantial reliance on real estate as collateral for our loan portfolio. A sharp downturn in real estate values in our market area could leave our loans under-secured, which could adversely affect our earnings.

Risks Related to Lending Matters

Our exposure to credit risk could adversely affect our earnings and financial condition.

There are certain risks inherent in making loans, including risks that the principal of or interest on the loan will not be repaid timely or at all or that the value of any collateral securing the loan will be insufficient to cover our outstanding exposure. These risks may be affected by the strength of the borrower’s business and local, regional and national market and economic conditions. Our risk management practices, such as monitoring the concentration of our loans within specific industries and our credit approval practices, may not adequately reduce credit risk, and our credit administration personnel, policies and procedures may not adequately adapt to changes in economic or any other conditions affecting clients and the quality of the loan portfolio. Finally, many of our loans are made to small and medium-sized businesses that are less able to withstand competitive, economic and financial pressures than larger borrowers. A failure to effectively measure and limit the credit risk associated with our loan portfolio could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

If our allowance for loan losses is not sufficient to cover actual loan losses, our earnings would decrease.

We maintain an allowance for loan losses based on, among other things, the level of non-performing criticized and classified loans, loan growth and composition, national and regional economic conditions, historical loss experience, delinquency trends and various quantitative and qualitative factors. We cannot predict loan losses with certainty or assure you that charge-offs in future periods will not exceed the allowance for loan losses. In addition, regulatory agencies, as an integral part of their examination process, may require additions to the allowance based on their judgment about information available to them at the time of their examination. An increase in our allowance for loan losses could reduce our earnings.

Our commercial real estate loan and commercial C&I portfolios expose us to risks that may be greater than the risks related to our other mortgage loans.

Our loan portfolio includes non-owner-occupied commercial real estate loans for individuals and businesses for various purposes. The repayment of these loans typically depends upon income generated, or expected to be generated, by the property securing the loan in amounts sufficient to cover operating expenses and debt service. This may be adversely affected by changes in the economy or local market conditions. These loans expose us to greater credit risk than loans secured by residential real estate because the collateral securing these loans typically cannot be liquidated as easily as

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residential real estate. If we foreclose on these loans, our holding period for the collateral typically is longer than for a single or multifamily residential property because there are fewer potential purchasers of the collateral. Additionally, non-owner-occupied commercial real estate loans generally involve relatively large balances to single borrowers or related groups of borrowers. Accordingly, charge-offs on non-owner-occupied commercial real estate loans may be larger on a per loan basis than those incurred with our residential or consumer loan portfolios. Unexpected deterioration in the credit quality of our commercial real estate loan portfolio may require us to increase our provision for loan losses, which would reduce our profitability and could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

The source of repayment of C&I loans is typically the cash flows of the borrowers’ businesses. These loans may involve greater risk because the availability of funds to repay each loan depends substantially on the success of the business itself. The collateral securing the loans and leases often depreciates over time, is difficult to appraise and liquidate and fluctuates in value based on the success of the business. In addition, many commercial business loans have a variable rate which is indexed off of a floating rate such as the U.S. Prime Rate or the London Interbank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”). If interest rates rise, the borrower's debt service requirement may increase, negatively impacting the borrower's ability to service their debt.

We are subject to environmental liability risk associated with our lending activities.

In the course of our business, we may purchase real estate or foreclose on and take title to real estate. As a result, we could be subject to environmental liabilities with respect to these properties. We may be held liable to a governmental entity or to third parties for property damage, personal injury, investigation or clean-up costs incurred by these parties in connection with environmental contamination. The costs associated with investigation or remediation activities could be substantial. In addition, if we are the owner or former owner of a contaminated site, we may be subject to common law claims by third parties based on damages and costs resulting from environmental contamination emanating from the property. Any significant environmental liabilities could cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Risks Related to Accounting Matters

The required change in how the Company recognizes credit losses may have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

In June 2016, the Financial Standards Accounting Board (“FASB”) issued an accounting standard update, “Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments,” which replaces the current “incurred loss” model for recognizing credit losses with an “expected loss” model referred to as the Current Expected Credit Loss ("CECL") model. Under the CECL model, the Company will be required to present certain financial assets carried at amortized cost, such as loans held for investment and held-to-maturity debt securities, at the net amount expected to be collected. The measurement of expected credit losses is to be based on information about past events, including historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount. This measurement will take place at the time the financial asset is first added to the balance sheet and periodically thereafter. This differs significantly from the “incurred loss” model required under current generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), which delays recognition until it is probable a loss has been incurred. The adoption of the CECL model will substantially affect the process in how the Company determines the allowance for loan losses and could require the Company to significantly increase our allowance. Moreover, the CECL model may create more volatility in the level of our allowance for loan losses.

The Company is currently evaluating the impact the CECL model will have on its accounting; however, it expects to recognize a one-time cumulative-effect adjustment to the allowance for loan losses as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the new standard is effective. The Company does not expect that the one-time cumulative adjustment will have a material impact on its financial condition or results of operations.

Risks Related to Interest Rate Sensitivity

Changes in interest rates may adversely affect our earnings and financial condition.

Our net income depends primarily upon our net interest income. Net interest income is the difference between interest income earned on loans, investments and other interest-earning assets and the interest expense incurred on deposits and borrowed funds.

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Different types of assets and liabilities may react differently, and at different times, to changes in market interest rates. We expect that we will periodically experience “gaps” in the interest rate sensitivities of our assets and liabilities. That means either our interest-bearing liabilities will be more sensitive to changes in market interest rates than our interest-earning assets, or vice versa. When interest-bearing liabilities mature or reprice more quickly than interest-earning assets, an increase in market rates of interest could reduce our net interest income. Likewise, when interest-earning assets mature or reprice more quickly than interest-bearing liabilities, falling interest rates could reduce our net interest income. We are unable to predict changes in market interest rates, which are affected by many factors beyond our control, including inflation, recession, unemployment, money supply, governmental policy, domestic and international events and changes in the United States and other financial markets.

Other Risks Related to Our Business

We are exposed to the risks of public health issues, natural disasters, severe weather, acts of war or terrorism, geopolitical events and other potential external events.

We are exposed to the risks of public health issues, natural disasters, pandemics, severe weather, acts of war or terrorism, and other potential external events, any of which could have a significant impact on the Company’s ability to conduct business. In addition, such events could: impair the ability of borrowers to qualify for loans and/or repay their obligations, impair the value of collateral securing loans, cause depositors to withdraw funds, cause wealth management clients to withdraw assets under management, and/or cause the Company to incur additional expenses. Further, any of these events could affect the financial markets in general, causing a diminishment in the market value of assets under management for our wealth management clients and/or cause a yield curve not advantageous to the Company or the banking industry in general. Any of the above could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and/or results of operations. Additionally, financial markets may be adversely affected by the current or anticipated impact of military conflict, including escalating military tension between Russia and Ukraine, terrorism or other geopolitical events.     

Uncertainty surrounding the future of LIBOR may affect the fair value and return on the Company's financial instruments that use LIBOR as a reference rate.

We hold assets, liabilities, and derivatives that are indexed to the various tenors of LIBOR. The LIBOR yield curve is also utilized in our fair value calculation. The reform of major interest benchmarks led to the announcement of the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, the regulator of the LIBOR index, that LIBOR would not be supported in its current form after the end of 2021.  The use of LIBOR in new contracts was discontinued after December 31, 2021, although certain USD LIBOR tenors will continue to be published on a representative basis until June 30, 2023. We believe the U.S. financial sector will maintain an orderly and smooth transition to new interest rate benchmarks of which we will evaluate and adopt if appropriate. While in the U.S., the Alternative Rates Committee of the FRB and Federal Reserve Bank of New York have identified the Secured Overnight Financial Rate (“SOFR”) as an alternative U.S. dollar reference interest rate, it is too early to predict the financial impact this rate index replacement may have, if at all.

Risks Related to Capital

We may need to raise additional capital in the future, which may not be available when needed or available on acceptable terms.

The Company is required by federal regulatory authorities to maintain adequate levels of capital to support its operations. The Company may at some point need to raise additional capital to support continued growth. The Company’s ability to raise additional capital, if needed, will depend on conditions in the capital markets at that time, which are outside the Company’s control, and on its financial performance. Accordingly, the Company cannot be assured of its ability to raise additional capital if needed or on terms acceptable to the Company. If the Company cannot raise additional capital when needed, the ability to further expand its operations could be materially impaired.  Further, if we raise capital through the issuance of additional shares of our common stock, it would dilute the ownership interests of existing shareholders and may dilute the per share book value of our common stock.  New investors may also have rights, preferences and privileges senior to our current shareholders, which may adversely impact our current shareholders.

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We are subject to certain capital requirements, which may adversely impact our return on equity, require us to raise additional capital, or constrain us from paying dividends or repurchasing shares.

A financial institution, such as the Bank, is subject to limitations on paying dividends, engaging in share repurchases, and paying discretionary bonuses if its capital level falls below the required amounts. These limitations establish a maximum percentage of eligible retained income that can be utilized for such actions.

The application of more stringent capital requirements could, among other things, result in lower returns on equity, require the raising of additional capital, and result in regulatory actions if we were to be unable to comply with such requirements.  Furthermore, the imposition of liquidity requirements in connection with the implementation of Basel III could result in our having to lengthen the term of our funding, restructure our business models, and/or increase our holdings of liquid assets.  See Part I, Item1, “Business - Capital Requirements.”

Our ability to pay dividends to our common shareholders is limited by law.

Since the principal source of income for the Company is dividends paid to the Company by the Bank, the Company’s ability to pay dividends to its shareholders will depend on whether the Bank pays dividends to it. As a practical matter, restrictions on the ability of the Bank to pay dividends act as restrictions on the amount of funds available for the payment of dividends by the Company. As a New Jersey-chartered commercial bank, the Bank is subject to the restrictions on the payment of dividends contained in the New Jersey Banking Act of 1948, as amended. Under the Banking Act, the Bank may pay dividends only out of retained earnings, and out of surplus to the extent that surplus exceeds 50 percent of stated capital. The Company is also subject to FRB policies, which may, in certain circumstances, limit its ability to pay dividends. The FRB policies require, among other things, that a bank holding company maintain a minimum capital base and the FRB in supervisory guidance has cautioned bank holding companies about paying out too much of their earnings in dividends and has stated that banks should not pay out more in dividends than they earn. The FRB would most likely seek to prohibit any dividend payment that would reduce a holding company's capital below these minimum amounts.

Risks Related to Liquidity

Limits on our ability to use brokered deposits as part of our funding strategy may adversely affect our ability to grow.

A “brokered deposit” is any deposit that is obtained from or through the mediation or assistance of a deposit broker, which includes larger correspondent banks and securities brokerage firms. These deposit brokers attract deposits from individuals and companies throughout the country and internationally whose deposit decisions are based almost exclusively on obtaining the highest interest rates. At December 31, 2021, brokered deposits represented approximately 2.2 percent of our total deposits and equaled $118.8 million, comprised of the following:  interest-bearing demand-brokered of $85.0 million, and brokered certificates of deposits of $33.8 million. To continue to maintain our level of brokered deposits, we may be forced to pay higher interest rates than contemplated by our asset-liability pricing strategy. In addition, banks that become less than “well capitalized” under applicable regulatory capital requirements may be restricted in their ability to accept or prohibited from accepting brokered deposits. If this funding source becomes more difficult or expensive to access, we will have to seek alternative funding sources in order to continue to fund our growth. This may include increasing our reliance on Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings, attempting to attract non-brokered deposits, reducing our available for sale securities portfolio and selling loans. There can be no assurance that brokered deposits will be available, or if available, sufficient to support our continued growth.

We may lose lower-cost funding sources, which may affect our profitability.

Checking, savings, and money market deposit account balances and other forms of client deposits can decrease when clients perceive alternative investments, such as the stock market, as providing a better risk/return tradeoff. If clients move money out of bank deposits and into other investments, we would lose a relatively low-cost source of funds and have to replace them with higher cost funds, thus increasing our funding costs and reducing our net interest income and net income.  The Bank does have certain deposits with high dollar balances which are subject to volatility.  Customers with large average deposits may move these deposits for operational needs, investment opportunities or other reasons, which could require the Bank to pay higher interest rates to retain these deposits or use higher rate borrowings as an alternative funding source.

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Risks Related to Competition

Competition from other financial institutions in originating loans and attracting deposits may adversely affect our profitability.

We face substantial competition in originating loans from other banks, savings institutions, credit unions, mortgage banking companies and other lenders. Many of our competitors enjoy advantages, including greater financial resources and higher lending limits, a wider geographic presence, and more accessible branch office locations.

In attracting deposits, we face substantial competition from other insured depository institutions such as banks, savings institutions and credit unions, as well as institutions offering uninsured investment alternatives, including money market funds. Many of our competitors enjoy advantages, including greater financial resources, more aggressive marketing campaigns, better brand recognition and more branch locations. These competitors may offer higher interest rates than we do, which could decrease the deposits that we attract or require us to increase our rates to retain existing deposits or attract new deposits.

We also compete with non-bank providers of financial services, such as brokerage firms, consumer finance companies, insurance companies and governmental organizations, which may offer more favorable terms. Some of our non-bank competitors are not subject to the same extensive regulations that govern our operations. As a result, such non-bank competitors may have advantages over us in providing certain products and services. This competition may reduce or limit our margins on banking services, reduce our market share and adversely affect our earnings and financial condition.

Risks Related to Operational Matters

Cyber-attacks and information security breaches could compromise our information or result in the data of our customers being improperly divulged, which could expose us to liability and losses.

Many financial institutions and companies engaged in data processing have reported significant breaches in the security of their websites or other systems, some of which have involved sophisticated and targeted attacks intended to obtain unauthorized access to confidential information, destroy data, disable or degrade service, or sabotage systems, often through the introduction of computer viruses or malware, cyber-attacks and other means. Although we have not experienced, to date, any material losses relating to such cyber-attacks or other information security breaches, there can be no assurance that we will not suffer such losses in the future. Additionally, our risk exposure to security matters may remain elevated or increase in the future due to, among other things, the increasing size and prominence of the Company in the financial services industry, our expansion of Internet and mobile banking tools and products based on customer needs and an increased level of employees working remotely.  As cyber threats continue to evolve, we may be required to expend significant additional resources to continue to modify or enhance our protective measures or to investigate and remediate any information security vulnerabilities.  Disruptions or failures in the physical infrastructure or operating systems that support our businesses, customers or third parties, or cyber-attacks or security breaches of the networks, systems or devices that our customers or third parties use to access our products and services could result in customer attrition, financial losses, the inability of our customers or vendors to transact business with us, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties or intervention, reputational damage, reimbursement or other costs, and/or additional compliance costs, any of which could materially adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition.

Our information technology systems and the systems of third parties upon which we rely may experience a failure, interruption or breach in security that could negatively affect our operations and reputation.

We rely heavily on information technology systems to conduct our business, including the systems of third-party service providers.  Any failure, interruption, or breach in security or operational integrity of these systems could result in failures or disruptions in our customer relationship management and general ledger, deposit, loan, and other systems.  While we have policies and procedures designed to prevent or limit the impact of any failure, interruption, or breach in our security systems (including privacy and cyber-attacks), there can be no assurance that such events will not occur or if they do occur, that they will be adequately addressed.  Information security and cyber-security risks have increased significantly in recent years because of new technologies, the use of the Internet and other electronic delivery channels (including mobile devices) to conduct financial transactions.  Accordingly, we may be required to expend additional resources to continue to enhance our protective measures or to investigate and remediate any information security vulnerabilities or exposures.  The occurrence of any system failures, interruptions, or breaches in security could expose us to reputation risk, litigation,

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regulatory scrutiny and possible financial liability that could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Our failure to successfully keep pace with technological changes could have a material adverse impact on our business and, in turn, our financial condition and results of operations.

The financial services industry is continually undergoing rapid technological change with frequent introductions of new technology-driven products and services. The effective use of technology increases efficiency and enables financial institutions to better serve clients and to reduce costs. Our future success depends, in part, upon our ability to address the needs of our clients by using technology to provide products and services that will satisfy client demands, as well as to create additional efficiencies in our operations. Many of our competitors have substantially greater resources to invest in technological improvements. We may not be able to effectively implement new technology-driven products and services or be successful in marketing these products and services to our clients. Failure to successfully keep pace with technological change affecting the financial services industry could have a material adverse impact on our business and, in turn, our financial condition and results of operations. 

We are subject to operational risk.

We face the risk that the design of our controls and procedures, including those to mitigate the risk of fraud by employees or outsiders, may prove to be inadequate or are circumvented, thereby causing delays in the detection of errors or inaccuracies in data and information. Management regularly reviews and updates our internal controls, disclosure controls and procedures, and corporate governance policies and procedures. Any system of controls, however well designed and operated, is based in part on certain assumptions and can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurances that the objectives of the system are met. Any failure or circumvention of our controls and procedures or failure to comply with regulations related to controls and procedures could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are dependent on key personnel and the loss of one or more of those key personnel may materially and adversely affect our prospects.

Our performance is largely dependent on the talents and efforts of highly skilled individuals. There is intense competition in the financial services industry for qualified employees. In addition, we face increasing competition with businesses outside the financial services industry for the most highly skilled individuals. Our business operations could be adversely affected if we were unable to attract new employees and retain and motivate our existing employees.

Risks Related to Our Wealth Management Business

Revenues and profitability from our wealth management business may be adversely affected by any reduction in assets under management, which could reduce fees earned.

The wealth management business derives the majority of its revenue from non-interest income, which consists of trust, investment advisory and other servicing fees. Substantial revenues are generated from investment management contracts with clients. Under these contracts, the investment advisory fees paid to us are typically based on the market value of assets under management. Assets under management may decline for various reasons including declines in the market value of the assets, which could be caused by price declines in the securities markets. Assets under management may also decrease due to redemptions and other withdrawals by clients or termination of contracts. This could be in response to adverse market conditions or in pursuit of other investment opportunities. If the assets under management we supervise decline and there is a related decrease in fees, it will negatively affect our results of operations.

We may not be able to attract and retain wealth management clients.

Due to strong competition, our wealth management business may not be able to attract and retain clients. Competition is strong because there are numerous well-established and successful investment management and wealth advisory firms including commercial banks and trust companies, investment advisory firms, mutual fund companies, stock brokerage firms, and other financial companies. Many of our competitors have greater resources than we have. Our ability to successfully attract and retain wealth management clients is dependent upon our ability to compete with competitors’ investment products, level of investment performance, client services and marketing and distribution capabilities. If we are not successful, our results of operations and financial condition may be negatively impacted.

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The wealth management industry is subject to extensive regulation, supervision and examination by regulators, and any enforcement action or adverse changes in the laws or regulations governing our business could decrease our revenues and profitability.

The wealth management business is subject to regulation by a number of regulatory agencies that are charged with safeguarding the integrity of the securities and other financial markets and with protecting the interests of customers participating in those markets.  In the event of non-compliance with regulation, governmental regulators, including the SEC and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, may institute administrative or judicial proceedings that may result in censure, fines, civil penalties, the issuance of cease-and-desist orders or the deregistration or suspension of the non-compliant broker-dealer or investment adviser or other adverse consequences. The imposition of any such penalties or orders could have a material adverse effect on the wealth management segment's operating results and financial condition. We may be adversely affected as a result of new or revised legislation or regulations. Regulatory changes have imposed and may continue to impose additional costs, which could adversely impact our profitability.

Item 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

Item 2. PROPERTIES

The Company owns 10 branches and leases 10 branches. The Company leases an administrative and operations office building in Bedminster, New Jersey, private banking offices in Princeton and Teaneck, New Jersey and wealth offices in Greenville, Delaware, Morristown, New Providence, Red Bank and Summit, New Jersey and Bonita Springs, Florida.

Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

In the normal course of business, lawsuits and claims may be brought against the Company and its subsidiaries.  Currently, there are no pending or threatened litigation or proceedings against the Company or its subsidiaries, which assert claims that if adversely decided, we believe would have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

Not applicable.

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PART II

Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

The common stock of the Company is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “PGC”. On March 1, 2022, there were approximately 1,293 registered shareholders of record.

Stock Performance Graph

The following graph compares the cumulative total return on a hypothetical $100 investment made on December 31, 2016 in (a) the Company’s common stock; (b) the Russell 3000 Stock Index; and (c) the KBW NASDAQ Bank Index (top 50 U.S. banks).  The graph is calculated assuming that all dividends are reinvested during the relevant periods.  The graph shows how a $100 investment would increase or decrease in value over time, based on the reinvestment of dividends (stock or cash) and increases or decreases in the market price of the stock.

	Period Ended
Index	12/31/2016		12/31/2017		12/31/2018		12/31/2019		12/31/2020		12/31/2021
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation	$	100.00	$	114.12	$	82.57	$	102.04	$	75.94	$	118.86
Russell 3000 Index		100.00		121.13		114.78		150.39		181.80		228.45
KBW NASDAQ Bank Index		100.00		118.59		97.58		132.84		119.14		164.80

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Stock Repurchases

The following table sets forth information for the last quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 with respect to common shares repurchased and common shares withheld to satisfy withholding obligations upon the exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock awards/units.  These shares are not part of any publicly announced share repurchase program:

	Total Number of Shares Purchased As Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		Total Number of Shares Withheld (1)		Average Price Paid Per Share		Approximate Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans Or Programs (2)
October 1, 2021 -
October 31, 2021		3,373		—	$	32.94	$	325,547
November 1, 2021 -
November 30, 2021		250,481		—		33.51		75,066
December 1, 2021 -
December 31, 2021		21,075		4,208		33.52		53,991
Total		274,929		4,208	$	33.32

(1) Represents shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations upon the exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock awards.

(2) On January 27, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a plan to repurchase up to 920,000 shares, which is approximately 5 percent of the outstanding shares through March 31, 2023.

Sales of Unregistered Securities

On September 1, 2019, the Company acquired Point View, a registered investment adviser (“RIA”) in Summit, New Jersey.  The Company acquired all of Point View’s outstanding stock, which had approximately $325 million of assets under management at closing. The terms of the acquisition included cash and stock due on closing, and contingent post-closing payments of common stock based upon Point View’s post-acquisition performance. The contingent payments, to the extent earned, are payable on or about September 15 of 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. On September 1, 2019, the Company issued 138,642 shares of Company common stock to the Point View stockholder pursuant to the agreement. On both September 10, 2020 and September 17, 2021, the Company issued 14,220 shares of Company common stock to the Point View stockholder pursuant to the agreement. These Company shares were issued without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

Item 6. [RESERVED]

Item 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS:  This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such statements are not historical facts and include expressions about Management’s confidence and strategies and Management’s expectations about new and existing programs and products, investments, relationships, opportunities and market conditions.  These statements may be identified by such forward-looking terminology as “expect,” “look,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “may,” or similar statements or variations of such terms.  Actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking statements.  Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

• our ability to successfully grow our business and implement our strategic plan, including our ability to generate revenues to offset the increased personnel and other costs related to the strategic plan;

• the impact of anticipated higher operating expenses in 2022 and beyond;

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• our ability to successfully integrate wealth management firm acquisitions;

• our ability to manage our growth;

• our ability to successfully integrate our expanded employee base;

• an unexpected decline in the economy, in particular in our New Jersey and New York market areas;

• declines in our net interest margin caused by the interest rate environment and/or our highly competitive market;

• declines in the value in our investment portfolio;

• impact from the pandemic on our business, operations, customers, allowance for loan losses and capital levels;

• higher than expected increases in our allowance for loan and lease losses;

• higher than expected increases in loan and lease losses or in the level of delinquent, nonperforming, classified and criticized loans;

• changes in interest rates;

• decline in real estate values within our market areas;

• legislative and regulatory actions (including the impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Basel III and related regulations) that may result in increased compliance costs;

• successful cyberattacks against our IT infrastructure and that of our IT and third-party providers;

• higher than expected FDIC insurance premiums;

• adverse weather conditions;

• our inability to successfully generate new business in new geographic markets;

• a reduction in our lower-cost funding sources;

• our inability to adapt to technological changes;

• claims and litigation pertaining to fiduciary responsibility, environmental laws and other matters;

• our inability to retain key employees;

• demands for loans and deposits in our market areas;

• adverse changes in securities markets;

• changes in accounting policies and practices; and

• other unexpected material adverse changes in our operations or earnings.

Further, given its ongoing and dynamic nature, it is difficult to predict the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business. The extent of such impact will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain, including when the coronavirus can be controlled and/or abates. As the result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related adverse local and national economic consequences, we could be subject to any of the following risks, any of which could have a material, adverse effect on our business, financial condition, liquidity, and results of operations:

• demand for our products and services may decline, making it difficult to grow assets and income;

• if the economy worsens, loan delinquencies, problem assets, and foreclosures may increase, resulting in increased charges and reduced income;

• collateral for loans, especially real estate, may decline in value, which could cause loan losses to increase;

• our allowance for loan losses may increase if borrowers experience financial difficulties, which will adversely affect our net income;

• the net worth and liquidity of loan guarantors may decline, impairing their ability to honor commitments to us;

• a material decrease in net income or a net loss over several quarters could result in an elimination or decrease in the rate of our quarterly cash dividend;

• our wealth management revenues may decline with continuing market turmoil;

• a worsening of business and economic conditions or in the financial markets could result in an impairment of certain intangible assets, such as goodwill;

• the unanticipated loss or unavailability of key employees due to the outbreak, which could harm our ability to operate our business or execute our business strategy, especially as we may not be successful in finding and integrating suitable successors;

• our cyber security risks are increased as the result of an increase in the number of employees working remotely; and

• FDIC premiums may increase if the agency experience additional resolution costs.

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Except as may be required by applicable law or regulation, the Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the Company’s expectations.  Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.

OVERVIEW:  The following discussion and analysis is intended to provide information about the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes and supplemental financial information appearing elsewhere in this report.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recorded net income of $56.6 million, and diluted earnings per share of $2.93 compared to $26.2 million and $1.37, respectively, for 2020, reflecting increases of $30.4 million, or 116 percent, and $1.56 per share, or 114 percent, respectively.  During 2021, the Company continued to focus on executing its Strategic Plan – known as “Expanding Our Reach” – which focuses on the client experience and organic growth across all lines of business. The Strategic Plan called for expansion of the Company’s wealth management business, organically and through acquisitions, and also expansion of the Company’s commercial and industrial (“C&I”) lending platform, through the use of private bankers, who lead with deposit gathering and wealth management discussions.  

The following are select highlights from 2021:

• At December 31, 2021, the market value of assets under management and/or administration at Peapack Private was $11.1 billion, reflecting an increase of 26 percent from $8.8 billion at December 31, 2020.

• Record wealth fee income from Peapack Private of $53.0 million for 2021, growing from $40.9 million for 2020.

• On July 1, 2021, the Bank closed on the acquisition of Princeton Portfolio Strategies Group (“PPSG”) increasing assets under management by approximately $520 million.

• At December 31, 2021, total C&I loans (including equipment finance and Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans) comprised 41 percent of the total loan portfolio.

• Total “customer” deposits (defined as deposits excluding brokered certificate of deposits (“CDs”) and brokered “overnight” interest-bearing demand deposits) at December 31, 2021 were $5.15 billion, reflecting an increase of $472.6 million, or 10 percent, when compared to $4.67 billion at December 31, 2020.

• Asset quality metrics continued to be strong at December 31, 2021.  Nonperforming assets at December 31, 2021 were $15.6 million, or 0.26 percent of total assets.  Total loans past due 30 through 89 days and still accruing were $8.6 million or 0.18 percent of total loans at December 31, 2021.

• The Bank’s capital ratios at December 31, 2021 remain well above regulatory well capitalized standards.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES:  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these financial statements requires the Company to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Note 1 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements contains a summary of the Company’s significant accounting policies.

Management believes that the Company’s policy with respect to the methodology for the determination of the allowance for loan and lease losses involves a high degree of complexity and requires Management to make difficult and subjective judgments, which often require assumptions or estimates about highly uncertain matters. Changes in these judgments, assumptions or estimates could materially impact results of operations. This critical accounting policy and its application are periodically reviewed with the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors.  

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The provision for loan losses is based upon Management’s evaluation of the adequacy of the allowance, including an assessment of known and inherent risks in the portfolio, giving consideration to the size and composition of the loan portfolio, actual loan loss experience, level of delinquencies, classified loans and nonperforming loans, detailed analysis of individual loans for which full collectability may not be assured, the existence and estimated fair value of any underlying collateral and guarantees securing the loans, and current economic and market conditions. Although Management uses the best information available, the level of the allowance for loan and lease losses remains an estimate, which is subject to significant judgment and short-term change. Various regulatory agencies, as an integral part of their examination process, periodically review the Company’s allowance for loan and lease losses. Such agencies may require the Company to take additional provisions for loan and lease losses based upon information available to them at the time of their examination. Furthermore, the majority of the Company’s loans are secured by real estate in New Jersey and, to a lesser extent, New York City.  Accordingly, the collectability of a substantial portion of the carrying value of the Company’s loan portfolio is susceptible to changes in local market conditions and any adverse economic conditions. Future adjustments to the provision for loan and lease losses and allowance for loan and lease losses may be necessary due to economic, operating, regulatory and other conditions beyond the Company’s control.

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EARNINGS SUMMARY:  The following table presents certain key aspects of our performance for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.

	At or for the Years Ended December 31,									Change
(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)	2021			2020			2019			2021 v 2020			2020 v 2019
Results of Operations:
Interest income	$	160,067		$	165,750		$	180,670		$	(5,683	)	$	(14,920	)
Interest expense		22,006			38,148			60,396			(16,142	)		(22,248	)
Net interest income		138,061			127,602			120,274			10,459			7,328
Provision for loan losses		6,475			32,400			4,000			(25,925	)		28,400
Net interest income after provision for    loan losses		131,586			95,202			116,274			36,384			(21,072	)
Wealth management fee income		52,987			40,861			38,363			12,126			2,498
Other income		19,256			20,899			16,333			(1,643	)		4,566
Total operating expense		126,167			124,959			104,848			1,208			20,111
Income before income tax expense		77,662			32,003			66,122			45,659			(34,119	)
Income tax expense		21,040			5,811			18,688			15,229			(12,877	)
Net income	$	56,622		$	26,192		$	47,434		$	30,430		$	(21,242	)
Per Share Data:
Basic earnings per common share	$	3.01		$	1.39		$	2.46		$	1.62		$	(1.07	)
Diluted earnings per common share		2.93			1.37			2.44			1.56			(1.07	)
Cash dividends declared		0.20			0.20			0.20			—			—
Book value end-of-period		29.70			27.78			26.61			1.92			1.17
Average common shares outstanding		18,788,679			18,896,825			19,268,870			(108,146	)		(372,045	)
Common stock equivalents (dilutive)		503,923			184,362			142,578			319,561			41,784
Diluted average common shares outstanding		19,292,602			19,081,187			19,411,448			211,415			(330,261	)
Average equity to average assets		8.93	%		8.87	%		10.19	%		0.06	%		(1.32	)%
Return on average assets		0.94			0.45			0.99			0.49			(0.54	)
Return on average equity		10.56			5.11			9.70			5.45			(4.59	)
Dividend payout ratio		6.67			14.43			8.15			(7.76	)		6.28
Net interest margin		2.38			2.31			2.63			0.07			(0.32	)
Noninterest expenses to average assets		2.10			2.16			2.19			(0.06	)		(0.03	)
Noninterest income to average assets		1.20			1.07			1.14			0.13			(0.07	)
Balance sheet data (at period end):
Total assets	$	6,077,993		$	5,890,442		$	5,182,879		$	187,551		$	707,563
Securities held to maturity		108,680			—			—			108,680			—
Securities available to sale		796,753			622,689			390,755			174,064			231,934
Equity security		14,685			15,117			10,836			(432	)		4,281
FHLB and FRB stock, at cost		12,950			13,709			24,068			(759	)		(10,359	)
Total loans		4,806,721			4,372,437			4,394,137			434,284			(21,700	)
Allowance for loan losses		61,697			67,309			43,676			(5,612	)		23,633
Total deposits		5,266,149			4,818,484			4,243,511			447,665			574,973
Total shareholders’ equity		546,388			527,122			503,652			19,266			23,470
Cash dividends:
Common		3,775			3,780			3,865			(5	)		(85	)
Assets under management and/or administration    at Wealth Management Division (market value)	11.1 billion			8.8 billion			7.5 billion			2.3 billion			1.3 billion
Asset quality ratios (at period end):

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Nonperforming loans to total loans	0.32	%	0.26	%	0.66	%	0.06	%	(0.40	)%
Nonperforming assets to total assets	0.26		0.19		0.56		0.07		(0.37	)
Allowance for loan losses to nonperforming loans	396.18		589.91		151.23		(193.73	)	438.68
Allowance for loan losses to total loans	1.28		1.54		0.99		(0.26	)	0.55
Net charge-offs/(recoveries) to average loans plus other    real estate owned	0.27		0.19		(0.03	)	0.08		0.22
Liquidity and capital ratios:
Average loans to average deposits	89.17	%	96.97	%	100.80	%	(7.80	)%	(3.83	)%
Total shareholders’ equity to total assets	8.99		8.95		9.72		0.04		(0.77	)
Selected Balance Sheet Ratios of the    Company:
Regulatory total capital to risk-weighted assets	14.64	%	17.67	%	14.20	%	(3.03	)%	3.47	%
Regulatory leverage ratio	8.29		8.53		9.33		(0.24	)	(0.80	)
Average loans to average deposits	89.28		96.97		100.80		(7.69	)	(3.83	)
Noninterest bearing deposits to total deposits	18.16		17.30		12.47		0.86		4.83
Time deposits to total deposits	9.02		12.37		16.85		(3.35	)	(4.48	)

2021 compared to 2020

The Company recorded net income of $56.62 million and diluted earnings per share of $2.93 for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to net income of $26.19 million and diluted earnings per share of $1.37 for the year ended December 31, 2020. These results produced a return on average assets of 0.94 percent and 0.45 percent for 2021 and 2020, respectively, and a return on average shareholders’ equity of 10.56 percent and 5.11 percent for 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The increase in net income for 2021 was principally driven by the Company’s wealth management and commercial banking businesses. 2021 included increased wealth management income, corporate advisory fees and SBA income, as well as increased net interest income resulting from asset growth, coupled with margin improvement.  The earnings for 2021 also benefitted from a significantly lower provision for loan losses. These improvements to net income were partially offset by a tax benefit of $3.2 million recorded in the first quarter of 2020 caused by the changes in the treatment of tax net operating losses (“NOL”) under the provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”).  Increased net interest income was due to the Company strategically lowering its cost of interest-bearing liabilities by increasing transaction accounts and decreasing the certificates of deposits and borrowed funds combined with an increase in average interest-earning assets in 2021.  Operating expenses increased by $1.2 million due to twelve months of expense related to the December 2020 hires of Noyes and Lucas, six months of expense related the July 2021 acquisition of PPSG, a swap valuation allowance of $2.20 million, the redemption of subordinated debt expense of $648,000, and severance expense related to corporate restructurings of $1.5 million. 2020 operating expenses included a $4.78 million prepayment of FHLB advances, $4.43 million valuation allowance for a loan held for sale, $210,000 for the consolidation of two private banking offices and $278,000 for the closure of a retail branch.  

NET INTEREST INCOME AND NET INTEREST MARGIN

The major source of the Company’s operating income is net interest income, which is the difference between interest and dividends earned on interest-earning assets and fees earned on loans, and interest paid on interest-bearing liabilities.  Interest-earning assets include loans, investment securities, interest-earning deposits and federal funds sold.  Interest-bearing liabilities include interest-bearing checking, savings and time deposits, Federal Home Loan Bank advances, subordinated debt and other borrowings.  Net interest income is determined by the difference between the average yields earned on interest-earning assets and the average cost of interest-bearing liabilities (“net interest spread”) and the relative amounts of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities.  Net interest margin is calculated as net interest income as a percent of total interest-earning assets.  The Company’s net interest income, spread and margin are affected by regulatory, economic and competitive factors that influence interest rates, loan demand and deposit flows and general levels of nonperforming assets.

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The following table summarizes the Company’s net interest income and margin, on a fully tax-equivalent basis (“FTE basis”), for the periods indicated:

	Years Ended December 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2021					2020					2019
NII/NIM excluding the below (1)	$	134,206		2.50	%	$	123,099		2.58	%	$	119,032		2.67	%
Prepayment premiums received on    loan paydowns		2,085		0.04			1,452		0.02			1,328		0.03
Effect of maintaining excess interest earning cash		(420	)	(0.17	)		(1,320	)	(0.21	)		(86	)	(0.07	)
Effect of PPP loans		2,190		0.01			4,371		(0.08	)		—		—
NII/NIM as reported	$	138,061		2.38	%	$	127,602		2.31	%	$	120,274		2.63	%

(1) “NII” means net interest income and “NIM means net interest margin.

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The following table compares the average balance sheets, interest rate spreads and net interest margins for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 (on an FTE basis):

Year Ended December 31, 2021
	Average			Income/Expense		Yield
(Dollars in thousands)	Balance			(FTE)		(FTE)
Assets:
Interest-earnings assets:
Investments:
Taxable (1)	$	838,174		$	11,577		1.38	%
Tax-exempt (1)(2)		6,579			296		4.50
Loans (2)(3):
Mortgages		503,616			15,359		3.05
Commercial mortgages		2,032,318			63,298		3.11
Commercial		1,881,683			66,652		3.54
Commercial construction		20,420			692		3.39
Installment		34,390			1,030		3.00
Home Equity		44,735			1,479		3.31
Other		247			21		8.50
Total loans		4,517,409			148,531		3.29
Federal funds sold		48			—		0.13
Interest-earning deposits		477,477			545		0.11
Total interest-earning assets		5,839,687			160,949		2.76	%
Noninterest-earning assets:
Cash and due from banks		10,396
Allowance for loan losses		(67,075	)
Premises and equipment		23,094
Other assets		197,893
Total noninterest-earning assets		164,308
Total assets	$	6,003,995
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity:
Interest-bearing deposits:
Checking	$	2,078,658		$	4,426		0.21	%
Money markets		1,260,865			2,882		0.23
Savings		146,210			75		0.05
Certificates of deposit - retail and listing service		483,889			4,058		0.84
Subtotal interest-bearing deposits		3,969,622			11,441		0.29
Interest-bearing demand - brokered		96,301			1,721		1.79
Certificates of deposit - brokered		33,790			1,058		3.13
Total interest-bearing deposits		4,099,713			14,220		0.35
Borrowed funds		110,077			473		0.43
Finance lease liability		6,260			300		4.79
Subordinated debt		156,888			7,013		4.47
Total interest-bearing liabilities		4,372,938			22,006		0.50	%
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
Demand deposits		959,912
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		134,948
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities		1,094,860
Shareholders’ equity		536,197
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	6,003,995
Net interest income				$	138,943
Net interest spread							2.26	%
Net interest margin (4)							2.38	%

1. Average balances for available for sale securities are based on amortized cost.

2. Interest income is presented on a tax-equivalent basis using a 21 percent federal income tax rate.

3. Loans are stated net of unearned income and include nonaccrual loans.

4. Net interest income on an FTE basis as a percentage of total average interest-earning assets.

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Year Ended December 31, 2020
	Average			Income/Expense		Yield
(Dollars in thousands)	Balance			(FTE)		(FTE)
Assets:
Interest-earnings assets:
Investments:
Taxable (1)	$	510,245		$	8,782		1.72	%
Tax-exempt (1)(2)		9,479			477		5.03
Loans (2)(3):
Mortgages		528,687			17,882		3.38
Commercial mortgages		1,958,262			64,541		3.30
Commercial		1,969,115			71,037		3.61
Commercial construction		5,932			295		4.97
Installment		51,007			1,532		3.00
Home Equity		53,853			1,940		3.60
Other		311			29		9.32
Total loans		4,567,167			157,256		3.44
Federal funds sold		102			—		0.25
Interest-earning deposits		504,753			968		0.19
Total interest-earning assets		5,591,746		$	167,483		3.00	%
Noninterest-earning assets:
Cash and due from banks		7,025
Allowance for loan losses		(61,401	)
Premises and equipment		21,455
Other assets		219,287
Total noninterest-earning assets		186,366
Total assets	$	5,778,112
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity:
Interest-bearing deposits:
Checking	$	1,742,846		$	7,279		0.42	%
Money markets		1,227,295			6,185		0.50
Savings		120,780			63		0.05
Certificates of deposit - retail and listing service		654,652			11,476		1.75
Subtotal interest-bearing deposits		3,745,573			25,003		0.67
Interest-bearing demand - brokered		143,388			2,773		1.93
Certificates of deposit - brokered		33,735			1,061		3.15
Total interest-bearing deposits		3,922,696			28,837		0.74
Borrowed funds		308,814			3,976		1.29
Finance lease liability		7,157			343		4.79
Subordinated debt		86,246			4,992		5.79
Total interest-bearing liabilities		4,324,913			38,148		0.88	%
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
Demand deposits		787,191
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		153,648
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities		940,839
Shareholders’ equity		512,360
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	5,778,112
Net interest income				$	129,335
Net interest spread							2.12	%
Net interest margin (4)							2.31	%

1. Average balances for available for sale securities are based on amortized cost.

2. Interest income is presented on a tax-equivalent basis using a 21 percent federal income tax rate.

3. Loans are stated net of unearned income and include nonaccrual loans.

4. Net interest income on an FTE basis as a percentage of total average interest-earning assets.

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Year Ended December 31, 2019
	Average			Income/Expense		Yield
(Dollars in thousands)	Balance			(FTE)		(FTE)
Assets:
Interest-earnings assets:
Investments:
Taxable (1)	$	391,666		$	10,228		2.61	%
Tax-exempt (1)(2)		14,930			728		4.88
Loans (2)(3):
Mortgages		565,935			19,321		3.41
Commercial mortgages		1,857,014			72,061		3.88
Commercial		1,498,077			71,071		4.74
Commercial construction		1,881			132		7.02
Installment		54,555			2,246		4.12
Home Equity		60,036			2,981		4.97
Other		391			42		10.74
Total loans		4,037,889			167,854		4.16
Federal funds sold		102			—		0.25
Interest-earning deposits		223,629			4,457		1.99
Total interest-earning assets		4,668,216		$	183,267		3.93	%
Noninterest-earning assets:
Cash and due from banks		5,477
Allowance for loan losses		(40,328	)
Premises and equipment		21,176
Other assets		142,156
Total noninterest-earning assets		128,481
Total assets	$	4,796,697
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity:
Interest-bearing deposits:
Checking	$	1,342,901		$	15,789		1.18	%
Money markets		1,189,880			16,434		1.38
Savings		113,312			63		0.06
Certificates of deposit - retail and listing service		631,999			14,210		2.25
Subtotal interest-bearing deposits		3,278,092			46,496		1.42
Interest-bearing demand – brokered		180,000			3,457		1.92
Certificates of deposit – brokered		42,460			1,225		2.89
Total interest-bearing deposits		3,500,552			51,178		1.46
Borrowed funds		136,992			3,941		2.88
Finance lease liability		7,956			382		4.80
Subordinated debt		83,300			4,895		5.88
Total interest-bearing liabilities		3,728,800			60,396		1.62	%
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
Demand deposits		505,486
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		73,601
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities		579,087
Shareholders’ equity		488,810
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	4,796,697
Net interest income				$	122,871
Net interest spread							2.31	%
Net interest margin (4)							2.63	%

1. Average balances for available for sale securities are based on amortized cost.

2. Interest income is presented on a tax-equivalent basis using a 21 percent federal income tax rate.

3. Loans are stated net of unearned income and include nonaccrual loans.

4. Net interest income on an FTE basis as a percentage of total average interest-earning assets.

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The effect of volume and rate changes on net interest income (on an FTE basis) for the periods indicated are shown below:

	Year Ended 2021 Compared with 2020									Year Ended 2020 Compared with 2019
							Net									Net
	Difference due to						Change In			Change In						Change In
	Change In:						Income/			Income/						Income/
(In Thousands):	Volume			Rate			Expense			Volume			Rate			Expense
ASSETS:
Investments	$	4,296		$	(1,682	)	$	2,614		$	2,038		$	(3,735	)	$	(1,697	)
Loans		(1,588	)		(7,137	)		(8,725	)		21,463			(32,061	)		(10,598	)
Federal funds sold		—			—			—			—			—			—
Interest-earning deposits		(48	)		(375	)		(423	)		2,652			(6,141	)		(3,489	)
Total interest income	$	2,660		$	(9,194	)	$	(6,534	)	$	26,153		$	(41,937	)	$	(15,784	)
LIABILITIES:
Checking	$	703		$	(3,556	)	$	(2,853	)	$	2,838		$	(11,348	)	$	(8,510	)
Money market		173			(3,476	)		(3,303	)		286			(10,535	)		(10,249	)
Savings		12			—			12			11			(11	)		—
Certificates of deposit - retail		(2,478	)		(4,940	)		(7,418	)		498			(3,232	)		(2,734	)
Certificates of deposit - brokered		2			(5	)		(3	)		(271	)		107			(164	)
Interest bearing demand brokered		(862	)		(190	)		(1,052	)		(702	)		18			(684	)
Borrowed funds		(2,504	)		(999	)		(3,503	)		464			(429	)		35
Finance lease liability		(42	)		(1	)		(43	)		(39	)		—			(39	)
Subordinated debt		3,159			(1,138	)		2,021			172			(75	)		97
Total interest expense	$	(1,837	)	$	(14,305	)	$	(16,142	)	$	3,257		$	(25,505	)	$	(22,248	)
Net interest income	$	4,497		$	5,111		$	9,608		$	22,896		$	(16,432	)	$	6,464

2021 compared to 2020

Net interest income, on a fully tax-equivalent basis, grew $9.6 million, or 7 percent, in 2021 to $138.9 million from $129.3 million in 2020. The net interest margin was 2.38 percent and 2.31 percent for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, an increase of 7 basis points year over year. The growth in net interest income and NIM for the year ended December 31, 2021, when compared to 2020 was due to the Bank strategically lowering its cost of interest-bearing liabilities and a decline in the average balance of lower yielding PPP loans. NIM also benefitted from the use of some of our excess liquidity to purchase investment securities when compared to the 2020.

On a fully tax-equivalent basis, interest income on average interest-earning assets decreased $6.5 million, or 4 percent, to $160.9 million in 2021 from $167.5 million in 2020. Average interest-earning assets for the year ended December 31, 2021, totaled $5.84 billion compared to $5.59 billion for 2020, an increase of $247.9 million or 4 percent. The increase in the average balance of interest-earning assets for the year ended December 31, 2021, reflected an increase in the average balance of investment securities, partially offset by a decline in the average balances of loans and interest-earning deposits. The average rate earned on earning assets was 2.76 percent in 2021, compared to 3.00 percent in 2020, a decrease of 24 basis points.  The decrease in average yields on interest-earning assets for the year ended December 31, 2021, was due to a declining rate environment, which resulted in a decrease in the average yield on our loan portfolio of 15 basis points. The average yield on interest-earning assets was also affected by elevated levels of lower yielding investment securities. The one-month LIBOR has declined by approximately 150 basis points from the beginning of 2020.  The Federal Open Market Committee also reduced the target Federal Funds rate to 0 percent from 0.25 percent in March 2020 due to the economic disruption caused by COVID-19. With the transformation to a commercial bank balance sheet and business model, the Company’s interest rate sensitivity models indicate the Company is asset sensitive as of December 31, 2021, and that net interest income would improve in a rising rate environment but decline in a falling rate environment.

The increase in the average balance of interest-earning assets for the year ended December 31, 2021, as compared to 2020, reflects an increase in the average balance of investments, offset by a slight decline in the average balance of loans.  Average loans declined slightly by $49.8 million to $4.52 billion driven by a decline in residential mortgages of $25.1 million to $503.6 million and commercial loans of $87.4 million to $1.88 billion. The decline in the residential portfolio for the year ended December 31, 2021 was partially due to the sale of $12.2 million of fixed-rate residential mortgage loans as part of the Company’s balance sheet management. The commercial loan decline was primarily due to the forgiveness and

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sale of PPP loans, which declined $181.8 million to $13.8 million at December 31, 2021. The declines in the residential and commercial loan portfolios were partially offset by an increase of $74.1 million in commercial mortgages to $2.03 billion. The increased multifamily production helped to offset loan portfolio run-off and utilize excess liquidity.

The average balance of investment securities totaled $844.8 million for 2021 compared to $519.7 million for 2020, reflecting an increase of $325.0 million, or 63 percent.  The increase in the average balance of investment securities was due to the purchase of securities to maintain the size of the portfolio in anticipation of maturities and to utilize excess liquidity.

The average balance of interest-earning deposits totaled $477.5 million for 2021 compared to $504.8 million for 2020, reflecting a decrease of $27.3 million or 5 percent.  The decrease in the average balance of interest-earning deposits for 2021 was primarily due to the Company’s deploying balance sheet liquidity to fund multifamily loan originations and investment security purchases.

Average interest-bearing liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2021, totaled $4.37 billion, an increase of $48.0 million, or 1 percent, from $4.32 billion for 2020. The average rate paid decreased 38 basis points to 0.50 percent for 2021 from 0.88 percent for 2020. The increase in the average balance of interest-bearing liabilities was principally due to growth in customer deposits (excluding brokered CDs and brokered interest-bearing demand but including funds from reciprocal deposits) of $224.0 million for 2021 despite CDs declining $170.8 million.  The growth in customer deposits was primarily sourced from our branch network and was due to a focus on providing high-touch client service; new deposit relationships related to PPP; and a full array of treasury management products that support core deposit growth. This growth was partially offset by a decline of $47.0 million of brokered deposits.

Average rates paid on interest-bearing deposits for 2021 were 0.35 percent compared to 0.74 percent for 2020, reflecting a decrease of 39 basis points.  The decrease in the average rate paid on deposits was principally due to repricing of our deposit base to align with the recent Fed rate decreases as well as allowing higher costing deposits to run-off.

The average balance of borrowings was $110.1 million for 2021 compared to $308.8 million during 2020, a decrease of $198.7 million.  The decrease in the average balance of borrowings was principally due to the Company’s participation in the Federal Reserve’s Paycheck Protection Plan Lending Facility (“PPPLF”), which decreased as PPP loans were forgiven as well as the Company’s prepayment of $105.0 million of FHLB advances during the fourth quarter of 2020 and $15.0 million during the second quarter of 2021. The average cost of borrowings decreased 86 basis points for 2021 when compared to 2020 primarily due to the prepayment of the FHLB borrowings, which had a weighted average cost of 3.20 percent.

In June 2021, the Company redeemed $50.0 million of subordinated debt bearing interest at an annual rate of 6.0 percent, issued in June 2016 that was set to re-price to approximately 5.0 percent. In December 2020, the Company issued $100.0 million of subordinated debt ($98.2 million net of issuance costs) bearing interest at an annual rate of 3.50 percent for the first five years, and thereafter at an adjustable rate until maturity in December 2030 or earlier redemption. In December 2017, the Company issued $35.0 million of subordinated debt ($34.1 million net of issuance costs) bearing interest at an annual rate of 4.75 percent for the first five years, and thereafter at an adjustable rate until maturity in December 2027 or earlier redemption.  

INVESTMENT SECURITIES:  Investment securities held to maturity are those securities that the Company has both the ability and intent to hold to maturity.  These securities are carried at amortized cost.  Investment securities available for sale are purchased, sold and/or maintained as a part of the Company’s overall balance sheet, liquidity and interest rate risk management strategies, and in response to changes in interest rates, liquidity needs, prepayment speeds and/or other factors. These securities are carried at estimated fair value, and unrealized changes in fair value are recognized as a separate component of shareholders’ equity, net of income taxes.  Realized gains and losses are recognized in income at the time the securities are sold.  Equity securities are carried at fair value with unrealized gains and losses recorded in non-interest income.

At December 31, 2021, the Company had investment securities held to maturity with a carrying cost of $108.7 million and an estimated fair value of $108.5 million.  The Company did not have any investment securities held to maturity as of December 31, 2020.

At December 31, 2021, the Company had investment securities available for sale with an estimated fair value of $796.8 million compared with $622.7 million at December 31, 2020. The increase was due to purchases of U.S. government-

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sponsored securities with excess liquidity as deposits exceeded loan growth.  A net unrealized loss (net of income tax) of $9.9 million and a net unrealized gain (net of income tax) of $5.5 million were included in shareholders’ equity at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The Company had one equity security (a CRA investment security) with a fair value of $14.7 million and $15.1 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  The Company recorded a $432,000 unrealized loss in securities gains/losses, net on the Consolidated Statements of Income for the year ended December 31, 2021, as compared to a $281,000 unrealized gain for the year ended December 31, 2020 related to the change in the market value of the equity security.  

The amortized cost and fair value of investment securities held to maturity and available for sale at December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 are shown below:

	2021				2020				2019
(In thousands)	Amortized Cost		Estimated Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Estimated Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Estimated Fair Value
Investment securities - held to maturity:
U.S. government-sponsored agencies	$	40,000	$	39,982	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Mortgage-backed securities-residential (principally     U.S. government-sponsored entities)		68,680		68,478		—		—		—		—
Total investment securities - held to maturity	$	108,680	$	108,460	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Investment securities - available for sale:
U.S. treasuries	$	—	$	—	$	2,613	$	2,613	$	—	$	—
U.S. government-sponsored agencies		280,045		272,221		84,424		83,771		34,961		34,784
Mortgage-backed securities-residential (principally      U.S. government-sponsored entities)		481,062		476,974		467,915		476,058		337,489		338,904
SBA pool securities		40,649		39,561		49,457		49,129		2,799		2,784
State and political subdivision		5,431		5,476		7,987		8,089		11,175		11,215
Corporate bond		2,500		2,521		3,000		3,029		3,000		3,068
Total investment securities - available for sale	$	809,687	$	796,753	$	615,396	$	622,689	$	389,424	$	390,755
Total investment securities	$	918,367	$	905,213	$	615,396	$	622,689	$	389,424	$	390,755

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The following table presents the contractual maturities and yields of debt securities held to maturity and available for sale as of December 31, 2021.  The weighted average yield is a computation of income within each maturity range based on the amortized cost of securities:

				After 1			After 5
				But			But			After
	Within			Within			Within			10
(Dollars in thousands)	1 Year			5 Years			10 Years			Years			Total
Investment securities - held to maturity:
U.S. government-sponsored agencies	$	—		$	15,000		$	25,000		$	—		$	40,000
		—	%		1.35	%		1.64	%		—	%		1.53	%
Mortgage-backed securities-	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	68,680		$	68,680
residential (1)		—	%		—	%		—	%		1.68	%		1.68	%
Total investment securities - held to maturity	$	—		$	15,000		$	25,000		$	68,680		$	108,680
		—	%		1.35	%		1.64	%		1.68	%		1.63	%
Investment securities - available for sale:
U.S. government-sponsored agencies	$	—		$	5,570		$	121,286		$	145,365		$	272,221
		—	%		1.00	%		1.32	%		1.69	%		1.51	%
Mortgage-backed securities-	$	25,167		$	19,865		$	42,764		$	389,178		$	476,974
residential (1)		1.25	%		2.38	%		1.66	%		1.47	%		1.51	%
SBA pool securities	$	—		$	—		$	5,613		$	33,948		$	39,561
		—	%		—	%		2.04	%		1.20	%		1.32	%
State and political subdivisions (2)	$	3,554		$	1,922		$	—		$	—		$	5,476
		2.16	%		2.22	%		—	%		—	%		2.18	%
Corporate bond	$	—		$	—		$	2,521		$	—		$	2,521
		—	%		—	%		3.00	%		—	%		3.00	%
Total investment securities - available for sale	$	28,721		$	27,357		$	172,184		$	568,491		$	796,753
		1.36	%		2.08	%		1.45	%		1.51	%		1.51	%
Total investment securities	$	28,721		$	42,357		$	197,184		$	637,171		$	905,433
		1.36	%		1.83	%		1.48	%		1.53	%		1.53	%

(1) Shown using stated final maturity

(2) Yields presented on a fully tax-equivalent basis, using a 21 percent federal income tax.

Federal funds sold and interest-earning deposits are an additional part of the Company’s liquidity and interest rate risk management strategies.  The combined average balance of these investments during 2021 was $477.5 million compared to $504.8 million in 2020.

LOANS:  The loan portfolio represents the largest portion of the Company’s interest-earning assets and is the primary source of interest and fee income.  Loans are primarily originated in New Jersey and the boroughs of New York City and, to a lesser extent, Pennsylvania and Delaware.  As of December 31, 2021, 41 percent of the total loan portfolio was concentrated in C&I loans (including equipment financing), 33 percent in multifamily loans and 14 percent in commercial mortgages.  

Total loans were $4.81 billion and $4.37 billion at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, an increase of $434.3 million, over the previous year. Multifamily mortgage loans were $1.60 billion at December 31, 2021, an increase of $468.9 million or 42 percent when compared to December 31, 2020 due to increased originations.  The Bank utilized its excess liquidity to fund multifamily originations of $624.3 million in 2021 compared to $76.6 million in 2020.  During 2021, commercial mortgages decreased $28.7 million due to increased paydowns compared to 2020. Commercial loans, which includes equipment financing, totaled $1.96 billion at December 31, 2021.  This was a slight increase when compared to December 31, 2020. This portfolio includes loans issued under the PPP, a program under the CARES Act.  The December 31, 2021 commercial loan balance included PPP loans of $13.8 million compared to $195.6 million at December 31, 2020.   

In late 2015, the Company began originating loans that are partially guaranteed by the SBA, for the purposes of providing working capital and/or, financing the purchase of equipment, inventory or commercial real estate and that could be used for

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start-up businesses.  All SBA loans are underwritten and documented as prescribed by the SBA.  The Company generally sells the guaranteed portion of the SBA loans in the secondary market, with the non-guaranteed portion held in the loan portfolio.  During 2021, the Bank sold $37.6 million of the guaranteed portion of SBA loans into the secondary market.  As of December 31, 2021, the balance of the non-guaranteed portion of SBA loans held on our balance sheet totaled $30.1 million and is included in commercial loans.

The following table presents the contractual repayments of the loan portfolio, by loan type, at December 31, 2021:

					After 5 But
	Within		After 1 But		Within		After
(In thousands)	One Year		Within 5 Years		15 Years		15 Years		Total
Residential mortgage	$	82,668	$	313,316	$	82,491	$	19,825	$	498,300
Commercial mortgage (including multifamily)		754,936		1,149,611		333,389		20,556		2,258,492
Commercial loans (including equipment financing)		993,844		904,611		56,702		—		1,955,157
Commercial construction		13,482		—		6,562		—		20,044
Home equity lines of credit		40,593		210		—		—		40,803
Consumer and other loans		28,170		4,959		731		65		33,925
Total loans	$	1,913,693	$	2,372,707	$	479,875	$	40,446	$	4,806,721

The following table presents the loans, by loan type, that have a fixed interest rate and an adjustable interest rate due after one year at December 31, 2021:

	Fixed		Adjustable
(In thousands)	Interest Rate		Interest Rate
Residential mortgage	$	216,624	$	199,008
Commercial mortgage    (including multifamily)		149,894		1,353,662
Commercial loans		831,864		129,449
Commercial construction		6,562		—
Consumer loans		5,755		—
Home equity loans		—		210
Total loans	$	1,210,699	$	1,682,329

The Company has not made nor invested in subprime loans or “Alt-A” type mortgages.  

The geographic breakdown of the multifamily portfolio, net of participated multifamily loans, at December 31, 2021 is as follows:

(Dollars in thousands)
New York	$	802,231	51	%
New Jersey		518,468	32
Pennsylvania		245,693	15
Delaware		29,474	2
Total Multifamily	$	1,595,866	100	%

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A further breakdown of the multifamily portfolio by county within each respective State is as follows:

New Jersey			New York			Pennsylvania			Delaware
Essex County	27	%	Bronx County	54	%	Philadelphia				New Castle County	100	%
						County	60	%
Hudson County	26		Kings County	21		York County	12
Union County	16		New York County	17		Lehigh County	12
Somerset County	7		All other NY counties	8		Lycoming County	4
Morris County	6					Lackawanna County	3
Monmouth County	4					All other PA counties	9
Passaic County	3
All other NJ counties	11
Total	100	%	Total	100	%	Total	100	%		Total	100	%

Principal types of owner occupied commercial real estate properties (by Call Report code), included in commercial mortgage loans on the balance sheet, at December 31, 2021 are:

(Dollars in thousands)
Office Buildings/Office Condominiums	$	75,896	30	%
Industrial (including Warehouse)		63,301	25
Medical Offices		45,806	18
Retail Buildings/Shopping Centers		26,554	11
Other Owner Occupied CRE Properties		41,046	16
Total Owner Occupied CRE Loans	$	252,603	100	%

Principal types of non-owner occupied commercial real estate properties (by Call Report code), at December 31, 2021 are as follows.  These loans are included in commercial mortgage loans and commercial loans on the Company’s balance sheet.

(Dollars in thousands)
Retail Buildings/Shopping Centers	$	280,519	28	%
Healthcare		239,252	24
Office Buildings/Office Condominiums		92,335	9
Hotels and Hospitality		96,626	10
Industrial (including Warehouse)		81,985	8
Medical Offices		44,517	4
Mixed Use (Commercial/Residential)		42,684	4
Mixed Use (Retail/Office)		29,811	3
Other Non-Owner Occupied CRE Properties		96,250	10
Total Non-Owner Occupied CRE Loans	$	1,003,979	100	%

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Bank had a concentration in commercial real estate loans as defined by applicable regulatory guidance.  The following table presents such concentration levels at December 31, 2021 and 2020:

	As of December 31,
	2021		2020
Multifamily mortgage loans as a percent of total regulatory capital of the Bank	237%		188%
Non-owner occupied commercial real estate loans as a percent of    total regulatory capital of the Bank		149		168
Total CRE concentration	386%		356%

The Bank believes it addresses the key elements in the risk management framework laid out by its regulators for the effective management of CRE concentration risks.

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GOODWILL:  At December 31, 2021, goodwill totaled $36.2 million, an increase of $3.1 million from $33.1 million at December 31, 2020.  The increase in goodwill was due to the acquisition of Princeton Portfolio Strategies Group completed in July 2021.  The Bank intends to continue to grow its wealth management business through acquisition.

DEPOSITS:  At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company reported total deposits of $5.27 billion and $4.82 billion, an increase of $447.7 million, or 9 percent, year over year. The Company’s strategy is to fund a majority of its loan growth with core deposits, which is an important factor in the generation of net interest income. The Company’s average deposits for 2021 increased $349.7 million, or 7 percent, over 2020 average levels to $5.06 billion. The Company saw the largest dollar growth in noninterest-bearing demand and interest-bearing checking balances. The growth in customer deposits (excluding brokered CDs and brokered interest-bearing demand deposits, but including reciprocal funds discussed below) has come from an increase in retail deposits from our branch network; a focus on providing high-touch client service; new deposit relationships related to our participation in the PPP; and a full array of treasury management products that support core deposit growth. The Company has also successfully focused on:

• Growth in deposits associated with its private banking activities, including lending activities; and

• Business and personal core deposit generation, particularly noninterest-bearing demand and checking.

The Company continues to maintain brokered interest-bearing demand deposits matched to interest rate swaps, thereby extending their duration.  Such deposits are generally a more cost-effective alternative to wholesale borrowings and do not require pledging of collateral, as the borrowings do. These deposits decreased to $85.0 million at December 31, 2021 from $110.0 million at the same period in 2020. The Company ensures ample available collateralized liquidity as a backup to these short-term brokered deposits. At December 31, 2021, there were $85.0 million of notional principal interest rate swaps matched to these deposits for interest rate risk management purposes.

The following table sets forth information concerning the composition of the Company’s average balance of deposits and average interest rates paid for the following years:

(Dollars in thousands)	2021				2020				2019
Noninterest-bearing demand	$	959,912	—	%	$	787,191	—	%	$	505,486	—	%
Checking		2,078,658	0.21			1,742,846	0.42			1,342,901	1.18
Savings		146,210	0.05			120,780	0.05			113,312	0.06
Money markets		1,260,865	0.23			1,227,295	0.50			1,189,880	1.38
Certificates of deposit - retail and listing    service		483,889	0.84			654,652	1.75			631,999	2.25
Interest-bearing
Demand - brokered		96,301	1.79			143,388	1.93			180,000	1.92
Certificates of deposit - brokered		33,790	3.13			33,735	3.15			42,460	2.89
Total deposits	$	5,059,625	0.28	%	$	4,709,887	0.61	%	$	4,006,038	1.28	%

The Company is a participant in the Reich & Tang Demand Deposit Marketplace (“DDM”) program and the Promontory Program. The Company uses these deposit sweep services to place customer funds into interest-bearing demand (checking) accounts issued by other participating banks.  Customer funds are placed at one or more participating banks to ensure that each deposit customer is eligible for the full amount of FDIC insurance.  As a program participant, the Company receives reciprocal amounts of deposits from other participating banks.  Reciprocal deposits of $647.8 million, $652.5 million and $423.8 million are included in the Company’s interest-bearing checking deposits as of December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

At December 31, 2021, the aggregate amount of deposits that exceeded the FDIC insurance limit of $250,000 was $959.9 million. At December 31, 2021, the aggregate amount of uninsured time deposits (which are deposits in amounts greater than $250,000, which is the maximum amount for federal deposit insurance) was $140.4 million. At December 31, 2021, we had no deposits that were uninsured for any reason other than being in excess of the maximum amount for federal deposit insurance.

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The following table shows the maturity for certificates of deposit of $250,000 or more as of December 31, 2021 (in thousands):

Three months or less	$	59,255
Over three months through six months		35,296
Over six months through twelve months		29,451
Over twelve months		16,410
Total	$	140,412

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ADVANCES AND OTHER BORROWINGS:  As part of our overall funding and liquidity management program, from time to time we borrow from the Federal Home Loan Bank.

The Company did not have any overnight borrowings at December 31, 2021, 2020 or 2019.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2021, the Company terminated an interest rate swap with a notional amount of $15.0 million that was tied to a one-month FHLB advance totaling $15.0 million.  

The Company prepaid $105.0 million of FHLB advances, which had a weighted-average interest rate of 3.20 percent resulting in a prepayment penalty of $4.8 million, during 2020.  The repayment of the FHLB advances was expected to provide a benefit to interest expense greater than the prepayment penalty over the remaining life of the advances.

The Company had no borrowings from the PPPLF at December 31, 2021 compared to $177.1 million at December 31, 2020.  The borrowings had a rate of 0.35 percent, primarily all of which had a two-year maturity.  The Company utilized the PPPLF to fund PPP loan production.

At December 31, 2021, unused short-term or overnight borrowing commitments totaled $1.8 billion from the FHLB, $22.0 million from correspondent banks and $1.2 billion from the Federal Reserve Bank.

SUBORDINATED DEBT:  In June 2016, the Company issued $50.0 million in aggregate principal amount of fixed-to-floating subordinated notes (the “2016 Notes”) to certain institutional investors. The 2016 Notes were non-callable for five years, had a stated maturity of June 30, 2026, and bore interest at a fixed rate of 6.0 percent per year until June 30, 2021. From June 30, 2021 to the maturity date or early redemption date, the interest rate would reset quarterly to a level equal to the then current three-month LIBOR rate plus 485 basis points, payable quarterly in arrears. During the second quarter of 2021, the Company used a portion of the proceeds from the December 2020 subordinated debt issuance to redeem the $50.0 million June 2016 issuance.  The remaining net issuance costs of $648,000 were written-off during the quarter ended June 30, 2021.

In December 2017, the Company issued $35.0 million in aggregate principal amount of fixed-to-floating subordinated notes (the “2017 Notes”) to certain institutional investors. The 2017 Notes are non-callable for five years, have a stated maturity of December 15, 2027, and bear interest at a fixed rate of 4.75 percent per year until December 15, 2022. From December 16, 2022 to the maturity date or early redemption date, the interest rate will reset quarterly to a level equal to the then current three-month LIBOR rate plus 254 basis points, payable quarterly in arrears. Debt issuance costs incurred totaled $875,000 and are being amortized to maturity.

In December 2020, the Company issued $100.0 million in aggregate principal amount of fixed to floating subordinated notes (the “2020 Notes”) to certain institutional investors.  The 2020 Notes are non-callable for five years, have a stated maturity of December 22, 2030, and bear interest at a fixed rate of 3.50 percent per year until December 22, 2025.  From December 23, 2025 to the maturity date or early redemption date, the interest rate will reset quarterly to a level equal to the then current three-month SOFR plus 326 basis points, payable quarterly in arrears.  Debt issuance costs incurred totaled $1.9 million and are being amortized to maturity.

Subordinated debt is presented net of issuance cost on the Consolidated Statements of Condition. The subordinated debt issuances are included in the Company’s regulatory total capital amount and ratio.  

In connection with the issuance of the 2020 Notes, the Company obtained ratings from Kroll Bond Rating Agency (“KBRA”) and Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”). KBRA assigned investment grade rating of BBB- and Moody’s assigned investment grade rating of Baa3 for the 2020 Notes at the time of issuance.

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ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES AND RELATED PROVISION:  The allowance for loan losses was $61.7 million at December 31, 2021 compared to $67.3 million at December 31, 2020. At December 31, 2021, the allowance for loan losses as a percentage of total loans outstanding was 1.28 percent compared to 1.54 percent at December 31, 2020. The provision for loan losses was $6.5 million for 2021, $32.4 million for 2020 and $4.0 million for 2019.

In determining an appropriate amount for the allowance, the Bank segments and evaluates the loan portfolio based on Federal call report codes, which are based on type of collateral. The following portfolio classes have been identified:

a) Primary Residential Mortgages. The Bank originates one to four family residential mortgage loans in the Tri-State area (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut), Pennsylvania and Florida. On a case by case basis, the Bank will lend in additional states. The Bank has developed a portfolio of mortgage products that are used exclusively to attract or maintain wealth, commercial or retail banking relationships.  When reviewing residential mortgage loan applications, detailed verifiable information is gathered on income, assets, employment and a tri-merged credit report obtained from a credit repository that will determine total monthly debt obligations.  Utilizing an independent appraisal from an approved appraisal management company, the Bank makes residential mortgage loans up to 80 percent of the appraised value and up to 97 percent with private mortgage insurance. Maximum loan-to-value (“LTV”) is determined based on property type and loan amount.  On primary residences and second home properties, LTVs range from a maximum of 80 percent for loan amounts to $970,800 for retail customers to 75 percent for loan amounts to $3 million for wealth customers.  For investment properties, LTVs range from a maximum of 80 percent for loan amounts to $647,200 for retail customers to 65 percent for loan amounts to $3 million for wealth customers.  Loans greater than $3 million will also be considered based on the strength of the overall credit profile of the borrower.   Underwriting guidelines include (i) minimum credit report scores of 680 and (ii) a maximum debt to income ratio of 45 percent. The Bank may consider an exception to any guideline if there are strong compensating factors that address and mitigate any risk.  Generally, the Bank retains in its portfolio residential mortgage loans with fixed rate maturities of no greater than 7 years, which then convert to annually adjusted floating rates.  Community Development loans granted under the Affordable Housing Program are offered with 30-year maturities.  Loans with longer maturities or lower credit scores are sold to secondary market investors.  The Bank does not originate, purchase or carry any sub-prime mortgage loans.

Risk characteristics associated with primary residential mortgage loans typically involve major living or lifestyle changes to the borrower, including unemployment or other loss of income; unexpected significant expenses, such as for major medical issues or catastrophic events; and divorce or death. In addition, residential mortgage loans that have adjustable rates could expose the borrower to higher debt service requirements in a rising interest rate environment. Further, real estate values could drop significantly and cause the value of the property to fall below the loan amount, creating additional potential exposure for the Bank.

b) Home Equity Lines of Credit. The Bank provides revolving lines of credit against one to four family residences in the Tri-State area. These loans are primarily in a second lien position, but may be used as a first lien, in lieu of a primary residential first mortgage.  When reviewing home equity line of credit applications, the Bank collects detailed verifiable information regarding income, assets, employment and a credit report that will determine total monthly debt obligations. The Bank uses an automated valuation model on all lines up to $250,000 and obtains an independent appraisal of the subject property on all applications exceeding $250,000. LTVs and combined LTVs are capped at 80 percent if the property type is a primary residence. These loans may be subordinate to a first mortgage, which may be from another lending institution. The Bank requires that the mortgage securing the home equity line of credit be no lower than a second lien position. All applications for home equity lines of credit adhere to applicable underwriting standards and guidelines. Exceptions can be made to these guidelines with compensating factors that address and mitigate the risk associated with the exception.

Primary risk characteristics associated with home equity lines of credit typically involve major living or lifestyle changes to the borrower, including unemployment or other loss of income; unexpected significant expenses, such as for major medical issues or catastrophic events; and divorce or death. In addition, home equity lines of credit typically are made with variable or floating interest rates, such as the Prime Rate, which could expose the borrower to higher debt service requirements in a rising interest rate environment. Further, real estate values could drop significantly and cause the value of the property to fall below the loan amount, creating additional potential exposure for the Bank.

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c) Junior Lien Loan on Residence.  The Bank provides junior lien loans (“JLL”) against one to four family properties in the Tri-State area. Junior lien loans can be either in the form of an amortizing fixed rate home equity loan or a revolving home equity line of credit. These loans are subordinate to a first mortgage which may be from another lending institution. The Bank requires that the mortgage securing the JLL be no lower than a second lien position.  When reviewing the JLL application, the Bank collects detailed verifiable information regarding income, assets, employment and a credit report that determines total monthly debt obligations. The Bank uses an automated valuation model on all JLLs up to $250,000 and obtains an independent appraisal of the subject property on all applications exceeding $250,000. LTVs and combined LTVs are capped at 75 percent if the property type is a primary residence. All applications for JLLs adhere to applicable underwriting standards and guidelines. Exceptions can be made to these guidelines with compensating factors that address and mitigate the risk associated with the exception.  Primary risk characteristics associated with JLLs typically involve major living or lifestyle changes to the borrower, including unemployment or other loss of income; unexpected significant expenses, such as for major medical issues or catastrophic events; and divorce or death. Further, real estate values could drop significantly and cause the value of the property to fall below the loan amount, creating additional potential exposure for the Bank.

d) Multifamily Loans. Multifamily loans are commercial mortgages on residential apartment buildings. Within the multifamily sector, the Bank’s primary focus is to lend against larger non-luxury apartment buildings and rent regulated properties with at least 30 units that are owned and managed by experienced sponsors. As of December 31, 2021, the average property size in the portfolio was 44 units.  

Multifamily loans are expected to be repaid from the cash flows of the underlying property so the collective amount of rents must be sufficient to cover all operating expense, maintenance, taxes and debt service. The Bank includes debt service coverage covenants in these loans and the average ratio at original underwriting was about 1.49x. Increases in vacancy rates, interest rates or other changes in general economic conditions can have an impact on the borrower and their ability to repay the loan. Certain markets, such as the Boroughs of New York City, are rent regulated, and as such, feature rents that are considered to be below market rates. Generally, rent regulated properties are characterized by relatively stable occupancy levels and longer-term tenants. As a loan asset class for many banks, multifamily loans have experienced much lower historical loss rates compared to other types of commercial lending.

The Bank’s loan policy allows loan to appraised value ratios of up to 75 percent and the overall portfolio average loan to value ratio was approximately 58 percent at December 31, 2021 based on appraisals at the time of origination.  The majority of all new originations have a ten-year maturity with a repricing of the interest rate after five years.

Multifamily loan terms include prepayment penalties and generally require that the Bank escrow for real estate taxes. Multifamily loans will typically have a minimum debt service coverage ratio that provides for an adequate cushion for unexpected or uncertain events and changes in market conditions. In the loan underwriting process, the Bank requires an independent appraisal and review, appropriate environmental due diligence and an assessment of the property’s condition.

Multifamily properties generally present a lower level of risk as compared to investment commercial real estate projects given that there are a larger number of tenants in the property.  The repayment of loans secured by multifamily real estate is typically dependent upon the successful operation of the related real estate property. If the cash flows from the property are reduced (for example, if leases are not obtained or renewed, or a bankruptcy court modifies a lease term), the borrower’s ability to repay the loan may be impaired.

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e) Commercial Real Estate Loans. The Bank provides mortgage loans for commercial real estate that is either owner occupied or managed as an investment property (non-owner occupied).

The terms and conditions of all commercial mortgage loans are tailored to the specific attributes of the borrower and any guarantors as well as the nature of the property and loan purpose. In the case of investment commercial real estate properties, the Bank reviews, among other things, the composition and mix of the underlying tenants, terms and conditions of the underlying tenant lease agreements, the resources and experience of the sponsor, and the condition and location of the subject property.

Commercial real estate loans are generally considered to have a higher degree of credit risk than multifamily loans as they may be dependent on the ongoing success and operating viability of a fewer number of tenants who are occupying the property and who may have a greater degree of exposure to various industry or economic conditions. To mitigate this risk, the Bank generally requires an assignment of leases, direct recourse to the owners, and a risk appropriate interest rate and loan structure. In underwriting an investment commercial real estate loan, the Bank evaluates the property’s historical operating income as well as its projected sustainable cash flows and generally requires a minimum debt service coverage ratio that provides for an adequate cushion for unexpected or uncertain events and changes in market conditions.

With an owner-occupied property, a detailed credit assessment is made of the operating business since its ongoing success and profitability will be the primary source of repayment. While owner-occupied properties include the real estate as collateral, the risk assessment of the operating business is more similar to the underwriting of commercial and industrial loans (described below).  The Bank evaluates factors such as, but not limited to, the expected sustainability of profits and cash flows, the depth and experience of management and ownership, the nature of competition, and the impact of forces like regulatory change and evolving technology.

The Bank’s policy allows loan to appraised value ratios of up to 75 percent. Commercial mortgage loans are generally made with an initial fixed rate with periodic rate resets every five or seven years over an underlying market index.  Resets may not be automatic and subject to re-approval.  Commercial mortgage loan terms include prepayment penalties and generally require that the Bank escrow for real estate taxes. The Bank requires an independent appraisal, an assessment of the property’s condition, and appropriate environmental due diligence. With all commercial real estate loans, the Bank’s standard practice is to require a depository relationship.

f) Commercial and Industrial Loans. The Bank provides lines of credit and term loans to operating companies for business purposes. The loans are generally secured by business assets such as accounts receivable, inventory, business vehicles and equipment.  In addition, these loans often include commercial real estate as collateral to strengthen the Bank’s position and further mitigate risk. When underwriting business loans, among other things, the Bank evaluates the historical profitability and debt servicing capacity of the borrowing entity and the financial resources and character of the principal owners and guarantors.

Commercial and industrial loans are typically repaid first by the cash flows generated by the borrower’s business. The primary risk characteristics are specific to the underlying business and its ability to generate sustainable profitability and resulting positive cash flows. Factors that may influence a business’ profitability include, but are not limited to, demand for its products or services, quality and depth of management, degree of competition, regulatory changes, and general economic conditions. Commercial and industrial loans are generally secured by business assets; however, the ability of the Bank to foreclose and realize sufficient value from the assets is often highly uncertain.  To mitigate the risk characteristics of commercial and industrial loans, the Bank often requires more frequent reporting requirements from the borrower in order to better monitor its business performance.

g) Leasing and Equipment Finance.  Peapack Capital Corporation (“PCC”), a subsidiary of the Bank, offers a range of finance solutions nationally. PCC provides term loans and leases secured by assets financed for U.S. based mid-size and large companies. Facilities tend to be fully drawn under fixed-rate terms. PCC serves a broad range of industries including transportation, manufacturing, heavy construction and utilities.

Asset risk in PCC’s portfolio is generally recognized through changes to loan income, or through changes to lease related income streams due to fluctuations in lease rates. Changes to lease income can occur when the existing lease contract expires, the asset comes off lease, or the business seeks to enter a new lease agreement.  Asset risk may also change depreciation, resulting from changes in the residual value of the operating lease asset or through impairment of the asset carrying value, which can occur at any time during the life of the asset.

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Credit risk in PCC’s portfolio generally results from the potential default of borrowers or lessees, which may be driven by customer specific or broader industry related conditions.  Credit losses can impact multiple parts of the income statement including loss of interest/lease/rental income and/or via higher costs and expenses related to the repossession, refurbishment, re-marketing and or re-leasing of assets.

h) Consumer and Other.  These are loans to individuals for household, family and other personal expenditures as well as obligations of states and political subdivisions in the U.S. This also represents all other loans that cannot be categorized in any of the previous mentioned loan segments.  Consumer loans generally have higher interest rates and shorter terms than residential loans but tend to have higher credit risk due to the type of collateral securing the loan or in some cases the absence of collateral.

Management believes that the underwriting guidelines previously described adequately address the primary risk characteristics. Further, the Bank has dedicated staff and resources to monitor and collect on any potentially problematic loans.

The provision for loan losses is based upon Management’s review and evaluation of the size and composition of the loan portfolio, actual loan loss experience, level and trend of delinquencies and charge-offs, general market and economic conditions, detailed analysis of individual loans for which full collectability may not be assured, and the existence and fair value of the collateral and guarantees securing the loans. Although Management used the best information available, the level of the allowance for loan losses remains an estimate, which is subject to significant judgment and short-term change. Various regulatory agencies, as an integral part of their examination process, periodically review the Company’s allowance for loan losses. Such agencies may require the Company to make additional provisions for loan losses based upon information available to them at the time of their examination. Furthermore, the majority of the Company’s loans are secured by real estate in the State of New Jersey and the New York City metropolitan area.  Accordingly, the collectability of a substantial portion of the carrying value of the Company’s loan portfolio is susceptible to changes in market conditions in these areas and may be adversely affected should real estate values decline or if the geographic areas serviced experience adverse economic conditions. Future adjustments to the allowance may be necessary due to economic, operating, regulatory and other conditions beyond the Company’s control.

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The following table presents the loan loss experience, by loan type, during the years ended December 31:

(Dollars in thousands)	2021			2020			2019			2018			2017
Average loans outstanding	$	4,494,473		$	4,552,358		$	4,035,603		$	3,762,322		$	3,564,362
Allowance for loan losses at beginning of year	$	67,309		$	43,676		$	38,504		$	36,440		$	32,208
Loans charged-off during the period:
Residential mortgage		12			559			80			138			889
Commercial mortgage		7,137			1,485			—			1,632			734
Commercial		5,019			7,132			—			110			298
Home equity lines of credit		—			—			—			—			23
Consumer and other		80			27			55			68			77
Total loans charged-off		12,248			9,203			135			1,948			2,021
Recoveries during the period:
Residential mortgage		—			373			205			160			173
Commercial mortgage		—			31			996			70			22
Commercial		66			17			92			218			141
Home equity lines of credit		85			11			10			10			62
Consumer and other		10			4			4			4			5
Total recoveries		161			436			1,307			462			403
Net charge-offs/(recoveries)		12,087			8,767			(1,172	)		1,486			1,618
Provision charge to expense		6,475			32,400			4,000			3,550			5,850
Allowance for loan losses at end of year	$	61,697		$	67,309		$	43,676		$	38,504		$	36,440
Ratios:
Allowance for loan losses/total loans (A)		1.28	%		1.54	%		0.99	%		0.98	%		0.98	%
General allowance/total loans (A)		1.20	%		1.48	%		0.93	%		0.97	%		0.96	%
Nonaccrual loans/total loans (A)		0.32	%		0.26	%		0.66	%		0.65	%		0.37	%
Allowance for loan losses/    total nonperforming loans		396.18	%		589.91	%		151.23	%		149.73	%		269.33	%
Net charge offs/average loans:
Residential mortgage		0.00	%		0.00	%		-0.01	%		0.00	%		0.02	%
Commercial mortgage		0.16	%		0.03	%		-0.02	%		0.04	%		0.02	%
Commercial		0.11	%		0.16	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		0.01	%
Home equity lines of credit		0.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%
Consumer and other		0.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%		0.00	%
Total net charge offs/average loans		0.27	%		0.19	%		-0.03	%		0.04	%		0.05	%

(A) The December 31, 2021 and 2020 ALLL coverage ratios include PPP loans of $13.8 million and $195.6 million, respectively.

The following table shows the allocation of the allowance for loan losses and the percentage of each loan category, by collateral type, to total loans as of December 31, of the years indicated:

			% of				% of				% of				% of				% of
			Loan				Loan				Loan				Loan				Loan
			Category				Category				Category				Category				Category
			To Total				To Total				To Total				To Total				To Total
(Dollars in thousands)	2021		Loans		2020		Loans		2019		Loans		2018		Loans		2017		Loans
Residential	$	1,520		11.3	$	3,138		13.0	$	2,231		14.6	$	3,685		17.1	$	4,318		18.4
Commercial and other		59,962		87.8		63,892		86.0		41,149		84.1		34,435		81.2		31,773		78.9
Consumer and other		215		0.9		279		1.0		296		1.3		384		1.7		349		2.7
Total	$	61,697		100.0	$	67,309		100.0	$	43,676		100.0	$	38,504		100.0	$	36,440		100.0

The allowance for loan losses as of December 31, 2021 totaled $61.7 million compared to $67.3 million at December 31, 2020.  The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of loans was 1.28 percent as of December 31, 2021 and 1.54 percent as

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of December 31, 2020.  The provision for loan losses for 2021 totaled $6.5 million compared with $32.4 million for 2020. The decreased provision for loan and lease losses primarily reflected the reduced qualitative factors when calculating the allowance for loan losses due to the improvement in the unemployment rate and a decrease in loan deferrals entered into during the COVID-19 pandemic from the prior year. The Company’s provision for loan and lease losses (and its allowance for loan and leases losses) also reflect the Company’s assessment of asset quality metrics, net loan decline, increased net charge-offs, and the composition of the loan portfolio. The Company believes that the allowance for loan losses as of December 31, 2021, represents a reasonable estimate for probable incurred losses in the portfolio at that date.  Effective January 1, 2022, the Company adopted new accounting guidance, which requires the Company to estimate CECL. The Company is currently in the process of finalizing its implementation of controls and processes and performing model validation which could affect the final impact of the adoption of this standard.

The portion of the allowance for loan losses allocated to loans collectively evaluated for impairment, commonly referred to as general reserves, was $57.5 million at December 31, 2021 and $64.6 million at December 31, 2020. General reserves at December 31, 2021 represented 1.20 percent of loans collectively evaluated for impairment compared to 1.48 percent at December 31, 2020. The specific reserves on impaired loans were $4.2 million at December 31, 2021 compared to $2.7 million at December 31, 2020. Specific reserves were attributable to a $4.2 million reserve associated with one commercial real estate loan with a large retail component totaling $12.8 million at December 31, 2021.

The allowance for loan losses as a percentage of nonperforming loans decreased to 396.18 percent due to an increase in nonperforming loans partially offset by net charge-offs of $12.1 million.  Nonperforming loans increased from $11.4 million to $15.6 million during the year. Nonperforming loans increased primarily due to the transfer of the large commercial real estate loan noted above. Nonperforming loans are specifically evaluated for impairment. Also, the Company commonly records partial charge-offs of the excess of the principal balance over the fair value, less estimated costs to sell, of collateral for collateral-dependent impaired loans.  As a result, the allowance for loan losses does not always change proportionately with changes in nonperforming loans. The Company charged off $12.2 million on loans identified as collateral-dependent impaired loans during 2021, which included a $7.1 million charge-off of the specific reserve on the above mentioned commercial real estate loan compared to $6.0 million on loans during 2020.

ASSET QUALITY:  The following table presents various asset quality data at the dates indicated. These tables do not include loans held for sale.

	December 31,
(Dollars in thousands)	2021			2020			2019			2018			2017
Loans past due 30-89 days (1)	$	8,606		$	5,053		$	1,910		$	1,099		$	246
Troubled debt restructured loans	$	3,575		$	4,247		$	28,178		$	24,801		$	17,591
Loans past due 90 days or more and    still accruing interest	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Nonaccrual loans (2)		15,573			11,410			28,881			25,715			13,530
Total nonperforming loans		15,573			11,410			28,881			25,715			13,530
Other real estate owned		—			50			50			—			2,090
Total nonperforming assets	$	15,573		$	11,460		$	28,931		$	25,715		$	15,620
Ratios:
Total nonperforming loans/total loans		0.32	%		0.26	%		0.66	%		0.65	%		0.37	%
Total nonperforming loans/total assets		0.26			0.19			0.56			0.56			0.32
Total nonperforming assets/total assets		0.26			0.19			0.56			0.56			0.37

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(1) Includes $6.9 million for one equipment lease principally due to administrative issues with the servicer and at the lessee/borrower at December 31, 2021.  Payment was received in January.

(2) The increase in nonaccrual loans in 2021 was due to the one large CRE loan with a retail component located in Manhattan. The decrease in nonaccrual loans for 2020 was due to the transfer of several commercial and residential loans totaling $18.5 million to held for sale.  The increase in nonaccrual loans for 2019 and 2018 was due to the addition of one healthcare real estate secured loan, totaling $14.5 million with a $1.0 million reserve, as of December 31, 2020.

At December 31, 2021, there were no commitments to lend additional funds to borrowers whose loans were classified as nonperforming.

Loan Modifications:  Some borrowers have found it difficult to make their loan payments under contractual terms.  In some of these cases, the Company has chosen to grant concessions and modify certain loan terms, which may be characterized as troubled debt restructurings.  The CARES Act granted relief to borrowers that needed loan deferrals due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.  See Loan Modifications discussion below for details regarding the Company’s treatment of loan deferrals in 2020 and 2021.

The CARES Act allows financial institutions to suspend application of certain current TDR accounting guidance under ASC 310-40 for loan modifications related to the COVID-19 pandemic made between March 1, 2020 and the earlier of December 31, 2020 or 60 days after the end of the COVID-19 national emergency, provided certain criteria are met.  The revised CARES Act extended TDR relief to loan modifications through January 1, 2022.  This relief can be applied to loan modifications for borrowers that were not more than 30 days past due as of December 31, 2019 and to loan modifications that defer or delay the payment of principal or interest or change the interest rate on the loan.  In April 2020, federal and state banking regulators issued the Interagency Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting for Financial Institutions Working with Customers Affected by the Coronavirus to provide further interpretation of when a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty, specifically indicating that if the modification is either short-term (e.g., six months) or mandated by a federal or state government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the borrower is not considered to be experiencing financial difficulty under ASC 310-40.

Throughout 2020 and 2021, the Bank had modified 542 loans with a balance of $947.0 million resulting in the deferral of principal and/or interest for periods ranging from 90 to 180 days.  The table below summarizes the outstanding deferrals as of December 31, 2021.  All of these loans were performing in accordance with their terms prior to modifications and are in conformance with the CARES Act.  Included in the table below is one loan totaling $12.8 million of loan level swaps.  Details with respect to loan modifications are as follows:

			Post-Modification
			Outstanding
	Number of		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		1	$	145
Investment commercial real estate		1		12,750
Commercial and industrial		4		12,656
Total		6	$	25,551

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The future performance of these loans, specifically beyond the term of the deferral, is uncertain.  To recognize a credit allowance commensurate with the existing risk, the Company assigned qualitative factors for each of the above portfolio classes for allowance purposes.

TROUBLED DEBT RESTRUCTURINGS:  The following table presents the troubled debt restructured loans, by collateral type, at December 31, 2021 and 2020:

	December 31,		Number of		December 31,		Number of
(Dollars in thousands)	2021		Relationships		2020		Relationships
Primary residential mortgage	$	1,468		9	$	943		6
Junior lien loan on residence		18		1		—		—
Commercial and industrial		2,089		2		3,304		5
Total	$	3,575		12	$	4,247		11

At December 31, 2021, there were $1.1 million of troubled debt restructured loans included in nonaccrual loans compared to $4.0 million at December 31, 2020. All troubled debt restructured loans are considered and included in impaired loans at December 31, 2021.  There was no allowance allocated to troubled debt restructured loans at December 31, 2021. At December 31, 2020, all troubled debt restructured loans were considered and included in impaired loans and had specific reserves of $3,000.

Except as disclosed, the Company did not have any potential problem loans at December 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020 that caused Management to have serious doubts as to the ability of such borrowers to comply with the present loan repayment terms and which may result in disclosure of such loans.

Impaired loans totaled $18.1 million and $16.2 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  Impaired loans include nonaccrual loans of $15.6 million and $11.4 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Impaired loans also include accruing troubled debt restructuring loans of $2.5 million at December 31, 2021 and $201,000 at December 31, 2020.

The following table presents impaired loans, by collateral type, at December 31, 2021 and 2020:

	December 31,		Number of		December 31,		Number of
(Dollars in thousands)	2021		Relationships		2020		Relationships
Primary residential mortgage	$	2,242		14	$	1,490		11
Junior lien loan on residence		18		1		—		—
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		458		2		807		3
Investment commercial real estate		12,750		1		4,593		1
Commercial and industrial		2,584		4		9,314		10
Total	$	18,052		22	$	16,204		25
Specific reserves, included in the allowance for loan losses	$	4,234			$	2,703

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS:  Leases represent obligations entered into by the Company for the use of land and premises. The leases generally have escalation terms based upon certain defined indexes.  Common area maintenance charges may also apply and are adjusted annually based on the terms of the lease agreements.  The Company adopted the guidance in Topic 842 Leases effective January 1, 2019.  See Note 1 to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.

Purchase obligations represent legally binding and enforceable agreements to purchase goods and services from third parties and consist of contractual obligations under data processing service agreements. The Company also enters into various routine rental and maintenance contracts for facilities and equipment.  These contracts are generally for one year.

The Company is a limited partner in a Small Business Investment Company (“SBIC”).  As of December 31, 2021, the Company had unfunded commitments of $1.1 million for its investment in SBIC qualified funds.

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OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS:  The following table shows the amounts and expected maturities of significant commitments, consisting primarily of letters of credit, as of December 31, 2021.

	Less Than						More Than
(In thousands)	One Year		1-3 Years		3-5 Years		5 Years		Total
Financial letters of credit	$	14,779	$	249	$	—	$	—	$	15,028
Performance letters of credit		3,117		627		—		—		3,744
Interest rate lock commitments-residential mortgages		28,964		—		—		—		28,964
Total letters of credit	$	46,860	$	876	$	—	$	—	$	47,736

Commitments under standby letters of credit, both financial and performance, do not necessarily represent future cash requirements, in that these commitments often expire without being drawn upon.

OTHER INCOME:  The following table presents the major components of other income (excluding income from our wealth management operations, which is discussed separately):

	Years Ended December 31,								Change
(In thousands)	2021			2020		2019			2021 vs 2020			2020 vs 2019
Service charges and fees	$	3,697		$	3,155	$	3,488		$	542		$	(333	)
Bank owned life insurance		1,696			1,273		1,321			423			(48	)
Loan fee income		1,646			1,339		1,734			307			(395	)
Gains on loans held for sale at fair    value (mortgage banking)		2,194			3,266		721			(1,072	)		2,545
Securities gains/(losses), net		(432	)		281		117			(713	)		164
Fee income related to loan level,    back-to-back swaps		—			1,620		5,799			(1,620	)		(4,179	)
Gains/(losses) on loans held for sale at    lower of cost or fair value		1,142			7,426		(10	)		(6,284	)		7,436
Gain on sale of SBA loans		4,939			1,766		2,145			3,173			(379	)
Corporate advisory fee income		3,483			265		444			3,218			(179	)
Loss on swap termination		(842	)		—		—			(842	)		—
Other income		1,733			508		574			1,225			(66	)
Total other income	$	19,256		$	20,899	$	16,333		$	(1,643	)	$	4,566

2021 compared to 2020

The Company recorded total other income, excluding wealth management fee income, of $19.3 million in 2021, reflecting a decrease of $1.6 million, or 8 percent, compared to 2020 levels. The decrease for 2021 was primarily attributable to a $7.4 million gain on sale of $355.0 million of PPP loans in 2020 partially offset by an increase of $3.7 million in capital market activity (mortgage banking income, fee income related to loan level, back-to-back swaps, corporate advisory fee income and gain on sale of SBA loans).  

Income from the sale of newly originated residential mortgages loans decreased $1.1 million to $2.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 when compared to $3.3 million for the same period in 2020.  This decrease was a result of the decreased volume of residential mortgage loans originated for sale during 2021 due to a slowdown in refinance and home purchase activity.

The Company did not record any fee income related to loan level, back-to-back swaps during the twelve months ended December 31, 2021 compared to $1.6 million in 2020. The decrease was a result of decreased demand for this product due to the rate environment in 2021.  The program provides a borrower with a degree of interest rate protection on a variable rate loan, while still providing an adjustable rate to the Company, thus helping to manage the Company’s interest rate risk, while contributing to income.  The Company expects back-to-back swap activity will continue to be minimal in the current rate environment.

The Company provides loans that are partially guaranteed by the SBA, to provide working capital and/or finance the purchase of equipment, inventory or commercial real estate and that could be used for start-up business.  All SBA loans are underwritten and documented as prescribed by the SBA.  The Company generally sells the guaranteed portion of the SBA

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loans in the secondary market, with the non-guaranteed portion of SBA loans held in the loan portfolio.  Gain on sale of SBA loans for 2021 increased by $3.2 million to $4.9 million of income related to the Company’s SBA lending and sale program from $1.8 million in 2020.  The 2021 period benefitted by certain changes to SBA lending requirements, which included raising the SBA loan guaranty from 75 percent to 90 percent and eliminated the guaranty fee to both borrowers and lenders through September 30, 2021.

The Company recorded corporate advisory fee income of $3.5 million for 2021 compared to $265,000 for 2020.  2021 included two major corporate advisory/investment banking acquisition transactions.  These transactions tend to be larger and take longer to complete.

Income from the back-to-back swap, corporate advisory fee income and SBA programs are dependent on volume, and thus are not linear from year to year, as some years will be higher than others.

During 2021 the Company recognized a loss on the termination of $842,000 for two interest rate swaps that had a notional value of $40 million with a weighted average cost of 1.50 percent.

The Company recorded $455,000 of additional income related to the net life insurance death benefit under its bank owned life insurance (“BOLI”) policies during 2021.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recorded a $1.1 million gain on sale on the sale of $57 million of PPP loans to a third party to create additional capacity to process our strong loan pipeline.

Other income included $886,000 of fee income related to the referral of PPP loans to the same party that the Company sold the PPP loans.

The twelve months ended December 31, 2021 included a gain on sale of an other real estate owned (“OREO”) property of $51,000.

The remainder of the increase for the year ended December 31, 2021 when compared to 2020 was primarily due to an increase in commercial lending fees primarily unused credit line fees, loan servicing income and letter of credit fees.

OPERATING EXPENSES:  The following table presents the major components of operating expenses:

	Years Ended December 31,						Change
(In thousands)	2021		2020		2019		2021 vs 2020			2020 vs 2019
Compensation and employee benefits	$	81,864	$	77,516	$	70,129	$	4,348		$	7,387
Premises and equipment		17,165		16,377		14,735		788			1,642
FDIC assessment		2,071		1,975		277		96			1,698
Other operating expenses:
Professional and legal fees		5,343		4,099		4,506		1,244			(407	)
Telephone		1,323		1,432		1,361		(109	)		71
Advertising		1,288		1,631		1,363		(343	)		268
Amortization of intangible assets		1,598		1,287		1,043		311			244
Branch restructure		228		488		—		(260	)		488
FHLB prepayment penalty		—		4,784		—		(4,784	)		4,784
Valuation allowance loans held for sale		—		4,425		—		(4,425	)		4,425
Swap valuation allowance		2,243		—		—		2,243			—
Write-off of subordinated debt costs		648		—		—		648			—
Other operating expenses		12,396		10,945		11,434		1,451			(489	)
Total operating expense	$	126,167	$	124,959	$	104,848	$	1,208		$	20,111

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2021 compared to 2020

Operating expenses totaled $126.2 million in 2021, compared to $125.0 million in 2020, reflecting an increase of $1.2 million, or 1 percent.  Increased operating expenses in 2021 were principally attributable to:  compensation and employee benefits increase of $4.3 million which includes expenses related to the Lucas and Noyes team lift outs completed in December 2020; expenses related to the acquisition of PPSG completed on July 1, 2021; hiring in line with the Company’s strategic plan and normal salary increases; swap valuation allowance of $2.2 million, and $648,000 for the write-off of subordinated debt costs, which were partially offset by 2020 expenses of $4.4 million for valuation allowance for a loan held for sale; $4.8 million for the prepayment of FHLB advances; $278,000 for the closure of a retail branch; and $210,000 for the consolidation of two private banking locations.

INCOME TAXES:  Income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $21.0 million as compared to $5.8 million for 2020.  The effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2021 was 27.09 percent as compared to 18.16 percent for the year ended December 31, 2020.  During the first quarter of 2020, the Company recorded a $3.34 million tax benefit, principally due to a $3.2 million Federal income tax benefit that resulted from a tax NOL carryback. The Company had a $23.0 million operating loss for tax purposes in 2018 (when the Federal tax rate was 21 percent) resulting from accelerated tax depreciation. Under the CARES Act, the Company was allowed to carry this NOL back to a period when the Federal tax rate was 35 percent, generating a permanent tax benefit.  

CAPITAL RESOURCES: A solid capital base provides the Company with financial strength and the ability to support future growth and is essential to executing the Company’s Strategic Plan – “Expanding Our Reach.” The Company’s capital strategy is intended to provide stability to expand its businesses, even in stressed environments. Quarterly stress testing is integral to the Company’s capital management process.

The Company strives to maintain capital levels in excess of internal “triggers” and in excess of those considered to be well capitalized under regulatory guidelines applicable to banks and bank holding companies. Maintaining an adequate capital position supports the Company’s goal of providing shareholders an attractive and stable long-term return on investment.

The Company’s capital position during 2021 was benefitted by net income of $56.6 million partially offset by the purchase of shares of $28.6 million through the Company’s stock repurchase program and a change in unrealized loss on securities, net of tax of $15.4 million.

The Company employs quarterly capital stress testing – adverse case and severely adverse case.  In the most recent completed stress test on September 30, 2021, under severely adverse case, no growth scenarios, the Bank remains well capitalized over a two-year stress period.  With a Pandemic stress overlay, the Bank still remains well capitalized over the two-year stress period.

At December 31, 2021, the Company’s GAAP capital as a percent of total assets was 8.99 percent.  At December 31, 2021, the Company’s regulatory leverage, common equity tier 1, tier 1 and total risk-based capital ratios were 8.29 percent, 10.62 percent, 10.62 percent and 14.64 percent, respectively.  At December 31, 2021, the Bank’s regulatory leverage, common equity tier 1, tier 1 and total risk-based capital ratios were 9.99 percent, 12.80 percent, 12.80 percent and 14.05 percent, respectively.  The Company’s and the Bank’s regulatory capital ratios are all above the ratios to be considered well capitalized under regulatory guidance.

As a result of the enacted Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, the federal banking agencies were required to develop a “Community Bank Leverage Ratio” (the ratio of a bank’s tangible equity capital to average total consolidated assets) for financial institutions with assets of less than $10 billion.  A “qualifying community bank” that exceeds this ratio will be deemed to be in compliance with all other capital and leverage requirements, including the capital requirements to be considered “well capitalized” under Prompt Corrective Action statutes.  The federal banking agencies set the minimum capital for the new Community Bank Leverage Ratio at 9 percent, effective January 1, 2020.  Under the CARES Act, the Community Bank Leverage Ratio was temporarily lowered to 8 percent.  The Bank did not opt into the CBLR and will continue to comply with the requirements under Basel III. The Bank’s leverage ratio was 9.99 percent at December 31, 2021.

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To be categorized as well capitalized, the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier I risk-based, common equity Tier I and Tier I leverage ratios as set forth in the table.

The Bank’s regulatory capital amounts and ratios are presented in the following table:

						To Be Well										For Capital
						Capitalized Under					For Capital					Adequacy Purposes
						Prompt Corrective					Adequacy					Including Capital
	Actual					Action Provisions					Purposes					Conservation Buffer (A)
(Dollars in thousands)	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
As of December 31, 2021:
Total capital
(to risk-weighted assets)	$	672,614		14.05	%	$	478,628		10.00	%	$	382,902		8.00	%	$	502,559		10.50	%
Tier I capital
(to risk-weighted assets)		612,762		12.80			382,902		8.00			287,177		6.00			406,834		8.50
Common equity tier I
(to risk-weighted assets)		612,738		12.80			311,108		6.50			215,382		4.50			335,039		7.00
Tier I capital
(to average assets)		612,762		9.99			306,538		5.00			245,231		4.00			245,231		4.00
As of December 31, 2020:
Total capital
(to risk-weighted assets)	$	600,478		14.81	%	$	405,587		10.00	%	$	324,469		8.00	%	$	425,866		10.50	%
Tier I capital
(to risk-weighted assets)		549,575		13.55			324,469		8.00			243,352		6.00			344,749		8.50
Common equity tier I
(to risk-weighted assets)		549,540		13.55			263,631		6.50			182,514		4.50			283,911		7.00
Tier I capital
(to average assets)		549,575		9.71			283,083		5.00			226,466		4.00			226,466		4.00

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The Company’s regulatory capital amounts and ratios are presented in the following table:

						To Be Well							For Capital
						Capitalized Under		For Capital					Adequacy Purposes
						Prompt Corrective		Adequacy					Including Capital
	Actual					Action Provisions		Purposes					Conservation Buffer (A)
(Dollars in thousands)	Amount		Ratio			Amount	Ratio	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
As of December 31, 2021:
Total capital
(to risk-weighted assets)	$	700,790		14.64	%	N/A	N/A	$	382,944		8.00	%	$	502,614		10.50	%
Tier I capital
(to risk-weighted assets)		508,231		10.62		N/A	N/A		287,208		6.00			406,878		8.50
Common equity tier I
(to risk-weighted assets)		508,207		10.62		N/A	N/A		215,406		4.50			335,076		7.00
Tier I capital
(to average assets)		508,231		8.29		N/A	N/A		245,242		4.00			245,242		4.00
As of December 31, 2020:
Total capital
(to risk-weighted assets)	$	716,210		17.67	%	N/A	N/A	$	324,322		8.00	%	$	425,673		10.50	%
Tier I capital
(to risk-weighted assets)		483,535		11.93		N/A	N/A		243,242		6.00			344,592		8.50
Common equity tier I
(to risk-weighted assets)		483,500		11.93		N/A	N/A		182,431		4.50			283,782		7.00
Tier I capital
(to average assets)		483,535		8.53		N/A	N/A		226,624		4.00			226,624		4.00

(A) The Basel Rules require the Company and the Bank to maintain a 2.5 percent “capital conservation buffer” on top of the minimum risk-weighted asset ratios.  The capital conservation buffer is designed to absorb losses during periods of economic stress.  Banking institutions with a ratio of (i) CET1 to risk-weighted assets, (ii) Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets or (iii) total capital to risk-weighted assets above the respective minimum but below the capital conservation buffer face constraints on dividends, equity repurchases and discretionary bonus payments to executive officers based on the amount of the shortfall.

The Dividend Reinvestment Plan of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation, or the “Reinvestment Plan,” allows shareholders of the Company to purchase additional shares of common stock using cash dividends without payment of any brokerage commissions or other charges. Shareholders may also make voluntary cash payments of up to $200,000 per quarter to purchase additional shares of common stock, which up to January 30, 2019 were purchased at a three percent discount to market.  On January 30, 2019, the Company eliminated the three percent discount feature. Voluntary share purchases in the “Reinvestment Plan” can be filled from the Company’s authorized but unissued shares and/or in the open market, at the discretion of the Company.  All shares purchased through the Plan in both 2021 and 2020 were purchased in the open market.  

Management believes the Company’s capital position and capital ratios are adequate. Further, Management believes the Company has sufficient common equity to support its planned growth for the immediate future. The Company continually assesses other potential sources of capital to support future growth.

LIQUIDITY:  Liquidity refers to an institution’s ability to meet short-term requirements including funding of loans, deposit withdrawals and maturing obligations, as well as long-term obligations, including potential capital expenditures. The Company’s liquidity risk management is intended to ensure the Company has adequate funding and liquidity to support its assets across a range of market environments and conditions, including stressed conditions. Principal sources of liquidity include cash, temporary investments, securities available for sale, customer deposit inflows, loan repayments and secured borrowings.  Other liquidity sources include loan sales and loan participations.

Management actively monitors and manages the Company’s liquidity position and believes it is sufficient to meet future needs. Cash and cash equivalents, including federal funds sold and interest-earning deposits, totaled $146.8 million at

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December 31, 2021. In addition, the Company had $796.8 million in securities designated as available for sale at December 31, 2021. These securities can be sold, or used as collateral for borrowings, in response to liquidity concerns. Available for sale and held to maturity securities with a carrying value of $764.4 million and $108.7 million, as of December 31, 2021, respectively, were pledged to secure public funds and for other purposes required or permitted by law.  However, only $33.0 million of that total is actually encumbered.  In addition, the Company generates significant liquidity from scheduled and unscheduled principal repayments of loans and mortgage-backed securities.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had approximately $1.8 billion of secured funding available from the FHLB and had $1.2 billion of secured funding available from the Federal Reserve Discount Window, none of which was drawn.

Brokered interest-bearing demand (“overnight”) deposits decreased $25.0 million to $85.0 million at December 31, 2021.  The interest rate paid on these deposits allows the Bank to fund operations at attractive rates and engage in interest rate swaps to hedge its asset-liability interest rate risk.  The Company ensures ample available collateralized liquidity as a backup to these short-term brokered deposits.  As of December 31, 2021, the Company has transacted pay fixed, receive floating interest rate swaps totaling $230.0 million in notional amount.  

The Company has a Board-approved Contingency Funding Plan. This plan provides a framework for managing adverse liquidity stress and contingent sources of liquidity. The Company conducts liquidity stress testing on a regular basis to ensure sufficient liquidity in a stressed environment.  The Company believes it has sufficient liquidity given the current environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation is a separate legal entity from the Bank and must provide for its own liquidity to pay dividends to its shareholders, to repurchase shares of its common stock, and for other corporate purposes. Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation’s primary source of income is dividends received from the Bank. The Bank’s ability to pay dividends is governed by applicable law. In December 2020, the Company issued the 2020 Notes to certain institutional investors and retained $98.2 million of proceeds.  At December 31, 2021, Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (unconsolidated basis) had liquid assets of $28.1 million.

Management believes the Company’s liquidity position and sources are adequate.

EFFECTS OF INFLATION AND CHANGING PRICES:  The financial statements and related financial data presented herein have been prepared in terms of historical dollars without considering changes in the relative purchasing power of money over time due to inflation.  Unlike most industrial companies, virtually all of the assets and liabilities of a financial institution are monetary in nature.  As a result, interest rates have a more significant impact on a financial institution’s performance than do general levels of inflation.

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PEAPACK PRIVATE: This division includes:  investment management services provided for individuals and institutions; personal trust services, including services as executor, trustee, administrator, custodian and guardian, and other financial planning, tax preparation and advisory services.  Officers from Peapack Private are available to provide wealth management, trust and investment services at the Bank’s headquarters in Bedminster, at private banking locations in Morristown, New Providence, Princeton, Red Bank, Summit and Teaneck, New Jersey and at the Bank’s subsidiaries, PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware in Greenville, Delaware and Murphy Capital, in Bedminster, New Jersey.

The following table presents certain key aspects of the Peapack Private’s performance for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.

	Years Ended December 31,						Change
(In thousands)	2021		2020		2019		2021 vs 2020		2020 vs 2019
Total fee income	$	52,987	$	40,861	$	38,363	$	12,126	$	2,498
Compensation and benefits (included in
Operating Expenses section above)		24,894		23,472		21,204		1,422		2,268
Other operating expense (included in
Operating Expenses section above)		13,020		11,718		10,977		1,302		741
Assets under management and/or
administration (AUM) (market value)	11.1 billion		8.8 billion		7.5 billion

2021 compared to 2020

The market value of assets under management and/or administration (“AUM”) at December 31, 2021 and 2020 was $11.1 billion and $8.8 billion, respectively, an increase of 26 percent. This includes assets held at the Bank at December 31, 2021 and 2020 of $275.6 million and $329.9 million, respectively.  Effective December 18, 2020, the Bank completed the hires of the teams from Lucas, based in Red Bank, New Jersey, and from Noyes, based in New Vernon, New Jersey, which combined contributed approximately $400 million of AUM/AUA at the time of acquisition.  Effective July 1, 2021, the Bank closed on the acquisition of Princeton Portfolio Strategies Group (“PPSG”), a registered investment advisor headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, which contributed approximately $520 million of AUM/AUA at the time of acquisition.

Peapack Private management fees increased $12.1 million, or 30 percent, to $53.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from $40.9 million in 2020.  The growth in fee income was due to several factors, including the acquisitions noted above, new business, and positive market performance, partially offset by normal levels of disbursements and outflows.  

Peapack Private expenses increased to $37.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from $35.2 million for 2020, an increase of $2.7 million, or 8 percent. Other operating expenses increased $1.3 million, or 11 percent to $13.0 million for the year ended 2021 when compared to 2020. Compensation and benefits expense totaled $24.9 million and $23.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, increasing $1.4 million or 6 percent.  Operating expenses relative to Peapack Private reflected increases due to overall growth in the business, new hires and acquisitions.  Remaining expenses are in line with the Company’s Strategic Plan, particularly the hiring of key management and revenue-producing personnel.  

Peapack Private currently generates adequate revenue to support the salaries, benefits and other expenses of the wealth division and Management believes it will continue to do so as the Company grows organically and/or by acquisition. Management believes that the Bank generates adequate liquidity to support the expenses of Peapack Private should it be necessary.

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Item 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company’s Asset/Liability Committee (“ALCO”) is responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring asset/liability management strategies and advising the Board of Directors on such strategies, as well as the related level of interest rate risk. In this regard, interest rate risk simulation models are prepared on a quarterly basis. These models demonstrate balance sheet gaps and predict changes to net interest income and economic/market value of portfolio equity under various interest rate scenarios. In addition, these models, as well as ALCO processes and reporting, are subject to annual independent third-party review.

ALCO generally manages interest rate risk through the management of capital, cash flows and the duration of assets and liabilities, including sales and purchases of assets, as well as additions of wholesale borrowings and other sources of medium/longer-term funding.  ALCO engages in interest rate swaps as a means of extending the duration of shorter-term liabilities.

The following strategies are among those used to manage interest rate risk:

• Actively market C&I loans, which tend to have adjustable-rate features, and which generate customer relationships that can result in higher core deposit accounts;

• Actively market equipment finance leases and loans, which tend to have shorter terms and higher interest rates than real estate loans;

• Limit residential mortgage portfolio originations to adjustable-rate and/or shorter-term and/or “relationship” loans that result in core deposit and/or wealth management relationships;

• Actively market core deposit relationships, which are generally longer duration liabilities;

• Utilize medium to longer term certificates of deposit and/or wholesale borrowings to extend liability duration;

• Utilize interest rate swaps to extend liability duration;

• Utilize a loan level / back-to-back interest rate swap program, which converts a borrower’s fixed rate loan to adjustable rate for the Company;

• Closely monitor and actively manage the investment portfolio, including management of duration, prepayment and interest rate risk;

• Maintain adequate levels of capital; and

• Utilize loan sales.

The interest rate swap program is administered by ALCO and follows procedures and documentation in accordance with regulatory guidance and standards as set forth in ASC 815 for cash flow hedges.  The program incorporates pre-purchase analysis, liability designation, sensitivity analysis, correlation analysis, daily mark-to-market analysis and collateral posting as required.  The Board is advised of all swap activity.  In these swaps, the Company is receiving floating and paying fixed interest rates with total notional value of $230.0 million as of December 31, 2021.

In addition, the Company initiated a loan level / back-to-back swap program in support of its commercial lending business.  Pursuant to this program, the Company extends a floating rate loan and executes a floating to fixed swap with the borrower.  At the same time, the Company executes a third-party swap, the terms of which fully offset the fixed exposure and, result in a final floating rate exposure for the Company.  As of December 31, 2021, $702.2 million of notional value in swaps were executed and outstanding with borrowers under this program.

As noted above, ALCO uses simulation modeling to analyze the Company’s net interest income sensitivity, as well as the Company’s economic value of portfolio equity under various interest rate scenarios. The models are based on the actual maturity and repricing characteristics of rate sensitive assets and liabilities. The models incorporate certain prepayment and interest rate assumptions, which management believes to be reasonable as of December 31, 2021. The models assume changes in interest rates without any proactive change in the balance sheet by management. In the models, the forecasted shape of the yield curve remained static as of December 31, 2021.

In an immediate and sustained 100 basis point increase in market rates at December 31, 2021, net interest income would increase approximately 2.5 percent for year 1 and 5.2 percent for year 2, compared to a flat interest rate scenario.

In an immediate and sustained 200 basis point increase in market rates at December 31, 2021, net interest income for year 1 would increase approximately 4.0 percent, when compared to a flat interest rate scenario.  In year 2, this sensitivity improves to an increase of 9.5 percent, when compared to a flat interest rate scenario.

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The table below shows the estimated changes in the Company’s economic value of portfolio equity (“EVPE”) that would result from an immediate parallel change in the market interest rates at December 31, 2021.

	Estimated Increase/									EVPE as a Percentage of
(Dollars in thousands)	Decrease in EVPE									Present Value of Assets (2)
Change In
Interest
Rates	Estimated									EVPE			Increase/(Decrease)
(Basis Points)	EVPE (1)		Amount			Percent				Ratio (3)			(basis points)
+200	$	685,285	$	(16,722	)		(2.38	)	%		11.85	%		27
+100		697,814		(4,193	)		(0.60	)			11.78			20
Flat interest rates		702,007		—			—				11.58			—
-100		679,445		(22,562	)		(3.21	)			11.03			(55	)

(1) EVPE is the discounted present value of expected cash flows from assets and liabilities.

(2) Present value of assets represents the discounted present value of incoming cash flows on interest-earning assets.

(3) EVPE ratio represents EVPE divided by the present value of assets.

Certain shortcomings are inherent in the methodologies used in determining interest rate risk. Simulation modeling requires making certain assumptions that may or may not reflect the manner in which actual yields and costs respond to changes in market interest rates. In this regard, the modeling assumes that the composition of our interest-sensitive assets and liabilities existing at the beginning of a period remains constant over the period being measured and assumes that a particular change in interest rates is reflected uniformly across the yield curve regardless of the duration or repricing of specific assets and liabilities. Accordingly, although the information provides an indication of our interest rate risk exposure at a particular point in time, such measurements are not intended to and do not provide a precise forecast of the effect of changes in market interest rates on our net interest income and will differ from actual results.

The Company’s interest rate sensitivity models indicate the Company is asset sensitive as of December 31, 2021, and that net interest income would be expected to increase in a rising rate environment but decline in a falling rate environment.  

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Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation

Bedminster, New Jersey

Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of condition of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (the "Company") as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). We also have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework: (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2021 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework: (2013) issued by COSO.

Basis for Opinions

The Company’s management is responsible for these financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements and an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits.  We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audits of the financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and

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directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.  

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (i) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments.  The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.  

Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses – Qualitative Factors

As described in Notes 1 and 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s consolidated allowance for loan and lease losses balance was $61,697,000 as of December 31, 2021, which consists of two components: specific and general allocations.  The allowance for loan and lease losses is the estimated amount considered necessary to cover probable and reasonably estimable incurred credit losses in the loan and lease portfolio at the balance sheet date.  The calculation of the allowance for loan and lease losses involves significant estimates and subjective assumptions, which requires a high degree of judgment relating to the Company’s loan and lease portfolio, the external operating environment, and the Company’s ability to monitor and manage the loan portfolio and how those items impact probable incurred losses within the loan and lease portfolio.  Changes in these judgments, assumptions or estimates could materially impact results of operations.

The Company’s general allocation includes reserves for historical loss experience and qualitative factors.  The qualitative factor component involves an evaluation of items including: levels of and trends in delinquencies and impaired loans; effects of any changes in risk selection and underwriting standards; other changes in lending policies, procedures and practices; experience, ability and depth of lending management and other relevant staffing and experience; national and local economic trends and conditions; industry conditions; and effects of changes in credit concentrations.  The evaluation of these items results in qualitative factors, which contribute to the general component of the estimate of the allowance for loan and lease losses.  We identified the estimate of the aggregate effect of the qualitative factors on the allowance for loan and lease losses as a critical audit matter as it involved especially subjective auditor judgment.  Auditing management’s determination of qualitative factors involved especially subjective auditor judgment because management’s estimate relies on a qualitative analysis to determine the quantitative impact the items have on the allowance.  Management’s analysis of these items requires significant judgment.

The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included:

• Testing the effectiveness of controls over the evaluation of the items used to estimate the qualitative factors, including controls addressing

o The data used as the basis for the adjustments relating to qualitative factors

o Management’s judgments related to the qualitative and quantitative assessment of the data used in the determination of qualitative factors and the resulting allocation to the allowance

• Substantively testing management’s process, including evaluating their judgments and assumptions, for developing the qualitative factors which included:

o Evaluation of the data used as a basis for the adjustments relating to qualitative factors

o Evaluation of the reasonableness of management’s judgments related to the qualitative and quantitative assessment of the data used in the determination of qualitative factors and the resulting allocation to the allowance

o Analytically evaluating the general allocation component year over year for reasonableness

/s/Crowe LLP

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Crowe LLP

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2006.

Livingston, New Jersey

March 14, 2022

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CONDITION

	December 31,
(In thousands, except share and per share data)	2021			2020
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks	$	5,929		$	10,629
Federal funds sold		—			102
Interest-earning deposits		140,875			642,591
Total cash and cash equivalents		146,804			653,322
Securities held to maturity (fair value $108,460 at December 31, 2021)		108,680			—
Securities available for sale		796,753			622,689
Equity security, at fair value		14,685			15,117
FHLB and FRB stock, at cost		12,950			13,709
Loans held for sale, at fair value		3,040			13,588
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value		34,051			18,520
Loans		4,806,721			4,372,437
Less:  allowance for loan losses		61,697			67,309
Net loans		4,745,024			4,305,128
Premises and equipment		23,044			21,609
Other real estate owned		—			50
Accrued interest receivable		21,589			22,495
Bank owned life insurance		46,663			46,809
Goodwill		36,212			33,103
Other intangible assets		12,690			10,788
Finance lease right-of-use assets		3,582			4,330
Operating lease right-of-use assets		9,775			9,421
Other assets		62,451			99,764
Total assets	$	6,077,993		$	5,890,442
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits	$	956,482		$	833,500
Interest-bearing deposits:
Checking		2,287,894			1,849,254
Savings		154,914			130,731
Money market accounts		1,307,051			1,298,885
Certificates of deposit - retail		409,608			530,222
Certificates of deposit - listing service		31,382			32,128
Subtotal deposits		5,147,331			4,674,720
Interest-bearing demand – Brokered		85,000			110,000
Certificates of deposit - Brokered		33,818			33,764
Total deposits		5,266,149			4,818,484
Short-term borrowings		—			15,000
Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility		—			177,086
Finance lease liabilities		5,820			6,753
Operating lease liabilities		10,111			9,737
Subordinated debt, net		132,701			181,794
Deferred tax liabilities, net		39,322			32,978
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		77,502			121,488
Total liabilities		5,531,605			5,363,320
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred stock (no par value; authorized 500,000 shares)		—			—
Common stock (no par value; stated value $0.83 per share; authorized    42,000,000 shares; issued shares, 20,656,810 at December 31, 2021 and    20,342,881 at December 31, 2020; outstanding shares, 18,393,888 at    December 31, 2021 and 18,974,703 at December 31, 2020)		17,220			16,958
Surplus		332,358			326,592
Treasury stock at cost (2,262,922 shares at December 31, 2021 and    1,368,178 shares at December 31, 2020)		(65,104	)		(36,477	)
Retained earnings		274,288			221,441
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(12,374	)		(1,392	)
Total shareholders’ equity		546,388			527,122
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	6,077,993		$	5,890,442

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

	Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands, except per share data)	2021			2020		2019
INTEREST INCOME
Loans, including fees	$	147,814		$	155,790	$	165,663
Taxable securities		11,577			8,782		10,228
Tax-exempt securities		131			210		322
Interest-earning deposits		545			968		4,457
Total interest income		160,067			165,750		180,670
INTEREST EXPENSE
Savings and interest-bearing deposit accounts		7,383			13,527		32,286
Certificates of deposit		4,058			11,476		14,210
Borrowed funds		473			3,976		3,941
Finance lease liability		300			343		382
Subordinated debt		7,013			4,992		4,895
Subtotal – interest expense		19,227			34,314		55,714
Interest-bearing demand - brokered		1,721			2,773		3,457
Interest on certificates of deposits – brokered		1,058			1,061		1,225
Total interest expense		22,006			38,148		60,396
Net interest income before provision for loan and lease losses		138,061			127,602		120,274
Provision for loan and lease losses		6,475			32,400		4,000
Net interest income after provision for loan and lease losses		131,586			95,202		116,274
OTHER INCOME
Wealth management fee income		52,987			40,861		38,363
Service charges and fees		3,697			3,155		3,488
Bank owned life insurance		1,696			1,273		1,321
Gain on loans held for sale at fair value (mortgage banking)		2,194			3,266		721
Gain/(loss) on loans held for sale at lower of cost or fair value		1,142			7,426		(10	)
Fee income related to loan level, back-to-back swaps		—			1,620		5,799
Gain on sale of SBA loans		4,939			1,766		2,145
Corporate advisory fee income		3,483			265		444
Loss on swap termination		(842	)		—		—
Other income		3,379			1,847		2,308
Securities gains/(losses), net		(432	)		281		117
Total other income		72,243			61,760		54,696
OPERATING EXPENSES
Compensation and employee benefits		81,864			77,516		70,129
Premises and equipment		17,165			16,377		14,735
FDIC insurance expense		2,071			1,975		277
FHLB prepayment penalty		—			4,784		—
Valuation allowance loans held for sale		—			4,425		—
Swap valuation allowance		2,243			—		—
Other operating expenses		22,824			19,882		19,707
Total operating expenses		126,167			124,959		104,848
Income before income tax expense		77,662			32,003		66,122
Income tax expense		21,040			5,811		18,688
Net income	$	56,622		$	26,192	$	47,434
EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic	$	3.01		$	1.39	$	2.46
Diluted		2.93			1.37		2.44

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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

	Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			2020			2019
Net income	$	56,622		$	26,192		$	47,434
Other comprehensive income/(loss):
Unrealized gains/(losses) on available for sale securities:
Unrealized gains/(losses) arising during the period		(20,227	)		5,962			5,305
		(20,227	)		5,962			5,305
Tax effect		4,833			(1,447	)		(1,293	)
Net of tax		(15,394	)		4,515			4,012
Unrealized gains/(losses) on cash flow hedge
Unrealized holding gains/(losses)		5,295			(5,860	)		(4,252	)
Reclassification adjustment for amounts    included in net income		842			(89	)		(223	)
		6,137			(5,949	)		(4,475	)
Tax effect		(1,725	)		1,537			1,313
Net of tax		4,412			(4,412	)		(3,162	)
Total other comprehensive income/(loss)		(10,982	)		103			850
Total comprehensive income	$	45,640		$	26,295		$	48,284

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY                                                                                

															Accumulated Other
	Preferred		Common						Treasury			Retained			Comprehensive
(In thousands, except share and per share data)	Stock		Stock			Surplus			Stock			Earnings			Income/(Loss)			Total
Balance at January 1, 2019
19,337,662 common shares outstanding	$	—	$	16,459		$	309,088		$	(8,988	)	$	154,799		$	(2,345	)	$	469,013
Cumulative adjustment for Leases (ASU 842)													661						661
Balance at January 1, 2019, adjusted	$	—	$	16,459		$	309,088		$	(8,988	)	$	155,460		$	(2,345	)	$	469,674
Net income 2019		—		—			—			—			47,434			—			47,434
Other comprehensive income		—		—			—			—			—			850			850
Restricted stock units issued 144,026 shares		—	120				(120	)		—			—			—			—
Restricted stock units/awards repurchased on    vesting to pay taxes, (40,197) shares		—		(33	)		(1,073	)		—			—			—			(1,106	)
Amortization of restricted stock awards/units		—		—			5,909			—			—			—			5,909
Cash dividends declared on common stock    ($0.20 per share)		—		—			—			—			(3,865	)		—			(3,865	)
Common stock options exercised, 18,660 shares		—		15			236			—			—			—			251
Issuance of shares for Employee Stock    Purchase plan, 18,740 shares		—		16			517			—			—			—			533
Shares repurchase, (739,778) shares		—		—			—			(21,002	)		—			—			(21,002	)
Issuance of common stock for    acquisition, 184,806 shares		—		154			4,820			—			—			—			4,974
Exercise of warrants, 7,109 net of 4,218    shares used to exercise, 2,891 shares		—		2			(2	)		—			—			—			—
Balance at December 31, 2019
18,926,810 common shares outstanding	$	—	$	16,733		$	319,375		$	(29,990	)	$	199,029		$	(1,495	)	$	503,652
Balance at January 1, 2020	$	—	$	16,733		$	319,375		$	(29,990	)	$	199,029		$	(1,495	)	$	503,652
Net income 2020		—		—			—			—			26,192			—			26,192
Other comprehensive income		—		—			—			—			—			103			103
Restricted stock units issued 170,575 shares		—		142			(142	)		—			—			—			—
Restricted stock units/awards repurchased on    vesting to pay taxes, (43,935) shares		—		(37	)		(704	)		—			—			—			(741	)
Amortization of restricted stock awards/units		—		—			6,875			—			—			—			6,875
Cash dividends declared on common stock    ($0.20 per share)		—		—			—			—			(3,780	)		—			(3,780	)
Shares repurchase, (220,222) shares		—		—			—			(6,487	)		—			—			(6,487	)
Common stock options exercised, 19,860    net of 2,149 used to exercise and related    taxes benefits, 17,711 shares		—		17			213			—			—			—			230
Exercise of warrants, 20,000 net of 13,469    shares used to exercise, 6,531 shares		—		6			(6	)		—			—			—			—
Issuance of shares for Employee Stock    Purchase Plan, 56,849 shares		—		47			1,031			—			—			—			1,078
Issuance of common stock for    acquisition, 60,384 shares		—		50			(50	)		—			—			—			—
Balance at December 31, 2020
18,974,703 common shares outstanding	$	—	$	16,958		$	326,592		$	(36,477	)	$	221,441		$	(1,392	)	$	527,122

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															Accumulated Other
	Preferred		Common						Treasury			Retained			Comprehensive
	Stock		Stock			Surplus			Stock			Earnings			Income/(Loss)			Total
Balance at January 1, 2021	$	—	$	16,958		$	326,592		$	(36,477	)	$	221,441		$	(1,392	)	$	527,122
Net income 2021		—		—			—			—			56,622			—			56,622
Other comprehensive loss		—		—			—			—			—			(10,982	)		(10,982	)
Restricted stock units issued 301,626 shares		—		251			(251	)		—			—			—			—
Restricted stock units repurchased    on vesting to pay taxes, (76,187) shares		—		(63	)		(2,317	)		—			—			—			(2,380	)
Amortization of restricted stock units		—		—			7,055			—			—			—			7,055
Cash dividends declared on common    stock ($0.20 per share)		—		—			—			—			(3,775	)		—			(3,775	)
Shares repurchase, (894,744) shares		—		—			—			(28,627	)		—			—			(28,627	)
Common stock options exercised, 16,640    net of 258 used to exercise and related    taxes benefits, 16,382 shares		—		14			173			—			—			—			187
Exercise of warrants, 60,000 net of 38,566    shares used to exercise, 21,434 shares		—		18			(18	)		—			—			—			—
Issuance of shares for Employee Stock    Purchase Plan, 26,693 shares		—		22			811			—			—			—			833
Issuance of common stock for acquisition,    23,981 shares		—		20			313			—			—			—			333
Balance at December 31, 2021
18,393,888 common shares outstanding	$	—	$	17,220		$	332,358		$	(65,104	)	$	274,288		$	(12,374	)	$	546,388

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			2020			2019
Operating activities:
Net income	$	56,622		$	26,192		$	47,434
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash    provided by operating activities:
Depreciation		3,190			3,127			3,122
Amortization of premium and accretion of discount on    securities, net		5,817			5,009			1,782
Amortization of restricted stock		7,055			6,875			5,909
Amortization of intangible assets		1,598			1,287			1,043
Amortization of subordinated debt costs		1,003			224			224
Provision for loan and lease losses		6,475			32,400			4,000
Swap valuation allowance		2,243			—			—
Valuation allowance loans held for sale		—			4,425			—
Stock-based compensation and employee stock purchase    plan expense		126			224			158
Deferred tax expense		9,452			8,225			10,013
Fair value adjustment for equity security		432			(281	)		(117	)
Loss on sale of securities, available for sale, net		—			—			—
Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale (1)		171,342			187,704			73,709
Loans originated for sale (1)		(176,759	)		(194,735	)		(75,588	)
Gain on loans held for sale (1)		(7,133	)		(5,032	)		(2,866	)
(Gain)/loss on sale of loans held for sale at lower of cost or fair value		(1,142	)		(7,426	)		10
Gain on sale of other real estate owned		(51	)		—			—
Gain on death benefit		(455	)		—			—
Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance, net of split    dollar liability		(618	)		(681	)		(775	)
Decrease/(increase) in accrued interest receivable		906			(12,001	)		328
(Increase)/decrease in other assets		(4,866	)		(8,096	)		5,111
Increase/(decrease) in accrued expenses and other liabilities		226			(10,720	)		12,799
Net cash provided by operating activities		75,463			36,720			86,296
Investing activities:
Principal repayments, maturities and calls of securities held    to maturity	234				—			—
Principal repayments, maturities and calls of securities available    for sale		453,427			217,072			208,625
Redemptions for FHLB & FRB stock		807			39,462			34,427
Sales of securities available for sale		—			—			—
Purchase of securities held to maturity		(108,925	)		—			—
Purchase of securities available for sale		(653,524	)		(448,053	)		(209,971	)
Purchase of equity securities		—			(4,000	)		(6,000	)
Purchase of FHLB & FRB stock		(48	)		(29,103	)		(39,962	)
Proceeds from sale of loans held for sale at lower of cost or fair value		66,086			372,406			4,984
Net increase in loans, net of participations sold		(503,747	)		(354,544	)		(478,099	)
Sales of other real estate owned		101			—			336
Purchases of premises and equipment		(3,928	)		(3,075	)		(1,705	)
Purchase of wealth management company		(5,500	)		(4,160	)		(2,600	)
Proceeds from death benefit		1,219			—			3,000
Net cash used in investing activities		(753,798	)		(213,995	)		(486,965	)

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	Years Ended December 31,
	2021			2020			2019
Financing activities:
Net increase in deposits		447,665			574,973			348,171
Net (decrease)/increase in short-term borrowings		—			(113,100	)		128,100
Proceeds from FHLB advances		—			—			—
Proceeds from Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility		—			535,838			—
Repayments of Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility		(177,086	)		(358,752	)		—
Repayments of FHLB advances		(15,000	)		(105,000	)		(3,000	)
Dividends paid on common stock		(3,775	)		(3,780	)		(3,865	)
Exercise of stock options, net stock swaps		187			230			251
Restricted stock repurchased on vesting to pay taxes		(2,380	)		(741	)		(1,106	)
Proceeds from issuance of subordinated debt		—			98,153			—
Repayments of subordinated debt		(50,000	)		—			—
Sale of common shares (Dividend Reinvestment Program)		—			—			—
Issuance of shares for employee’s savings and investment plan		—			—			—
Issuance of shares for employee stock purchase plan		833			1,078			532
Purchase of treasury shares		(28,627	)		(6,487	)		(21,002	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		171,817			622,412			448,081
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents		(506,518	)		445,137			47,412
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		653,322			208,185			160,773
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	$	146,804		$	653,322		$	208,185
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest	$	22,356		$	38,281		$	60,293
Income taxes, net		16,079			9,786			3,595
Transfer of loans to loans held for sale		57,376			367,477			15,064
Transfer of loans to other real estate owned		—			—			386
Security purchase settled in subsequent period		—			—			7,959
Acquisitions (Note 21)
Goodwill		3,109			2,895			5,791
Customer relationship & other intangibles		3,500			1,695			3,441
Right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for lease obligation		—			—			7,012

(1) Includes mortgage loans originated with the intent to sell which are carried at fair value. In addition, includes the guaranteed portion of SBA loans which are carried at the lower of cost or fair value.

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Consolidation and Organization: The consolidated financial statements of the Company are prepared on the accrual basis and include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Peapack-Gladstone Bank (the “Bank”). The consolidated financial statements also include the Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiaries:

• PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware

• Peapack Capital Corporation (“PCC”)

• Murphy Capital Management (“Murphy Capital”)

• Peapack-Gladstone Mortgage Group, Inc. (owns 99 percent of Peapack Ventures, LLC and 79 percent of Peapack-Gladstone Realty, Inc., a New Jersey real estate investment company)

• PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware owns one percent of Peapack Ventures, LLC  

• Peapack Ventures, LLC (owns the remaining 21 percent of Peapack-Gladstone Realty, Inc.)

• PGB Securities, Inc. (formed in the second quarter of 2020)

While the following footnotes include the collective results of the Company and the Bank, these footnotes primarily reflect the Bank’s and its subsidiaries’ activities. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated from the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

Business: The Bank is a commercial bank that provides innovative private banking services to businesses, non-profits and consumers. Wealth management services are also provided through its subsidiaries, PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware and Murphy Capital. The Bank is subject to competition from other financial institutions, is regulated by certain federal and state agencies and undergoes periodic examinations by those regulatory authorities.

Basis of Financial Statement Presentation: The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. In preparing the financial statements, Management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and revenues and expenses and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the statement of condition. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Segment Information:  The Company’s business is conducted through two business segments: its banking segment (“Banking”), which involves the delivery of loan and deposit products to customers, and Peapack Private, which includes asset management services provided for individuals and institutions. Management uses certain methodologies to allocate income and expense to the business segments.

The Banking segment includes: commercial (includes C&I and equipment financing), commercial real estate, multifamily, residential and consumer lending activities; treasury management services; C&I advisory services; escrow management; deposit generation; operation of ATMs; telephone and internet banking services; merchant credit card services and customer support sales.

Peapack Private includes: investment management services for individuals and institutions; personal trust services, including services as executor, trustee, administrator, custodian; and other financial planning and advisory services. This segment also includes the activity from the Delaware subsidiary, PGB Trust and Investments of Delaware, and Murphy Capital.  Wealth management fees are primarily earned over time as the Company provides the contracted monthly or quarterly services and are generally assessed based on a tiered scale of the market value of assets under management and/or administration (“AUM”) at month-end.  Fees that are transaction based, including trade execution services, are recognized at the point in time that the transaction is executed (i.e. trade date).

Cash and Cash Equivalents:  For purposes of the statements of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash and due from banks, interest-earning deposits and federal funds sold. Generally, federal funds are sold for one-day periods.  Cash equivalents are of original maturities of 90 days or less. Net cash flows are reported for customer loan and deposit transactions and short-term borrowings with original maturities of 90 days or less.

Interest-Earning Deposits in Other Financial Institutions: Interest-earning deposits in other financial institutions mature within one year and are carried at cost.

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Securities: Debt securities are classified as held to maturity and carried at amortized cost when Management has the positive intent and ability to hold them to maturity. Other debt securities are classified as available for sale and are carried at fair value, with unrealized holding gains and losses reported in other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax. The Company also has an investment in a CRA investment fund, which is classified as an equity security.  In accordance with ASU 2016-01, “Financial Instruments,” unrealized holding gains and losses on equity securities are marked to market through the income statement.

Interest income includes amortization of purchase premiums and discounts. Premiums and discounts on securities are amortized on the level-yield method without anticipating prepayments, except for mortgage-backed securities where prepayments are anticipated and premiums on callable debt securities, which are amortized to the earliest call date. Gains and losses on sales are recorded on the trade date and determined using the specific identification method.

Management evaluates securities for other-than-temporary impairment on at least a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market conditions warrant such an evaluation. For securities in an unrealized loss position, Management considers the extent and duration of the unrealized loss and the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer. Management also assesses whether it intends to sell, or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell, a security in an unrealized loss position before recovery of its amortized cost basis. If either of the criteria regarding intent or requirement to sell is met, the entire difference between amortized cost and fair value is recognized as impairment through earnings. For debt securities that do not meet the aforementioned criteria, the amount of impairment is split into two components as follows: (1) other-than-temporary impairment related to credit loss, which is recognized in the income statement and (2) other-than-temporary impairment related to other factors, which is recognized in other comprehensive income. The credit loss is defined as the difference between the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected and the amortized cost basis.

Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) and Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) Stock:  The Bank is a member of the FHLB system. Members are required to own a certain amount of FHLB stock, based on the level of borrowings and other factors. FHLB stock is carried at cost, classified as a restricted security and periodically evaluated for impairment based on ultimate recovery of par value. Dividends are reported as income.

The Bank is also a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and required to own a certain amount of FRB stock. FRB stock is carried at cost and classified as a restricted security. Dividends are reported as income.

Loans Held for Sale:  Mortgage loans originated with the intent to sell in the secondary market are carried at fair value, as determined by outstanding commitments from investors.

Mortgage loans held for sale are generally sold with servicing rights released; therefore, no servicing rights are recorded. Gains and losses on sales of mortgage loans, shown as gain on sale of loans on the Statement of Income, are based on the difference between the selling price and the carrying value of the related loan sold.

SBA loans originated with the intent to sell in the secondary market are carried at the lower of cost or fair value. SBA loans are generally sold with the servicing rights retained. Gains and losses on the sale of SBA loans are based on the difference between the selling price and the carrying value of the related loan sold.  Total SBA loans serviced totaled $97.5 million and $65.5 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  SBA loans held for sale totaled $32.5 million and $6.0 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  The servicing asset recorded was not material.

Loans originated with the intent to hold and subsequently transferred to loans held for sale are carried at the lower of cost or fair value. These are loans that the Company no longer has the intent to hold for the foreseeable future.

Loans:  Loans that Management has the intent and ability to hold for the foreseeable future or until maturity are stated at the principal amount outstanding. Interest on loans is recognized based upon the principal amount outstanding. Loans are stated at face value, less purchased premium and discounts and net deferred fees. Loan origination fees and certain direct loan origination costs are deferred and recognized on a level-yield method, over the life of the loan as an adjustment to the loan’s yield. The definition of recorded investment in loans includes accrued interest receivable and deferred fees/cost, however, for the Company’s loan disclosures, accrued interest and deferred fees/costs was excluded as the impact was not material.

Loans are considered past due when they are not paid within 30 days in accordance with contractual terms. The accrual of income on loans, including impaired loans, is discontinued if, in the opinion of Management, principal or interest is not

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likely to be paid in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement, or when principal or interest is past due 90 days or more. All interest accrued but not received for loans placed on nonaccrual are reversed against interest income. Payments received on nonaccrual loans are recorded as principal payments, but do not diminish the borrower’s obligation. A nonaccrual loan is returned to accrual status only when interest and principal payments are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured, generally after the Bank receives contractual payments for a minimum of six consecutive months. Commercial loans are generally charged off, in whole or in part, after an analysis is completed which indicates that collectability of the full principal balance is in doubt. Consumer loans are generally charged off after they become 120 days past due. Subsequent payments are credited to income only if collection of principal is not in doubt. If principal and interest payments are brought contractually current and future collectability is reasonably assured, loans are returned to accrual status. Nonaccrual mortgage loans are generally charged off when the value of the underlying collateral does not cover the outstanding principal balance. The majority of the Company’s loans are secured by real estate in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

Allowance for Loan Losses: The allowance for loan and lease losses is a valuation allowance for credit losses that is Management’s estimate of probable incurred losses in the loan portfolio.  The process to determine reserves utilizes analytical tools and Management judgment and is reviewed on a quarterly basis. When Management is reasonably certain that a loan balance is not fully collectable, an impairment analysis is completed whereby a specific reserve may be established or a full or partial charge off is recorded against the allowance.  Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance. Management estimates the allowance balance required using past loan loss experience, the size and composition of the portfolio, information about specific borrower situations, estimated collateral values, asset quality information, economic conditions and other factors. Allocations of the allowance may be made for specific loans via a specific reserve, but the entire allowance is available for any loan that, in Management’s judgment, should be charged off.

The allowance consists of specific and general components. The specific component of the allowance relates to loans that are individually classified as impaired.

A loan is impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Bank will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Factors considered by Management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest payments when due. Loans that experience insignificant payment delays and payment shortfalls generally are not classified as impaired. Management determines the significance of payment delays and payment shortfalls on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration the circumstances surrounding the loan and the borrower, including the length of the delay, the reasons for the delay, the borrower’s prior payment record, and the amount of the shortfall in relation to the principal and interest owed.

Loans are individually evaluated for impairment when they are classified as substandard by Management. If a loan is considered impaired, a portion of the allowance may be allocated so that the loan is reported, net, at the present value of estimated future cash flows using the loan’s existing rate or if repayment is expected solely from the underlying collateral, the loan principal balance is compared to the fair value of collateral less estimated disposition costs to determine the need, if any, for a charge off.

The general component of the allowance covers non-impaired loans and is based primarily on the Company’s historical loss experience adjusted for current factors. The historical loss experience is determined by portfolio segment and is based on the actual loss history experience by the Company on a weighted average basis over the previous three years. This actual loss experience is adjusted by other qualitative factors based on the risks present for each portfolio segment. These qualitative factors include consideration of the following:  levels of and trends in delinquencies, charge-offs and impaired loans; effects of any changes in risk selection and underwriting standards; other changes in lending policies, procedures and practices; experience, ability and depth of lending management and other relevant staffing and experience; national and local economic trends and conditions; industry conditions; and effects of changes in credit concentrations.  For loans that are graded as non-impaired, the Company allocates a higher general reserve percentage than pass-rated loans using a multiple that is calculated annually through a migration analysis.  At both December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, the multiple was 2.25 times for non-impaired special mention loans and 3.25 times for non-impaired substandard loans. 

A troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) is a type of loan modification in which the Bank, for legal, economic or business reasons related to a borrower’s financial difficulties, grants a concession to the borrower that it would not otherwise consider. TDRs are impaired and are generally measured at the present value of estimated future cash flows using the loan’s effective rate at inception. If a TDR is considered to be a collateral dependent loan, the loan is reported, net, at the fair value

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of the collateral, less estimated disposition costs. For TDRs that subsequently default, the Company determines the amount of reserve in accordance with the accounting policy for the allowance for loan and lease losses.

On March 27, 2020, the President of the United States signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, which provides entities with optional temporary relief from certain accounting and financial reporting requirements under U.S. GAAP.

The CARES Act allows financial institutions to suspend application of certain current TDR accounting guidance under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 310-40 for loan modifications related to the COVID-19 pandemic made between March 1, 2020 and the earlier of December 31, 2020 or 60 days after the end of the COVID-19 national emergency, provided certain criteria are met.  The revised CARES Act extended TDR relief to loan modifications through January 1, 2022.  This relief can be applied to loan modifications for borrowers that were not more than 30 days past due as of December 31, 2019 and to loan modifications that defer or delay the payment of principal or interest or change the interest rate on the loan.  In April 2020, federal and state banking regulators issued the Interagency Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting for Financial Institutions Working with Customers Affected by the Coronavirus to provide further interpretation of when a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty, specifically indicating that if the modification is either short-term (e.g., six months) or mandated by a federal or state government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the borrower will not be considered to be experiencing financial difficulty under ASC 310-40.  The Company continues to prudently work with borrowers negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic while managing credit risks and recognizing an appropriate allowance for loan and lease losses on its loan portfolio.  The Company approved total loan modifications under the CARES Act of $947.0 million, of which $25.6 million remain as of December 31, 2021.

Another key program under the CARES Act is the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) administered by the SBA which provided funding to qualifying businesses and organizations.  Under this program, the Company provided funding of approximately $650.0 million.  In the third quarter of 2020 and second quarter of 2021, the Company sold approximately $355.0 million and $56.5 million, respectively, of such loans, servicing rights released, to a third party.  The Company also referred approximately $124 million of PPP loans to a third party during the first six months of 2021.  The Company has approximately $13.8 million of PPP loans remaining on its balance sheet as of December 31, 2021 and believes that substantially all of these loans will be forgiven by the SBA. These loans are fully guaranteed by the SBA and provide for full forgiveness of the loans during a specified forgiveness period that meet specific guidelines provided by the SBA. Loans that do not meet the forgiveness criteria will enter a repayment period of 2 or 5 years.

In determining an appropriate amount for the allowance, the Bank segments and evaluates the loan portfolio based on Federal call report codes, which are based on collateral or purpose. The following portfolio classes have been identified:

Primary Residential Mortgages.  The Bank originates one to four family residential mortgage loans in the Tri-State area (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut), Pennsylvania and Florida.  Loans are secured by first liens on the primary residence or investment property.  Primary risk characteristics associated with residential mortgage loans typically involve major living or lifestyle changes to the borrower, including unemployment or other loss of income; unexpected significant expenses, such as for major medical issues or catastrophic events; and divorce or death. In addition, residential mortgage loans that have adjustable rates could expose the borrower to higher debt service requirements in a rising interest rate environment. Further, real estate values could drop significantly and cause the value of the property to fall below the loan amount, creating additional potential loss exposure for the Bank.

Home Equity Lines of Credit.  The Bank provides revolving lines of credit against one to four family residences in the Tri-State area. Primary risk characteristics associated with home equity lines of credit typically involve major living or lifestyle changes to the borrower, including unemployment or other loss of income; unexpected significant expenses, such as for major medical issues or catastrophic events; and divorce or death. In addition, home equity lines of credit typically are made with variable or floating interest rates, which could expose the borrower to higher debt service requirements in a rising interest rate environment. Further, real estate values could drop significantly and cause the value of the property to fall below the loan amount, creating additional potential loss exposure for the Bank.

Junior Lien Loan on Residence.  The Bank provides junior lien loans (“JLL”) against one to four family properties in the Tri-State area. JLLs can be either in the form of an amortizing home equity loan or a revolving home equity line of credit. These loans are subordinate to a first mortgage which may be from another lending institution. Primary risk characteristics associated with JLLs typically involve major living or

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lifestyle changes to the borrower, including unemployment or other loss of income; unexpected significant expenses, such as for major medical issues or catastrophic events; and divorce or death. Further, real estate values could drop significantly and cause the value of the property to fall below the loan amount, creating additional potential loss exposure for the Bank.

Multifamily and Commercial Real Estate Loans.  The Bank provides mortgage loans for multifamily properties (i.e. buildings which have five or more residential units) and other commercial real estate that is either owner occupied or managed as an investment property (non-owner occupied) in the Tri-State area and Pennsylvania. Commercial real estate properties primarily include retail buildings/shopping centers, hotels, office/medical buildings and industrial/warehouse space. Some properties are considered “mixed use” as they are a combination of building types, such as a building with retail space on the ground floor and either residential apartments or office suites on the upper floors. Multifamily loans are expected to be repaid from the cash flows of the underlying property so the collective amount of rents must be sufficient to cover all operating expenses, property management and maintenance, taxes and debt service. Increases in vacancy rates, interest rates or other changes in general economic conditions can have an impact on the borrower and its ability to repay the loan. Commercial real estate loans are generally considered to have a higher degree of credit risk than multifamily loans as they may be dependent on the ongoing success and operating viability of a fewer number of tenants who are occupying the property and who may have a greater degree of exposure to economic conditions.

Commercial and Industrial Loans.  The Bank provides lines of credit and term loans to operating companies for business purposes. The loans are generally secured by business assets such as accounts receivable, inventory, business vehicles and equipment as well as the stock of the company, if privately held.  Commercial and industrial loans are typically repaid first by the cash flows generated by the borrower’s business operation. The primary risk characteristics are specific to the underlying business and its ability to generate sustainable profitability and resulting positive cash flows. Factors that may influence a business’ profitability include, but are not limited to, demand for its products or services, quality and depth of management, degree of competition, regulatory changes, and general economic conditions. Commercial and industrial loans are generally secured by business assets; however, the ability of the Bank to foreclose and realize sufficient value from the assets is often highly uncertain. To mitigate the risk characteristics of commercial and industrial loans, these loans often include commercial real estate as collateral to strengthen the Bank’s position and the Bank often requires more frequent reporting requirements from the borrower in order to better monitor its business performance.

Leasing and Equipment Finance.  PCC offers a range of finance solutions nationally. PCC provides term loans and leases secured by assets financed for U.S. based mid-size and large companies. Facilities tend to be fully drawn under fixed rate terms. PCC serves a broad range of industries including transportation, manufacturing, heavy construction and utilities.

Asset risk in PCC’s portfolio is generally recognized through changes to loan income of PCC, or through changes to lease related income streams due to fluctuations in lease rates. Changes to lease income can occur when the existing lease contract expires, the asset comes off lease or the business seeks to enter a new lease agreement.  Asset risk may also change depreciation, resulting from changes in the residual value of the operating lease asset or through impairment of the asset carrying value, which can occur at any time during the life of the asset.

Credit risk in PCC’s portfolio generally results from the potential default of borrowers or lessees, which may be driven by customer specific or broader industry related conditions.  Credit losses can impact multiple parts of the income statement including loss of interest/lease/rental income and/or via higher costs and expenses related to the repossession, refurbishment, re-marketing and or re-leasing of assets.

Consumer and Other.  These are loans to individuals for household, family and other personal expenditures as well as obligations of states and political subdivisions in the U.S. This also represents all other loans that cannot be categorized in any of the previous mentioned loan segments.  Consumer loans generally have higher interest rates and shorter terms than residential loans but tend to have higher credit risk due to the type of collateral securing the loan or in some cases the absence of collateral.

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Leases:  At inception, contracts are evaluated to determine whether the contract constitutes a lease agreement.  For contracts that are determined to be an operating lease, a corresponding right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and operating lease liability are recorded in separate line items on the statement of condition.  An ROU asset represents the Company’s right to use an underlying asset during the lease term and a lease liability represents the Company’s commitment to make contractually obligated lease payments.  Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date of the lease and are based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term.  The measurement of the operating lease ROU asset includes any lease payments made.

If the rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable, the incremental collateralized borrowing rate is used to determine the present value of lease payments.  This rate gives consideration to the applicable FHLB over-collateralized borrowing rates and is based on the information available at the commencement date.  The Company has elected to apply the short-term lease measurement and recognition exemption to leases with an initial term of 12 months or less; therefore, these leases are not recorded on the Company’s statement of condition, but rather, lease expense is recognized over the lease term on a straight-line basis.  The Company’s lease agreements may include options to extend or terminate the lease.  The Company’s decision to exercise renewal options is based on an assessment of its current business needs and market factors at the time of the renewal.  The Company maintains certain property and equipment under direct financing and operating leases.  Substantially all of the leases in which the Company is the lessee are comprised of real estate property for branches and office space and are classified as operating leases.

The ROU asset is measured at the amount of the lease liability adjusted for lease incentives received, and cumulative prepaid or accrued rent if the lease payments are uneven throughout the lease term, any unamortized initial direct costs, and any impairment of the ROU asset.  Operating lease expense consists of:  a single lease cost allocated over the remaining lease term on a straight-line basis, variable lease payments not included in the lease liability, and any impairment of the ROU asset.

There are no terms or conditions related to residual value guarantees and no restrictions or covenants that would impact the Company’s ability to pay dividends or to incur additional financial obligations.

Premises and Equipment:  Land is carried at cost. Premises and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation charges are computed using the straight-line method. Equipment and other fixed assets are depreciated over the estimated useful lives, which range from three to ten years. Premises are depreciated over the estimated useful life of 40 years, while leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or the term of the lease. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. The cost of major renewals and improvements are capitalized. Gains or losses realized on routine dispositions are recorded as other income or other expense.

Other Real Estate Owned (OREO):  OREO acquired through foreclosure on loans secured by real estate is initially recorded at fair value, less estimated costs to sell.  Physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan occurs when legal title is obtained upon completion of foreclosure or when the borrower conveys all interest in the property to satisfy the loan through completion of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or through a similar legal agreement. The assets are subsequently accounted for at the lower of cost or fair value, as established by a current appraisal, less estimated costs to sell. Any write-downs at the date of foreclosure are charged to the allowance for loan losses. Expenses incurred to maintain these properties, losses resulting from write-downs after the date of foreclosure, and realized gains and losses upon sale of the properties are included in other non-interest expense and other non-interest income, as appropriate.

Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI): The Bank has purchased life insurance policies on certain key executives. BOLI is recorded at the amount that can be realized under the insurance contract at the balance sheet date, which is the cash surrender value adjusted for other charges or other amounts due that are probable at settlement.

Loan Commitments and Related Financial Instruments:  Financial instruments include off-balance sheet credit instruments, such as commitments to make loans and commercial letters of credit issued to meet customer financing needs. The face amount for these items represents the exposure to loss, before considering customer collateral or ability to repay. Such financial instruments are recorded when they are funded.

Derivatives:  At the inception of a derivative contract, the Company designates the derivative as one of three types based on the Company’s intentions and belief as to likely effectiveness as a hedge. These three types are (1) a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability or of an unrecognized firm commitment (“fair value hedge”), (2) a hedge of a

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forecasted transaction or the variability of cash flows to be received or paid related to a recognized asset or liability (“cash flow hedge”), or (3) an instrument with no hedging designation.  For a fair value hedge, the gain or loss on the derivative, as well as the offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item, are recognized in current earnings as fair values change. For a cash flow hedge, the gain or loss on the derivative is reported in other comprehensive income and is reclassified into earnings in the same periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. For cash flow hedges, changes in the fair value of derivatives that are not highly effective in hedging the changes in fair value or expected cash flows of the hedged item are recognized immediately in current earnings. Changes in the fair value of derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting are reported currently in earnings, as non-interest income. When hedge accounting is discontinued on a fair value hedge that no longer qualifies as an effective hedge, the derivative continues to be reported at fair value in the statement of condition, but the carrying amount of the hedged item is no longer adjusted for future changes in fair value.  The adjustment to the carrying amount of the hedged item that existed at the date hedge accounting is discontinued is amortized over the remaining life of the hedged item into earnings.

Net cash settlements on derivatives that qualify for hedge accounting are recorded in interest income or interest expense, based on the item being hedged. Net cash settlements on derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting are reported in non-interest income. Cash flows on hedges are classified in the cash flow statement the same as the cash flows of the items being hedged.

The Company formally documents the relationship between derivatives and hedged items, as well as the risk-management objective and the strategy for undertaking hedge transactions at the inception of the hedging relationship.  This documentation includes linking fair value or cash flow hedges to specific assets and liabilities on the balance sheet or to specific firm commitments or forecasted transactions.  The Company discontinues hedge accounting when it determines that the derivative is no longer effective in offsetting changes in the fair value or cash flows of the hedged item, the derivative is settled or terminates, a hedged forecasted transaction is no longer probable, a hedged firm commitment is no longer firm, or treatment of the derivative as a hedge is no longer appropriate or intended.

When hedge accounting is discontinued, subsequent changes in fair value of the derivative are recorded as non-interest income.  When a cash flow hedge is discontinued but the hedged cash flows or forecasted transactions are still expected to occur, gains or losses that were accumulated in other comprehensive income are amortized into earnings over the same periods which the hedged transactions will affect earnings.

The Company also offers facility specific / loan level swaps to its customers and offsets its exposure from such contracts by entering into mirror image swaps with a financial institution / swap counterparty (loan level/back-to-back swap program).  The customer accommodations and any offsetting swaps are treated as non-hedging derivative instruments which do not qualify for hedge accounting (“standalone derivatives”).  The notional amount of the swaps does not represent amounts exchanged by the parties.  The amount exchanged is determined by reference to the notional amount and the other terms of the individual contracts.  The fair value of the swaps is recorded as both an asset and a liability, in other assets and other liabilities, respectively, in equal amounts for these transactions.  The Company is exposed to losses if a customer counterparty fails to make its payments under a contract in which the Company is in a net receiving position.  At this time, the Company anticipates that its counterparties will be able to fully satisfy their obligations under the agreements.  All of the contracts to which the Company is a party settle monthly.  Further, the Company has netting agreements with the dealers with which it does business.

Income Taxes:  The Company files a consolidated Federal income tax return. State income tax returns are filed either on a combined or separate company basis based on the current laws and regulations of the state.

The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in its financial statements or tax returns. The measurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities is based on the enacted tax rates. Such tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effect of a change in tax rates in the period of enactment.

The Company recognizes a tax position as a benefit only if it is “more likely than not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized on examination. For tax positions not meeting the “more likely than not” test, no tax benefit is recorded.

The Company is no longer subject to examination by the U.S. Federal tax authorities for years prior to 2018 or by state and local tax authorities for years prior to 2016.  

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The Company recognizes interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense.

Employee’s Savings and Investment Plan:  The Company has a 401(k) profit-sharing and investment plan, which covers substantially all salaried employees over the age of 21 with at least 12 months of service.  

Stock-Based Compensation:  Compensation cost is recognized for stock options and restricted stock awards/units issued to employees and non-employee directors, based on the fair value of these awards at the date of grant. A Black-Scholes model is utilized to estimate the fair value of stock options, while the fair value of the Company’s common stock at the date of grant is used for restricted stock awards/units. Compensation expense is recognized over the required service or performance period, generally defined as the vesting period. For awards with time-based vesting, compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. The stock options granted under these plans are exercisable at a price equal to the fair value of common stock on the date of grant and expire not more than ten years after the date of grant.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”): The ESPP provides for the granting of rights to purchase up to 150,000 shares of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation common stock. In May 2020, shareholders approved an increase of 200,000 shares of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation common stock to be issued under the ESPP.

Subject to certain eligibility requirements and restrictions, the ESPP provided for a single Offering Period of twelve months in duration, which commenced on May 16, 2019 and ended on May 15, 2020.

The ESPP was revised to allow for the purchase of shares during four three-month Offering Periods of each calendar year. The Offering Periods end on February 16, May 16, August 16 and November 16 of each calendar year.

Each participant in the Offering Period is granted an option to purchase a number of shares and may contribute between one percent and 15 percent of their compensation. At the end of each Offering Period, the number of shares to be purchased by the employee is determined by dividing the employee’s contributions accumulated during the Offering Period by the applicable purchase price. The purchase price is an amount equal to 85 percent of the closing market price of a share of common stock on the purchase date. Participation in the ESPP is entirely voluntary and employees can cancel their purchases at any time during the period without penalty. The fair value of each share purchase right is determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

The Company recorded $126,000, $224,000 and $158,000 of expense in salaries and employee benefits expense for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, related to the ESPP.  Total shares issued under the ESPP for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were 26,693, 56,849 and 18,740, respectively.      

Earnings Per Share (“EPS”):  In calculating earnings per share, there are no adjustments to net income available to common shareholders, which is the numerator of both the Basic and Diluted EPS. The weighted average number of shares outstanding used in the denominator for Diluted EPS is increased over the denominator used for Basic EPS by the effect of potentially dilutive common stock equivalents utilizing the treasury stock method. Common stock options outstanding are common stock equivalents, as are restricted stock units until vested.

The following table shows the calculation of both basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

(In thousands, except share and per share data)	2021		2020		2019
Net income available to common shareholders	$	56,622	$	26,192	$	47,434
Basic weighted average shares outstanding		18,788,679		18,896,825		19,268,870
Plus:  common stock equivalents		503,923		184,362		142,578
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding		19,292,602		19,081,187		19,411,448
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	3.01	$	1.39	$	2.46
Diluted		2.93		1.37		2.44

Restricted stock units totaling 264,317, 393,501 and 277,677 were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because they were anti-dilutive as of December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Anti-dilutive shares are

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common stock equivalents with weighted average grant date values in excess of the average market value for the periods presented.

Loss Contingencies: Loss contingencies, including claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business, are recorded as liabilities when the likelihood of loss is probable and an amount or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. Management does not believe there are any such matters that will have a material effect on the financial statements.

Restrictions on Cash: Cash on hand or on deposit with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was required to meet regulatory reserve and clearing requirements.

Comprehensive Income: Comprehensive income consists of net income and the change during the period in the Company’s net unrealized gains or losses on securities available for sale and unrealized gains and losses on cash flow hedge, net of tax, less adjustments for realized gains and losses.

Shareholders’ Equity:  Stock dividends in excess of 20 percent are reported by transferring the par value of the stock issued from retained earnings to common stock. Stock dividends for 20 percent or less are reported by transferring the fair value, as of the ex-dividend date, of the stock issued from retained earnings to common stock and additional paid-in capital. Fractional share amounts are paid in cash with a reduction in retained earnings. Treasury stock is carried at cost.

Transfers of Financial Assets:  Transfers of financial assets are accounted for as sales, when control over the assets has been relinquished.  Control over transferred assets is deemed to be surrendered when the assets have been isolated from the Company, the transferee obtains the right (free of conditions that constrain it from taking advantage of that right) to pledge or exchange the transferred assets, and the Company does not maintain effective control over the transferred assets through an agreement to repurchase them before their maturity.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets:  Goodwill is generally determined as the excess of the fair value of the consideration transferred, plus the fair value of any noncontrolling interests in the acquiree (if any), over the fair value of the net assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date.  Goodwill and intangible assets acquired in a purchase business combination and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized but tested for impairment at least annually or more frequently if events and circumstances exist that indicate that a goodwill impairment test should be performed. The Company has selected December 31 as the date to perform the annual impairment test.  Intangible assets with definite useful lives are amortized over their estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values. Goodwill, which includes assembled workforce has an indefinite life on our statement of financial condition.

Other intangible assets primarily consist of customer relationship intangible assets arising from acquisitions are amortized on an accelerated method over their estimated useful lives, which range from 5 to 15 years.  Management determined that there was no impairment of goodwill or intangible assets related to the events created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reclassification: Certain reclassifications have been made in the prior periods’ financial statements in order to conform to the 2021 presentation and had no effect on the consolidated income statements or the consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity.

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Accounting Pronouncements:  On June 16, 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”.  This ASU replaces the incurred loss model with an expected loss model, referred to as “current expected credit loss” (“CECL”) model.  It will significantly change estimates for credit losses related to financial assets measured at amortized cost, including loans receivable, and certain other contracts.  The largest impact will be on lenders and the allowance for loan and lease losses (“ALLL”).  This ASU will be effective for public business entities (“PBEs”) in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  The Company has elected to delay the adoption of ASU 2016-13, as approved by the CARES Act, until January 1, 2022. The Company has reviewed the potential impact to our securities portfolio, which primarily consists of U.S. government sponsored entities, mortgage-backed securities and municipal securities which have no history of credit loss and have strong credit ratings. The Company does not expect the standard to have a material impact on its financial statements as it relates to the Company’s securities portfolio.  The Company is also currently evaluating the impact the CECL model will have on our accounting and allowance for loans losses. The Company has selected a third-party firm to assist in the development of a CECL model to assist in the calculation of the allowance for loan and lease losses in preparation for the change to the expected loss model. The Company has also engaged a third-party firm to perform a model validation of our CECL model. The Company is also in the process of updating its policies and internal controls accordingly. The Company expects to recognize a one-time cumulative-effect adjustment to our ALLL as of January 1, 2022, consistent with regulatory expectations set forth in interagency guidance.  The Company expects to recognize a one-time cumulative effect adjustment to our ALLL and beginning retained earnings, net of tax, upon adoption.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”. The amendments in this Update simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740. This ASU removes the following exceptions: exception to the incremental approach for intra-period tax allocation when there is a loss from continuing operations and income or a gain from other items; exception to the requirement to recognize a deferred tax liability for equity method investments when a foreign subsidiary becomes an equity method investment; exception to the ability not to recognize a deferred tax liability for a foreign subsidiary when a foreign equity method investment becomes a subsidiary; and the exception to the general methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period when a year-to-date loss exceeds the anticipated loss for the year. The guidance is effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted. This ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting”. The amendments in this Update provide optional expedients and exceptions for applying generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. The amendments in this Update apply only to contracts and hedging relationships that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued due to reference rate reform. The expedients and exceptions provided by the amendments do not apply to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated after December 31, 2022. The amendments in this ASU can be adopted immediately and are effective through December 31, 2020.  The Company is evaluating alternative reference rates including the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) in preparation for a rate index replacement and the adoption of this ASU.

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2.  INVESTMENT SECURITIES

A summary of amortized cost and approximate fair value of investment securities available for sale and held to maturity included in the consolidated statements of condition as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 follows:

	2021
			Gross		Gross
	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized			Fair
(In thousands)	Cost		Gains		Losses			Value
Securities Available for Sale:
U.S. government-sponsored agencies	$	280,045	$	—	$	(7,824	)	$	272,221
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		481,062		3,849		(7,937	)		476,974
SBA pool securities		40,649		12		(1,100	)		39,561
State and political subdivisions		5,431		45		—			5,476
Corporate bond		2,500		21		—			2,521
Total securities available for sale	$	809,687	$	3,927	$	(16,861	)	$	796,753
Securities Held to Maturity:
U.S. government-sponsored agencies	$	40,000	$	7	$	(25	)	$	39,982
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		68,680		67		(269	)		68,478
Total securities held to maturity	$	108,680	$	74	$	(294	)	$	108,460

	2020
			Gross		Gross
	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized			Fair
(In thousands)	Cost		Gains		Losses			Value
Securities Available for Sale:
U.S. treasuries	$	2,613	$	—	$	—		$	2,613
U.S. government-sponsored agencies		84,424		2		(655	)		83,771
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		467,915		8,604		(461	)		476,058
SBA pool securities		49,457		31		(359	)		49,129
State and political subdivisions		7,987		102		—			8,089
Corporate bond		3,000		29		—			3,029
Total securities available for sale	$	615,396	$	8,768	$	(1,475	)	$	622,689

The amortized cost and fair value of investment securities available for sale and held to maturity as of December 31, 2021, by contractual maturity, are shown below. Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or repay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties. Securities not due at a single maturity, such as mortgage-backed securities and SBA pool securities are shown separately.

(In thousands)	Available for Sale				Held to Maturity
Maturing in:	Amortized Cost		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Fair Value
One year or less	$	3,541	$	3,554	$	—	$	—
After one year through five years		7,516		7,492		15,000		14,991
After five years through ten years		127,170		123,807		25,000		24,991
After ten years		149,749		145,365		—		—
		287,976		280,218		40,000		39,982
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		481,062		476,974		68,680		68,478
SBA pool securities		40,649		39,561		—		—
Total	$	809,687	$	796,753	$	108,680	$	108,460

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Securities available for sale with a fair value of $764.4 million and $598.3 million as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, were pledged, but not necessarily encumbered, to secure public funds and for other purposes required or permitted by law.  In addition, securities held to maturity with a carrying value of $108.7 million were also pledged as of December 31, 2021 for the same purposes.

There were no sales of securities available for sale for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.

The following table presents the Company’s available for sale and held to maturity securities with continuous unrealized losses and the approximate fair value of these investments as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.

	2021
	Duration of Unrealized Loss
	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or Longer					Total
	Fair		Unrealized			Fair		Unrealized			Fair		Unrealized
(In thousands)	Value		Losses			Value		Losses			Value		Losses
Securities Available for Sale:
U.S. government-      sponsored agencies	$	243,187	$	(6,858	)	$	29,034	$	(966	)	$	272,221	$	(7,824	)
Mortgage-backed      securities-residential		265,403		(7,053	)		33,455		(884	)		298,858		(7,937	)
SBA pool securities		22,057		(567	)		10,562		(533	)		32,619		(1,100	)
Total securities available for sale	$	530,647	$	(14,478	)	$	73,051	$	(2,383	)	$	603,698	$	(16,861	)
Securities Held to Maturity:
U.S. government-      sponsored agencies	$	24,975	$	(25	)	$	—	$	—		$	24,975	$	(25	)
Mortgage-backed      securities-residential		48,307		(269	)		—		—			48,307		(269	)
Total securities held to maturity	$	73,282	$	(294	)	$	—	$	—		$	73,282	$	(294	)
Total securities	$	603,929	$	(14,772	)	$	73,051	$	(2,383	)	$	676,980	$	(17,155	)

	2020
	Duration of Unrealized Loss
	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or Longer					Total
	Fair		Unrealized			Fair		Unrealized			Fair		Unrealized
(In thousands)	Value		Losses			Value		Losses			Value		Losses
Securities Available for Sale:
U.S. government-      sponsored agencies	$	73,769	$	(655	)	$	—	$	—		$	73,769	$	(655	)
Mortgage-backed      securities-residential		103,340		(430	)		13,914		(31	)		117,254		(461	)
SBA pool securities		39,720		(343	)		2,095		(16	)		41,815		(359	)
Total securities available for sale	$	216,829	$	(1,428	)	$	16,009	$	(47	)	$	232,838	$	(1,475	)

Management believes that the unrealized losses on investment securities available for sale and held to maturity are temporary and due to interest rate fluctuations and/or volatile market conditions rather than the credit worthiness of the issuers. The Company does not intend to sell these securities nor is it likely that it will be required to sell the securities before their anticipated recovery; therefore, none of the securities in an unrealized loss position were determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired.

No other-than-temporary impairment charges were recognized in 2021, 2020 or 2019.

The Company has an investment in a CRA investment fund with a fair value of $14.7 million and $15.1 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  The investment is classified as an equity security in our Consolidated Statements of Condition. This security had a loss of $432,000 for the year ended December 31, 2021, and gains of

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$281,000 and $117,000 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  This amount is included in securities gains/(losses), net on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

3.  LOANS

The following table presents loans outstanding, by type of loan, as of December 31:

			% of Total					% of Total
(Dollars in thousands)	2021		Loans			2020		Loans
Residential mortgage	$	498,300		10.37	%	$	502,829		11.50	%
Multifamily mortgage		1,595,866		33.20			1,126,946		25.77
Commercial mortgage		662,626		13.78			691,294		15.81
Commercial loans (including equipment financing) (A)		1,955,157		40.67			1,950,981		44.62
Commercial construction		20,044		0.42			12,600		0.29
Home equity lines of credit		40,803		0.85			50,546		1.15
Consumer loans, including    fixed rate home equity loans		33,687		0.70			37,016		0.85
Other loans		238		0.01			225		0.01
Total loans	$	4,806,721		100.00	%	$	4,372,437		100.00	%

(A) The December 31, 2021 and 2020 balances include PPP loans of $13.8 million and $195.6 million, respectively.

In determining an appropriate amount for the allowance for loan losses (“ALLL”), the Bank segments and evaluates the loan portfolio based on Federal call report codes. The following portfolio classes have been identified as of December 31:

			% of Total					% of Total
(Dollars in thousands)	2021		Loans			2020		Loans
Primary residential mortgage	$	500,243		10.42	%	$	512,841		11.74	%
Home equity lines of credit		40,803		0.85			50,545		1.16
Junior lien loan on residence		3,191		0.07			4,527		0.10
Multifamily property		1,595,866		33.23			1,126,946		25.79
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		252,603		5.26			253,447		5.80
Investment commercial real estate		1,003,979		20.90			995,613		22.79
Commercial and industrial (A)		992,332		20.66			1,059,399		24.24
Lease financing		345,868		7.20			305,931		7.00
Farmland/Agricultural production		6,871		0.14			3,068		0.07
Commercial construction		20,174		0.42			12,773		0.29
Consumer and other		40,828		0.85			44,483		1.02
Total loans	$	4,802,758		100.00	%	$	4,369,573		100.00	%
Net deferred costs		3,963					2,864
Total loans including net deferred costs	$	4,806,721				$	4,372,437

(A) The December 31, 2021 and 2020 balances include PPP loans of $13.8 million and $195.6 million, respectively.

The Company sold loans issued under the PPP totaling $56.5 million during 2021 resulting in a gain on sale of loans of $1.1 million.  In addition, the Company sold problem loans totaling $6.7 million resulting in a gain on sale of loans of $282,000 and residential loans totaling $12.2 million resulting in a gain on sale of loans of $362,000.  The Company sold loans issued under the PPP totaling $355.0 million during 2020 resulting in a gain on sale of loans of $7.4 million.  The Company sold one C&I loan which totaled $5.0 million during 2019 resulting in a loss on sale of loans sold of $10,000.    

The Company, through the Bank, may extend credit to officers, directors and their associates. These loans are subject to the Company’s normal lending policy and Federal Reserve Bank Regulation O.

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The following table shows the changes in loans to officers, directors and their associates:

(In thousands)	2021			2020
Balance, beginning of year	$	3,801		$	4,164
New loans		845			1,094
Repayments		(309	)		(1,457	)
Balance, at end of year	$	4,337		$	3,801

The following tables present the loan balances by portfolio segment, based on impairment method, and the corresponding balances in the ALLL as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:

December 31, 2021
	Total		Ending ALLL		Total		Ending ALLL
	Loans		Attributable		Loans		Attributable
	Individually		to Loans		Collectively		to Loans
	Evaluated		Individually		Evaluated		Collectively				Total
	for		Evaluated for		for		Evaluated for		Total		Ending
(In thousands)	Impairment		Impairment		Impairment		Impairment		Loans		ALLL
Primary residential mortgage	$	2,242	$	—	$	498,001	$	1,432	$	500,243	$	1,432
Home equity lines of credit		—		—		40,803		83		40,803		83
Junior lien loan on residence		18		—		3,173		5		3,191		5
Multifamily property		—		—		1,595,866		9,806		1,595,866		9,806
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		458		—		252,145		1,998		252,603		1,998
Investment commercial real estate		12,750		4,234		991,229		22,849		1,003,979		27,083
Commercial and industrial		2,584		—		989,748		17,509		992,332		17,509
Lease financing		—		—		345,868		3,440		345,868		3,440
Secured by farmland and agricultural    production		—		—		6,871		84		6,871		84
Commercial construction		—		—		20,174		42		20,174		42
Consumer and other		—		—		40,828		215		40,828		215
Total ALLL	$	18,052	$	4,234	$	4,784,706	$	57,463	$	4,802,758	$	61,697

December 31, 2020
	Total		Ending ALLL		Total		Ending ALLL
	Loans		Attributable		Loans		Attributable
	Individually		to Loans		Collectively		to Loans
	Evaluated		Individually		Evaluated		Collectively				Total
	for		Evaluated for		for		Evaluated for		Total		Ending
(In thousands)	Impairment		Impairment		Impairment		Impairment		Loans		ALLL
Primary residential mortgage	$	1,490	$	3	$	511,351	$	2,902	$	512,841	$	2,905
Home equity lines of credit		—		—		50,545		218		50,545		218
Junior lien loan on residence		—		—		4,527		15		4,527		15
Multifamily property		—		—		1,126,946		9,945		1,126,946		9,945
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		807		—		252,640		3,050		253,447		3,050
Investment commercial real estate		4,593		—		991,020		27,713		995,613		27,713
Commercial and industrial		9,314		2,700		1,050,085		16,347		1,059,399		19,047
Lease financing		—		—		305,931		3,936		305,931		3,936
Secured by farmland and agricultural    production		—		—		3,068		43		3,068		43
Commercial construction		—		—		12,773		158		12,773		158
Consumer and other		—		—		44,483		279		44,483		279
Total ALLL	$	16,204	$	2,703	$	4,353,369	$	64,606	$	4,369,573	$	67,309

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Impaired loans included nonaccrual loans of $15.6 million at December 31, 2021 and $11.4 million at December 31, 2020. Included in impaired loans is a $12.8 million commercial real estate loan that was placed on nonaccrual status in 2021. The Company recorded a charge-off of $7.1 million related to this loan.  Impaired loans also included performing troubled debt restructured loans of $2.5 million at December 31, 2021 and $201,000 at December 31, 2020.  At December 31, 2021, there was no allowance allocated to troubled debt restructured loans.  At December 31, 2020, the allowance allocated to troubled debt restructured loans totaled $3,000 of which none was allocated to nonaccrual loans. All accruing troubled debt restructured loans were paying in accordance with restructured terms as of December 31, 2021.

The following tables present loans individually evaluated for impairment by class of loans as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:

	December 31, 2021
	Unpaid						Average
	Principal		Recorded		Specific		Impaired
(In thousands)	Balance		Investment		Reserves		Loans
With no related allowance recorded:
Primary residential mortgage	$	2,453	$	2,242	$	—	$	1,818
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		492		458		—		540
Junior lien loan on residence		18		18		—		3
Commercial and industrial		4,549		2,584		—		3,153
Total loans with no related allowance	$	7,512	$	5,302	$	—	$	5,514
With related allowance recorded:
Investment commercial real estate	$	19,887	$	12,750	$	4,234	$	6,034
Total loans with related allowance	$	19,887	$	12,750	$	4,234	$	6,034
Total loans individually evaluated for impairment	$	27,399	$	18,052	$	4,234	$	11,548

	December 31, 2020
	Unpaid						Average
	Principal		Recorded		Specific		Impaired
(In thousands)	Balance		Investment		Reserves		Loans
With no related allowance recorded:
Primary residential mortgage	$	1,601	$	1,328	$	—	$	5,544
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		817		807		—		516
Investment commercial real estate		4,593		4,593		—		6,582
Commercial and industrial		7,137		4,314		—		1,677
Total loans with no related allowance	$	14,148	$	11,042	$	—	$	14,319
With related allowance recorded:
Primary residential mortgage	$	162	$	162	$	3	$	526
Commercial and industrial		5,000		5,000		2,700		4,140
Total loans with related allowance	$	5,162	$	5,162	$	2,703	$	4,666
Total loans individually evaluated for impairment	$	19,310	$	16,204	$	2,703	$	18,985

Interest income recognized on impaired loans during 2021, 2020 and 2019 was not material.

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The following tables present the recorded investment in nonaccrual and loans past due over 90 days still on accrual by class of loans as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:

	December 31, 2021
			Loans Past Due Over
			90 Days and Still
(In thousands)	Nonaccrual		Accruing Interest
Primary residential mortgage	$	1,851	$	—
Junior lien loan on residence		18		—
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		458		—
Investment commercial real estate		12,750		—
Commercial and industrial		496		—
Total	$	15,573	$	—

	December 31, 2020
			Loans Past Due Over
			90 Days and Still
(In thousands)	Nonaccrual		Accruing Interest
Primary residential mortgage	$	1,328	$	—
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		807		—
Commercial and industrial		9,275		—
Total	$	11,410	$	—

The following tables present the recorded investment in past due loans as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 by class of loans, excluding nonaccrual loans:

	December 31, 2021
	30-59		60-89		Greater Than
	Days		Days		90 Days		Total
(In thousands)	Past Due		Past Due		Past Due		Past Due
Primary residential mortgage	$	639	$	—	$	—	$	639
Commercial and industrial		7,825		142		—		7,967
Total	$	8,464	$	142	$	—	$	8,606

	December 31, 2020
	30-59		60-89		Greater Than
	Days		Days		90 Days		Total
(In thousands)	Past Due		Past Due		Past Due		Past Due
Primary residential mortgage	$	2,900	$	141	$	—	$	3,041
Home equity lines of credit		181		—		—		181
Junior lien loan on residence		—		25		—		25
Multifamily property		—		269		—		269
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		268		—		—		268
Commercial and industrial		497		772		—		1,269
Total	$	3,846	$	1,207	$	—	$	5,053

Credit Quality Indicators:

The Bank places all commercial loans into various credit risk rating categories based on an assessment of the expected ability of the borrowers to properly service their debt.  The assessment considers numerous factors including, but not limited to, current financial information on the borrower, historical payment experience, strength of any guarantor, nature of and value of any collateral, acceptability of the loan structure and documentation, relevant public information and current economic trends.  This credit risk rating analysis is performed when the loan is initially underwritten and then annually based on set criteria in the loan policy.  

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In addition, the Bank has engaged an independent loan review firm to validate risk ratings and to ensure compliance with our policies and procedures.  This review of the following types of loans is performed quarterly:

• A large sample of relationships or new lending to existing relationships greater than $1,000,000 originated since the prior review;

• All criticized and classified rated borrowers with relationship exposure of more than $500,000;

• A large sample of Pass-rated (including Pass Watch) borrowers with total relationships in excess of $1,000,000 and a small sample of Pass related relationships less than $1,000,000;

• All leveraged loans of $1,000,000 or greater;

• At least two borrowing relationships managed by each commercial banker;  

• Any new Regulation “O” loan commitments over $1,000,000; and

• Any other credits requested by Bank senior management or a member of the Board of Directors and any borrower for which the reviewer determines a review is warranted based upon knowledge of the portfolio, local events, industry stresses, etc.

The review excludes borrowers with commitments of less than $500,000.

The Bank uses the following regulatory definitions for criticized and classified risk ratings:

Special Mention:  These loans have a potential weakness that deserves Management’s close attention.  If left uncorrected, the potential weaknesses may result in deterioration of the repayment prospects for the loans or of the institution’s credit position at some future date.

Substandard:  These loans are inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or of the collateral pledged, if any.  Loans so classified have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt.  They are characterized by the distinct possibility that the institution will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.

Doubtful: These loans have all the weaknesses inherent in those classified as substandard, with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full highly questionable and improbable, based on currently existing facts, conditions and values.

Loans not meeting the criteria above that are analyzed individually as part of the above described process are considered to be pass-rated loans.

Loans that are considered to be impaired are individually evaluated for potential loss and allowance adequacy.  Loans not deemed impaired are collectively evaluated for potential loss and allowance adequacy.

The table below presents, based on the most recent analysis performed, the risk category of loans by class of loans for December 31, 2021 and 2020.

December 31, 2021
			Special
(In thousands)	Pass		Mention		Substandard		Doubtful
Primary residential mortgage	$	494,444	$	557	$	5,242	$	—
Home equity lines of credit		40,274		—		529		—
Junior lien loan on residence		3,173		—		18		—
Multifamily property		1,579,776		7,720		8,370		—
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		251,229		663		711		—
Investment commercial real estate		901,877		87,297		14,805		—
Commercial and industrial		951,127		20,178		21,027		—
Lease financing		345,868		—		—		—
Secured by farmland and agricultural		6,871		—		—		—
Commercial construction		20,099		75		—		—
Consumer and other loans		40,828		—		—		—
Total	$	4,635,566	$	116,490	$	50,702	$	—

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December 31, 2020
			Special
(In thousands)	Pass		Mention		Substandard		Doubtful
Primary residential mortgage	$	504,795	$	1,398	$	6,648	$	—
Home equity lines of credit		50,068		—		477		—
Junior lien loan on residence		4,483		—		44		—
Multifamily property		1,121,145		5,441		360		—
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		240,638		10,417		2,392		—
Investment commercial real estate		893,115		91,162		11,336		—
Commercial and industrial		989,281		53,604		16,514		—
Lease financing		305,931		—		—		—
Secured by farmland and agricultural		3,068		—		—		—
Commercial construction		12,692		81		—		—
Consumer and other loans		44,483		—		—		—
Total	$	4,169,699	$	162,103	$	37,771	$	—

At December 31, 2021, $15.7 million of substandard loans were also considered impaired as compared to $16.2 million at December 31, 2020.

The tables below present a roll forward of the ALLL for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.

	January 1,										December 31,
	2021										2021
	Beginning										Ending
(In thousands)	ALLL		Charge-Offs			Recoveries		Provision			ALLL
Primary residential mortgage	$	2,905	$	(12	)	$	—	$	(1,461	)	$	1,432
Home equity lines of credit		218		—			85		(220	)		83
Junior lien loan on residence		15		—			—		(10	)		5
Multifamily property		9,945		—			—		(139	)		9,806
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		3,050		—			—		(1,052	)		1,998
Investment commercial real estate		27,713		(7,137	)		—		6,507			27,083
Commercial and industrial		19,047		(5,019	)		66		3,415			17,509
Lease financing		3,936		—			—		(496	)		3,440
Secured by farmland and agricultural		43		—			—		41			84
Commercial construction		158		—			—		(116	)		42
Consumer and other		279		(80	)		10		6			215
Total ALLL	$	67,309	$	(12,248	)	$	161	$	6,475		$	61,697

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	January 1,									December 31,
	2020									2020
	Beginning							Provision		Ending
(In thousands)	ALLL		Charge-Offs			Recoveries		(Credit)		ALLL
Primary residential mortgage	$	2,090	$	(559	)	$	373	$	1,001	$	2,905
Home equity lines of credit		128		—			11		79		218
Junior lien loan on residence		13		—			—		2		15
Multifamily property		6,037		(56	)		—		3,964		9,945
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		2,064		(51	)		—		1,037		3,050
Investment commercial real estate		15,988		(6,092	)		31		17,786		27,713
Commercial and industrial		14,353		(2,418	)		17		7,095		19,047
Lease financing		2,642		—			—		1,294		3,936
Secured by farmland and agricultural		38		—			—		5		43
Commercial construction		27		—			—		131		158
Consumer and other		296		(27	)		4		6		279
Total ALLL	$	43,676	$	(9,203	)	$	436	$	32,400	$	67,309

	January 1,										December 31,
	2019										2019
	Beginning							Provision			Ending
(In thousands)	ALLL		Charge-Offs			Recoveries		(Credit)			ALLL
Primary residential mortgage	$	3,506	$	(80	)	$	205	$	(1,541	)	$	2,090
Home equity lines of credit		164		—			10		(46	)		128
Junior lien loan on residence		15		—			11		(13	)		13
Multifamily property		5,959		—			—		78			6,037
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		2,614		—			1,060		(1,610	)		2,064
Investment commercial real estate		14,248		—			—		1,740			15,988
Commercial and industrial		9,839		—			17		4,497			14,353
Lease financing		1,772		—			—		870			2,642
Secured by farmland and agricultural		2		—			—		36			38
Commercial construction		1		—			—		26			27
Consumer and other		384		(55	)		4		(37	)		296
Total ALLL	$	38,504	$	(135	)	$	1,307	$	4,000		$	43,676

Loan Modifications:   The CARES Act allows financial institutions to suspend application of certain current TDR accounting guidance under ASC 310-40 for loan modifications related to the COVID-19 pandemic made prior to December 31, 2020 or 60 days after the end of the COVID-19 national emergency, provided certain criteria are met.  The revised CARES Act extended TDR relief to loan modifications through January 1, 2022. This relief can be applied to loan modifications for borrowers that were not more than 30 days past due as of December 31, 2019 and to loan modifications that defer or delay the payment of principal or interest or change the interest rate on the loan.  In April 2020, federal and state banking regulators issued the Interagency Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting for Financial Institutions Working with Customers Affected by the Coronavirus to provide further interpretation of when a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty, specifically indicating that if the modification is either short-term (e.g., six months) or mandated by a federal or state government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the borrower is not experiencing financial difficulty under ASC 310-40.

As of December 31, 2021, the Bank had modified 542 loans with a balance of $947.0 million resulting in the deferral of principal and/or interest.  The table below summarizes the outstanding deferrals as of December 31, 2021.  All of these loans were performing in accordance with their terms prior to modifications and are in conformance with the CARES Act.  Included in the table below is one investment commercial real estate loan related to our back-to-back swap program totaling $12.8 million.  Details with respect to loan modifications are as follows:

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			Post-Modification
			Outstanding
	Number of		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		1	$	145
Investment commercial real estate		1		12,750
Commercial and industrial		4		12,656
Total		6	$	25,551

The future performance of these loans, specifically beyond the term of the deferral, is uncertain.  To recognize a credit allowance commensurate with the existing risk, the Company assigned qualitative factors for each of the above portfolio classes for allowance purposes.

Troubled Debt Restructurings: The Company did not allocate specific reserves to customers whose loan terms had been modified in troubled debt restructurings as of December 31, 2021, compared to $3,000 of specific reserves as of December 31, 2020.  There were no unfunded commitments to lend additional amounts to customers with outstanding loans that are classified as troubled debt restructurings.

During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the terms of certain loans were modified as troubled debt restructurings. The modification of the terms of such loans included one or a combination of the following:  a reduction of the stated interest rate of the loan; or an extension of the maturity date at a stated rate of interest lower than the current market rate for new debt with similar risk.

The following table presents loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2021:

			Pre-Modification		Post-Modification
			Outstanding		Outstanding
	Number of		Recorded		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		3	$	603	$	603
Junior lien loan on residence		1		18		18
Commercial and industrial		1		2,070		2,070
Total		5	$	2,691	$	2,691

The following table presents loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2020:

			Pre-Modification		Post-Modification
			Outstanding		Outstanding
	Number of		Recorded		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		3	$	423	$	423
Commercial and industrial		1		39		39
Total		4	$	462	$	462

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The following table presents loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2019:

			Pre-Modification		Post-Modification
			Outstanding		Outstanding
	Number of		Recorded		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		2	$	530	$	530
Commercial and industrial		5		6,028		6,028
Total		7	$	6,558	$	6,558

The identification of the troubled debt restructured loans did not have a significant impact on the allowance for loan losses.  In addition, there were no charge-offs as a result of the classification of these loans as troubled debt restructurings during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.

The following table presents loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings during the year ended December 31, 2021 for which there was a payment default during the same period:

	Number of		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		1	$	218
Total		1	$	218

The following table presents loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings during the year ended December 31, 2020 for which there was a payment default during the same period:

	Number of		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		1	$	133
Commercial and industrial		1		39
Total		2	$	172

The following table presents loans by class modified as trouble debt restructurings during the year ended December 31, 2019 for which there was a payment default during the same period:

	Number of		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		1	$	201
Total		1	$	201

The defaults described above did not have a material impact on the allowance for loan losses or provisions during 2021, 2020 and 2019.

In order to determine whether a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty, an evaluation is performed of the probability that the borrower will be in payment default on any of its debt in the foreseeable future without the modification.  This evaluation is performed under the Company’s internal underwriting policy. The modification of the terms of such loans may include one or more of the following: (1) a reduction of the stated interest rate of the loan to a rate that is lower than the current market rate for new debt with similar risk; (2) an extension of an interest only period for a predetermined period of time; (3) an extension of the maturity date; or (4) an extension of the amortization period over which future payments will be computed.  At the time a loan is restructured, the Bank performs an underwriting analysis, which includes, at a minimum, obtaining current financial statements and tax returns, copies of all leases, and an updated independent appraisal of the property. A loan will continue to accrue interest if it can be reasonably determined that the borrower should be able to perform under the modified terms, that the loan has not been chronically delinquent (both to debt service and real estate taxes) or in nonaccrual status since its inception, and that there have been no charge-offs on the loan.  Restructured loans

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with previous charge-offs would not accrue interest at the time of the troubled debt restructuring. At a minimum, six consecutive months of contractual payments would need to be made on a restructured loan before returning it to accrual status. Once a loan is classified as a TDR, the loan is reported as a TDR until the loan is paid in full, sold or charged-off.  In rare circumstances, a loan may be removed from TDR status, if it meets the requirements of ASC 310-40-50-2.

4.  PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT

The following table presents premises and equipment as of December 31,

(In thousands)	2021		2020
Land and land improvements	$	6,947	$	6,332
Buildings		13,404		12,749
Furniture and equipment		24,285		22,911
Leasehold improvements		13,861		13,479
Projects in progress		187		555
		58,684		56,026
Less: accumulated depreciation		35,640		34,417
Total	$	23,044	$	21,609

The following table presents finance lease right-of-use assets as of December 31,

(In thousands)	2021		2020
Land and buildings	$	11,237	$	11,237
Less: accumulated depreciation		7,655		6,907
Total	$	3,582	$	4,330

Projects in progress represents costs associated with smaller renovation or equipment installation projects at various locations.

The Company recorded depreciation expense of $3.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 and $3.1 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.

The Company leases its corporate headquarters building under a capital lease, classified as a finance lease right-of-use asset in accordance with lease accounting guidance. The lease arrangement requires monthly payments through 2025.  Related depreciation expense of $607,000 is included in each of the 2021, 2020 and 2019 results.

The Company also leases its Gladstone branch after completing a sale-leaseback transaction involving the property in 2011. The lease arrangement requires monthly payments through 2031. The deferred gain was removed as a cumulative-effect adjustment in accordance with lease accounting guidance. Related depreciation expense and accumulated depreciation of $141,000 is included in each of the 2021, 2020 and 2019 results.

The following is a schedule by year of future minimum lease payments under finance lease right-of-use asset, together with the present value of net minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2021:

(In thousands)
2022	$	1,391
2023		1,456
2024		1,456
2025		939
2026		215
Thereafter		1,129
Total minimum lease payments		6,586
Less: amount representing interest		766
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	5,820

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5.  DEPOSITS

Time deposits over $250,000 totaled $140.4 million and $186.3 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. These totals exclude brokered certificates of deposit.

The following table sets forth the details of total deposits as of December 31:

(Dollars in thousands)	2021				2020
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits	$	956,482	18.16	%	$	833,500	17.30	%
Interest-bearing checking (1)		2,287,894	43.45			1,849,254	38.38
Savings		154,914	2.94			130,731	2.71
Money market		1,307,051	24.82			1,298,885	26.96
Certificates of deposit - retail		409,608	7.78			530,222	11.00
Certificates of deposit - listing service		31,382	0.60			32,128	0.67
Subtotal deposits		5,147,331	97.75			4,674,720	97.02
Interest-bearing demand - Brokered		85,000	1.61			110,000	2.28
Certificates of deposit - Brokered		33,818	0.64			33,764	0.70
Total deposits	$	5,266,149	100.00	%	$	4,818,484	100.00	%

(1) Interest-bearing checking includes $647.8 million at December 31, 2021 and $652.5 million at December 31, 2020 of reciprocal balances in the Reich & Tang or Promontory Demand Deposit Marketplace programs.

The scheduled maturities of time deposits as of December 31, 2021 are as follows:

(In thousands)
2022	$	387,322
2023		19,116
2024		31,471
2025		25,801
2026		11,098
Over 5 Years		—
Total	$	474,808

6.  FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ADVANCES AND OTHER BORROWINGS

The Company did not have any advances from the FHLB at December 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020. At December 31, 2021, unused short-term overnight borrowing commitments totaled $1.8 billion from the FHLB, $22.0 million from correspondent banks and $1.2 billion at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The Company had no borrowings from the Federal Reserve’s Paycheck Protection Plan Lending Facility (the “PPPLF”) at December 31, 2021, compared to $177.1 million at December 31, 2020.  The borrowings had a rate of 0.35 percent, primarily all of which had a two-year maturity.  The Company utilized the PPPLF to fund PPP loan production.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2021, the Company terminated an interest rate swap with a notional amount of $15.0 million that was tied to a one-month FHLB advance totaling $15.0 million.  

The Company prepaid $105.0 million of FHLB advances resulting in a prepayment penalty of $4.8 million during 2020.  The repayment of the FHLB advances was expected to provide a benefit to interest expense greater than the prepayment penalty over the remaining life of the advances.

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7.  FAIR VALUE

Fair value is the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. There are three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair values:

Level 1:	Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the entity has the ability to access as of the measurement date.
Level 2:	Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.
Level 3:	Significant unobservable inputs that reflect a company’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing as asset or liability.

The Company used the following methods and significant assumptions to estimate the fair value:

Investment Securities:  The fair values for investment securities are determined by quoted market prices (Level 1). For securities where quoted prices are not available, fair values are calculated based on market prices of similar securities (Level 2). For securities where quoted prices or market prices of similar securities are not available, fair values are calculated using discounted cash flows or other market indicators (Level 3).

Loans Held for Sale, at Fair Value: The fair value of loans held for sale is determined using quoted prices for similar assets, adjusted for specific attributes of that loan or other observable market data, such as outstanding commitments from third party investors (Level 2).

Derivatives:  The fair values of derivatives are based on valuation models using observable market data as of the measurement date (Level 2).  Our derivatives are traded in an over-the-counter market where quoted market prices are not always available.  Therefore, the fair values of derivatives are determined using quantitative models that utilize multiple market inputs.  The inputs will vary based on the type of derivative, but could include interest rates, prices and indices to generate continuous yield or pricing curves, prepayment rates, and volatility factors to value the position.  The majority of market inputs are actively quoted and can be validated through external sources, including brokers, market transactions and third-party pricing services.

Impaired Loans:  The fair value of impaired loans with specific allocations of the allowance for loan losses is generally based on recent real estate appraisals. These appraisals may utilize a single valuation approach or a combination of approaches including comparable sales and the income approach. Impaired loans may, in some cases, also be measured by the discounted cash flow methodology where payments are anticipated. Adjustments are routinely made in the appraisal process by the independent appraisers to adjust for differences between the comparable sales and income data available. Such adjustments are usually significant and typically result in a Level 3 classification of the inputs for determining fair value.

Other Real Estate Owned:  Nonrecurring adjustments to certain commercial and residential real estate properties classified as other real estate owned (OREO) are measured at fair value, less estimated costs to sell. Fair values are based on recent real estate appraisals. These appraisals may use a single valuation approach or a combination of approaches including comparable sales and the income approach. Adjustments are routinely made in the appraisal process by the independent appraisers to adjust for differences between the comparable sales and income data available. Such adjustments are usually significant and typically result in a Level 3 classification of the inputs for determining fair value.

Appraisals for collateral-dependent impaired loans are performed by certified general appraisers (for commercial properties) or certified residential appraisers (for residential properties) whose qualifications and licenses have been reviewed and verified by Management. Once received, a member of the Credit Department reviews the assumptions and approaches utilized in the appraisal, as well as the overall resulting fair value in comparison with independent data sources such as recent market data or industry-wide statistics. Appraisals on collateral dependent impaired loans and other real estate owned (consistent for all loan types) are obtained on an annual basis, unless a significant change in the market or other factors warrants a more frequent appraisal. On an annual basis, Management compares the actual selling price of any collateral that has been sold to the most recent appraised value to determine what additional adjustment should be made to

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the appraisal value to arrive at fair value for other properties. The most recent analysis performed indicated that a discount up to 15 percent should be applied to appraisals on properties. The discount is determined based on the nature of the underlying properties, aging of appraisal and other factors. For each collateral-dependent impaired loan we consider other factors, such as certain indices or other market information, as well as property specific circumstances to determine if an adjustment to the appraised value is needed. In situations where there is evidence of change in value, the Bank will determine if there is need for an adjustment to the specific reserve on the collateral dependent impaired loans. When the Bank applies an interim adjustment, it generally shows the adjustment as an incremental specific reserve against the loan until it has received the full updated appraisal. All collateral-dependent impaired loans and other real estate owned valuations were supported by an appraisal less than 12 months old or in the process of obtaining an appraisal as of December 31, 2021.

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The following table summarizes, at the dates indicated, assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis, including financial assets for which the Company has elected the fair value option:

			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted
			Prices In
			Active
			Markets		Significant
			For		Other		Significant
			Identical		Observable		Unobservable
			Assets		Inputs		Inputs
(In thousands)	December 31, 2021		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Assets:
Securities available for sale:
U.S. government-sponsored agencies	$	272,221	$	—	$	272,221	$	—
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		476,974		—		476,974		—
SBA pool securities		39,561		—		39,561		—
State and political subdivisions		5,476		—		5,476		—
Corporate bond		2,521		—		2,521		—
CRA investment fund		14,685		14,685		—		—
Loans held for sale, at fair value		3,040		—		3,040		—
Derivatives:
Loan level swaps		32,326		—		32,326		—
Total	$	846,804	$	14,685	$	832,119	$	—
Liabilities:
Derivatives:
Cash flow hedges	$	3,479	$	—	$	3,479	$	—
Loan level swaps		34,569		—		34,569		—
Total	$	38,048	$	—	$	38,048	$	—
(In thousands)	December 31, 2020
Assets:
Securities available for sale:
U.S. treasuries	$	2,613	$	—	$	2,613	$	—
U.S. government-sponsored agencies		83,771		—		83,771		—
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		476,058		—		476,058		—
SBA pool securities		49,129		—		49,129		—
State and political subdivisions		8,089		—		8,089		—
Corporate bond		3,029		—		3,029		—
CRA investment fund		15,117		15,117		—		—
Loans held for sale, at fair value		13,588		—		13,588		—
Derivatives:
Loan level swaps		79,529		—		79,529		—
Total	$	730,923	$	15,117	$	715,806	$	—
Liabilities:
Derivatives:
Cash flow hedges	$	9,616	$	—	$	9,616	$	—
Loan level swaps		79,529		—		79,529		—
Total	$	89,145	$	—	$	89,145	$	—

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The Company has elected the fair value option for certain loans held for sale.  These loans are intended for sale and the Company believes that the fair value is the best indicator of the resolution of these loans.  Interest income is recorded based on the contractual terms of the loan and in accordance with the Company’s policy on loans held for investment.  None of these loans are 90 days or more past due or on nonaccrual as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

The following tables present residential loans held for sale, at fair value, at the dates indicated:

	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Residential loans contractual balance	$	2,992	$	13,295
Fair value adjustment		48		293
Total fair value of residential loans held for sale	$	3,040	$	13,588

The following tables summarize, at the date indicated, assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis:

			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted
			Prices In
			Active
			Markets		Significant
			For		Other		Significant
			Identical		Observable		Unobservable
			Assets		Inputs		Inputs
(In thousands)	December 31, 2021		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Assets:
Impaired loans:
Investment commercial real estate	$	8,516	$	—	$	—	$	8,516

			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted
			Prices In
			Active
			Markets		Significant
			For		Other		Significant
			Identical		Observable		Unobservable
			Assets		Inputs		Inputs
(In thousands)	December 31, 2020		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Assets:
Impaired loans:
Investment commercial real estate	$	2,300	$	—	$	—	$	2,300

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The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of financial instruments at December 31, 2021 are as follows:

			Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2021 Using
(In thousands)	Carrying Amount		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Financial assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	146,804	$	146,804	$	—	$	—	$	146,804
Securities held to maturity		108,680		—		108,460		—		108,460
Securities available for sale		796,753		—		796,753		—		796,753
CRA investment fund		14,685		14,685		—		—		14,685
FHLB and FRB stock		12,950		—		—		—	N/A
Loans held for sale, at fair value		3,040		—		3,040		—		3,040
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost    or fair value		34,051		—		37,538		—		37,538
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses		4,745,024		—		—		4,767,293		4,767,293
Accrued interest receivable		21,589		—		2,443		19,146		21,589
Accrued interest receivable loan level swaps (A)		4,842		—		4,842		—		4,842
Loan level swaps		32,326		—		32,326		—		32,326
Financial liabilities
Deposits	$	5,266,149	$	4,791,341	$	476,659	$	—	$	5,268,000
Subordinated debt		132,701		—		—		140,556		140,556
Accrued interest payable		651		130		446		75		651
Accrued interest payable loan level swaps (B)		4,842		—		4,842		—		4,842
Cash flow hedges		3,479		—		3,479		—		3,479
Loan level swaps		34,569		—		34,569		—		34,569

(A) Included in other assets in the Consolidated Statement of Condition.

(B) Included in accrued expenses and other liabilities in the Consolidated Statement of Condition.

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The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of financial instruments at December 31, 2020 are as follows:

			Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2020 Using
(In thousands)	Carrying Amount		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Financial assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	653,322	$	653,322	$	—	$	—	$	653,322
Securities available for sale		622,689		—		622,689		—		622,689
CRA investment fund		15,117		15,117		—		—		15,117
FHLB and FRB stock		13,709		—		—		—	N/A
Loans held for sale, at fair value		13,588		—		13,588		—		13,588
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost    or fair value		18,520		—		19,115		—		19,115
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses		4,305,128		—		—		4,462,243		4,462,243
Accrued interest receivable		22,495		—		1,653		20,842		22,495
Loan level swaps		79,529		—		79,529		—		79,529
Financial liabilities
Deposits	$	4,818,484	$	4,222,370	$	604,036	$	—	$	4,826,406
Short-term borrowings		15,000		—		15,000		—		15,000
Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility		177,086		—		177,086		—		177,086
Subordinated debt		181,794		—		—		183,348		183,348
Accrued interest payable		1,650		150		1,347		153		1,650
Cash flow hedges		9,616		—		9,616		—		9,616
Loan level swaps		79,529		—		79,529		—		79,529

The methods and assumptions, not previously presented, used to estimate fair values are described as follows:

Cash and cash equivalents: The carrying amounts of cash and short-term instruments approximate fair values and are classified as either Level 1 or Level 2.  Cash and due from banks is classified as Level 1.  

FHLB and FRB stock:  It is not practicable to determine the fair value of FHLB or FRB stock due to restrictions placed on its transferability.

Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value:  The fair value of loans held for sale is determined using quoted prices for similar assets, adjusted for specific attributes of that loan or other observable market data, such as outstanding commitments from third party investors.  Loans held for sale are classified as Level 2.

Loans:  At December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, the exit price observations are obtained from a third-party using its proprietary valuation model and methodology and may not reflect actual or prospective market valuations.  The valuation utilizes a discounted cash-flow based model relying on various assumptions including the probability of default, loss given default, portfolio liquidity and remaining term of the portfolio.

Deposits:  The fair values disclosed for demand deposits (e.g., interest and noninterest checking, savings and money market accounts) are, by definition, equal to the amount payable on demand at the reporting date, (i.e., the carrying amount) resulting in a Level 1 classification. The carrying amounts of variable-rate certificates of deposit approximate the fair values at the reporting date resulting in Level 2 classification. Fair values for fixed rate certificates of deposit are estimated using a discounted cash flow calculation that applies interest rates currently being offered on certificates to a schedule of aggregated expected monthly maturities on time deposits resulting in a Level 2 classification.

Overnight borrowings:  The carrying amounts of overnight borrowings approximate fair values and are classified as Level 2.

Federal Home Loan Bank advances:  The fair values of the Company’s long-term borrowings are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses based on the current borrowing rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements resulting in a Level 2 classification.

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Subordinated debentures:  The fair values of the Company’s subordinated debentures are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses based on the current borrowing rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements resulting in a Level 3 classification.

Accrued interest receivable/payable:  The carrying amounts of accrued interest approximate fair value resulting in a Level 2 or Level 3 classification.  Accrued interest on deposits and securities are included in Level 2.  Accrued interest on loans and subordinated debt are included in Level 3.

Off-balance sheet instruments: Fair values for off-balance sheet, credit-related financial instruments are based on fees currently charged to enter into similar agreements, taking into account the remaining terms of the agreements and the counterparties’ credit standing. The fair value of commitments is not material.

8.  REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS:

All of the Company’s revenue from contracts with customers in the scope of ASC 606 is recognized within noninterest income.

The following table presents the sources of noninterest income for the years ended December 31:

(In thousands)	2021		2020		2019
Service charges on deposits
Overdraft fees	$	415	$	405	$	662
Interchange income		1,451		1,208		1,238
Other		1,831		1,542		1,588
Wealth management fees (a)		52,987		40,861		38,363
Gains on sales of OREO		51		—		—
Corporate advisory fee income		3,483		265		444
Other (b)		12,025		17,479		12,401
Total noninterest other income	$	72,243	$	61,760	$	54,696

(a) Includes investment brokerage fees.

(b) All of the other category is outside the scope of ASC 606.

The following table presents the sources of noninterest income by operating segment for the years ended December 31:

	2021
Revenue by Operating			Wealth
Segment	Banking		Management		Total
Service charges on deposits
Overdraft fees	$	415	$	—	$	415
Interchange income		1,451		—		1,451
Other		1,831		—		1,831
Wealth management fees (a)		—		52,987		52,987
Gains on sales of OREO		51		—		51
Corporate advisory fee income		3,483		—		3,483
Other (b)		10,111		1,914		12,025
Total noninterest income	$	17,342	$	54,901	$	72,243

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	2020
Revenue by Operating			Wealth
Segment	Banking		Management		Total
Service charges on deposits
Overdraft fees	$	405	$	—	$	405
Interchange income		1,208		—		1,208
Other		1,542		—		1,542
Wealth management fees (a)		—		40,861		40,861
Corporate advisory fee income		265		—		265
Other (b)		15,684		1,795		17,479
Total noninterest income	$	19,104	$	42,656	$	61,760

	2019
Revenue by Operating			Wealth
Segment	Banking		Management		Total
Service charges on deposits
Overdraft fees	$	662	$	—	$	662
Interchange income		1,238		—		1,238
Other		1,588		—		1,588
Wealth management fees (a)		—		38,363		38,363
Corporate advisory fee income		444		—		444
Other (b)		11,067		1,334		12,401
Total noninterest income	$	14,999	$	39,697	$	54,696

(a) Includes investment brokerage fees.

(b) All of the other category is outside the scope of ASC 606.

A description of the Company’s revenue streams accounted for under ASC 606 follows:

Service charges on deposit accounts:  The Company earns fees from its deposit customers for certain transaction account maintenance, and overdraft fees.  Transaction-based fees, which include services such as ATM use fees, stop payment charges, statement rendering, and ACH fees, are recognized at the time the transaction is executed as that point in time the Company fulfills the customer’s request.  Account maintenance fees, which relate primarily to monthly maintenance, are earned over the course of a month, representing the period over which the Company satisfies the performance obligation.  Overdraft fees are recognized at the point in time that the overdraft occurs.  Service charges on deposits are withdrawn from the customer’s account balance.

Interchange income:  The Company earns interchange fees from debit cardholder transactions conducted through the Visa payment network.  Interchange fees from cardholder transactions represent a percentage of the underlying transaction value and are recognized daily, concurrently with the transaction processing services provided to the cardholder.  Interchange income is presented gross of cardholder rewards.  Cardholder rewards are included in other expenses in the statement of income.  Cardholder rewards reduced interchange income by $127,000, $115,000, and $138,000 for 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.  

Wealth management fees (gross):  The Company earns wealth management fees from its contracts with wealth management clients to manage assets for investment, and/or to transact on their accounts.  These fees are primarily earned over time as the Company charges its clients on a monthly or quarterly basis in accordance with its investment advisory agreements.  Fees are generally assessed based on a tiered scale of the market value of AUM at month end. Fees that are transaction based, including trade execution services, are recognized at the point in time that the transaction is executed (i.e. trade date).

Investment brokerage fees (net):  The Company earns fees from investment brokerage services provided to its customers by a third-party service provider.  The Company receives commissions from the third-party service provider twice a month based upon customer activity for the month.  The fees are recognized monthly, and a receivable is recorded until commissions are generally paid by the 15^th of the following month.  Because the Company (i) acts as an agent in arranging

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the relationship between the customer and the third-party service provider and (ii) does not control the services rendered to the customers, investment brokerage fees are presented net of related costs.

Corporate advisory fee income: The Company provides our clients with financial advisory and underwriting services. Investment banking revenues, which includes mergers and acquisition advisory fees and private placement fees, are recorded when the performance obligation for the transaction is satisfied under the terms of each engagement. Reimbursed expenses are reported in other revenue on the statement of operations. Expenses related to investment banking are recognized as non-compensation expenses on the statement of operations.  Amounts received and unearned are included on the statement of financial condition. Expenses related to investment banking deals not completed are recognized in non-compensation expenses on the statement of operations.

The Company’s mergers and acquisition advisory fees generally consist of a nonrefundable up-front fee and success fee.  The nonrefundable fee is recorded as deferred revenue upon receipt and recognized at a point in time when the performance obligation is satisfied, or when the transaction is deemed by management to be terminated. Management’s judgement is required in determining when a transaction is considered to be terminated.

Gains/(losses) on sales of OREO:  The Company records a gain or loss from the sale of OREO when control of the property transfers to the buyer, which generally occurs at the time of an executed deed.  When the Company finances the sale of OREO to the buyer, the Company assesses whether the buyer is committed to perform its obligations under the contract and whether collectability of the transaction price is probable. Once these criteria are met, the OREO asset is derecognized and the gain or loss on sale is recorded upon the transfer of control of the property to the buyer.  In determining the gain or loss on the sale, the Company adjusts the transaction price and related gain/(loss) on sale if a significant financing component is present.  The Company recorded a gain on sale of OREO of $51,000 for 2021. The Company did not record a gain or loss in 2020 or 2019.  

Other:  All of the other income items are outside the scope of ASC 606.

9.  OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES

The following table presents the major components of other operating expenses for the years ended December 31:

(In thousands)	2021		2020		2019
Professional and legal fees	$	5,343	$	4,099	$	4,506
Telephone		1,323		1,432		1,361
Advertising		1,288		1,631		1,363
Amortization of intangible assets		1,598		1,287		1,043
Branch restructure		228		488		—
Write-off of subordinated debt costs		648		—		—
Other operating expenses		12,396		10,945		11,434
Total other operating expenses	$	22,824	$	19,882	$	19,707

10.  INCOME TAXES

The income tax expense included in the consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31 is allocated as follows:

(In thousands)	2021		2020			2019
Federal:
Current (benefit)/expense	$	7,400	$	(4,741	)	$	5,647
Deferred expense		7,971		10,161			6,087
State:
Current expense		4,188		2,327			3,028
Deferred (benefit)/expense		1,481		(1,936	)		3,926
Total income tax expense	$	21,040	$	5,811		$	18,688

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Total income tax expense differed from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. Federal income tax rate of 21 percent for 2021, 2020, and   2019, respectively, to income before taxes as a result of the following:

(In thousands)	2021			2020			2019
"Computed expected tax expense"	$	16,309		$	6,721		$	13,886
(Decrease)/increase in taxes resulting from:
Tax-exempt income		(146	)		(287	)		(431	)
State income taxes, net of Federal benefit		4,789			1,813			2,540
Impact of state tax reform, net of Federal benefit		—			—			2,954
Bank owned life insurance income		(356	)		(267	)		(277	)
Life insurance expense		199			225			234
Interest disallowance		14			66			146
Meals and entertainment expense		39			40			40
Stock-based compensation		9			569			(46	)
Impact of CARES Act		—			(3,009	)		—
Other		183			(60	)		(358	)
Total income tax expense	$	21,040		$	5,811		$	18,688

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities as of December 31 are as follows:

(In thousands)	2021			2020
Deferred tax assets:
Allowance for loan losses	$	16,408		$	18,044
Tax net operating loss carryforward		1,180			3,476
Organization costs		8			12
Cash flow hedge		978			2,703
Unrealized loss on securities available for sale		3,061			—
Unrealized loss on equity security		84			—
Stock option expense		2,541			2,131
Nonaccrual interest		97			24
Accrued compensation		5,631			4,058
Accrued expenses		472			1,420
Lease liabilities		2,689			2,610
Finance lease		732			762
Other		183			52
Total gross deferred tax assets	$	34,064		$	35,292
Deferred tax liabilities:
Lease financing	$	64,071		$	55,823
Unrealized gain on securities available for sale		—			1,772
Unrealized gain on equity security		—			31
Deferred loan origination costs and fees		1,757			1,175
Deferred income		4,543			5,205
Amortization of intangible assets		369			1,738
Lease right-of-use asset		2,600			2,526
Other		46			—
Total gross deferred tax liabilities		73,386			68,270
Net deferred tax liability	$	(39,322	)	$	(32,978	)

Based upon taxes paid and projected future taxable income, Management believes that it is more likely than not that the Company’s gross deferred tax assets will be realized. However, there can be no assurance that such assets will be realized if circumstances change.

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At December 31, 2021, the Company had $16.8 million of state net operating loss carryforward available to offset future taxable income.  These operating loss carryforwards have various expirations beginning in 2032.  At December 31, 2020, the Company had no unrecognized tax benefits. The Company does not expect the amount of unrecognized tax benefits to significantly increase or decrease in the next twelve months.  The Company recognizes interest accrued related to uncertain tax positions and penalties as income tax expense.

On July 1, 2018, the 2019 New Jersey Budget was passed, which established a 2.5 percent surtax on businesses that have New Jersey allocated net income in excess of $1.0 million.  The surtax was effective as of January 1, 2018 and continued through 2020. In September 2020, New Jersey extended the surtax through December 31, 2023.  In addition, effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, banks will be required to file combined reports of taxable income including their parent holding company. New Jersey requires entities to report their real estate investment trust, registered investment company and investment company on a separate entity basis.  The Bank made an adjustment to income tax expense and deferred tax assets/liabilities to reflect the new state tax rate.     

The CARES Act was signed into law on March 27, 2020 and subsequently has been amended several times. Among other provisions, the CARES Act allowed a five-year carryback of any NOL generated in a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2021. The tax benefit recorded in 2020 was primarily due to a $3.0 million Federal income tax benefit that resulted from the federal NOL carryback. The Company had a $23 million operating loss for tax purposes in 2018 (when the Federal tax rate was 21 percent) resulting from accelerated tax depreciation. The Company carried back all eligible NOLs and has no federal NOLs remaining.

The Company is subject to U.S. Federal income tax as well as income tax of various state jurisdictions. The Company is no longer subject to federal examination for tax years prior to 2018. The tax years of 2018, 2019 and 2020 remain open to federal examination.

11.  BENEFIT PLANS

The Company sponsors a profit sharing plan and a savings plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, covering substantially all salaried employees over the age of 21 with at least 12 months of service. The Company contributed two percent of compensation for each employee regardless of the employees’ contributions for the year ended December 31, 2021. The Company did not make a contribution to the savings plan for the year ended December 31, 2020. The Company contributed two percent of compensation for each employee regardless of the employees’ contributions for the year ended December 31, 2019.  In addition, the Company partially matches employee contributions up to three percent. Expense for the savings plan totaled approximately $2.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 and $1.7 million for both the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Additional contributions to the profit sharing plan are made at the discretion of the Board of Directors and all funds are invested solely in Company common stock. The Company did not make additional contributions to the profit sharing plan in 2021, 2020 or 2019.  

12.  STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company’s 2006 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan, 2012 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan and 2021 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan allow the granting of shares of the Company’s common stock as incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and stock appreciation rights to directors, officers and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2021, the total number of shares available for grant in all active plans was 1,730,542. There are no shares remaining for issuance with respect to the stock option plan approved in 2002; however, options granted under this plan are still included in the numbers below.

Options granted under the stock incentive plans are, in general, exercisable not earlier than one year after the date of grant, at a price equal to the fair value of the common stock on the date of grant and expire not more than ten years after the date of grant.  Stock options may vest during a period of up to five years after the date of grant. The Company has a policy of using authorized but unissued shares to satisfy option exercises.

Upon adoption of Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-09, “Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718), Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting,” the Company has elected to account for forfeitures as they occur, rather than estimate expected forfeitures.

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Changes in options outstanding during 2021 were as follows:

						Weighted
				Weighted		Average	Aggregate
				Average		Remaining	Intrinsic
	Number of			Exercise		Contractual	Value
	Options			Price		Term	(In Thousands)
Balance, January 1, 2021		50,660		$	13.59
Exercised during 2021		(16,640	)		11.76
Expired during 2021		—			—
Forfeited during 2021		(2,680	)		13.24
Balance, December 31, 2021		31,340		$	14.59	0.93 years	$	652
Vested and expected to vest		31,340		$	14.59	0.93 years	$	652
Exercisable at December 31, 2021		31,340		$	14.59	0.93 years	$	652

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value (the difference between the Company’s closing stock price on the last trading day of 2021 and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options). The Company’s closing stock price on December 31, 2021 was $35.40.

There were no stock options granted in 2021.

As of December 31, 2021, there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the Company’s stock incentive plans.

The Company issued service-based and performance-based restricted stock units in 2021, 2020 and 2019.  Service-based units vest ratably over a three- or five-year period. There were 215,716 service-based restricted stock units granted during 2021.

The performance-based awards are dependent upon the Company meeting certain performance criteria and, to the extent the performance criteria are met, will cliff vest at the end of the performance period, which is generally three years.  There were 51,710 performance-based restricted units granted during 2021.

As of December 31, 2021, there was $12.5 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to both service and performance-based units.  That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.46 years.  Total stock-based compensation expense recognized for stock awards/units totaled $7.1 million, $6.9 million and $5.9 million in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  There was no stock-based compensation expense related to stock options for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Changes in non-vested shares dependent on performance criteria for 2021 were as follows:

				Weighted
				Average
	Number of			Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value
Balance, January 1, 2021		221,600		$	20.47
Granted during 2021		51,710			31.36
Vested during 2021		(36,032	)		35.33
Forfeited during 2021		(11,843	)		26.32
Balance, December 31, 2021		225,435		$	20.29

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Changes in service based restricted stock units for 2021 were as follows:

				Weighted
				Average
	Number of			Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value
Balance, January 1, 2021		777,166		$	19.24
Granted during 2021		215,716			31.42
Vested during 2021		(265,594	)		22.23
Forfeited during 2021		(26,143	)		17.32
Balance, December 31, 2021		701,145		$	21.93

13.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company, in the ordinary course of business, is a party to litigation arising from the conduct of its business.  Management does not consider that these actions depart from routine legal proceedings and believes that such actions will not affect its financial position or results of its operations in any material manner.  

There are various outstanding commitments and contingencies, such as guarantees and credit extensions, including mostly variable-rate loan commitments of $894.8 million and $691.7 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which are not included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.  These commitments include unused commercial and home equity lines of credit.

The Company issues financial standby letters of credit that are irrevocable undertakings by the Company to guarantee payment of a specified financial obligation.  Most of the Company’s financial standby letters of credit arise in connection with lending relations and have terms of one year or less.  The maximum potential future payments the Company could be required to make equal the contract amount of the standby letters of credit and amounted to $18.8 million and $17.0 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  The fair value of the Company’s liability for financial standby letters of credit was insignificant at December 31, 2021.

For commitments to originate loans, the Company’s maximum exposure to credit risk is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments.  Those commitments represent ultimate exposure to credit risk only to the extent that they are subsequently drawn upon by customers.  The Company uses the same credit policies and underwriting standards in making loan commitments as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments.  For loan commitments, the Company would generally be exposed to interest rate risk from the time a commitment is issued with a defined contractual interest rate.

The Company is also obligated under legally binding and enforceable agreements to purchase goods and services from third parties, including data processing service agreements.

The Company is a limited partner in a Small Business Investment Company (“SBIC”).  As of December 31, 2021, the Company had unfunded commitments of $1.1 million for its investment in SBIC qualified funds.

14.  LEASES

The Company maintains certain property and equipment under direct financing and operating leases. As of December 31, 2021, the Company’s operating lease ROU asset and operating lease liability totaled $9.8 million and $10.1 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, the Company’s operating lease ROU asset and operating lease liability totaled $9.4 million and $9.7 million, respectively.  A weighted average discount rate of 2.78 percent and 3.11 percent was used in the measurement of the ROU asset and lease liability as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The Company's leases had remaining lease terms between four months to 15 years, with a weighted average lease term of 6.09 years, at December 31, 2021. The Company's leases had remaining lease terms between one month to 16 years, with a weighted average lease term of 6.01 years, at December 31, 2020. The Company’s lease agreements may include options to extend or terminate the lease. The Company’s decision to exercise renewal options is based on an assessment of its current business needs and market factors at the time of the renewal.

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Total operating lease costs were $2.8 million and $3.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  The variable lease costs were $313,000 and $338,000 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The following is a schedule of the Company's operating lease liabilities by contractual maturity as of December 31, 2021:

(In thousands)
2022	$	2,753
2023		2,246
2024		1,729
2025		1,463
2026		888
Thereafter		2,263
Total lease payments		11,342
Less: imputed interest		1,231
Total present value of lease payments	$	10,111

The following table shows the supplemental cash flow information related to the Company’s direct finance and operating leases for the years ended December 31:

(In thousands)	2021		2020
Right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for lease obligation	$	3,098	$	457
Operating cash flows from operating leases		2,506		2,809
Operating cash flows from direct finance leases		300		343
Financing cash flows from direct finance leases		748		748

15.  REGULATORY CAPITAL

Banks and bank holding companies are subject to regulatory capital requirements administered by federal banking agencies. Capital adequacy guidelines and, additionally for banks, prompt corrective action regulations, involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items calculated under regulatory accounting practices.  Capital amounts and classifications are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators.  Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory – and possibly additional discretionary – actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company’s and the Bank’s financial statements and results of operations.  The final rules implementing Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s capital guidelines for U.S. banks (Basel III rules) became effective for the Company on January 1, 2015, with full compliance of all the requirements being fully phased in on January 1, 2019. The Company has chosen to exclude net unrealized gain or loss on available for sale securities in computing regulatory capital.  Management believes that as of December 31, 2021, the Company and the Bank meet all capital adequacy requirements to which they were subject at that date.

Prompt corrective action regulations provide five classifications: well capitalized, adequately capitalized, undercapitalized, significantly undercapitalized, and critically undercapitalized, although these terms are not used to represent overall financial condition. If adequately capitalized, regulatory approval is required to accept brokered deposits. If undercapitalized, capital distributions are limited, as is asset growth and expansion, and capital restoration plans are required. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the most recent regulatory notifications categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.  There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the institution’s category.

To be categorized as well capitalized, the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier I risk-based, common equity Tier 1 and Tier I leverage ratios as set forth in the table.

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The Bank’s regulatory capital amounts and ratios are presented in the following table:

						To Be Well										For Capital
						Capitalized Under					For Capital					Adequacy Purposes
						Prompt Corrective					Adequacy					Including Capital
	Actual					Action Provisions					Purposes					Conservation Buffer (A)
(Dollars in thousands)	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
As of December 31, 2021:
Total capital
(to risk-weighted assets)	$	672,614		14.05	%	$	478,628		10.00	%	$	382,902		8.00	%	$	502,559		10.50	%
Tier I capital
(to risk-weighted assets)		612,762		12.80			382,902		8.00			287,177		6.00			406,834		8.50
Common equity tier I
(to risk-weighted assets)		612,738		12.80			311,108		6.50			215,382		4.50			335,039		7.00
Tier I capital
(to average assets)		612,762		9.99			306,538		5.00			245,231		4.00			245,231		4.00
As of December 31, 2020:
Total capital
(to risk-weighted assets)	$	600,478		14.81	%	$	405,587		10.00	%	$	324,469		8.00	%	$	425,866		10.50	%
Tier I capital
(to risk-weighted assets)		549,575		13.55			324,469		8.00			243,352		6.00			344,749		8.50
Common equity tier I
(to risk-weighted assets)		549,540		13.55			263,631		6.50			182,514		4.50			283,911		7.00
Tier I capital
(to average assets)		549,575		9.71			283,083		5.00			226,466		4.00			226,466		4.00

(A) See footnote on following table.

The Company’s regulatory capital amounts and ratios are presented in the following table:

						To Be Well							For Capital
						Capitalized Under		For Capital					Adequacy Purposes
						Prompt Corrective		Adequacy					Including Capital
	Actual					Action Provisions		Purposes					Conservation Buffer (A)
(Dollars in thousands)	Amount		Ratio			Amount	Ratio	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
As of December 31, 2021:
Total capital
(to risk-weighted assets)	$	700,790		14.64	%	N/A	N/A	$	382,944		8.00	%	$	502,614		10.50	%
Tier I capital
(to risk-weighted assets)		508,231		10.62		N/A	N/A		287,208		6.00			406,878		8.50
Common equity tier I
(to risk-weighted assets)		508,207		10.62		N/A	N/A		215,406		4.50			335,076		7.00
Tier I capital
(to average assets)		508,231		8.29		N/A	N/A		245,242		4.00			245,242		4.00
As of December 31, 2020:
Total capital
(to risk-weighted assets)	$	716,210		17.67	%	N/A	N/A	$	324,322		8.00	%	$	425,673		10.50	%
Tier I capital
(to risk-weighted assets)		483,535		11.93		N/A	N/A		243,242		6.00			344,592		8.50
Common equity tier I
(to risk-weighted assets)		483,500		11.93		N/A	N/A		182,431		4.50			283,782		7.00
Tier I capital
(to average assets)		483,535		8.53		N/A	N/A		226,624		4.00			226,624		4.00

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(A) The Basel Rules require the Company and the Bank to maintain a 2.5 percent “capital conservation buffer” on top of the minimum risk-weighted asset ratios.  The capital conservation buffer is designed to absorb losses during periods of economic stress.  Banking institutions with a ratio of (i) CET1 to risk-weighted assets, (ii) Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets or (iii) total capital to risk-weighted assets above the respective minimum but below the capital conservation buffer face constraints on dividends, equity repurchases and discretionary bonus payments to executive officers based on the amount of the shortfall.

16.  DERIVATIVES

The Company utilizes interest rate swap agreements as part of its asset liability management strategy to help manage its interest rate risk position.  The notional amount of the interest rate swaps does not represent amounts exchanged by the parties.  The amount exchanged is determined by reference to the notional amount and the other terms of the individual interest rate swap agreements.

Interest Rate Swap Designated as Cash Flow Hedge:   Interest rate swaps with a notional amount of $230.0 million and $270.0 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, were designated as cash flow hedges of certain interest-bearing deposits.  On a quarterly basis, the Company performs a qualitative hedge effectiveness assessment.  This assessment takes into consideration any adverse developments related to the counterparty’s risk of default and any negative events or circumstances that affect the factors that originally enabled the Company to assess that it could reasonably support, qualitatively, an expectation that the hedging relationship was and will continue to be highly effective.  As of December 31, 2021, there were no events or market conditions that would result in hedge ineffectiveness.  The aggregate fair value of the swaps is recorded in other assets/liabilities with changes in fair value recorded in other comprehensive income.  The amount included in accumulated other comprehensive income would be reclassified to current earnings should the hedges no longer be considered effective.  The Company expects the hedges to remain fully effective during the remaining terms of the swaps.

Information about the interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is presented in the following table:

(Dollars in thousands)	2021			2020
Notional amount	$	230,000		$	270,000
Weighted average pay rate		1.99	%		1.93	%
Weighted average receive rate		0.20	%		0.22	%
Weighted average maturity	1.04 years			2.02 years
Unrealized loss, net	$	(3,479	)	$	(9,616	)
Number of contracts		11			13

Net interest expense recorded on these swap transactions totaled approximately $4.4 million and $3.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Cash Flow Hedges

The following table presents the net gains/(losses) recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and the consolidated financial statements relating to the cash flow derivative instruments for the year ended December 31:

(In thousands)	2021			2020
Interest rate contracts
Gain/(loss) recognized in other comprehensive income, net of tax (effective portion)	$	4,412		$	(4,412	)
Gain/(loss) reclassified from other comprehensive income to interest expense		—			(89	)
Gain/(loss) recognized in other noninterest income		(842	)		—

During the first quarter of 2020, the Company recognized an unrealized after-tax gain of $26,000 in accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) related to the termination of three interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges.  During the second quarter of 2019, the Company recognized an unrealized after-tax gain of $189,000 in accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) related to the termination of four interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges.  These

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gains are being amortized into earnings over the remaining life of the terminated swaps.  The Company recognized pre-tax interest income of $89,000 and $223,000 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, related to the amortization of the gain on the terminated interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges.  

During the second quarter of 2021, the Company terminated interest rate swaps with a notional amount of $40.0 million.  The interest rate swaps were designated as cash flow hedges in which the Company received a variable payment from our counterparty in exchange for making fixed-rate payments over the life of the swap agreements.  Due to increased liquidity levels, management made the decision to pay off certain interest-bearing deposit liabilities that were being hedged.  These liabilities will not be replaced; therefore, it will no longer be probable that the original forecasted transactions subject to the cash flow hedges will occur.  As a result, the pre-tax loss on the termination of the interest rate swaps of $842,000 was recorded in the income statement for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021.

The following tables reflect the cash flow hedges included in the financial statements as of December 31, 2021, and 2020:

	December 31, 2021
	Notional		Fair
(In thousands)	Amount		Value
Interest rate swaps related to interest-bearing    deposits	$	230,000	$	(3,479	)
Total included in other assets		—		—
Total included in other liabilities		230,000		(3,479	)

	December 31, 2020
	Notional		Fair
(In thousands)	Amount		Value
Interest rate swaps related to interest-bearing    deposits	$	270,000	$	(9,616	)
Total included in other assets		—		—
Total included in other liabilities		270,000		(9,616	)

Derivatives Not Designated as Accounting Hedges:  The Company offers facility specific/loan level swaps to its customers and offsets its exposure from such contracts by entering into mirror image swaps with a financial institution/swap counterparty (loan level / back-to-back swap program).  The customer accommodations and any offsetting swaps are treated as non-hedging derivative instruments which do not qualify for hedge accounting (“standalone derivatives”).  The notional amount of the swaps does not represent amounts exchanged by the parties.  The amount exchanged is determined by reference to the notional amount and other terms of the individual contracts.  The fair value of the swaps is recorded as both an asset and a liability, in other assets and other liabilities, respectively, in equal amounts for these transactions.

The Company recorded a total swap valuation provision of $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 related to a commercial real estate loan placed on nonaccrual status during the third quarter of 2021.  The Company also recorded a valuation allowance on our remaining swaps not designated as accounting hedges in the amount of $130,000 during the fourth quarter of 2021.  The accrued interest receivable and payable of $4.8 million related to our swaps is recorded in other assets and other liabilities as of December 31, 2021.

Information about these swaps is as follows:

(Dollars in thousands)	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Notional amount	$	702,210		$	823,134
Fair value (A)	$	37,168		$	79,529
Weighted average pay rates		4.00	%		4.02	%
Weighted average receive rates		1.83	%		1.91	%
Weighted average maturity	5.5 years			6.5 years
Number of contracts		86			95

(A) The December 31, 2021, amount includes the fair value of the loan level swap asset of $32.3 million plus accrued interest receivable of $4.8 million on back-to-back swap loans.

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17.  SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

On July 25, 2019, the Company authorized the repurchase of up to 960,000 shares, or approximately 5 percent of its outstanding shares.  During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company purchased 220,222 shares, at an average price of $29.45, for a total cost of $6.5 million. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company purchased 739,778 shares at an average price of $28.39 for a total cost of $21.0 million. The Company completed its 960,000 share repurchase program, at an average price of $28.63, for a total cost of $27.5 million in 2020.  On January 28, 2021, the Company authorized the repurchase of up to 948,735 shares, or approximately 5 percent of its outstanding shares. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company purchased 894,744 shares at an average price of $31.99 for a total cost of $28.6 million.

The Dividend Reinvestment Plan of the Company (the “Reinvestment Plan”) allows shareholders of the Company to purchase additional shares of common stock using cash dividends without payment of any brokerage commissions or other charges. Shareholders may also make voluntary cash payments of up to $200,000 per quarter to purchase additional shares of common stock, which up to January 30, 2019, were purchased at a 3 percent discount to market for plan participants.  On January 3, 2019, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 eliminating the 3 percent discount to market price.  Voluntary share purchases in the “Reinvestment Plan” can be filled from the Company’s authorized but unissued shares and/or in the open market, at the discretion of the Company.  All shares purchased during 2021 were purchased in the open market.

18.  BUSINESS SEGMENTS

The Company assesses its results among two operating segments, Banking and Peapack Private. Management uses certain methodologies to allocate income and expense to the business segments. A funds transfer pricing methodology is used to assign interest income and interest expense. Certain indirect expenses are allocated to segments. These include support unit expenses such as technology and operations and other support functions. Taxes are allocated to each segment based on the effective rate for the period shown.  The Banking segment’s effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2020 was affected by a $3.3 million income tax benefit recorded during the first quarter of 2020.  For additional information related to this income tax benefit refer to the Income Taxes footnote.

Banking

The Banking segment includes: commercial (includes C&I and equipment finance), commercial real estate, multifamily, residential and consumer lending activities; treasury management services; C&I advisory services; escrow management; deposit generation; operation of ATMs; telephone and internet banking services; merchant credit card services and customer support and sales.

Peapack Private

Peapack Private, which includes the operations of PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware and MCM, consists of: investment management services provided for individuals and institutions; personal trust services, including services as executor, trustee, administrator, custodian and guardian; and other financial planning, tax preparation and advisory services.

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The following table presents the statements of income and total assets for the Company’s reportable segments for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

	Year Ended December 31, 2021
			Wealth
(In thousands)	Banking		Management		Total
Net interest income	$	132,195	$	5,866	$	138,061
Noninterest income		17,342		54,901		72,243
Total income		149,537		60,767		210,304
Provision for loan losses		6,475		—		6,475
Compensation and benefits		56,970		24,894		81,864
Premises and equipment expense		14,805		2,360		17,165
FDIC expense		2,071		—		2,071
Other noninterest expense		14,407		10,660		25,067
Total noninterest expense		94,728		37,914		132,642
Income before income tax expense		54,809		22,853		77,662
Income tax expense		14,847		6,193		21,040
Net income	$	39,962	$	16,660	$	56,622
Total assets at period end	$	5,973,343	$	104,650	$	6,077,993

	Year Ended December 31, 2020
			Wealth
(In thousands)	Banking		Management		Total
Net interest income	$	121,583	$	6,019	$	127,602
Noninterest income		19,104		42,656		61,760
Total income		140,687		48,675		189,362
Provision for loan losses		32,400		—		32,400
Compensation and benefits		54,044		23,472		77,516
Premises and equipment expense		14,056		2,321		16,377
FDIC expense		1,975		—		1,975
Other noninterest expense		19,694		9,397		29,091
Total noninterest expense		122,169		35,190		157,359
Income before income tax expense		18,518		13,485		32,003
Income tax expense		2,170		3,641		5,811
Net income	$	16,348	$	9,844	$	26,192
Total assets at period end	$	5,798,770	$	91,672	$	5,890,442

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	Year Ended December 31, 2019
			Wealth
(In thousands)	Banking		Management		Total
Net interest income	$	114,983	$	5,291	$	120,274
Noninterest income		14,999		39,697		54,696
Total income		129,982		44,988		174,970
Provision for loan losses		4,000		—		4,000
Compensation and benefits		48,925		21,204		70,129
Premises and equipment expense		12,533		2,202		14,735
FDIC expense		277		—		277
Other noninterest expense		10,932		8,775		19,707
Total noninterest expense		76,667		32,181		108,848
Income before income tax expense		53,315		12,807		66,122
Income tax expense		15,069		3,619		18,688
Net income	$	38,246	$	9,188	$	47,434
Total assets at period end	$	5,095,744	$	87,135	$	5,182,879

19.  SUBORDINATED DEBT

In June 2016, the Company issued $50.0 million in aggregate principal amount of fixed-to-floating subordinated notes (the “2016 Notes”) to certain institutional investors. The 2016 Notes were non-callable for five years, had a stated maturity of June 30, 2026, and bore interest at a fixed rate of 6.0 percent per year until June 30, 2021. From June 30, 2021, to the maturity date or early redemption date, the interest rate would reset quarterly to a level equal to the then current three-month LIBOR rate plus 485 basis points, payable quarterly in arrears. During the second quarter of 2021, the Company used a portion of the proceeds from the December 2020 subordinated debt issuance to redeem the $50.0 million June 2016 issuance.  The remaining net issuance costs of $648,000 were written-off during the quarter ended June 30, 2021.  

In December 2017, the Company issued $35.0 million in aggregate principal amount of fixed-to-floating subordinated notes (the “2017 Notes”) to certain institutional investors. The 2017 Notes are non-callable for five years, have a stated maturity of December 15, 2027, and bear interest at a fixed rate of 4.75 percent per year until December 15, 2022. From December 16, 2022, to the maturity date or early redemption date, the interest rate will reset quarterly to a level equal to the then current three-month LIBOR rate plus 254 basis points, payable quarterly in arrears. Debt issuance costs incurred totaled $875,000 and are being amortized to maturity.  

In December 2020, the Company issued $100.0 million in aggregate principal amount of fixed to floating subordinated notes (the “2020 Notes”) to certain institutional investors.  The 2020 Notes are non-callable for five years, have a stated maturity of December 22, 2030, and bear interest at a fixed rate of 3.50 percent per year until December 22, 2025. From December 23, 2025, to the maturity date or early redemption date, the interest rate will reset quarterly to a level equal to the then current three-month SOFR plus 326 basis points, payable quarterly in arrears.  Debt issuance costs incurred totaled $1.9 million and are being amortized to maturity.

The Company may use the proceeds from the issuance of the 2020 Notes for stock repurchases, acquisitions of wealth management firms, as well as other general corporate purposes.

Subordinated debt is presented net of issuance cost on the Consolidated Statements of Condition. The subordinated debt issuances are included in the Company’s regulatory total capital amount and ratio.  

In connection with the issuance of the 2020 Notes, the Company obtained ratings from Kroll Bond Rating Agency (“KBRA”) and Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”). KBRA assigned investment grade rating of BBB- and Moody’s assigned investment grade rating of Baa3 for the 2020 Notes at the time of issuance.

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20.  ACQUISITIONS  

The Company completed one acquisition in 2021, two acquisitions in 2020, and one acquisition in 2019, supporting the overall wealth management strategy.  The acquisitions were not considered significant to the Company’s financial statements and therefore pro forma financial data and related disclosures are not included.

On September 1, 2019, the Company acquired Point View. The purchase price was comprised of cash and common stock. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of the identifiable net assets was recorded as goodwill, none of which is deductible for tax purposes.

On December 18, 2020, the Company acquired wealth management teams and the associated books of business from Noyes Capital Management and Lucas Capital Management.  The purchase price was comprised of cash in both transactions.  The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of the identifiable net assets was recorded as goodwill and is deductible for tax purposes.

On July 1, 2021, the Company acquired Princeton Portfolio Strategies Group.  The purchase price was comprised of cash and common stock.  The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of the identifiable net assets was recorded as goodwill and is deductible for tax purposes.

The fair value of the equity included as part of the consideration for the Company’s acquisition in 2021 was determined based on the closing price of the Company’s common shares on the acquisition date and totaled $333,000 in the aggregate for 2021.  There was no equity included in the Company’s acquisitions for the year ended December 31, 2020. The fair value of the equity included as part of the consideration for the Company’s acquisition in 2019 was determined based on the closing price of the Company’s common shares on the acquisition date and totaled $5.0 million in the aggregate for 2019.

The 2021 acquisition resulted in goodwill of $3.1 million as well as identifiable intangible assets. The two 2020 acquisitions resulted in goodwill of $2.9 million as well as identifiable intangible assets.  The 2019 acquisition resulted in goodwill of $5.8 million as well as identifiable intangible assets. Identifiable intangible assets include tradename, customer relationships and non-compete agreements. No liabilities were assumed at these acquisition dates.

Goodwill on the Company’s consolidated statement of financial condition totaled $36.2 million, and $33.1 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  Of the $36.2 million of goodwill, $563,000 relates to the Banking segment and $35.6 million relates to the Wealth Management segment.  

During 2021, the Company conducted its annual impairment analysis and concluded that there was no impairment of goodwill.

The table below presents a rollforward of goodwill and intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

			Identifiable
(In thousands)	Goodwill		Intangible Assets
Balance as of January 1, 2019	$	24,417	$	7,933
Acquisitions during the period		5,791		3,490
Amortization during the period		—		1,043
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	30,208	$	10,380
Acquisitions during the period	$	2,895	$	1,695
Amortization and impairment during the period		—		1,287
Balance as of December 31, 2020	$	33,103	$	10,788
Acquisitions during the period	$	3,109	$	3,500
Amortization during the period		—		1,598
Balance as of December 31, 2021	$	36,212	$	12,690

Amortization expense related to identifiable intangible assets was $1.6 million, $1.3 million, and $1.0 million for 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

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Estimated amortization expense for each of the next five years is shown in the table below.

(In thousands)
2022	$	1,569
2023		1,320
2024		1,087
2025		1,087
2026		944

21.  ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS)

The following is a summary of the accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) balances, net of tax, for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

							Amount		Other
							Reclassified		Comprehensive
				Other			From		Income/(Loss)
				Comprehensive			Accumulated		Twelve Months
	Balance at			Income/(Loss)			Other		Ended			Balance at
	January 1,			Before			Comprehensive		December 31,			December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			Reclassifications			Income/(Loss)		2021			2021
Net unrealized holding gain/(loss) on    securities available for sale, net of tax	$	5,521		$	(15,394	)	$	—	$	(15,394	)	$	(9,873	)
Gain/(loss) on cash flow hedges		(6,913	)		3,806			606		4,412			(2,501	)
Accumulated other comprehensive    gain/(loss), net of tax	$	(1,392	)	$	(11,588	)	$	606	$	(10,982	)	$	(12,374	)

							Amount			Other
							Reclassified			Comprehensive
				Other			From			Income/(Loss)
				Comprehensive			Accumulated			Twelve Months
	Balance at			Income/(Loss)			Other			Ended			Balance at
	January 1,			Before			Comprehensive			December 31,			December 31,
(In thousands)	2020			Reclassifications			Income/(Loss)			2020			2020
Net unrealized holding gain/(loss) on    securities available for sale, net of tax	$	1,006		$	4,515		$	—		$	4,515		$	5,521
Gain/(loss) on cash flow hedges		(2,501	)		(4,346	)		(66	)		(4,412	)		(6,913	)
Accumulated other comprehensive    gain/(loss), net of tax	$	(1,495	)	$	169		$	(66	)	$	103		$	(1,392	)

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							Amount			Other
							Reclassified			Comprehensive
				Other			From			Income/(Loss)
				Comprehensive			Accumulated			Twelve Months
	Balance at			Income/(Loss)			Other			Ended			Balance at
	January 1,			Before			Comprehensive			December 31,			December 31,
(In thousands)	2019			Reclassifications			Income/(Loss)			2019			2019
Net unrealized holding gain/(loss) on    securities available for sale, net of tax	$	(3,006	)	$	4,012		$	—		$	4,012		$	1,006
Gain/(loss) on cash flow hedges		661			(3,006	)		(156	)		(3,162	)		(2,501	)
Accumulated other comprehensive    gain/(loss), net of tax	$	(2,345	)	$	1,006		$	(156	)	$	850		$	(1,495	)

The following represents the reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

	Years Ended
	December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			2020			2019			Affected Line Item in Statements of Income
Unrealized gain/(loss) on cash flow hedge    derivatives:
Reclassification adjustment for amounts included in    net income	$	—		$	(89	)	$	(223	)	Interest expense
Reclassification adjustment for losses on    termination of swaps included in net income		842			—			—		Other Income
Tax effect		(236	)		23			67		Income tax expense
Total reclassifications, net of tax	$	606		$	(66	)	$	(156	)

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22.  CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (PARENT COMPANY ONLY)

STATEMENTS OF CONDITION

	December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			2020
Assets
Cash	$	27,530		$	117,670
Interest-earning deposits		522			523
Total cash and cash equivalents		28,052			118,193
Investment in subsidiary		650,918			593,162
Other assets		680			6
Total assets	$	679,650		$	711,361
Liabilities
Subordinated debt	$	132,701		$	181,794
Other liabilities		561			2,445
Total liabilities		133,262			184,239
Shareholders’ equity
Common stock		17,220			16,958
Surplus		332,358			326,592
Treasury stock		(65,104	)		(36,477	)
Retained earnings		274,288			221,441
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(12,374	)		(1,392	)
Total shareholders’ equity		546,388			527,122
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	679,650		$	711,361

STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

	Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			2020			2019
Income
Dividend from Bank	$	—		$	13,000		$	31,000
Other income		—			2			6
Total income		—			13,002			31,006
Expenses
Interest expense		7,013			4,992			4,895
Other expenses		1,602			948			721
Total expenses		8,615			5,940			5,616
(Loss)/income before income tax benefit and    equity in undistributed earnings of Bank		(8,615	)		7,062			25,390
Income tax benefit		(2,340	)		(1,247	)		(1,178	)
Net (loss)/income before equity in undistributed earnings of Bank		(6,275	)		8,309			26,568
Equity in undistributed earnings of Bank/(dividends    in excess of earnings)		62,897			17,883			20,866
Net income	$	56,622		$	26,192		$	47,434
Other comprehensive (loss)/income		(10,982	)		103			850
Comprehensive income	$	45,640		$	26,295		$	48,284

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STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			2020			2019
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	56,622		$	26,192		$	47,434
Undistributed earnings of Bank		(62,897	)		(17,883	)		(20,866	)
Amortization of subordinated debt costs		1,002			234			224
(Increase)/decrease in other assets		(674	)		4,914			(1,186	)
(Decrease)/increase in other liabilities		(1,979	)		2,176			(24	)
Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities		(7,926	)		15,633			25,582
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital contribution to subsidiary		—			—			—
Net cash used in investing activities		—			—			—
Cash flows from financing activities:
Cash dividends paid on common stock		(3,775	)		(3,780	)		(3,865	)
Exercise of stock options, net of stock swaps		187			230			251
Proceeds from issuance of subordinated debt		—			98,143			—
Repayments of subordinated debt		(50,000	)		—			—
Shares repurchase		(28,627	)		(6,487	)		(21,002	)
Net cash (used in)/provided by financing activities		(82,215	)		88,106			(24,616	)
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents		(90,141	)		103,739			966
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		118,193			14,454			13,488
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	28,052		$	118,193		$	14,454

23.  SUPPLEMENTAL DATA (unaudited)

The following table sets forth certain unaudited quarterly financial data for the periods indicated:

Selected 2021 Quarterly Data:
(In thousands, except per share data)	March 31			June 30		September 30			December 31
Interest income	$	38,239		$	39,686	$	40,067		$	42,075
Interest expense		6,446			5,841		4,856			4,863
Net interest income		31,793			33,845		35,211			37,212
Provision for loan losses		225			900		1,600			3,750
Wealth management fee income		12,131			13,034		13,860			13,962
Securities (losses)/gains, net		(265	)		42		(70	)		(139	)
Other income		5,954			4,602		3,991			5,141
Operating expenses		31,594			30,684		32,185			31,704
Income before income tax expense		17,794			19,939		19,207			20,722
Income tax expense		4,616			5,521		5,036			5,867
Net income	$	13,178		$	14,418	$	14,171		$	14,855
Earnings per share-basic	$	0.70		$	0.76	$	0.76		$	0.80
Earnings per share-diluted		0.67			0.74		0.74			0.78

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Selected 2020 Quarterly Data:
(In thousands, except per share data)	March 31			June 30		September 30		December 31
Interest income	$	45,395		$	41,649	$	40,174	$	38,532
Interest expense		13,648			9,678		8,025		6,797
Net interest income		31,747			31,971		32,149		31,735
Provision for loan losses		20,000			4,900		5,150		2,350
Wealth management fee income		9,955			9,996		10,119		10,791
Securities gains/(losses), net		198			125		—		(42	)
Other income		4,364			2,505		10,092		3,657
Operating expenses		28,235			29,014		28,461		39,249
(Loss)/income before income tax (benefit)/expense		(1,971	)		10,683		18,749		4,542
Income tax (benefit)/expense		(3,344	)		2,441		5,202		1,512
Net income	$	1,373		$	8,242	$	13,547	$	3,030
Earnings per share-basic	$	0.07		$	0.44	$	0.72	$	0.16
Earnings per share-diluted		0.07			0.43		0.71		0.16

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Item 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Management’s Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” which, consistent with Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is defined to mean controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s Management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

The Company’s Management, with the participation of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures.  Based on such evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The Company’s Management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud.  A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, provides reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. The design of a control system reflects resource constraints; the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because there are inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been or will be detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns occur because of simple error or mistake. Controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by Management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events. There can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures.  Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 2021, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The Company’s Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance to the Company’s Management and Board of Directors regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.  In addition, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

As of December 31, 2021, Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting established in 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (“COSO”) of the Treadway Commission.  Management’s assessment included an evaluation of the design of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting

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and testing of the operating effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting.  Management reviewed the results of its assessment with the Audit and Risk Committees.

Based on this assessment, Management determined that, as of December 31, 2021, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Crowe LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited the Company’s December 31, 2021 consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, has issued an audit report expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021.  The report is included in Item 8 under the heading “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.”

Item 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

Item 9C.    DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS

Not applicable.

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PART III

Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The information set forth under the captions “Proposal 1 – Election of Directors – Nominee for Election as Directors,” “Corporate Governance – Committee of the Board of Directors – Audit Committee,” “– Code of Business Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy and Corporate Governance Principles,” and “Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports” in the 2022 Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

A copy of the Code of Business Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy is available to shareholders on the “Governance Documents” section of the Investors Relations section of the Company’s website at www.pgbank.com.

Executive Officer	Age		Date Became an Executive Officer	Current Position and Business Experience
Douglas L. Kennedy		65	2012	Chief Executive Officer
Jeffrey J. Carfora		63	2009	Chief Financial Officer
John P. Babcock		64	2014	President of Private Wealth Management
Robert A. Plante		62	2017	Chief Operating Officer
Gregory M. Smith		55	2019	President of Commercial Banking

Mr. Kennedy joined the Bank in October 2012 as Chief Executive Officer. He is a career banker with over 43 years of commercial banking experience. Previously, Mr. Kennedy served as Executive Vice President and Market President at Capital One Bank/North Fork and held key executive level positions with Summit Bank and Bank of America/Fleet Bank. Mr. Kennedy has a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and an M.B.A. from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Mr. Carfora joined the Bank in April 2009 as Chief Financial Officer having previously served as a Transitional Officer with New York Community Bank from April 2007 until January 2008 as a result of a merger with PennFed Financial Services Inc. and Penn Federal Savings Bank (collectively referred to as “PennFed”).  Prior to the merger, Mr. Carfora served as Chief Operating Officer of PennFed from October 2001 until April 2007 and Chief Financial Officer from December 1993 to October 2001. Mr. Carfora has nearly 41 years of experience, including 38 years in the banking industry. Mr. Carfora has a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and an M.B.A. in Finance, both from Fairleigh Dickinson University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Babcock joined the Bank in March 2014 as Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank and President of Private Wealth Management.  Mr. Babcock has 40 years of experience in commercial and wealth management/private bank businesses in New York City and regional markets through mergers, expansions, rapid growth and periods of significant organizational change.  Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Babcock was the managing director of the Northeast Mid-Atlantic region for the HSBC Private Bank.  Mr. Babcock graduated from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business and has an M.B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University.  Mr. Babcock holds FINRA Series 7, 63 and 24 securities licenses.

Mr. Plante joined the Bank in March 2017 as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Plante previously served as Chief Operating Officer at Israel Discount Bank New York. Mr. Plante also served as Chief Information Officer at CIT Group and also held senior leadership positions at GE Capital Global Consumer Finance and with the Geary Corporation, a privately held IT consulting Company. Mr. Plante has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance, from the University of Vermont.

Mr. Smith joined the Bank in April 2019 as Executive Vice President, Head of Commercial Banking. Mr. Smith was promoted to President of Commercial Banking in January 2021 and oversees commercial banking across the organization including: C&I, commercial real estate and multifamily lending, equipment finance, investment banking and corporate advisory, the Bank’s platinum service team and professional services group, residential lending, the small business administration (“SBA”) team, and treasury management and escrow services. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Smith served as group sales executive for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions for Capital One Bank and was also a senior regional vice president for Summit Bank.  Mr. Smith has a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an M.B.A in Business Administration from Rider University.

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Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information set forth under the captions “Executive Compensation,” “Director Compensation,” “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” and “Compensation Committee Report” in the 2022 Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The following table shows information at December 31, 2021 for all equity compensation plans under which shares of our common stock may be issued:

					Number of Securities
					Remaining Available
					For Future Issuance
	Number of Securities				Under Equity
	To be Issued Upon		Weighted-Average		Compensation Plans
	Exercise of		Exercise Price of		(Excluding Securities
Plan Category	Outstanding Options		Outstanding Options		Reflected in Column
Equity
Compensation
Plans Approved
By Security
Holders		31,340	$	14.59		1,730,542
Equity
Compensation
Plans Not
Approved By
Security Holders	N/A		N/A		N/A
Total		31,340	$	14.59		1,730,542

The information set forth under the caption “Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock” in the 2022 Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The information set forth under the captions “Transactions with Related Persons” and “Corporate Governance – Director Independence” in the 2022 Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The information set forth under the captions “Proposal 3 – Ratification of the Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” and “– Audit Committee Pre-Approval Procedures” in the 2022 Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

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PART IV

Item 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a)	Financial Statements and Schedules:
(1)	Consolidated Financial Statements of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation.
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
	Consolidated Statements of Condition as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.
	Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.
	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.
	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

The Consolidated Financial Statements of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation as set forth in Item 8 of Part II of this Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 are incorporated by reference herein.

All financial statement schedules are omitted because they are either inapplicable or not required, or because the required information is included in the Consolidated Financial Statements or notes thereto contained in this 2021 Annual Report.

(b) Exhibits

(3)		Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws:
	A.	Certificate of Incorporation as incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 of the Registrant’s Form 10-Q Quarterly Report filed on November 9, 2009 (SEC File No. 001-16197).
	B.	By-Laws of the Registrant as in effect on the date of this filing are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed on December 20, 2017.
(4)		Instruments Defining the Rights of Security Holders
	A.	Indenture, dated December 12, 2017, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed on December 12, 2017.
	B.	First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 12, 2017, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed on December 12, 2017.
	C.	Indenture, dated as of December 22, 2020, by and between Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation and UMB Bank, National Association, as trustee is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed on December 23, 2020 (SEC File No. 001-16197).
	D.	Form of Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2020, by and between Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation and the several Purchasers is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed on December 23, 2020 (SEC File No. 001-16197).
	E.	Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2020, by and between Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation and the several Purchasers is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed on December 23, 2020 (SEC File No. 001-16197).
	F.	Description of Registrant’s Securities incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.E. of the Registrant’s Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2019.

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(10) Material Contracts:

A. “Directors’ Retirement Plan” dated as of March 31, 2001, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(J) of the Registrant’s Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2003 (SEC File No. 001-16197). +

B. “Directors’ Deferral Plan” dated as of March 31, 2001, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(K) of the Registrant’s Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2003 (SEC File No. 001-16197). +

C. Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation Amended and Restated 2002 Stock Option Plan is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed on January 13, 2006 (SEC File No. 001-16197). +

D. Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation 2006 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 of the Registrant’s Form 10-Q Quarterly Report filed on May 10, 2006 (SEC File No. 001-16197). +

E. (1) Form of Restricted Stock Agreement, (2) Form of Restricted Stock Agreement for Outside Directors, (3) Form of Time-Based/Performance-Based Restricted Stock Agreement (4) Form of Non-qualified Stock Option Agreement, (5) Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement and (6) Form of Non-qualified Stock Option Agreement for Outside Directors under the Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation 2012 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibits 10(H)(1), 10(H)(2), 10(H)(3), 10(H)(4), 10(H)(5) and 10(H)(6) of the Registrant’s Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2014. +

F. (1) Form of Non-qualified Stock Option Agreement, (2) Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement, (3) Form of Non-qualified Stock Option Agreement for Outside Directors under the Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation 2006 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(I)(2), 10(I)(3) and 10(I)(4) of the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. +

G. Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation 2012 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 of the Registrant’s Form 10-Q Quarterly Report filed on November 7, 2016.+

H. Form of Employment Agreement, dated as of August 5, 2021, by and among the Company, the Bank and each of Douglass L. Kennedy, Jeffrey L. Carfora, John P. Babcock and Gregory M. Smith incorporated by reference into Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Form 10-Q Quarterly Report filed on August 9, 2021. +

I. Change in Control Agreement, dated as of August 5, 2021, by and among the Company, the Bank and Robert A. Plante incorporated by reference into Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant’s Form 10-Q Quarterly Report filed on August 9, 2021. +

J. Deferred Compensation Retention Award Plan dated August 4, 2017, by and between Peapack-Gladstone Bank and Douglas L. Kennedy, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(A) from the Registrant’s Form 10-Q Quarterly Report for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. +

K. Deferred Compensation Retention Award Plan dated August 4, 2017, by and between Peapack-Gladstone Bank and John P. Babcock, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(C) from the Registrant’s Form 10-Q Quarterly Report for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. +

L. Deferred Compensation Retention Award Plan dated August 4, 2017, by and between Peapack-Gladstone Bank and Jeffrey J. Carfora, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(D) from the Registrant’s Form 10-Q Quarterly Report for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. +

M. Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. +

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N. Form of Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on July 1, 2021. +

(21) List of Subsidiaries:

(a) Subsidiaries of the Company:

		Percentage of Voting
	Jurisdiction	Securities Owned by
Name	of Incorporation	the Parent
Peapack-Gladstone Bank	New Jersey	100%

(b) Subsidiaries of the Bank:

Name
PGB Trust and Investments of Delaware	Delaware	100%
Peapack-Gladstone Mortgage Group	New Jersey	100%
BGP RRE Holdings, LLC	New Jersey	100%
BGP CRE Painter Farm, LLC	New Jersey	100%
BGP CRE Heritage, LLC	New Jersey	100%
BGP CRE K&P Holdings, LLC	New Jersey	100%
BGP CRE Office Property, LLC	New Jersey	100%
Peapack Ventures, LLC	Delaware	100%
Peapack-Gladstone Realty, Inc.	New Jersey	100%
Peapack Capital Corporation	New Jersey	100%
Murphy Capital Management	New Jersey	100%
PGB Securities, LLC	New Jersey	100%
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Services, Inc. (Inactive)	New Jersey	100%

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(23.1)	Consent of Crowe LLP
(24)	Power of Attorney
(31.1)	Certification of Douglas L. Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer of Peapack-Gladstone, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
(31.2)	Certification of Jeffrey J. Carfora, Chief Financial Officer of Peapack-Gladstone, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
(32)	Certification of Douglas L. Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer of Peapack-Gladstone and Jeffrey J. Carfora, Chief Financial Officer of Peapack-Gladstone pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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104	The cover page from Peapack-Gladstone’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, formatted in Inline XBRL and is included in Exhibits 101.

+ Management contract and compensatory plan or arrangement.

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

Not applicable.

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SIGNATURES 

Pursuant to the requirements of section 13 or 15(d) 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.

	Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation
By:	/s/ Douglas L. Kennedy
	Douglas L. Kennedy President and Chief Executive Officer

Dated:    March 14, 2022

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Douglas L. Kennedy	President and Chief Executive Officer, and Director	March 14, 2022
Douglas L. Kennedy
/s/ Jeffrey J. Carfora	Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	March 14, 2022
Jeffrey J. Carfora
/s/ Francesco S. Rossi	Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer	March 14, 2022
Francesco S. Rossi
/s/ F. Duffield Meyercord	Chairman of the Board	March 14, 2022
F. Duffield Meyercord
/s/ Carmen M. Bowser	Director	March 14, 2022
Carmen M. Bowser
/s/ Susan A. Cole	Director	March 14, 2022
Susan A. Cole
/s/ Anthony J. Consi II	Director	March 14, 2022
Anthony J. Consi II
/s/ Richard Daingerfield	Director	March 14, 2022
Richard Daingerfield
/s/ Edward A. Gramigna	Director	March 14, 2022
Edward A. Gramigna
/s/ Peter D. Horst	Director	March 14, 2022
Peter D. Horst
/s/ Steven A. Kass	Director	March 14, 2022
Steven A. Kass
/s/ Patrick J. Mullen	Director	March 14, 2022
Patrick J. Mullen
/s/ Philip W. Smith III	Director	March 14, 2022
Philip W. Smith III
/s/ Tony Spinelli	Director	March 14, 2022
Tony Spinelli
/s/ Beth Welsh	Director	March 14, 2022
Beth Welsh

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EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statements No. 333-257594, No. 333-238271, No. 333-219121, No. 333-211134, No. 333-195481, No. 333-181041, No. 333-150981, No. 333-133591, No. 333-86986, No. 333-51187, No. 333-188098, No. 333-195480, and No. 333-53001 on Form S-8 and No. 333-238267, No. 333-215176, No. 333-188009 and No. 333-198299 on Form S-3, and No. 333-226160, No. 333-220475, No. 333-213214, No. 333-160072 and 333-205166 on Form S-3D and No. 333-252046 on Form S-4 of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation of our report dated March 14, 2022, relating to the consolidated financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

/s/Crowe LLP

Crowe LLP

Livingston, New Jersey

March 14, 2022

EX-24

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned directors and officers of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation, hereby severally constitute and lawfully appoint Douglas L. Kennedy and Jeffrey J. Carfora, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact with full power to them and each of them to sign for us, in our names in the capacities indicated below, the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Douglas L. Kennedy	President and Chief Executive Officer, and Director	March 14, 2022
Douglas L. Kennedy
/s/ Jeffrey J. Carfora	Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	March 14, 2022
Jeffrey J. Carfora
/s/ Francesco S. Rossi	Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer	March 14, 2022
Francesco S. Rossi
/s/ F. Duffield Meyercord	Chairman of the Board	March 14, 2022
F. Duffield Meyercord
/s/ Carmen M. Bowser	Director	March 14, 2022
Carmen M. Bowser
/s/ Susan A. Cole	Director	March 14, 2022
Susan A. Cole
/s/ Anthony J. Consi II	Director	March 14, 2022
Anthony J. Consi II
/s/ Richard Daingerfield	Director	March 14, 2022
Richard Daingerfield
/s/ Edward A. Gramigna	Director	March 14, 2022
Edward A. Gramigna
/s/ Peter D. Horst	Director	March 14, 2022
Peter D. Horst
/s/ Steven A. Kass	Director	March 14, 2022
Steven A. Kass
/s/ Patrick J. Mullen	Director	March 14, 2022
Patrick J. Mullen
/s/ Philip W. Smith III	Director	March 14, 2022
Philip W. Smith III
/s/ Tony Spinelli	Director	March 14, 2022
Tony Spinelli
/s/ Beth Welsh	Director	March 14, 2022
Beth Welsh

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Douglas L. Kennedy, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves Management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 14, 2022

By:	/s/Douglas L. Kennedy
Name:	Douglas L. Kennedy
Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Jeffrey J. Carfora, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves Management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 14, 2022

By:	/s/ Jeffrey J. Carfora
Name:	Jeffrey J. Carfora
Title:	Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation, (the “Company”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), Douglas L. Kennedy, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Jeffrey J. Carfora, as Chief Financial Officer, each hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. (section) 1350, as adopted pursuant to (section) 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of his knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

	/s/ Douglas L. Kennedy
Name:	Douglas L. Kennedy
Title:	Chief Executive Officer
Date:	March 14, 2022

	/s/ Jeffrey J. Carfora
Name:	Jeffrey J. Carfora
Title:	Chief Financial Officer
Date:	March 14, 2022

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Document and Entity Information - USD ($)
$ in Millions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Mar. 01, 2022

Jun. 30, 2021

Cover [Abstract]

Entity Registrant Name

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Entity Central Index Key

0001050743

Document Type

10-K

Document Period End Date

Dec. 31, 2021

Amendment Flag

false

Current Fiscal Year End Date

--12-31

Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer

Yes

Entity Voluntary Filers

No

Entity Current Reporting Status

Yes

Entity Filer Category

Accelerated Filer

Entity Shell Company

false

Entity Small Business

false

Entity Emerging Growth Company

false

Entity Public Float

$ 553

Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding

18,255,802

Document Fiscal Period Focus

FY

Document Fiscal Year Focus

2021

Trading Symbol

PGC

Entity File Number

001-16197

Entity Tax Identification Number

22-3537895

Entity Address, Address Line One

500 Hills Drive

Entity Address, Address Line Two

Suite 300

Entity Address, City or Town

Bedminster

Entity Address, State or Province

NJ

Entity Address, Postal Zip Code

07921

City Area Code

908

Local Phone Number

234-0700

Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code

NJ

Entity Interactive Data Current

Yes

Title of 12(b) Security

Common Stock, No par value

Security Exchange Name

NASDAQ

Document Annual Report

true

Document Transition Report

false

ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag

true

Auditor Firm ID

173

Auditor Name

Crowe LLP

Auditor Location

Livingston, New Jersey USA

Documents Incorporated by Reference

Portions of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2022 Proxy Statement”) are incorporated by reference into Part III.  The Company expects to file the 2022 Proxy Statement within 120 days of December 31, 2021.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CONDITION - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks		$ 5,929	$ 10,629
Federal funds sold			102
Interest-earning deposits		140,875	642,591
Total cash and cash equivalents		146,804	653,322
Securities held to maturity (fair value $108,460 at December 31, 2021)		108,680
Securities available for sale		796,753	622,689
Equity security, at fair value		14,685	15,117
FHLB and FRB stock, at cost		12,950	13,709
Loans held for sale, at fair value		3,040	13,588
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value		34,051	18,520
Loans		4,806,721	4,372,437
Less: allowance for loan losses		61,697	67,309
Net loans		4,745,024	4,305,128
Premises and equipment		23,044	21,609
Other real estate owned			50
Accrued interest receivable		21,589	22,495
Bank owned life insurance		46,663	46,809
Goodwill		36,212	33,103
Other intangible assets		12,690	10,788
Finance lease right-of-use assets		3,582	4,330
Operating lease right-of-use assets		9,775	9,421
Other assets		62,451	99,764
Total assets		6,077,993	5,890,442
Deposits:
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits		956,482	833,500
Interest-bearing deposits:
Checking	[1]	2,287,894	1,849,254
Savings		154,914	130,731
Money market accounts		1,307,051	1,298,885
Certificates of deposit - retail		409,608	530,222
Certificates of deposit - listing service		31,382	32,128
Subtotal deposits		5,147,331	4,674,720
Interest-bearing demand – Brokered		85,000	110,000
Certificates of deposit - Brokered		33,818	33,764
Total deposits		5,266,149	4,818,484
Short-term borrowings			15,000
Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility		0	177,086
Finance lease liabilities		5,820	6,753
Operating lease liabilities		10,111	9,737
Subordinated debt, net		132,701	181,794
Deferred tax liabilities, net		39,322	32,978
Accrued expenses and other liabilities		77,502	121,488
Total liabilities		5,531,605	5,363,320
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred stock (no par value; authorized 500,000 shares)
Common stock (no par value; stated value $0.83 per share; authorized 42,000,000 shares; issued shares, 20,656,810 at December 31, 2021 and 20,342,881 at December 31, 2020; outstanding shares, 18,393,888 at December 31, 2021 and 18,974,703 at December 31, 2020)		17,220	16,958
Surplus		332,358	326,592
Treasury stock at cost (2,262,922 shares at December 31, 2021 and 1,368,178 shares at December 31, 2020)		(65,104)	(36,477)
Retained earnings		274,288	221,441
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(12,374)	(1,392)
Total shareholders’ equity		546,388	527,122
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$ 6,077,993	$ 5,890,442

[1] Interest-bearing checking includes $647.8 million at December 31, 2021 and $652.5 million at December 31, 2020 of reciprocal balances in the Reich & Tang or Promontory Demand Deposit Marketplace programs

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CONDITION (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Statement Of Financial Position [Abstract]
Securities held to maturity fair value	$ 108,460
Preferred stock, par value	$ 0	$ 0
Preferred stock, shares authorized	500,000	500,000
Common stock, stated value	$ 0.83	$ 0.83
Common stock, shares authorized	42,000,000	42,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	20,656,810	20,342,881
Common stock, shares outstanding	18,393,888	18,974,703
Treasury stock, shares	2,262,922	1,368,178

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
INTEREST INCOME
Loans, including fees	$ 147,814,000	$ 155,790,000	$ 165,663,000
Taxable securities	11,577,000	8,782,000	10,228,000
Tax-exempt securities	131,000	210,000	322,000
Interest-earning deposits	545,000	968,000	4,457,000
Total interest income	160,067,000	165,750,000	180,670,000
INTEREST EXPENSE
Savings and interest-bearing deposit accounts	7,383,000	13,527,000	32,286,000
Certificates of deposit	4,058,000	11,476,000	14,210,000
Borrowed funds	473,000	3,976,000	3,941,000
Finance lease liability	300,000	343,000	382,000
Subordinated debt	7,013,000	4,992,000	4,895,000
Subtotal – interest expense	19,227,000	34,314,000	55,714,000
Interest-bearing demand - brokered	1,721,000	2,773,000	3,457,000
Interest on certificates of deposits – brokered	1,058,000	1,061,000	1,225,000
Total interest expense	22,006,000	38,148,000	60,396,000
Net interest income before provision for loan and lease losses	138,061,000	127,602,000	120,274,000
Provision for loan and lease losses	6,475,000	32,400,000	4,000,000
Net interest income after provision for loan and lease losses	131,586,000	95,202,000	116,274,000
OTHER INCOME
Wealth management fee income	52,987,000	40,861,000	38,363,000
Service charges and fees	3,697,000	3,155,000	3,488,000
Bank owned life insurance	1,696,000	1,273,000	1,321,000
Gain on loans held for sale at fair value (mortgage banking)	2,194,000	3,266,000	721,000
Gain/(loss) on loans held for sale at lower of cost or fair value	1,142,000	7,426,000	(10,000)
Fee income related to loan level, back-to-back swaps		1,620,000	5,799,000
Gain on sale of SBA loans	4,939,000	1,766,000	2,145,000
Corporate advisory fee income	3,483,000	265,000	444,000
Loss on swap termination	(842,000)
Other income	3,379,000	1,847,000	2,308,000
Securities gains/(losses), net	(432,000)	281,000	117,000
Total other income	72,243,000	61,760,000	54,696,000
OPERATING EXPENSES
Compensation and employee benefits	81,864,000	77,516,000	70,129,000
Premises and equipment	17,165,000	16,377,000	14,735,000
FDIC insurance expense	2,071,000	1,975,000	277,000
FHLB prepayment penalty		4,784,000
Valuation allowance loans held for sale		4,425,000
Swap valuation allowance	2,243,000
Other operating expenses	22,824,000	19,882,000	19,707,000
Total operating expenses	126,167,000	124,959,000	104,848,000
Income before income tax expense	77,662,000	32,003,000	66,122,000
Income tax expense	21,040,000	5,811,000	18,688,000
Net income	$ 56,622,000	$ 26,192,000	$ 47,434,000
EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic	$ 3.01	$ 1.39	$ 2.46
Diluted	$ 2.93	$ 1.37	$ 2.44

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Statement Of Income And Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income	$ 56,622	$ 26,192	$ 47,434
Unrealized gains/(losses) on available for sale securities:
Unrealized gains/(losses) arising during the period	(20,227)	5,962	5,305
Before tax	(20,227)	5,962	5,305
Tax effect	4,833	(1,447)	(1,293)
Net of tax	(15,394)	4,515	4,012
Unrealized gains/(losses) on cash flow hedge
Unrealized holding gains/(losses)	5,295	(5,860)	(4,252)
Reclassification adjustment for amounts included in net income	842	(89)	(223)
Before tax	6,137	(5,949)	(4,475)
Tax effect	(1,725)	1,537	1,313
Net of tax	4,412	(4,412)	(3,162)
Total other comprehensive income/(loss)	(10,982)	103	850
Total comprehensive income	$ 45,640	$ 26,295	$ 48,284

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance [Member]	Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance [Member]	Surplus [Member]	Surplus [Member] Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member] Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member] Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member] Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjustment [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) [Member] Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance [Member]
Balance at Dec. 31, 2018	$ 469,013	$ 469,674		$ 16,459	$ 16,459	$ 309,088	$ 309,088	$ (8,988)	$ (8,988)	$ 154,799	$ 155,460		$ (2,345)	$ (2,345)
Balance (ASU 842 [Member]) at Dec. 31, 2018			$ 661									$ 661
Net income	47,434									47,434
Other comprehensive income (loss)	850												850
Restricted stock units issued				120		(120)
Restricted stock units/awards repurchased on vesting to pay taxes	(1,106)			(33)		(1,073)
Amortization of restricted stock awards/units	5,909					5,909
Cash dividends declared on common stock	(3,865)									(3,865)
Common stock options exercised	251			15		236
Issuance of shares for Employee Stock Purchase Plan	533			16		517
Shares repurchase	(21,002)							(21,002)
Issuance of common stock for acquisition	4,974			154		4,820
Exercise of warrants				2		(2)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2019	503,652			16,733		319,375		(29,990)		199,029			(1,495)
Net income	26,192									26,192
Other comprehensive income (loss)	103												103
Restricted stock units issued				142		(142)
Restricted stock units/awards repurchased on vesting to pay taxes	(741)			(37)		(704)
Amortization of restricted stock awards/units	6,875					6,875
Cash dividends declared on common stock	(3,780)									(3,780)
Common stock options exercised	230			17		213
Issuance of shares for Employee Stock Purchase Plan	1,078			47		1,031
Shares repurchase	(6,487)							(6,487)
Issuance of common stock for acquisition				50		(50)
Exercise of warrants				6		(6)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2020	527,122			16,958		326,592		(36,477)		221,441			(1,392)
Net income	56,622									56,622
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(10,982)												(10,982)
Restricted stock units issued				251		(251)
Restricted stock units/awards repurchased on vesting to pay taxes	(2,380)			(63)		(2,317)
Amortization of restricted stock awards/units	7,055					7,055
Cash dividends declared on common stock	(3,775)									(3,775)
Common stock options exercised	187			14		173
Issuance of shares for Employee Stock Purchase Plan	833			22		811
Shares repurchase	(28,627)							(28,627)
Issuance of common stock for acquisition	333			20		313
Exercise of warrants				18		(18)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2021	$ 546,388			$ 17,220		$ 332,358		$ (65,104)		$ 274,288			$ (12,374)

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Shares outstanding	18,974,703
Common stock options exercised and related tax benefits, shares	16,640
Issuance of shares for Employee Stock Purchase Plan, shares	26,693	56,849	18,740
Share repurchase, share	(894,744)	(220,222)	(739,778)
Shares outstanding	18,393,888	18,974,703
Common Stock [Member]
Shares outstanding	18,974,703	18,926,810	19,337,662
Restricted stock units issued, shares	301,626	170,575	144,026
Restricted stock units/awards repurchased on vesting to pay taxes, shares	(76,187)	(43,935)	(40,197)
Cash dividends declared on common stock, per share	$ 0.20	$ 0.20	$ 0.20
Common stock options exercised and related tax benefits, shares	16,640	19,860	18,660
Common stock options exercised, used to exercise, shares	258	2,149
Common stock options exercised, net of shares used to exercise, shares	16,382	17,711
Issuance of shares for Employee Stock Purchase Plan, shares	26,693	56,849	18,740
Share repurchase, share	(894,744)	(220,222)	(739,778)
Issuance of common stock for acquisition, shares	23,981	60,384	184,806
Exercise of warrants, shares	60,000	20,000	7,109
Exercise of warrants, used to exercise, shares	38,566	13,469	4,218
Exercise of warrants, net of shares used to exercise, shares	21,434	6,531	2,891
Shares outstanding	18,393,888	18,974,703	18,926,810

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Operating activities:
Net income		$ 56,622,000	$ 26,192,000	$ 47,434,000
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation		3,190,000	3,127,000	3,122,000
Amortization of premium and accretion of discount on securities, net		5,817,000	5,009,000	1,782,000
Amortization of restricted stock		7,055,000	6,875,000	5,909,000
Amortization of intangible assets		1,598,000	1,287,000	1,043,000
Amortization of subordinated debt costs		1,003,000	224,000	224,000
Provision for loan and lease losses		6,475,000	32,400,000	4,000,000
Swap valuation allowance		2,243,000
Valuation allowance loans held for sale			4,425,000
Stock-based compensation and employee stock purchase plan expense		126,000	224,000	158,000
Deferred tax expense		9,452,000	8,225,000	10,013,000
Fair value adjustment for equity security		432,000	(281,000)	(117,000)
Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale	[1]	171,342,000	187,704,000	73,709,000
Loans originated for sale	[1]	(176,759,000)	(194,735,000)	(75,588,000)
Gain on loans held for sale	[1]	(7,133,000)	(5,032,000)	(2,866,000)
(Gain)/loss on sale of loans held for sale at lower of cost or fair value		(1,142,000)	(7,426,000)	10,000
Gain on sale of other real estate owned		(51,000)
Gain on death benefit		(455,000)
Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance, net of split dollar liability		(618,000)	(681,000)	(775,000)
Decrease/(increase) in accrued interest receivable		906,000	(12,001,000)	328,000
(Increase)/decrease in other assets		(4,866,000)	(8,096,000)	5,111,000
Increase/(decrease) in accrued expenses and other liabilities		226,000	(10,720,000)	12,799,000
Net cash provided by operating activities		75,463,000	36,720,000	86,296,000
Investing activities:
Principal repayments, maturities and calls of securities held to maturity		234,000
Purchase of securities held to maturity		(108,925,000)
Principal repayments, maturities and calls of securities available for sale		453,427,000	217,072,000	208,625,000
Redemptions for FHLB & FRB stock		807,000	39,462,000	34,427,000
Purchase of securities available for sale		(653,524,000)	(448,053,000)	(209,971,000)
Purchase of equity securities			(4,000,000)	(6,000,000)
Purchase of FHLB & FRB stock		(48,000)	(29,103,000)	(39,962,000)
Proceeds from sale of loans held for sale at lower of cost or fair value		66,086,000	372,406,000	4,984,000
Net increase in loans, net of participations sold		(503,747,000)	(354,544,000)	(478,099,000)
Sales of other real estate owned		101,000		336,000
Purchases of premises and equipment		(3,928,000)	(3,075,000)	(1,705,000)
Purchase of wealth management company		(5,500,000)	(4,160,000)	(2,600,000)
Proceeds from death benefit		1,219,000		3,000,000
Net cash used in investing activities		(753,798,000)	(213,995,000)	(486,965,000)
Financing activities:
Net increase in deposits		447,665,000	574,973,000	348,171,000
Net (decrease)/increase in short-term borrowings			(113,100,000)	128,100,000
Proceeds from Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility			535,838,000
Repayments of Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility		177,086,000	358,752,000
Repayments of FHLB advances		(15,000,000)	(105,000,000)	(3,000,000)
Dividends paid on common stock		(3,775,000)	(3,780,000)	(3,865,000)
Exercise of stock options, net stock swaps		187,000	230,000	251,000
Restricted stock repurchased on vesting to pay taxes		(2,380,000)	(741,000)	(1,106,000)
Proceeds from issuance of subordinated debt			98,153,000
Repayments of subordinated debt		(50,000,000)
Issuance of shares for employee stock purchase plan		833,000	1,078,000	532,000
Purchase of treasury shares		(28,627,000)	(6,487,000)	(21,002,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities		171,817,000	622,412,000	448,081,000
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents		(506,518,000)	445,137,000	47,412,000
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		653,322,000	208,185,000	160,773,000
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year		146,804,000	653,322,000	208,185,000
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest		22,356,000	38,281,000	60,293,000
Income taxes, net		16,079,000	9,786,000	3,595,000
Transfer of loans to loans held for sale		57,376,000	367,477,000	15,064,000
Transfer of loans to other real estate owned				386,000
Security purchase settled in subsequent period				7,959,000
Acquisitions (Note 21)
Goodwill		3,109,000	2,895,000	5,791,000
Customer relationship & other intangibles		$ 3,500,000	$ 1,695,000	3,441,000
Right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for lease obligation				$ 7,012,000

[1] Includes mortgage loans originated with the intent to sell which are carried at fair value. In addition, includes the guaranteed portion of SBA loans which are carried at the lower of cost or fair value.

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

1.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Consolidation and Organization: The consolidated financial statements of the Company are prepared on the accrual basis and include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Peapack-Gladstone Bank (the “Bank”). The consolidated financial statements also include the Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiaries:

• PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware

• Peapack Capital Corporation (“PCC”)

• Murphy Capital Management (“Murphy Capital”)

• Peapack-Gladstone Mortgage Group, Inc. (owns 99 percent of Peapack Ventures, LLC and 79 percent of Peapack-Gladstone Realty, Inc., a New Jersey real estate investment company)

• PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware owns one percent of Peapack Ventures, LLC  

• Peapack Ventures, LLC (owns the remaining 21 percent of Peapack-Gladstone Realty, Inc.)

• PGB Securities, Inc. (formed in the second quarter of 2020)

While the following footnotes include the collective results of the Company and the Bank, these footnotes primarily reflect the Bank’s and its subsidiaries’ activities. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated from the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

Business: The Bank is a commercial bank that provides innovative private banking services to businesses, non-profits and consumers. Wealth management services are also provided through its subsidiaries, PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware and Murphy Capital. The Bank is subject to competition from other financial institutions, is regulated by certain federal and state agencies and undergoes periodic examinations by those regulatory authorities.

Basis of Financial Statement Presentation: The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. In preparing the financial statements, Management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and revenues and expenses and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the statement of condition. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Segment Information:  The Company’s business is conducted through two business segments: its banking segment (“Banking”), which involves the delivery of loan and deposit products to customers, and Peapack Private, which includes asset management services provided for individuals and institutions. Management uses certain methodologies to allocate income and expense to the business segments.

The Banking segment includes: commercial (includes C&I and equipment financing), commercial real estate, multifamily, residential and consumer lending activities; treasury management services; C&I advisory services; escrow management; deposit generation; operation of ATMs; telephone and internet banking services; merchant credit card services and customer support sales.

Peapack Private includes: investment management services for individuals and institutions; personal trust services, including services as executor, trustee, administrator, custodian; and other financial planning and advisory services. This segment also includes the activity from the Delaware subsidiary, PGB Trust and Investments of Delaware, and Murphy Capital.  Wealth management fees are primarily earned over time as the Company provides the contracted monthly or quarterly services and are generally assessed based on a tiered scale of the market value of assets under management and/or administration (“AUM”) at month-end.  Fees that are transaction based, including trade execution services, are recognized at the point in time that the transaction is executed (i.e. trade date).

Cash and Cash Equivalents:  For purposes of the statements of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash and due from banks, interest-earning deposits and federal funds sold. Generally, federal funds are sold for one-day periods.  Cash equivalents are of original maturities of 90 days or less. Net cash flows are reported for customer loan and deposit transactions and short-term borrowings with original maturities of 90 days or less.

Interest-Earning Deposits in Other Financial Institutions: Interest-earning deposits in other financial institutions mature within one year and are carried at cost.

Securities: Debt securities are classified as held to maturity and carried at amortized cost when Management has the positive intent and ability to hold them to maturity. Other debt securities are classified as available for sale and are carried at fair value, with unrealized holding gains and losses reported in other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax. The Company also has an investment in a CRA investment fund, which is classified as an equity security.  In accordance with ASU 2016-01, “Financial Instruments,” unrealized holding gains and losses on equity securities are marked to market through the income statement.

Interest income includes amortization of purchase premiums and discounts. Premiums and discounts on securities are amortized on the level-yield method without anticipating prepayments, except for mortgage-backed securities where prepayments are anticipated and premiums on callable debt securities, which are amortized to the earliest call date. Gains and losses on sales are recorded on the trade date and determined using the specific identification method.

Management evaluates securities for other-than-temporary impairment on at least a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market conditions warrant such an evaluation. For securities in an unrealized loss position, Management considers the extent and duration of the unrealized loss and the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer. Management also assesses whether it intends to sell, or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell, a security in an unrealized loss position before recovery of its amortized cost basis. If either of the criteria regarding intent or requirement to sell is met, the entire difference between amortized cost and fair value is recognized as impairment through earnings. For debt securities that do not meet the aforementioned criteria, the amount of impairment is split into two components as follows: (1) other-than-temporary impairment related to credit loss, which is recognized in the income statement and (2) other-than-temporary impairment related to other factors, which is recognized in other comprehensive income. The credit loss is defined as the difference between the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected and the amortized cost basis.

Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) and Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) Stock:  The Bank is a member of the FHLB system. Members are required to own a certain amount of FHLB stock, based on the level of borrowings and other factors. FHLB stock is carried at cost, classified as a restricted security and periodically evaluated for impairment based on ultimate recovery of par value. Dividends are reported as income.

The Bank is also a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and required to own a certain amount of FRB stock. FRB stock is carried at cost and classified as a restricted security. Dividends are reported as income.

Loans Held for Sale:  Mortgage loans originated with the intent to sell in the secondary market are carried at fair value, as determined by outstanding commitments from investors.

Mortgage loans held for sale are generally sold with servicing rights released; therefore, no servicing rights are recorded. Gains and losses on sales of mortgage loans, shown as gain on sale of loans on the Statement of Income, are based on the difference between the selling price and the carrying value of the related loan sold.

SBA loans originated with the intent to sell in the secondary market are carried at the lower of cost or fair value. SBA loans are generally sold with the servicing rights retained. Gains and losses on the sale of SBA loans are based on the difference between the selling price and the carrying value of the related loan sold.  Total SBA loans serviced totaled $97.5 million and $65.5 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  SBA loans held for sale totaled $32.5 million and $6.0 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  The servicing asset recorded was not material.

Loans originated with the intent to hold and subsequently transferred to loans held for sale are carried at the lower of cost or fair value. These are loans that the Company no longer has the intent to hold for the foreseeable future.

Loans:  Loans that Management has the intent and ability to hold for the foreseeable future or until maturity are stated at the principal amount outstanding. Interest on loans is recognized based upon the principal amount outstanding. Loans are stated at face value, less purchased premium and discounts and net deferred fees. Loan origination fees and certain direct loan origination costs are deferred and recognized on a level-yield method, over the life of the loan as an adjustment to the loan’s yield. The definition of recorded investment in loans includes accrued interest receivable and deferred fees/cost, however, for the Company’s loan disclosures, accrued interest and deferred fees/costs was excluded as the impact was not material.

Loans are considered past due when they are not paid within 30 days in accordance with contractual terms. The accrual of income on loans, including impaired loans, is discontinued if, in the opinion of Management, principal or interest is not

likely to be paid in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement, or when principal or interest is past due 90 days or more. All interest accrued but not received for loans placed on nonaccrual are reversed against interest income. Payments received on nonaccrual loans are recorded as principal payments, but do not diminish the borrower’s obligation. A nonaccrual loan is returned to accrual status only when interest and principal payments are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured, generally after the Bank receives contractual payments for a minimum of six consecutive months. Commercial loans are generally charged off, in whole or in part, after an analysis is completed which indicates that collectability of the full principal balance is in doubt. Consumer loans are generally charged off after they become 120 days past due. Subsequent payments are credited to income only if collection of principal is not in doubt. If principal and interest payments are brought contractually current and future collectability is reasonably assured, loans are returned to accrual status. Nonaccrual mortgage loans are generally charged off when the value of the underlying collateral does not cover the outstanding principal balance. The majority of the Company’s loans are secured by real estate in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

Allowance for Loan Losses: The allowance for loan and lease losses is a valuation allowance for credit losses that is Management’s estimate of probable incurred losses in the loan portfolio.  The process to determine reserves utilizes analytical tools and Management judgment and is reviewed on a quarterly basis. When Management is reasonably certain that a loan balance is not fully collectable, an impairment analysis is completed whereby a specific reserve may be established or a full or partial charge off is recorded against the allowance.  Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance. Management estimates the allowance balance required using past loan loss experience, the size and composition of the portfolio, information about specific borrower situations, estimated collateral values, asset quality information, economic conditions and other factors. Allocations of the allowance may be made for specific loans via a specific reserve, but the entire allowance is available for any loan that, in Management’s judgment, should be charged off.

The allowance consists of specific and general components. The specific component of the allowance relates to loans that are individually classified as impaired.

A loan is impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Bank will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Factors considered by Management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest payments when due. Loans that experience insignificant payment delays and payment shortfalls generally are not classified as impaired. Management determines the significance of payment delays and payment shortfalls on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration the circumstances surrounding the loan and the borrower, including the length of the delay, the reasons for the delay, the borrower’s prior payment record, and the amount of the shortfall in relation to the principal and interest owed.

Loans are individually evaluated for impairment when they are classified as substandard by Management. If a loan is considered impaired, a portion of the allowance may be allocated so that the loan is reported, net, at the present value of estimated future cash flows using the loan’s existing rate or if repayment is expected solely from the underlying collateral, the loan principal balance is compared to the fair value of collateral less estimated disposition costs to determine the need, if any, for a charge off.

The general component of the allowance covers non-impaired loans and is based primarily on the Company’s historical loss experience adjusted for current factors. The historical loss experience is determined by portfolio segment and is based on the actual loss history experience by the Company on a weighted average basis over the previous three years. This actual loss experience is adjusted by other qualitative factors based on the risks present for each portfolio segment. These qualitative factors include consideration of the following:  levels of and trends in delinquencies, charge-offs and impaired loans; effects of any changes in risk selection and underwriting standards; other changes in lending policies, procedures and practices; experience, ability and depth of lending management and other relevant staffing and experience; national and local economic trends and conditions; industry conditions; and effects of changes in credit concentrations.  For loans that are graded as non-impaired, the Company allocates a higher general reserve percentage than pass-rated loans using a multiple that is calculated annually through a migration analysis.  At both December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, the multiple was 2.25 times for non-impaired special mention loans and 3.25 times for non-impaired substandard loans. 

A troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) is a type of loan modification in which the Bank, for legal, economic or business reasons related to a borrower’s financial difficulties, grants a concession to the borrower that it would not otherwise consider. TDRs are impaired and are generally measured at the present value of estimated future cash flows using the loan’s effective rate at inception. If a TDR is considered to be a collateral dependent loan, the loan is reported, net, at the fair value

of the collateral, less estimated disposition costs. For TDRs that subsequently default, the Company determines the amount of reserve in accordance with the accounting policy for the allowance for loan and lease losses.

On March 27, 2020, the President of the United States signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, which provides entities with optional temporary relief from certain accounting and financial reporting requirements under U.S. GAAP.

The CARES Act allows financial institutions to suspend application of certain current TDR accounting guidance under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 310-40 for loan modifications related to the COVID-19 pandemic made between March 1, 2020 and the earlier of December 31, 2020 or 60 days after the end of the COVID-19 national emergency, provided certain criteria are met.  The revised CARES Act extended TDR relief to loan modifications through January 1, 2022.  This relief can be applied to loan modifications for borrowers that were not more than 30 days past due as of December 31, 2019 and to loan modifications that defer or delay the payment of principal or interest or change the interest rate on the loan.  In April 2020, federal and state banking regulators issued the Interagency Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting for Financial Institutions Working with Customers Affected by the Coronavirus to provide further interpretation of when a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty, specifically indicating that if the modification is either short-term (e.g., six months) or mandated by a federal or state government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the borrower will not be considered to be experiencing financial difficulty under ASC 310-40.  The Company continues to prudently work with borrowers negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic while managing credit risks and recognizing an appropriate allowance for loan and lease losses on its loan portfolio.  The Company approved total loan modifications under the CARES Act of $947.0 million, of which $25.6 million remain as of December 31, 2021.

Another key program under the CARES Act is the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) administered by the SBA which provided funding to qualifying businesses and organizations.  Under this program, the Company provided funding of approximately $650.0 million.  In the third quarter of 2020 and second quarter of 2021, the Company sold approximately $355.0 million and $56.5 million, respectively, of such loans, servicing rights released, to a third party.  The Company also referred approximately $124 million of PPP loans to a third party during the first six months of 2021.  The Company has approximately $13.8 million of PPP loans remaining on its balance sheet as of December 31, 2021 and believes that substantially all of these loans will be forgiven by the SBA. These loans are fully guaranteed by the SBA and provide for full forgiveness of the loans during a specified forgiveness period that meet specific guidelines provided by the SBA. Loans that do not meet the forgiveness criteria will enter a repayment period of 2 or 5 years.

In determining an appropriate amount for the allowance, the Bank segments and evaluates the loan portfolio based on Federal call report codes, which are based on collateral or purpose. The following portfolio classes have been identified:

Primary Residential Mortgages.  The Bank originates one to four family residential mortgage loans in the Tri-State area (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut), Pennsylvania and Florida.  Loans are secured by first liens on the primary residence or investment property.  Primary risk characteristics associated with residential mortgage loans typically involve major living or lifestyle changes to the borrower, including unemployment or other loss of income; unexpected significant expenses, such as for major medical issues or catastrophic events; and divorce or death. In addition, residential mortgage loans that have adjustable rates could expose the borrower to higher debt service requirements in a rising interest rate environment. Further, real estate values could drop significantly and cause the value of the property to fall below the loan amount, creating additional potential loss exposure for the Bank.

Home Equity Lines of Credit.  The Bank provides revolving lines of credit against one to four family residences in the Tri-State area. Primary risk characteristics associated with home equity lines of credit typically involve major living or lifestyle changes to the borrower, including unemployment or other loss of income; unexpected significant expenses, such as for major medical issues or catastrophic events; and divorce or death. In addition, home equity lines of credit typically are made with variable or floating interest rates, which could expose the borrower to higher debt service requirements in a rising interest rate environment. Further, real estate values could drop significantly and cause the value of the property to fall below the loan amount, creating additional potential loss exposure for the Bank.

Junior Lien Loan on Residence.  The Bank provides junior lien loans (“JLL”) against one to four family properties in the Tri-State area. JLLs can be either in the form of an amortizing home equity loan or a revolving home equity line of credit. These loans are subordinate to a first mortgage which may be from another lending institution. Primary risk characteristics associated with JLLs typically involve major living or

lifestyle changes to the borrower, including unemployment or other loss of income; unexpected significant expenses, such as for major medical issues or catastrophic events; and divorce or death. Further, real estate values could drop significantly and cause the value of the property to fall below the loan amount, creating additional potential loss exposure for the Bank.

Multifamily and Commercial Real Estate Loans.  The Bank provides mortgage loans for multifamily properties (i.e. buildings which have five or more residential units) and other commercial real estate that is either owner occupied or managed as an investment property (non-owner occupied) in the Tri-State area and Pennsylvania. Commercial real estate properties primarily include retail buildings/shopping centers, hotels, office/medical buildings and industrial/warehouse space. Some properties are considered “mixed use” as they are a combination of building types, such as a building with retail space on the ground floor and either residential apartments or office suites on the upper floors. Multifamily loans are expected to be repaid from the cash flows of the underlying property so the collective amount of rents must be sufficient to cover all operating expenses, property management and maintenance, taxes and debt service. Increases in vacancy rates, interest rates or other changes in general economic conditions can have an impact on the borrower and its ability to repay the loan. Commercial real estate loans are generally considered to have a higher degree of credit risk than multifamily loans as they may be dependent on the ongoing success and operating viability of a fewer number of tenants who are occupying the property and who may have a greater degree of exposure to economic conditions.

Commercial and Industrial Loans.  The Bank provides lines of credit and term loans to operating companies for business purposes. The loans are generally secured by business assets such as accounts receivable, inventory, business vehicles and equipment as well as the stock of the company, if privately held.  Commercial and industrial loans are typically repaid first by the cash flows generated by the borrower’s business operation. The primary risk characteristics are specific to the underlying business and its ability to generate sustainable profitability and resulting positive cash flows. Factors that may influence a business’ profitability include, but are not limited to, demand for its products or services, quality and depth of management, degree of competition, regulatory changes, and general economic conditions. Commercial and industrial loans are generally secured by business assets; however, the ability of the Bank to foreclose and realize sufficient value from the assets is often highly uncertain. To mitigate the risk characteristics of commercial and industrial loans, these loans often include commercial real estate as collateral to strengthen the Bank’s position and the Bank often requires more frequent reporting requirements from the borrower in order to better monitor its business performance.

Leasing and Equipment Finance.  PCC offers a range of finance solutions nationally. PCC provides term loans and leases secured by assets financed for U.S. based mid-size and large companies. Facilities tend to be fully drawn under fixed rate terms. PCC serves a broad range of industries including transportation, manufacturing, heavy construction and utilities.

Asset risk in PCC’s portfolio is generally recognized through changes to loan income of PCC, or through changes to lease related income streams due to fluctuations in lease rates. Changes to lease income can occur when the existing lease contract expires, the asset comes off lease or the business seeks to enter a new lease agreement.  Asset risk may also change depreciation, resulting from changes in the residual value of the operating lease asset or through impairment of the asset carrying value, which can occur at any time during the life of the asset.

Credit risk in PCC’s portfolio generally results from the potential default of borrowers or lessees, which may be driven by customer specific or broader industry related conditions.  Credit losses can impact multiple parts of the income statement including loss of interest/lease/rental income and/or via higher costs and expenses related to the repossession, refurbishment, re-marketing and or re-leasing of assets.

Consumer and Other.  These are loans to individuals for household, family and other personal expenditures as well as obligations of states and political subdivisions in the U.S. This also represents all other loans that cannot be categorized in any of the previous mentioned loan segments.  Consumer loans generally have higher interest rates and shorter terms than residential loans but tend to have higher credit risk due to the type of collateral securing the loan or in some cases the absence of collateral.

Leases:  At inception, contracts are evaluated to determine whether the contract constitutes a lease agreement.  For contracts that are determined to be an operating lease, a corresponding right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and operating lease liability are recorded in separate line items on the statement of condition.  An ROU asset represents the Company’s right to use an underlying asset during the lease term and a lease liability represents the Company’s commitment to make contractually obligated lease payments.  Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date of the lease and are based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term.  The measurement of the operating lease ROU asset includes any lease payments made.

If the rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable, the incremental collateralized borrowing rate is used to determine the present value of lease payments.  This rate gives consideration to the applicable FHLB over-collateralized borrowing rates and is based on the information available at the commencement date.  The Company has elected to apply the short-term lease measurement and recognition exemption to leases with an initial term of 12 months or less; therefore, these leases are not recorded on the Company’s statement of condition, but rather, lease expense is recognized over the lease term on a straight-line basis.  The Company’s lease agreements may include options to extend or terminate the lease.  The Company’s decision to exercise renewal options is based on an assessment of its current business needs and market factors at the time of the renewal.  The Company maintains certain property and equipment under direct financing and operating leases.  Substantially all of the leases in which the Company is the lessee are comprised of real estate property for branches and office space and are classified as operating leases.

The ROU asset is measured at the amount of the lease liability adjusted for lease incentives received, and cumulative prepaid or accrued rent if the lease payments are uneven throughout the lease term, any unamortized initial direct costs, and any impairment of the ROU asset.  Operating lease expense consists of:  a single lease cost allocated over the remaining lease term on a straight-line basis, variable lease payments not included in the lease liability, and any impairment of the ROU asset.

There are no terms or conditions related to residual value guarantees and no restrictions or covenants that would impact the Company’s ability to pay dividends or to incur additional financial obligations.

Premises and Equipment:  Land is carried at cost. Premises and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation charges are computed using the straight-line method. Equipment and other fixed assets are depreciated over the estimated useful lives, which range from three to ten years. Premises are depreciated over the estimated useful life of 40 years, while leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or the term of the lease. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. The cost of major renewals and improvements are capitalized. Gains or losses realized on routine dispositions are recorded as other income or other expense.

Other Real Estate Owned (OREO):  OREO acquired through foreclosure on loans secured by real estate is initially recorded at fair value, less estimated costs to sell.  Physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan occurs when legal title is obtained upon completion of foreclosure or when the borrower conveys all interest in the property to satisfy the loan through completion of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or through a similar legal agreement. The assets are subsequently accounted for at the lower of cost or fair value, as established by a current appraisal, less estimated costs to sell. Any write-downs at the date of foreclosure are charged to the allowance for loan losses. Expenses incurred to maintain these properties, losses resulting from write-downs after the date of foreclosure, and realized gains and losses upon sale of the properties are included in other non-interest expense and other non-interest income, as appropriate.

Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI): The Bank has purchased life insurance policies on certain key executives. BOLI is recorded at the amount that can be realized under the insurance contract at the balance sheet date, which is the cash surrender value adjusted for other charges or other amounts due that are probable at settlement.

Loan Commitments and Related Financial Instruments:  Financial instruments include off-balance sheet credit instruments, such as commitments to make loans and commercial letters of credit issued to meet customer financing needs. The face amount for these items represents the exposure to loss, before considering customer collateral or ability to repay. Such financial instruments are recorded when they are funded.

Derivatives:  At the inception of a derivative contract, the Company designates the derivative as one of three types based on the Company’s intentions and belief as to likely effectiveness as a hedge. These three types are (1) a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability or of an unrecognized firm commitment (“fair value hedge”), (2) a hedge of a

forecasted transaction or the variability of cash flows to be received or paid related to a recognized asset or liability (“cash flow hedge”), or (3) an instrument with no hedging designation.  For a fair value hedge, the gain or loss on the derivative, as well as the offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item, are recognized in current earnings as fair values change. For a cash flow hedge, the gain or loss on the derivative is reported in other comprehensive income and is reclassified into earnings in the same periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. For cash flow hedges, changes in the fair value of derivatives that are not highly effective in hedging the changes in fair value or expected cash flows of the hedged item are recognized immediately in current earnings. Changes in the fair value of derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting are reported currently in earnings, as non-interest income. When hedge accounting is discontinued on a fair value hedge that no longer qualifies as an effective hedge, the derivative continues to be reported at fair value in the statement of condition, but the carrying amount of the hedged item is no longer adjusted for future changes in fair value.  The adjustment to the carrying amount of the hedged item that existed at the date hedge accounting is discontinued is amortized over the remaining life of the hedged item into earnings.

Net cash settlements on derivatives that qualify for hedge accounting are recorded in interest income or interest expense, based on the item being hedged. Net cash settlements on derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting are reported in non-interest income. Cash flows on hedges are classified in the cash flow statement the same as the cash flows of the items being hedged.

The Company formally documents the relationship between derivatives and hedged items, as well as the risk-management objective and the strategy for undertaking hedge transactions at the inception of the hedging relationship.  This documentation includes linking fair value or cash flow hedges to specific assets and liabilities on the balance sheet or to specific firm commitments or forecasted transactions.  The Company discontinues hedge accounting when it determines that the derivative is no longer effective in offsetting changes in the fair value or cash flows of the hedged item, the derivative is settled or terminates, a hedged forecasted transaction is no longer probable, a hedged firm commitment is no longer firm, or treatment of the derivative as a hedge is no longer appropriate or intended.

When hedge accounting is discontinued, subsequent changes in fair value of the derivative are recorded as non-interest income.  When a cash flow hedge is discontinued but the hedged cash flows or forecasted transactions are still expected to occur, gains or losses that were accumulated in other comprehensive income are amortized into earnings over the same periods which the hedged transactions will affect earnings.

The Company also offers facility specific / loan level swaps to its customers and offsets its exposure from such contracts by entering into mirror image swaps with a financial institution / swap counterparty (loan level/back-to-back swap program).  The customer accommodations and any offsetting swaps are treated as non-hedging derivative instruments which do not qualify for hedge accounting (“standalone derivatives”).  The notional amount of the swaps does not represent amounts exchanged by the parties.  The amount exchanged is determined by reference to the notional amount and the other terms of the individual contracts.  The fair value of the swaps is recorded as both an asset and a liability, in other assets and other liabilities, respectively, in equal amounts for these transactions.  The Company is exposed to losses if a customer counterparty fails to make its payments under a contract in which the Company is in a net receiving position.  At this time, the Company anticipates that its counterparties will be able to fully satisfy their obligations under the agreements.  All of the contracts to which the Company is a party settle monthly.  Further, the Company has netting agreements with the dealers with which it does business.

Income Taxes:  The Company files a consolidated Federal income tax return. State income tax returns are filed either on a combined or separate company basis based on the current laws and regulations of the state.

The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in its financial statements or tax returns. The measurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities is based on the enacted tax rates. Such tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effect of a change in tax rates in the period of enactment.

The Company recognizes a tax position as a benefit only if it is “more likely than not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized on examination. For tax positions not meeting the “more likely than not” test, no tax benefit is recorded.

The Company is no longer subject to examination by the U.S. Federal tax authorities for years prior to 2018 or by state and local tax authorities for years prior to 2016.  

The Company recognizes interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense.

Employee’s Savings and Investment Plan:  The Company has a 401(k) profit-sharing and investment plan, which covers substantially all salaried employees over the age of 21 with at least 12 months of service.  

Stock-Based Compensation:  Compensation cost is recognized for stock options and restricted stock awards/units issued to employees and non-employee directors, based on the fair value of these awards at the date of grant. A Black-Scholes model is utilized to estimate the fair value of stock options, while the fair value of the Company’s common stock at the date of grant is used for restricted stock awards/units. Compensation expense is recognized over the required service or performance period, generally defined as the vesting period. For awards with time-based vesting, compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. The stock options granted under these plans are exercisable at a price equal to the fair value of common stock on the date of grant and expire not more than ten years after the date of grant.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”): The ESPP provides for the granting of rights to purchase up to 150,000 shares of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation common stock. In May 2020, shareholders approved an increase of 200,000 shares of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation common stock to be issued under the ESPP.

Subject to certain eligibility requirements and restrictions, the ESPP provided for a single Offering Period of twelve months in duration, which commenced on May 16, 2019 and ended on May 15, 2020.

The ESPP was revised to allow for the purchase of shares during four three-month Offering Periods of each calendar year. The Offering Periods end on February 16, May 16, August 16 and November 16 of each calendar year.

Each participant in the Offering Period is granted an option to purchase a number of shares and may contribute between one percent and 15 percent of their compensation. At the end of each Offering Period, the number of shares to be purchased by the employee is determined by dividing the employee’s contributions accumulated during the Offering Period by the applicable purchase price. The purchase price is an amount equal to 85 percent of the closing market price of a share of common stock on the purchase date. Participation in the ESPP is entirely voluntary and employees can cancel their purchases at any time during the period without penalty. The fair value of each share purchase right is determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

The Company recorded $126,000, $224,000 and $158,000 of expense in salaries and employee benefits expense for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, related to the ESPP.  Total shares issued under the ESPP for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were 26,693, 56,849 and 18,740, respectively.      

Earnings Per Share (“EPS”):  In calculating earnings per share, there are no adjustments to net income available to common shareholders, which is the numerator of both the Basic and Diluted EPS. The weighted average number of shares outstanding used in the denominator for Diluted EPS is increased over the denominator used for Basic EPS by the effect of potentially dilutive common stock equivalents utilizing the treasury stock method. Common stock options outstanding are common stock equivalents, as are restricted stock units until vested.

The following table shows the calculation of both basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

(In thousands, except share and per share data)	2021		2020		2019
Net income available to common shareholders	$	56,622	$	26,192	$	47,434
Basic weighted average shares outstanding		18,788,679		18,896,825		19,268,870
Plus:  common stock equivalents		503,923		184,362		142,578
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding		19,292,602		19,081,187		19,411,448
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	3.01	$	1.39	$	2.46
Diluted		2.93		1.37		2.44

Restricted stock units totaling 264,317, 393,501 and 277,677 were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because they were anti-dilutive as of December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Anti-dilutive shares are

common stock equivalents with weighted average grant date values in excess of the average market value for the periods presented.

Loss Contingencies: Loss contingencies, including claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business, are recorded as liabilities when the likelihood of loss is probable and an amount or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. Management does not believe there are any such matters that will have a material effect on the financial statements.

Restrictions on Cash: Cash on hand or on deposit with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was required to meet regulatory reserve and clearing requirements.

Comprehensive Income: Comprehensive income consists of net income and the change during the period in the Company’s net unrealized gains or losses on securities available for sale and unrealized gains and losses on cash flow hedge, net of tax, less adjustments for realized gains and losses.

Shareholders’ Equity:  Stock dividends in excess of 20 percent are reported by transferring the par value of the stock issued from retained earnings to common stock. Stock dividends for 20 percent or less are reported by transferring the fair value, as of the ex-dividend date, of the stock issued from retained earnings to common stock and additional paid-in capital. Fractional share amounts are paid in cash with a reduction in retained earnings. Treasury stock is carried at cost.

Transfers of Financial Assets:  Transfers of financial assets are accounted for as sales, when control over the assets has been relinquished.  Control over transferred assets is deemed to be surrendered when the assets have been isolated from the Company, the transferee obtains the right (free of conditions that constrain it from taking advantage of that right) to pledge or exchange the transferred assets, and the Company does not maintain effective control over the transferred assets through an agreement to repurchase them before their maturity.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets:  Goodwill is generally determined as the excess of the fair value of the consideration transferred, plus the fair value of any noncontrolling interests in the acquiree (if any), over the fair value of the net assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date.  Goodwill and intangible assets acquired in a purchase business combination and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized but tested for impairment at least annually or more frequently if events and circumstances exist that indicate that a goodwill impairment test should be performed. The Company has selected December 31 as the date to perform the annual impairment test.  Intangible assets with definite useful lives are amortized over their estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values. Goodwill, which includes assembled workforce has an indefinite life on our statement of financial condition.

Other intangible assets primarily consist of customer relationship intangible assets arising from acquisitions are amortized on an accelerated method over their estimated useful lives, which range from 5 to 15 years.  Management determined that there was no impairment of goodwill or intangible assets related to the events created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reclassification: Certain reclassifications have been made in the prior periods’ financial statements in order to conform to the 2021 presentation and had no effect on the consolidated income statements or the consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity.

Accounting Pronouncements:  On June 16, 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”.  This ASU replaces the incurred loss model with an expected loss model, referred to as “current expected credit loss” (“CECL”) model.  It will significantly change estimates for credit losses related to financial assets measured at amortized cost, including loans receivable, and certain other contracts.  The largest impact will be on lenders and the allowance for loan and lease losses (“ALLL”).  This ASU will be effective for public business entities (“PBEs”) in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  The Company has elected to delay the adoption of ASU 2016-13, as approved by the CARES Act, until January 1, 2022. The Company has reviewed the potential impact to our securities portfolio, which primarily consists of U.S. government sponsored entities, mortgage-backed securities and municipal securities which have no history of credit loss and have strong credit ratings. The Company does not expect the standard to have a material impact on its financial statements as it relates to the Company’s securities portfolio.  The Company is also currently evaluating the impact the CECL model will have on our accounting and allowance for loans losses. The Company has selected a third-party firm to assist in the development of a CECL model to assist in the calculation of the allowance for loan and lease losses in preparation for the change to the expected loss model. The Company has also engaged a third-party firm to perform a model validation of our CECL model. The Company is also in the process of updating its policies and internal controls accordingly. The Company expects to recognize a one-time cumulative-effect adjustment to our ALLL as of January 1, 2022, consistent with regulatory expectations set forth in interagency guidance.  The Company expects to recognize a one-time cumulative effect adjustment to our ALLL and beginning retained earnings, net of tax, upon adoption.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”. The amendments in this Update simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740. This ASU removes the following exceptions: exception to the incremental approach for intra-period tax allocation when there is a loss from continuing operations and income or a gain from other items; exception to the requirement to recognize a deferred tax liability for equity method investments when a foreign subsidiary becomes an equity method investment; exception to the ability not to recognize a deferred tax liability for a foreign subsidiary when a foreign equity method investment becomes a subsidiary; and the exception to the general methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period when a year-to-date loss exceeds the anticipated loss for the year. The guidance is effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted. This ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting”. The amendments in this Update provide optional expedients and exceptions for applying generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. The amendments in this Update apply only to contracts and hedging relationships that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued due to reference rate reform. The expedients and exceptions provided by the amendments do not apply to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated after December 31, 2022. The amendments in this ASU can be adopted immediately and are effective through December 31, 2020.  The Company is evaluating alternative reference rates including the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) in preparation for a rate index replacement and the adoption of this ASU.

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INVESTMENT SECURITIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Investment Securities Available For Sale [Abstract]

INVESTMENT SECURITIES

2.  INVESTMENT SECURITIES

A summary of amortized cost and approximate fair value of investment securities available for sale and held to maturity included in the consolidated statements of condition as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 follows:

	2021
			Gross		Gross
	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized			Fair
(In thousands)	Cost		Gains		Losses			Value
Securities Available for Sale:
U.S. government-sponsored agencies	$	280,045	$	—	$	(7,824	)	$	272,221
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		481,062		3,849		(7,937	)		476,974
SBA pool securities		40,649		12		(1,100	)		39,561
State and political subdivisions		5,431		45		—			5,476
Corporate bond		2,500		21		—			2,521
Total securities available for sale	$	809,687	$	3,927	$	(16,861	)	$	796,753
Securities Held to Maturity:
U.S. government-sponsored agencies	$	40,000	$	7	$	(25	)	$	39,982
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		68,680		67		(269	)		68,478
Total securities held to maturity	$	108,680	$	74	$	(294	)	$	108,460

	2020
			Gross		Gross
	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized			Fair
(In thousands)	Cost		Gains		Losses			Value
Securities Available for Sale:
U.S. treasuries	$	2,613	$	—	$	—		$	2,613
U.S. government-sponsored agencies		84,424		2		(655	)		83,771
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		467,915		8,604		(461	)		476,058
SBA pool securities		49,457		31		(359	)		49,129
State and political subdivisions		7,987		102		—			8,089
Corporate bond		3,000		29		—			3,029
Total securities available for sale	$	615,396	$	8,768	$	(1,475	)	$	622,689

The amortized cost and fair value of investment securities available for sale and held to maturity as of December 31, 2021, by contractual maturity, are shown below. Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or repay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties. Securities not due at a single maturity, such as mortgage-backed securities and SBA pool securities are shown separately.

(In thousands)	Available for Sale				Held to Maturity
Maturing in:	Amortized Cost		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Fair Value
One year or less	$	3,541	$	3,554	$	—	$	—
After one year through five years		7,516		7,492		15,000		14,991
After five years through ten years		127,170		123,807		25,000		24,991
After ten years		149,749		145,365		—		—
		287,976		280,218		40,000		39,982
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		481,062		476,974		68,680		68,478
SBA pool securities		40,649		39,561		—		—
Total	$	809,687	$	796,753	$	108,680	$	108,460

Securities available for sale with a fair value of $764.4 million and $598.3 million as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, were pledged, but not necessarily encumbered, to secure public funds and for other purposes required or permitted by law.  In addition, securities held to maturity with a carrying value of $108.7 million were also pledged as of December 31, 2021 for the same purposes.

There were no sales of securities available for sale for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.

The following table presents the Company’s available for sale and held to maturity securities with continuous unrealized losses and the approximate fair value of these investments as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.

	2021
	Duration of Unrealized Loss
	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or Longer					Total
	Fair		Unrealized			Fair		Unrealized			Fair		Unrealized
(In thousands)	Value		Losses			Value		Losses			Value		Losses
Securities Available for Sale:
U.S. government-      sponsored agencies	$	243,187	$	(6,858	)	$	29,034	$	(966	)	$	272,221	$	(7,824	)
Mortgage-backed      securities-residential		265,403		(7,053	)		33,455		(884	)		298,858		(7,937	)
SBA pool securities		22,057		(567	)		10,562		(533	)		32,619		(1,100	)
Total securities available for sale	$	530,647	$	(14,478	)	$	73,051	$	(2,383	)	$	603,698	$	(16,861	)
Securities Held to Maturity:
U.S. government-      sponsored agencies	$	24,975	$	(25	)	$	—	$	—		$	24,975	$	(25	)
Mortgage-backed      securities-residential		48,307		(269	)		—		—			48,307		(269	)
Total securities held to maturity	$	73,282	$	(294	)	$	—	$	—		$	73,282	$	(294	)
Total securities	$	603,929	$	(14,772	)	$	73,051	$	(2,383	)	$	676,980	$	(17,155	)

	2020
	Duration of Unrealized Loss
	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or Longer					Total
	Fair		Unrealized			Fair		Unrealized			Fair		Unrealized
(In thousands)	Value		Losses			Value		Losses			Value		Losses
Securities Available for Sale:
U.S. government-      sponsored agencies	$	73,769	$	(655	)	$	—	$	—		$	73,769	$	(655	)
Mortgage-backed      securities-residential		103,340		(430	)		13,914		(31	)		117,254		(461	)
SBA pool securities		39,720		(343	)		2,095		(16	)		41,815		(359	)
Total securities available for sale	$	216,829	$	(1,428	)	$	16,009	$	(47	)	$	232,838	$	(1,475	)

Management believes that the unrealized losses on investment securities available for sale and held to maturity are temporary and due to interest rate fluctuations and/or volatile market conditions rather than the credit worthiness of the issuers. The Company does not intend to sell these securities nor is it likely that it will be required to sell the securities before their anticipated recovery; therefore, none of the securities in an unrealized loss position were determined to be other-than-temporarily impaired.

No other-than-temporary impairment charges were recognized in 2021, 2020 or 2019.

The Company has an investment in a CRA investment fund with a fair value of $14.7 million and $15.1 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  The investment is classified as an equity security in our Consolidated Statements of Condition. This security had a loss of $432,000 for the year ended December 31, 2021, and gains of

$281,000 and $117,000 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  This amount is included in securities gains/(losses), net on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

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LOANS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Receivables [Abstract]

LOANS

3.  LOANS

The following table presents loans outstanding, by type of loan, as of December 31:

			% of Total					% of Total
(Dollars in thousands)	2021		Loans			2020		Loans
Residential mortgage	$	498,300		10.37	%	$	502,829		11.50	%
Multifamily mortgage		1,595,866		33.20			1,126,946		25.77
Commercial mortgage		662,626		13.78			691,294		15.81
Commercial loans (including equipment financing) (A)		1,955,157		40.67			1,950,981		44.62
Commercial construction		20,044		0.42			12,600		0.29
Home equity lines of credit		40,803		0.85			50,546		1.15
Consumer loans, including    fixed rate home equity loans		33,687		0.70			37,016		0.85
Other loans		238		0.01			225		0.01
Total loans	$	4,806,721		100.00	%	$	4,372,437		100.00	%

(A) The December 31, 2021 and 2020 balances include PPP loans of $13.8 million and $195.6 million, respectively.

In determining an appropriate amount for the allowance for loan losses (“ALLL”), the Bank segments and evaluates the loan portfolio based on Federal call report codes. The following portfolio classes have been identified as of December 31:

			% of Total					% of Total
(Dollars in thousands)	2021		Loans			2020		Loans
Primary residential mortgage	$	500,243		10.42	%	$	512,841		11.74	%
Home equity lines of credit		40,803		0.85			50,545		1.16
Junior lien loan on residence		3,191		0.07			4,527		0.10
Multifamily property		1,595,866		33.23			1,126,946		25.79
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		252,603		5.26			253,447		5.80
Investment commercial real estate		1,003,979		20.90			995,613		22.79
Commercial and industrial (A)		992,332		20.66			1,059,399		24.24
Lease financing		345,868		7.20			305,931		7.00
Farmland/Agricultural production		6,871		0.14			3,068		0.07
Commercial construction		20,174		0.42			12,773		0.29
Consumer and other		40,828		0.85			44,483		1.02
Total loans	$	4,802,758		100.00	%	$	4,369,573		100.00	%
Net deferred costs		3,963					2,864
Total loans including net deferred costs	$	4,806,721				$	4,372,437

(A) The December 31, 2021 and 2020 balances include PPP loans of $13.8 million and $195.6 million, respectively.

The Company sold loans issued under the PPP totaling $56.5 million during 2021 resulting in a gain on sale of loans of $1.1 million.  In addition, the Company sold problem loans totaling $6.7 million resulting in a gain on sale of loans of $282,000 and residential loans totaling $12.2 million resulting in a gain on sale of loans of $362,000.  The Company sold loans issued under the PPP totaling $355.0 million during 2020 resulting in a gain on sale of loans of $7.4 million.  The Company sold one C&I loan which totaled $5.0 million during 2019 resulting in a loss on sale of loans sold of $10,000.    

The Company, through the Bank, may extend credit to officers, directors and their associates. These loans are subject to the Company’s normal lending policy and Federal Reserve Bank Regulation O.

The following table shows the changes in loans to officers, directors and their associates:

(In thousands)	2021			2020
Balance, beginning of year	$	3,801		$	4,164
New loans		845			1,094
Repayments		(309	)		(1,457	)
Balance, at end of year	$	4,337		$	3,801

The following tables present the loan balances by portfolio segment, based on impairment method, and the corresponding balances in the ALLL as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:

December 31, 2021
	Total		Ending ALLL		Total		Ending ALLL
	Loans		Attributable		Loans		Attributable
	Individually		to Loans		Collectively		to Loans
	Evaluated		Individually		Evaluated		Collectively				Total
	for		Evaluated for		for		Evaluated for		Total		Ending
(In thousands)	Impairment		Impairment		Impairment		Impairment		Loans		ALLL
Primary residential mortgage	$	2,242	$	—	$	498,001	$	1,432	$	500,243	$	1,432
Home equity lines of credit		—		—		40,803		83		40,803		83
Junior lien loan on residence		18		—		3,173		5		3,191		5
Multifamily property		—		—		1,595,866		9,806		1,595,866		9,806
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		458		—		252,145		1,998		252,603		1,998
Investment commercial real estate		12,750		4,234		991,229		22,849		1,003,979		27,083
Commercial and industrial		2,584		—		989,748		17,509		992,332		17,509
Lease financing		—		—		345,868		3,440		345,868		3,440
Secured by farmland and agricultural    production		—		—		6,871		84		6,871		84
Commercial construction		—		—		20,174		42		20,174		42
Consumer and other		—		—		40,828		215		40,828		215
Total ALLL	$	18,052	$	4,234	$	4,784,706	$	57,463	$	4,802,758	$	61,697

December 31, 2020
	Total		Ending ALLL		Total		Ending ALLL
	Loans		Attributable		Loans		Attributable
	Individually		to Loans		Collectively		to Loans
	Evaluated		Individually		Evaluated		Collectively				Total
	for		Evaluated for		for		Evaluated for		Total		Ending
(In thousands)	Impairment		Impairment		Impairment		Impairment		Loans		ALLL
Primary residential mortgage	$	1,490	$	3	$	511,351	$	2,902	$	512,841	$	2,905
Home equity lines of credit		—		—		50,545		218		50,545		218
Junior lien loan on residence		—		—		4,527		15		4,527		15
Multifamily property		—		—		1,126,946		9,945		1,126,946		9,945
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		807		—		252,640		3,050		253,447		3,050
Investment commercial real estate		4,593		—		991,020		27,713		995,613		27,713
Commercial and industrial		9,314		2,700		1,050,085		16,347		1,059,399		19,047
Lease financing		—		—		305,931		3,936		305,931		3,936
Secured by farmland and agricultural    production		—		—		3,068		43		3,068		43
Commercial construction		—		—		12,773		158		12,773		158
Consumer and other		—		—		44,483		279		44,483		279
Total ALLL	$	16,204	$	2,703	$	4,353,369	$	64,606	$	4,369,573	$	67,309

Impaired loans included nonaccrual loans of $15.6 million at December 31, 2021 and $11.4 million at December 31, 2020. Included in impaired loans is a $12.8 million commercial real estate loan that was placed on nonaccrual status in 2021. The Company recorded a charge-off of $7.1 million related to this loan.  Impaired loans also included performing troubled debt restructured loans of $2.5 million at December 31, 2021 and $201,000 at December 31, 2020.  At December 31, 2021, there was no allowance allocated to troubled debt restructured loans.  At December 31, 2020, the allowance allocated to troubled debt restructured loans totaled $3,000 of which none was allocated to nonaccrual loans. All accruing troubled debt restructured loans were paying in accordance with restructured terms as of December 31, 2021.

The following tables present loans individually evaluated for impairment by class of loans as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:

	December 31, 2021
	Unpaid						Average
	Principal		Recorded		Specific		Impaired
(In thousands)	Balance		Investment		Reserves		Loans
With no related allowance recorded:
Primary residential mortgage	$	2,453	$	2,242	$	—	$	1,818
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		492		458		—		540
Junior lien loan on residence		18		18		—		3
Commercial and industrial		4,549		2,584		—		3,153
Total loans with no related allowance	$	7,512	$	5,302	$	—	$	5,514
With related allowance recorded:
Investment commercial real estate	$	19,887	$	12,750	$	4,234	$	6,034
Total loans with related allowance	$	19,887	$	12,750	$	4,234	$	6,034
Total loans individually evaluated for impairment	$	27,399	$	18,052	$	4,234	$	11,548

	December 31, 2020
	Unpaid						Average
	Principal		Recorded		Specific		Impaired
(In thousands)	Balance		Investment		Reserves		Loans
With no related allowance recorded:
Primary residential mortgage	$	1,601	$	1,328	$	—	$	5,544
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		817		807		—		516
Investment commercial real estate		4,593		4,593		—		6,582
Commercial and industrial		7,137		4,314		—		1,677
Total loans with no related allowance	$	14,148	$	11,042	$	—	$	14,319
With related allowance recorded:
Primary residential mortgage	$	162	$	162	$	3	$	526
Commercial and industrial		5,000		5,000		2,700		4,140
Total loans with related allowance	$	5,162	$	5,162	$	2,703	$	4,666
Total loans individually evaluated for impairment	$	19,310	$	16,204	$	2,703	$	18,985

Interest income recognized on impaired loans during 2021, 2020 and 2019 was not material.

The following tables present the recorded investment in nonaccrual and loans past due over 90 days still on accrual by class of loans as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:

	December 31, 2021
			Loans Past Due Over
			90 Days and Still
(In thousands)	Nonaccrual		Accruing Interest
Primary residential mortgage	$	1,851	$	—
Junior lien loan on residence		18		—
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		458		—
Investment commercial real estate		12,750		—
Commercial and industrial		496		—
Total	$	15,573	$	—

	December 31, 2020
			Loans Past Due Over
			90 Days and Still
(In thousands)	Nonaccrual		Accruing Interest
Primary residential mortgage	$	1,328	$	—
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		807		—
Commercial and industrial		9,275		—
Total	$	11,410	$	—

The following tables present the recorded investment in past due loans as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 by class of loans, excluding nonaccrual loans:

	December 31, 2021
	30-59		60-89		Greater Than
	Days		Days		90 Days		Total
(In thousands)	Past Due		Past Due		Past Due		Past Due
Primary residential mortgage	$	639	$	—	$	—	$	639
Commercial and industrial		7,825		142		—		7,967
Total	$	8,464	$	142	$	—	$	8,606

	December 31, 2020
	30-59		60-89		Greater Than
	Days		Days		90 Days		Total
(In thousands)	Past Due		Past Due		Past Due		Past Due
Primary residential mortgage	$	2,900	$	141	$	—	$	3,041
Home equity lines of credit		181		—		—		181
Junior lien loan on residence		—		25		—		25
Multifamily property		—		269		—		269
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		268		—		—		268
Commercial and industrial		497		772		—		1,269
Total	$	3,846	$	1,207	$	—	$	5,053

Credit Quality Indicators:

The Bank places all commercial loans into various credit risk rating categories based on an assessment of the expected ability of the borrowers to properly service their debt.  The assessment considers numerous factors including, but not limited to, current financial information on the borrower, historical payment experience, strength of any guarantor, nature of and value of any collateral, acceptability of the loan structure and documentation, relevant public information and current economic trends.  This credit risk rating analysis is performed when the loan is initially underwritten and then annually based on set criteria in the loan policy.  

In addition, the Bank has engaged an independent loan review firm to validate risk ratings and to ensure compliance with our policies and procedures.  This review of the following types of loans is performed quarterly:

• A large sample of relationships or new lending to existing relationships greater than $1,000,000 originated since the prior review;

• All criticized and classified rated borrowers with relationship exposure of more than $500,000;

• A large sample of Pass-rated (including Pass Watch) borrowers with total relationships in excess of $1,000,000 and a small sample of Pass related relationships less than $1,000,000;

• All leveraged loans of $1,000,000 or greater;

• At least two borrowing relationships managed by each commercial banker;  

• Any new Regulation “O” loan commitments over $1,000,000; and

• Any other credits requested by Bank senior management or a member of the Board of Directors and any borrower for which the reviewer determines a review is warranted based upon knowledge of the portfolio, local events, industry stresses, etc.

The review excludes borrowers with commitments of less than $500,000.

The Bank uses the following regulatory definitions for criticized and classified risk ratings:

Special Mention:  These loans have a potential weakness that deserves Management’s close attention.  If left uncorrected, the potential weaknesses may result in deterioration of the repayment prospects for the loans or of the institution’s credit position at some future date.

Substandard:  These loans are inadequately protected by the current net worth and paying capacity of the obligor or of the collateral pledged, if any.  Loans so classified have a well-defined weakness or weaknesses that jeopardize the liquidation of the debt.  They are characterized by the distinct possibility that the institution will sustain some loss if the deficiencies are not corrected.

Doubtful: These loans have all the weaknesses inherent in those classified as substandard, with the added characteristic that the weaknesses make collection or liquidation in full highly questionable and improbable, based on currently existing facts, conditions and values.

Loans not meeting the criteria above that are analyzed individually as part of the above described process are considered to be pass-rated loans.

Loans that are considered to be impaired are individually evaluated for potential loss and allowance adequacy.  Loans not deemed impaired are collectively evaluated for potential loss and allowance adequacy.

The table below presents, based on the most recent analysis performed, the risk category of loans by class of loans for December 31, 2021 and 2020.

December 31, 2021
			Special
(In thousands)	Pass		Mention		Substandard		Doubtful
Primary residential mortgage	$	494,444	$	557	$	5,242	$	—
Home equity lines of credit		40,274		—		529		—
Junior lien loan on residence		3,173		—		18		—
Multifamily property		1,579,776		7,720		8,370		—
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		251,229		663		711		—
Investment commercial real estate		901,877		87,297		14,805		—
Commercial and industrial		951,127		20,178		21,027		—
Lease financing		345,868		—		—		—
Secured by farmland and agricultural		6,871		—		—		—
Commercial construction		20,099		75		—		—
Consumer and other loans		40,828		—		—		—
Total	$	4,635,566	$	116,490	$	50,702	$	—

December 31, 2020
			Special
(In thousands)	Pass		Mention		Substandard		Doubtful
Primary residential mortgage	$	504,795	$	1,398	$	6,648	$	—
Home equity lines of credit		50,068		—		477		—
Junior lien loan on residence		4,483		—		44		—
Multifamily property		1,121,145		5,441		360		—
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		240,638		10,417		2,392		—
Investment commercial real estate		893,115		91,162		11,336		—
Commercial and industrial		989,281		53,604		16,514		—
Lease financing		305,931		—		—		—
Secured by farmland and agricultural		3,068		—		—		—
Commercial construction		12,692		81		—		—
Consumer and other loans		44,483		—		—		—
Total	$	4,169,699	$	162,103	$	37,771	$	—

At December 31, 2021, $15.7 million of substandard loans were also considered impaired as compared to $16.2 million at December 31, 2020.

The tables below present a roll forward of the ALLL for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.

	January 1,										December 31,
	2021										2021
	Beginning										Ending
(In thousands)	ALLL		Charge-Offs			Recoveries		Provision			ALLL
Primary residential mortgage	$	2,905	$	(12	)	$	—	$	(1,461	)	$	1,432
Home equity lines of credit		218		—			85		(220	)		83
Junior lien loan on residence		15		—			—		(10	)		5
Multifamily property		9,945		—			—		(139	)		9,806
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		3,050		—			—		(1,052	)		1,998
Investment commercial real estate		27,713		(7,137	)		—		6,507			27,083
Commercial and industrial		19,047		(5,019	)		66		3,415			17,509
Lease financing		3,936		—			—		(496	)		3,440
Secured by farmland and agricultural		43		—			—		41			84
Commercial construction		158		—			—		(116	)		42
Consumer and other		279		(80	)		10		6			215
Total ALLL	$	67,309	$	(12,248	)	$	161	$	6,475		$	61,697

	January 1,									December 31,
	2020									2020
	Beginning							Provision		Ending
(In thousands)	ALLL		Charge-Offs			Recoveries		(Credit)		ALLL
Primary residential mortgage	$	2,090	$	(559	)	$	373	$	1,001	$	2,905
Home equity lines of credit		128		—			11		79		218
Junior lien loan on residence		13		—			—		2		15
Multifamily property		6,037		(56	)		—		3,964		9,945
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		2,064		(51	)		—		1,037		3,050
Investment commercial real estate		15,988		(6,092	)		31		17,786		27,713
Commercial and industrial		14,353		(2,418	)		17		7,095		19,047
Lease financing		2,642		—			—		1,294		3,936
Secured by farmland and agricultural		38		—			—		5		43
Commercial construction		27		—			—		131		158
Consumer and other		296		(27	)		4		6		279
Total ALLL	$	43,676	$	(9,203	)	$	436	$	32,400	$	67,309

	January 1,										December 31,
	2019										2019
	Beginning							Provision			Ending
(In thousands)	ALLL		Charge-Offs			Recoveries		(Credit)			ALLL
Primary residential mortgage	$	3,506	$	(80	)	$	205	$	(1,541	)	$	2,090
Home equity lines of credit		164		—			10		(46	)		128
Junior lien loan on residence		15		—			11		(13	)		13
Multifamily property		5,959		—			—		78			6,037
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		2,614		—			1,060		(1,610	)		2,064
Investment commercial real estate		14,248		—			—		1,740			15,988
Commercial and industrial		9,839		—			17		4,497			14,353
Lease financing		1,772		—			—		870			2,642
Secured by farmland and agricultural		2		—			—		36			38
Commercial construction		1		—			—		26			27
Consumer and other		384		(55	)		4		(37	)		296
Total ALLL	$	38,504	$	(135	)	$	1,307	$	4,000		$	43,676

Loan Modifications:   The CARES Act allows financial institutions to suspend application of certain current TDR accounting guidance under ASC 310-40 for loan modifications related to the COVID-19 pandemic made prior to December 31, 2020 or 60 days after the end of the COVID-19 national emergency, provided certain criteria are met.  The revised CARES Act extended TDR relief to loan modifications through January 1, 2022. This relief can be applied to loan modifications for borrowers that were not more than 30 days past due as of December 31, 2019 and to loan modifications that defer or delay the payment of principal or interest or change the interest rate on the loan.  In April 2020, federal and state banking regulators issued the Interagency Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting for Financial Institutions Working with Customers Affected by the Coronavirus to provide further interpretation of when a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty, specifically indicating that if the modification is either short-term (e.g., six months) or mandated by a federal or state government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the borrower is not experiencing financial difficulty under ASC 310-40.

As of December 31, 2021, the Bank had modified 542 loans with a balance of $947.0 million resulting in the deferral of principal and/or interest.  The table below summarizes the outstanding deferrals as of December 31, 2021.  All of these loans were performing in accordance with their terms prior to modifications and are in conformance with the CARES Act.  Included in the table below is one investment commercial real estate loan related to our back-to-back swap program totaling $12.8 million.  Details with respect to loan modifications are as follows:

			Post-Modification
			Outstanding
	Number of		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		1	$	145
Investment commercial real estate		1		12,750
Commercial and industrial		4		12,656
Total		6	$	25,551

The future performance of these loans, specifically beyond the term of the deferral, is uncertain.  To recognize a credit allowance commensurate with the existing risk, the Company assigned qualitative factors for each of the above portfolio classes for allowance purposes.

Troubled Debt Restructurings: The Company did not allocate specific reserves to customers whose loan terms had been modified in troubled debt restructurings as of December 31, 2021, compared to $3,000 of specific reserves as of December 31, 2020.  There were no unfunded commitments to lend additional amounts to customers with outstanding loans that are classified as troubled debt restructurings.

During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the terms of certain loans were modified as troubled debt restructurings. The modification of the terms of such loans included one or a combination of the following:  a reduction of the stated interest rate of the loan; or an extension of the maturity date at a stated rate of interest lower than the current market rate for new debt with similar risk.

The following table presents loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2021:

			Pre-Modification		Post-Modification
			Outstanding		Outstanding
	Number of		Recorded		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		3	$	603	$	603
Junior lien loan on residence		1		18		18
Commercial and industrial		1		2,070		2,070
Total		5	$	2,691	$	2,691

The following table presents loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2020:

			Pre-Modification		Post-Modification
			Outstanding		Outstanding
	Number of		Recorded		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		3	$	423	$	423
Commercial and industrial		1		39		39
Total		4	$	462	$	462

The following table presents loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2019:

			Pre-Modification		Post-Modification
			Outstanding		Outstanding
	Number of		Recorded		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		2	$	530	$	530
Commercial and industrial		5		6,028		6,028
Total		7	$	6,558	$	6,558

The identification of the troubled debt restructured loans did not have a significant impact on the allowance for loan losses.  In addition, there were no charge-offs as a result of the classification of these loans as troubled debt restructurings during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.

The following table presents loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings during the year ended December 31, 2021 for which there was a payment default during the same period:

	Number of		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		1	$	218
Total		1	$	218

The following table presents loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings during the year ended December 31, 2020 for which there was a payment default during the same period:

	Number of		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		1	$	133
Commercial and industrial		1		39
Total		2	$	172

The following table presents loans by class modified as trouble debt restructurings during the year ended December 31, 2019 for which there was a payment default during the same period:

	Number of		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		1	$	201
Total		1	$	201

The defaults described above did not have a material impact on the allowance for loan losses or provisions during 2021, 2020 and 2019.

In order to determine whether a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty, an evaluation is performed of the probability that the borrower will be in payment default on any of its debt in the foreseeable future without the modification.  This evaluation is performed under the Company’s internal underwriting policy. The modification of the terms of such loans may include one or more of the following: (1) a reduction of the stated interest rate of the loan to a rate that is lower than the current market rate for new debt with similar risk; (2) an extension of an interest only period for a predetermined period of time; (3) an extension of the maturity date; or (4) an extension of the amortization period over which future payments will be computed.  At the time a loan is restructured, the Bank performs an underwriting analysis, which includes, at a minimum, obtaining current financial statements and tax returns, copies of all leases, and an updated independent appraisal of the property. A loan will continue to accrue interest if it can be reasonably determined that the borrower should be able to perform under the modified terms, that the loan has not been chronically delinquent (both to debt service and real estate taxes) or in nonaccrual status since its inception, and that there have been no charge-offs on the loan.  Restructured loans

with previous charge-offs would not accrue interest at the time of the troubled debt restructuring. At a minimum, six consecutive months of contractual payments would need to be made on a restructured loan before returning it to accrual status. Once a loan is classified as a TDR, the loan is reported as a TDR until the loan is paid in full, sold or charged-off.  In rare circumstances, a loan may be removed from TDR status, if it meets the requirements of ASC 310-40-50-2.

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PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT

4.  PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT

The following table presents premises and equipment as of December 31,

(In thousands)	2021		2020
Land and land improvements	$	6,947	$	6,332
Buildings		13,404		12,749
Furniture and equipment		24,285		22,911
Leasehold improvements		13,861		13,479
Projects in progress		187		555
		58,684		56,026
Less: accumulated depreciation		35,640		34,417
Total	$	23,044	$	21,609

The following table presents finance lease right-of-use assets as of December 31,

(In thousands)	2021		2020
Land and buildings	$	11,237	$	11,237
Less: accumulated depreciation		7,655		6,907
Total	$	3,582	$	4,330

Projects in progress represents costs associated with smaller renovation or equipment installation projects at various locations.

The Company recorded depreciation expense of $3.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 and $3.1 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.

The Company leases its corporate headquarters building under a capital lease, classified as a finance lease right-of-use asset in accordance with lease accounting guidance. The lease arrangement requires monthly payments through 2025.  Related depreciation expense of $607,000 is included in each of the 2021, 2020 and 2019 results.

The Company also leases its Gladstone branch after completing a sale-leaseback transaction involving the property in 2011. The lease arrangement requires monthly payments through 2031. The deferred gain was removed as a cumulative-effect adjustment in accordance with lease accounting guidance. Related depreciation expense and accumulated depreciation of $141,000 is included in each of the 2021, 2020 and 2019 results.

The following is a schedule by year of future minimum lease payments under finance lease right-of-use asset, together with the present value of net minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2021:

(In thousands)
2022	$	1,391
2023		1,456
2024		1,456
2025		939
2026		215
Thereafter		1,129
Total minimum lease payments		6,586
Less: amount representing interest		766
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	5,820

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DEPOSITS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Deposits [Abstract]

DEPOSITS

5.  DEPOSITS

Time deposits over $250,000 totaled $140.4 million and $186.3 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. These totals exclude brokered certificates of deposit.

The following table sets forth the details of total deposits as of December 31:

(Dollars in thousands)	2021				2020
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits	$	956,482	18.16	%	$	833,500	17.30	%
Interest-bearing checking (1)		2,287,894	43.45			1,849,254	38.38
Savings		154,914	2.94			130,731	2.71
Money market		1,307,051	24.82			1,298,885	26.96
Certificates of deposit - retail		409,608	7.78			530,222	11.00
Certificates of deposit - listing service		31,382	0.60			32,128	0.67
Subtotal deposits		5,147,331	97.75			4,674,720	97.02
Interest-bearing demand - Brokered		85,000	1.61			110,000	2.28
Certificates of deposit - Brokered		33,818	0.64			33,764	0.70
Total deposits	$	5,266,149	100.00	%	$	4,818,484	100.00	%

(1) Interest-bearing checking includes $647.8 million at December 31, 2021 and $652.5 million at December 31, 2020 of reciprocal balances in the Reich & Tang or Promontory Demand Deposit Marketplace programs.

The scheduled maturities of time deposits as of December 31, 2021 are as follows:

(In thousands)
2022	$	387,322
2023		19,116
2024		31,471
2025		25,801
2026		11,098
Over 5 Years		—
Total	$	474,808

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ADVANCES AND OTHER BORROWINGS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ADVANCES AND OTHER BORROWINGS

6.  FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ADVANCES AND OTHER BORROWINGS

The Company did not have any advances from the FHLB at December 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020. At December 31, 2021, unused short-term overnight borrowing commitments totaled $1.8 billion from the FHLB, $22.0 million from correspondent banks and $1.2 billion at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The Company had no borrowings from the Federal Reserve’s Paycheck Protection Plan Lending Facility (the “PPPLF”) at December 31, 2021, compared to $177.1 million at December 31, 2020.  The borrowings had a rate of 0.35 percent, primarily all of which had a two-year maturity.  The Company utilized the PPPLF to fund PPP loan production.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2021, the Company terminated an interest rate swap with a notional amount of $15.0 million that was tied to a one-month FHLB advance totaling $15.0 million.  

The Company prepaid $105.0 million of FHLB advances resulting in a prepayment penalty of $4.8 million during 2020.  The repayment of the FHLB advances was expected to provide a benefit to interest expense greater than the prepayment penalty over the remaining life of the advances.

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FAIR VALUE

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

FAIR VALUE

7.  FAIR VALUE

Fair value is the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. There are three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair values:

Level 1:	Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the entity has the ability to access as of the measurement date.
Level 2:	Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.
Level 3:	Significant unobservable inputs that reflect a company’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing as asset or liability.

The Company used the following methods and significant assumptions to estimate the fair value:

Investment Securities:  The fair values for investment securities are determined by quoted market prices (Level 1). For securities where quoted prices are not available, fair values are calculated based on market prices of similar securities (Level 2). For securities where quoted prices or market prices of similar securities are not available, fair values are calculated using discounted cash flows or other market indicators (Level 3).

Loans Held for Sale, at Fair Value: The fair value of loans held for sale is determined using quoted prices for similar assets, adjusted for specific attributes of that loan or other observable market data, such as outstanding commitments from third party investors (Level 2).

Derivatives:  The fair values of derivatives are based on valuation models using observable market data as of the measurement date (Level 2).  Our derivatives are traded in an over-the-counter market where quoted market prices are not always available.  Therefore, the fair values of derivatives are determined using quantitative models that utilize multiple market inputs.  The inputs will vary based on the type of derivative, but could include interest rates, prices and indices to generate continuous yield or pricing curves, prepayment rates, and volatility factors to value the position.  The majority of market inputs are actively quoted and can be validated through external sources, including brokers, market transactions and third-party pricing services.

Impaired Loans:  The fair value of impaired loans with specific allocations of the allowance for loan losses is generally based on recent real estate appraisals. These appraisals may utilize a single valuation approach or a combination of approaches including comparable sales and the income approach. Impaired loans may, in some cases, also be measured by the discounted cash flow methodology where payments are anticipated. Adjustments are routinely made in the appraisal process by the independent appraisers to adjust for differences between the comparable sales and income data available. Such adjustments are usually significant and typically result in a Level 3 classification of the inputs for determining fair value.

Other Real Estate Owned:  Nonrecurring adjustments to certain commercial and residential real estate properties classified as other real estate owned (OREO) are measured at fair value, less estimated costs to sell. Fair values are based on recent real estate appraisals. These appraisals may use a single valuation approach or a combination of approaches including comparable sales and the income approach. Adjustments are routinely made in the appraisal process by the independent appraisers to adjust for differences between the comparable sales and income data available. Such adjustments are usually significant and typically result in a Level 3 classification of the inputs for determining fair value.

Appraisals for collateral-dependent impaired loans are performed by certified general appraisers (for commercial properties) or certified residential appraisers (for residential properties) whose qualifications and licenses have been reviewed and verified by Management. Once received, a member of the Credit Department reviews the assumptions and approaches utilized in the appraisal, as well as the overall resulting fair value in comparison with independent data sources such as recent market data or industry-wide statistics. Appraisals on collateral dependent impaired loans and other real estate owned (consistent for all loan types) are obtained on an annual basis, unless a significant change in the market or other factors warrants a more frequent appraisal. On an annual basis, Management compares the actual selling price of any collateral that has been sold to the most recent appraised value to determine what additional adjustment should be made to

the appraisal value to arrive at fair value for other properties. The most recent analysis performed indicated that a discount up to 15 percent should be applied to appraisals on properties. The discount is determined based on the nature of the underlying properties, aging of appraisal and other factors. For each collateral-dependent impaired loan we consider other factors, such as certain indices or other market information, as well as property specific circumstances to determine if an adjustment to the appraised value is needed. In situations where there is evidence of change in value, the Bank will determine if there is need for an adjustment to the specific reserve on the collateral dependent impaired loans. When the Bank applies an interim adjustment, it generally shows the adjustment as an incremental specific reserve against the loan until it has received the full updated appraisal. All collateral-dependent impaired loans and other real estate owned valuations were supported by an appraisal less than 12 months old or in the process of obtaining an appraisal as of December 31, 2021.

The following table summarizes, at the dates indicated, assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis, including financial assets for which the Company has elected the fair value option:

			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted
			Prices In
			Active
			Markets		Significant
			For		Other		Significant
			Identical		Observable		Unobservable
			Assets		Inputs		Inputs
(In thousands)	December 31, 2021		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Assets:
Securities available for sale:
U.S. government-sponsored agencies	$	272,221	$	—	$	272,221	$	—
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		476,974		—		476,974		—
SBA pool securities		39,561		—		39,561		—
State and political subdivisions		5,476		—		5,476		—
Corporate bond		2,521		—		2,521		—
CRA investment fund		14,685		14,685		—		—
Loans held for sale, at fair value		3,040		—		3,040		—
Derivatives:
Loan level swaps		32,326		—		32,326		—
Total	$	846,804	$	14,685	$	832,119	$	—
Liabilities:
Derivatives:
Cash flow hedges	$	3,479	$	—	$	3,479	$	—
Loan level swaps		34,569		—		34,569		—
Total	$	38,048	$	—	$	38,048	$	—
(In thousands)	December 31, 2020
Assets:
Securities available for sale:
U.S. treasuries	$	2,613	$	—	$	2,613	$	—
U.S. government-sponsored agencies		83,771		—		83,771		—
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		476,058		—		476,058		—
SBA pool securities		49,129		—		49,129		—
State and political subdivisions		8,089		—		8,089		—
Corporate bond		3,029		—		3,029		—
CRA investment fund		15,117		15,117		—		—
Loans held for sale, at fair value		13,588		—		13,588		—
Derivatives:
Loan level swaps		79,529		—		79,529		—
Total	$	730,923	$	15,117	$	715,806	$	—
Liabilities:
Derivatives:
Cash flow hedges	$	9,616	$	—	$	9,616	$	—
Loan level swaps		79,529		—		79,529		—
Total	$	89,145	$	—	$	89,145	$	—

The Company has elected the fair value option for certain loans held for sale.  These loans are intended for sale and the Company believes that the fair value is the best indicator of the resolution of these loans.  Interest income is recorded based on the contractual terms of the loan and in accordance with the Company’s policy on loans held for investment.  None of these loans are 90 days or more past due or on nonaccrual as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

The following tables present residential loans held for sale, at fair value, at the dates indicated:

	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Residential loans contractual balance	$	2,992	$	13,295
Fair value adjustment		48		293
Total fair value of residential loans held for sale	$	3,040	$	13,588

The following tables summarize, at the date indicated, assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis:

			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted
			Prices In
			Active
			Markets		Significant
			For		Other		Significant
			Identical		Observable		Unobservable
			Assets		Inputs		Inputs
(In thousands)	December 31, 2021		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Assets:
Impaired loans:
Investment commercial real estate	$	8,516	$	—	$	—	$	8,516

			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted
			Prices In
			Active
			Markets		Significant
			For		Other		Significant
			Identical		Observable		Unobservable
			Assets		Inputs		Inputs
(In thousands)	December 31, 2020		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Assets:
Impaired loans:
Investment commercial real estate	$	2,300	$	—	$	—	$	2,300

The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of financial instruments at December 31, 2021 are as follows:

			Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2021 Using
(In thousands)	Carrying Amount		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Financial assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	146,804	$	146,804	$	—	$	—	$	146,804
Securities held to maturity		108,680		—		108,460		—		108,460
Securities available for sale		796,753		—		796,753		—		796,753
CRA investment fund		14,685		14,685		—		—		14,685
FHLB and FRB stock		12,950		—		—		—	N/A
Loans held for sale, at fair value		3,040		—		3,040		—		3,040
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost    or fair value		34,051		—		37,538		—		37,538
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses		4,745,024		—		—		4,767,293		4,767,293
Accrued interest receivable		21,589		—		2,443		19,146		21,589
Accrued interest receivable loan level swaps (A)		4,842		—		4,842		—		4,842
Loan level swaps		32,326		—		32,326		—		32,326
Financial liabilities
Deposits	$	5,266,149	$	4,791,341	$	476,659	$	—	$	5,268,000
Subordinated debt		132,701		—		—		140,556		140,556
Accrued interest payable		651		130		446		75		651
Accrued interest payable loan level swaps (B)		4,842		—		4,842		—		4,842
Cash flow hedges		3,479		—		3,479		—		3,479
Loan level swaps		34,569		—		34,569		—		34,569

(A) Included in other assets in the Consolidated Statement of Condition.

(B) Included in accrued expenses and other liabilities in the Consolidated Statement of Condition.

The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of financial instruments at December 31, 2020 are as follows:

			Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2020 Using
(In thousands)	Carrying Amount		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Financial assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	653,322	$	653,322	$	—	$	—	$	653,322
Securities available for sale		622,689		—		622,689		—		622,689
CRA investment fund		15,117		15,117		—		—		15,117
FHLB and FRB stock		13,709		—		—		—	N/A
Loans held for sale, at fair value		13,588		—		13,588		—		13,588
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost    or fair value		18,520		—		19,115		—		19,115
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses		4,305,128		—		—		4,462,243		4,462,243
Accrued interest receivable		22,495		—		1,653		20,842		22,495
Loan level swaps		79,529		—		79,529		—		79,529
Financial liabilities
Deposits	$	4,818,484	$	4,222,370	$	604,036	$	—	$	4,826,406
Short-term borrowings		15,000		—		15,000		—		15,000
Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility		177,086		—		177,086		—		177,086
Subordinated debt		181,794		—		—		183,348		183,348
Accrued interest payable		1,650		150		1,347		153		1,650
Cash flow hedges		9,616		—		9,616		—		9,616
Loan level swaps		79,529		—		79,529		—		79,529

The methods and assumptions, not previously presented, used to estimate fair values are described as follows:

Cash and cash equivalents: The carrying amounts of cash and short-term instruments approximate fair values and are classified as either Level 1 or Level 2.  Cash and due from banks is classified as Level 1.  

FHLB and FRB stock:  It is not practicable to determine the fair value of FHLB or FRB stock due to restrictions placed on its transferability.

Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value:  The fair value of loans held for sale is determined using quoted prices for similar assets, adjusted for specific attributes of that loan or other observable market data, such as outstanding commitments from third party investors.  Loans held for sale are classified as Level 2.

Loans:  At December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, the exit price observations are obtained from a third-party using its proprietary valuation model and methodology and may not reflect actual or prospective market valuations.  The valuation utilizes a discounted cash-flow based model relying on various assumptions including the probability of default, loss given default, portfolio liquidity and remaining term of the portfolio.

Deposits:  The fair values disclosed for demand deposits (e.g., interest and noninterest checking, savings and money market accounts) are, by definition, equal to the amount payable on demand at the reporting date, (i.e., the carrying amount) resulting in a Level 1 classification. The carrying amounts of variable-rate certificates of deposit approximate the fair values at the reporting date resulting in Level 2 classification. Fair values for fixed rate certificates of deposit are estimated using a discounted cash flow calculation that applies interest rates currently being offered on certificates to a schedule of aggregated expected monthly maturities on time deposits resulting in a Level 2 classification.

Overnight borrowings:  The carrying amounts of overnight borrowings approximate fair values and are classified as Level 2.

Federal Home Loan Bank advances:  The fair values of the Company’s long-term borrowings are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses based on the current borrowing rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements resulting in a Level 2 classification.

Subordinated debentures:  The fair values of the Company’s subordinated debentures are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses based on the current borrowing rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements resulting in a Level 3 classification.

Accrued interest receivable/payable:  The carrying amounts of accrued interest approximate fair value resulting in a Level 2 or Level 3 classification.  Accrued interest on deposits and securities are included in Level 2.  Accrued interest on loans and subordinated debt are included in Level 3.

Off-balance sheet instruments: Fair values for off-balance sheet, credit-related financial instruments are based on fees currently charged to enter into similar agreements, taking into account the remaining terms of the agreements and the counterparties’ credit standing. The fair value of commitments is not material.

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REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]

REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS

8.  REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS:

All of the Company’s revenue from contracts with customers in the scope of ASC 606 is recognized within noninterest income.

The following table presents the sources of noninterest income for the years ended December 31:

(In thousands)	2021		2020		2019
Service charges on deposits
Overdraft fees	$	415	$	405	$	662
Interchange income		1,451		1,208		1,238
Other		1,831		1,542		1,588
Wealth management fees (a)		52,987		40,861		38,363
Gains on sales of OREO		51		—		—
Corporate advisory fee income		3,483		265		444
Other (b)		12,025		17,479		12,401
Total noninterest other income	$	72,243	$	61,760	$	54,696

(a) Includes investment brokerage fees.

(b) All of the other category is outside the scope of ASC 606.

The following table presents the sources of noninterest income by operating segment for the years ended December 31:

	2021
Revenue by Operating			Wealth
Segment	Banking		Management		Total
Service charges on deposits
Overdraft fees	$	415	$	—	$	415
Interchange income		1,451		—		1,451
Other		1,831		—		1,831
Wealth management fees (a)		—		52,987		52,987
Gains on sales of OREO		51		—		51
Corporate advisory fee income		3,483		—		3,483
Other (b)		10,111		1,914		12,025
Total noninterest income	$	17,342	$	54,901	$	72,243

	2020
Revenue by Operating			Wealth
Segment	Banking		Management		Total
Service charges on deposits
Overdraft fees	$	405	$	—	$	405
Interchange income		1,208		—		1,208
Other		1,542		—		1,542
Wealth management fees (a)		—		40,861		40,861
Corporate advisory fee income		265		—		265
Other (b)		15,684		1,795		17,479
Total noninterest income	$	19,104	$	42,656	$	61,760

	2019
Revenue by Operating			Wealth
Segment	Banking		Management		Total
Service charges on deposits
Overdraft fees	$	662	$	—	$	662
Interchange income		1,238		—		1,238
Other		1,588		—		1,588
Wealth management fees (a)		—		38,363		38,363
Corporate advisory fee income		444		—		444
Other (b)		11,067		1,334		12,401
Total noninterest income	$	14,999	$	39,697	$	54,696

(a) Includes investment brokerage fees.

(b) All of the other category is outside the scope of ASC 606.

A description of the Company’s revenue streams accounted for under ASC 606 follows:

Service charges on deposit accounts:  The Company earns fees from its deposit customers for certain transaction account maintenance, and overdraft fees.  Transaction-based fees, which include services such as ATM use fees, stop payment charges, statement rendering, and ACH fees, are recognized at the time the transaction is executed as that point in time the Company fulfills the customer’s request.  Account maintenance fees, which relate primarily to monthly maintenance, are earned over the course of a month, representing the period over which the Company satisfies the performance obligation.  Overdraft fees are recognized at the point in time that the overdraft occurs.  Service charges on deposits are withdrawn from the customer’s account balance.

Interchange income:  The Company earns interchange fees from debit cardholder transactions conducted through the Visa payment network.  Interchange fees from cardholder transactions represent a percentage of the underlying transaction value and are recognized daily, concurrently with the transaction processing services provided to the cardholder.  Interchange income is presented gross of cardholder rewards.  Cardholder rewards are included in other expenses in the statement of income.  Cardholder rewards reduced interchange income by $127,000, $115,000, and $138,000 for 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.  

Wealth management fees (gross):  The Company earns wealth management fees from its contracts with wealth management clients to manage assets for investment, and/or to transact on their accounts.  These fees are primarily earned over time as the Company charges its clients on a monthly or quarterly basis in accordance with its investment advisory agreements.  Fees are generally assessed based on a tiered scale of the market value of AUM at month end. Fees that are transaction based, including trade execution services, are recognized at the point in time that the transaction is executed (i.e. trade date).

Investment brokerage fees (net):  The Company earns fees from investment brokerage services provided to its customers by a third-party service provider.  The Company receives commissions from the third-party service provider twice a month based upon customer activity for the month.  The fees are recognized monthly, and a receivable is recorded until commissions are generally paid by the 15^th of the following month.  Because the Company (i) acts as an agent in arranging

the relationship between the customer and the third-party service provider and (ii) does not control the services rendered to the customers, investment brokerage fees are presented net of related costs.

Corporate advisory fee income: The Company provides our clients with financial advisory and underwriting services. Investment banking revenues, which includes mergers and acquisition advisory fees and private placement fees, are recorded when the performance obligation for the transaction is satisfied under the terms of each engagement. Reimbursed expenses are reported in other revenue on the statement of operations. Expenses related to investment banking are recognized as non-compensation expenses on the statement of operations.  Amounts received and unearned are included on the statement of financial condition. Expenses related to investment banking deals not completed are recognized in non-compensation expenses on the statement of operations.

The Company’s mergers and acquisition advisory fees generally consist of a nonrefundable up-front fee and success fee.  The nonrefundable fee is recorded as deferred revenue upon receipt and recognized at a point in time when the performance obligation is satisfied, or when the transaction is deemed by management to be terminated. Management’s judgement is required in determining when a transaction is considered to be terminated.

Gains/(losses) on sales of OREO:  The Company records a gain or loss from the sale of OREO when control of the property transfers to the buyer, which generally occurs at the time of an executed deed.  When the Company finances the sale of OREO to the buyer, the Company assesses whether the buyer is committed to perform its obligations under the contract and whether collectability of the transaction price is probable. Once these criteria are met, the OREO asset is derecognized and the gain or loss on sale is recorded upon the transfer of control of the property to the buyer.  In determining the gain or loss on the sale, the Company adjusts the transaction price and related gain/(loss) on sale if a significant financing component is present.  The Company recorded a gain on sale of OREO of $51,000 for 2021. The Company did not record a gain or loss in 2020 or 2019.  

Other:  All of the other income items are outside the scope of ASC 606.

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OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Other Income And Expenses [Abstract]

OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES

9.  OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES

The following table presents the major components of other operating expenses for the years ended December 31:

(In thousands)	2021		2020		2019
Professional and legal fees	$	5,343	$	4,099	$	4,506
Telephone		1,323		1,432		1,361
Advertising		1,288		1,631		1,363
Amortization of intangible assets		1,598		1,287		1,043
Branch restructure		228		488		—
Write-off of subordinated debt costs		648		—		—
Other operating expenses		12,396		10,945		11,434
Total other operating expenses	$	22,824	$	19,882	$	19,707

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INCOME TAXES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

10.  INCOME TAXES

The income tax expense included in the consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31 is allocated as follows:

(In thousands)	2021		2020			2019
Federal:
Current (benefit)/expense	$	7,400	$	(4,741	)	$	5,647
Deferred expense		7,971		10,161			6,087
State:
Current expense		4,188		2,327			3,028
Deferred (benefit)/expense		1,481		(1,936	)		3,926
Total income tax expense	$	21,040	$	5,811		$	18,688

Total income tax expense differed from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. Federal income tax rate of 21 percent for 2021, 2020, and   2019, respectively, to income before taxes as a result of the following:

(In thousands)	2021			2020			2019
"Computed expected tax expense"	$	16,309		$	6,721		$	13,886
(Decrease)/increase in taxes resulting from:
Tax-exempt income		(146	)		(287	)		(431	)
State income taxes, net of Federal benefit		4,789			1,813			2,540
Impact of state tax reform, net of Federal benefit		—			—			2,954
Bank owned life insurance income		(356	)		(267	)		(277	)
Life insurance expense		199			225			234
Interest disallowance		14			66			146
Meals and entertainment expense		39			40			40
Stock-based compensation		9			569			(46	)
Impact of CARES Act		—			(3,009	)		—
Other		183			(60	)		(358	)
Total income tax expense	$	21,040		$	5,811		$	18,688

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities as of December 31 are as follows:

(In thousands)	2021			2020
Deferred tax assets:
Allowance for loan losses	$	16,408		$	18,044
Tax net operating loss carryforward		1,180			3,476
Organization costs		8			12
Cash flow hedge		978			2,703
Unrealized loss on securities available for sale		3,061			—
Unrealized loss on equity security		84			—
Stock option expense		2,541			2,131
Nonaccrual interest		97			24
Accrued compensation		5,631			4,058
Accrued expenses		472			1,420
Lease liabilities		2,689			2,610
Finance lease		732			762
Other		183			52
Total gross deferred tax assets	$	34,064		$	35,292
Deferred tax liabilities:
Lease financing	$	64,071		$	55,823
Unrealized gain on securities available for sale		—			1,772
Unrealized gain on equity security		—			31
Deferred loan origination costs and fees		1,757			1,175
Deferred income		4,543			5,205
Amortization of intangible assets		369			1,738
Lease right-of-use asset		2,600			2,526
Other		46			—
Total gross deferred tax liabilities		73,386			68,270
Net deferred tax liability	$	(39,322	)	$	(32,978	)

Based upon taxes paid and projected future taxable income, Management believes that it is more likely than not that the Company’s gross deferred tax assets will be realized. However, there can be no assurance that such assets will be realized if circumstances change.

At December 31, 2021, the Company had $16.8 million of state net operating loss carryforward available to offset future taxable income.  These operating loss carryforwards have various expirations beginning in 2032.  At December 31, 2020, the Company had no unrecognized tax benefits. The Company does not expect the amount of unrecognized tax benefits to significantly increase or decrease in the next twelve months.  The Company recognizes interest accrued related to uncertain tax positions and penalties as income tax expense.

On July 1, 2018, the 2019 New Jersey Budget was passed, which established a 2.5 percent surtax on businesses that have New Jersey allocated net income in excess of $1.0 million.  The surtax was effective as of January 1, 2018 and continued through 2020. In September 2020, New Jersey extended the surtax through December 31, 2023.  In addition, effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, banks will be required to file combined reports of taxable income including their parent holding company. New Jersey requires entities to report their real estate investment trust, registered investment company and investment company on a separate entity basis.  The Bank made an adjustment to income tax expense and deferred tax assets/liabilities to reflect the new state tax rate.     

The CARES Act was signed into law on March 27, 2020 and subsequently has been amended several times. Among other provisions, the CARES Act allowed a five-year carryback of any NOL generated in a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2021. The tax benefit recorded in 2020 was primarily due to a $3.0 million Federal income tax benefit that resulted from the federal NOL carryback. The Company had a $23 million operating loss for tax purposes in 2018 (when the Federal tax rate was 21 percent) resulting from accelerated tax depreciation. The Company carried back all eligible NOLs and has no federal NOLs remaining.

The Company is subject to U.S. Federal income tax as well as income tax of various state jurisdictions. The Company is no longer subject to federal examination for tax years prior to 2018. The tax years of 2018, 2019 and 2020 remain open to federal examination.

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BENEFIT PLANS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

BENEFIT PLANS

11.  BENEFIT PLANS

The Company sponsors a profit sharing plan and a savings plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, covering substantially all salaried employees over the age of 21 with at least 12 months of service. The Company contributed two percent of compensation for each employee regardless of the employees’ contributions for the year ended December 31, 2021. The Company did not make a contribution to the savings plan for the year ended December 31, 2020. The Company contributed two percent of compensation for each employee regardless of the employees’ contributions for the year ended December 31, 2019.  In addition, the Company partially matches employee contributions up to three percent. Expense for the savings plan totaled approximately $2.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 and $1.7 million for both the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Additional contributions to the profit sharing plan are made at the discretion of the Board of Directors and all funds are invested solely in Company common stock. The Company did not make additional contributions to the profit sharing plan in 2021, 2020 or 2019.  

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

12.  STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company’s 2006 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan, 2012 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan and 2021 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan allow the granting of shares of the Company’s common stock as incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and stock appreciation rights to directors, officers and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2021, the total number of shares available for grant in all active plans was 1,730,542. There are no shares remaining for issuance with respect to the stock option plan approved in 2002; however, options granted under this plan are still included in the numbers below.

Options granted under the stock incentive plans are, in general, exercisable not earlier than one year after the date of grant, at a price equal to the fair value of the common stock on the date of grant and expire not more than ten years after the date of grant.  Stock options may vest during a period of up to five years after the date of grant. The Company has a policy of using authorized but unissued shares to satisfy option exercises.

Upon adoption of Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-09, “Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718), Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting,” the Company has elected to account for forfeitures as they occur, rather than estimate expected forfeitures.

Changes in options outstanding during 2021 were as follows:

						Weighted
				Weighted		Average	Aggregate
				Average		Remaining	Intrinsic
	Number of			Exercise		Contractual	Value
	Options			Price		Term	(In Thousands)
Balance, January 1, 2021		50,660		$	13.59
Exercised during 2021		(16,640	)		11.76
Expired during 2021		—			—
Forfeited during 2021		(2,680	)		13.24
Balance, December 31, 2021		31,340		$	14.59	0.93 years	$	652
Vested and expected to vest		31,340		$	14.59	0.93 years	$	652
Exercisable at December 31, 2021		31,340		$	14.59	0.93 years	$	652

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value (the difference between the Company’s closing stock price on the last trading day of 2021 and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options). The Company’s closing stock price on December 31, 2021 was $35.40.

There were no stock options granted in 2021.

As of December 31, 2021, there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the Company’s stock incentive plans.

The Company issued service-based and performance-based restricted stock units in 2021, 2020 and 2019.  Service-based units vest ratably over a three- or five-year period. There were 215,716 service-based restricted stock units granted during 2021.

The performance-based awards are dependent upon the Company meeting certain performance criteria and, to the extent the performance criteria are met, will cliff vest at the end of the performance period, which is generally three years.  There were 51,710 performance-based restricted units granted during 2021.

As of December 31, 2021, there was $12.5 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to both service and performance-based units.  That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.46 years.  Total stock-based compensation expense recognized for stock awards/units totaled $7.1 million, $6.9 million and $5.9 million in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  There was no stock-based compensation expense related to stock options for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Changes in non-vested shares dependent on performance criteria for 2021 were as follows:

				Weighted
				Average
	Number of			Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value
Balance, January 1, 2021		221,600		$	20.47
Granted during 2021		51,710			31.36
Vested during 2021		(36,032	)		35.33
Forfeited during 2021		(11,843	)		26.32
Balance, December 31, 2021		225,435		$	20.29

Changes in service based restricted stock units for 2021 were as follows:

				Weighted
				Average
	Number of			Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value
Balance, January 1, 2021		777,166		$	19.24
Granted during 2021		215,716			31.42
Vested during 2021		(265,594	)		22.23
Forfeited during 2021		(26,143	)		17.32
Balance, December 31, 2021		701,145		$	21.93

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

13.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company, in the ordinary course of business, is a party to litigation arising from the conduct of its business.  Management does not consider that these actions depart from routine legal proceedings and believes that such actions will not affect its financial position or results of its operations in any material manner.  

There are various outstanding commitments and contingencies, such as guarantees and credit extensions, including mostly variable-rate loan commitments of $894.8 million and $691.7 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which are not included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.  These commitments include unused commercial and home equity lines of credit.

The Company issues financial standby letters of credit that are irrevocable undertakings by the Company to guarantee payment of a specified financial obligation.  Most of the Company’s financial standby letters of credit arise in connection with lending relations and have terms of one year or less.  The maximum potential future payments the Company could be required to make equal the contract amount of the standby letters of credit and amounted to $18.8 million and $17.0 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  The fair value of the Company’s liability for financial standby letters of credit was insignificant at December 31, 2021.

For commitments to originate loans, the Company’s maximum exposure to credit risk is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments.  Those commitments represent ultimate exposure to credit risk only to the extent that they are subsequently drawn upon by customers.  The Company uses the same credit policies and underwriting standards in making loan commitments as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments.  For loan commitments, the Company would generally be exposed to interest rate risk from the time a commitment is issued with a defined contractual interest rate.

The Company is also obligated under legally binding and enforceable agreements to purchase goods and services from third parties, including data processing service agreements.

The Company is a limited partner in a Small Business Investment Company (“SBIC”).  As of December 31, 2021, the Company had unfunded commitments of $1.1 million for its investment in SBIC qualified funds.

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LEASES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Leases [Abstract]

LEASES

14.  LEASES

The Company maintains certain property and equipment under direct financing and operating leases. As of December 31, 2021, the Company’s operating lease ROU asset and operating lease liability totaled $9.8 million and $10.1 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, the Company’s operating lease ROU asset and operating lease liability totaled $9.4 million and $9.7 million, respectively.  A weighted average discount rate of 2.78 percent and 3.11 percent was used in the measurement of the ROU asset and lease liability as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The Company's leases had remaining lease terms between four months to 15 years, with a weighted average lease term of 6.09 years, at December 31, 2021. The Company's leases had remaining lease terms between one month to 16 years, with a weighted average lease term of 6.01 years, at December 31, 2020. The Company’s lease agreements may include options to extend or terminate the lease. The Company’s decision to exercise renewal options is based on an assessment of its current business needs and market factors at the time of the renewal.

Total operating lease costs were $2.8 million and $3.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  The variable lease costs were $313,000 and $338,000 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The following is a schedule of the Company's operating lease liabilities by contractual maturity as of December 31, 2021:

(In thousands)
2022	$	2,753
2023		2,246
2024		1,729
2025		1,463
2026		888
Thereafter		2,263
Total lease payments		11,342
Less: imputed interest		1,231
Total present value of lease payments	$	10,111

The following table shows the supplemental cash flow information related to the Company’s direct finance and operating leases for the years ended December 31:

(In thousands)	2021		2020
Right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for lease obligation	$	3,098	$	457
Operating cash flows from operating leases		2,506		2,809
Operating cash flows from direct finance leases		300		343
Financing cash flows from direct finance leases		748		748

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REGULATORY CAPITAL

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Regulatory Capital [Abstract]

REGULATORY CAPITAL

15.  REGULATORY CAPITAL

Banks and bank holding companies are subject to regulatory capital requirements administered by federal banking agencies. Capital adequacy guidelines and, additionally for banks, prompt corrective action regulations, involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items calculated under regulatory accounting practices.  Capital amounts and classifications are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators.  Failure to meet minimum capital requirements can initiate certain mandatory – and possibly additional discretionary – actions by regulators that, if undertaken, could have a direct material effect on the Company’s and the Bank’s financial statements and results of operations.  The final rules implementing Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s capital guidelines for U.S. banks (Basel III rules) became effective for the Company on January 1, 2015, with full compliance of all the requirements being fully phased in on January 1, 2019. The Company has chosen to exclude net unrealized gain or loss on available for sale securities in computing regulatory capital.  Management believes that as of December 31, 2021, the Company and the Bank meet all capital adequacy requirements to which they were subject at that date.

Prompt corrective action regulations provide five classifications: well capitalized, adequately capitalized, undercapitalized, significantly undercapitalized, and critically undercapitalized, although these terms are not used to represent overall financial condition. If adequately capitalized, regulatory approval is required to accept brokered deposits. If undercapitalized, capital distributions are limited, as is asset growth and expansion, and capital restoration plans are required. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the most recent regulatory notifications categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.  There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the institution’s category.

To be categorized as well capitalized, the Bank must maintain minimum total risk-based, Tier I risk-based, common equity Tier 1 and Tier I leverage ratios as set forth in the table.

The Bank’s regulatory capital amounts and ratios are presented in the following table:

						To Be Well										For Capital
						Capitalized Under					For Capital					Adequacy Purposes
						Prompt Corrective					Adequacy					Including Capital
	Actual					Action Provisions					Purposes					Conservation Buffer (A)
(Dollars in thousands)	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
As of December 31, 2021:
Total capital
(to risk-weighted assets)	$	672,614		14.05	%	$	478,628		10.00	%	$	382,902		8.00	%	$	502,559		10.50	%
Tier I capital
(to risk-weighted assets)		612,762		12.80			382,902		8.00			287,177		6.00			406,834		8.50
Common equity tier I
(to risk-weighted assets)		612,738		12.80			311,108		6.50			215,382		4.50			335,039		7.00
Tier I capital
(to average assets)		612,762		9.99			306,538		5.00			245,231		4.00			245,231		4.00
As of December 31, 2020:
Total capital
(to risk-weighted assets)	$	600,478		14.81	%	$	405,587		10.00	%	$	324,469		8.00	%	$	425,866		10.50	%
Tier I capital
(to risk-weighted assets)		549,575		13.55			324,469		8.00			243,352		6.00			344,749		8.50
Common equity tier I
(to risk-weighted assets)		549,540		13.55			263,631		6.50			182,514		4.50			283,911		7.00
Tier I capital
(to average assets)		549,575		9.71			283,083		5.00			226,466		4.00			226,466		4.00

(A) See footnote on following table.

The Company’s regulatory capital amounts and ratios are presented in the following table:

						To Be Well							For Capital
						Capitalized Under		For Capital					Adequacy Purposes
						Prompt Corrective		Adequacy					Including Capital
	Actual					Action Provisions		Purposes					Conservation Buffer (A)
(Dollars in thousands)	Amount		Ratio			Amount	Ratio	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
As of December 31, 2021:
Total capital
(to risk-weighted assets)	$	700,790		14.64	%	N/A	N/A	$	382,944		8.00	%	$	502,614		10.50	%
Tier I capital
(to risk-weighted assets)		508,231		10.62		N/A	N/A		287,208		6.00			406,878		8.50
Common equity tier I
(to risk-weighted assets)		508,207		10.62		N/A	N/A		215,406		4.50			335,076		7.00
Tier I capital
(to average assets)		508,231		8.29		N/A	N/A		245,242		4.00			245,242		4.00
As of December 31, 2020:
Total capital
(to risk-weighted assets)	$	716,210		17.67	%	N/A	N/A	$	324,322		8.00	%	$	425,673		10.50	%
Tier I capital
(to risk-weighted assets)		483,535		11.93		N/A	N/A		243,242		6.00			344,592		8.50
Common equity tier I
(to risk-weighted assets)		483,500		11.93		N/A	N/A		182,431		4.50			283,782		7.00
Tier I capital
(to average assets)		483,535		8.53		N/A	N/A		226,624		4.00			226,624		4.00

(A) The Basel Rules require the Company and the Bank to maintain a 2.5 percent “capital conservation buffer” on top of the minimum risk-weighted asset ratios.  The capital conservation buffer is designed to absorb losses during periods of economic stress.  Banking institutions with a ratio of (i) CET1 to risk-weighted assets, (ii) Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets or (iii) total capital to risk-weighted assets above the respective minimum but below the capital conservation buffer face constraints on dividends, equity repurchases and discretionary bonus payments to executive officers based on the amount of the shortfall.

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DERIVATIVES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

DERIVATIVES

16.  DERIVATIVES

The Company utilizes interest rate swap agreements as part of its asset liability management strategy to help manage its interest rate risk position.  The notional amount of the interest rate swaps does not represent amounts exchanged by the parties.  The amount exchanged is determined by reference to the notional amount and the other terms of the individual interest rate swap agreements.

Interest Rate Swap Designated as Cash Flow Hedge:   Interest rate swaps with a notional amount of $230.0 million and $270.0 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, were designated as cash flow hedges of certain interest-bearing deposits.  On a quarterly basis, the Company performs a qualitative hedge effectiveness assessment.  This assessment takes into consideration any adverse developments related to the counterparty’s risk of default and any negative events or circumstances that affect the factors that originally enabled the Company to assess that it could reasonably support, qualitatively, an expectation that the hedging relationship was and will continue to be highly effective.  As of December 31, 2021, there were no events or market conditions that would result in hedge ineffectiveness.  The aggregate fair value of the swaps is recorded in other assets/liabilities with changes in fair value recorded in other comprehensive income.  The amount included in accumulated other comprehensive income would be reclassified to current earnings should the hedges no longer be considered effective.  The Company expects the hedges to remain fully effective during the remaining terms of the swaps.

Information about the interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is presented in the following table:

(Dollars in thousands)	2021			2020
Notional amount	$	230,000		$	270,000
Weighted average pay rate		1.99	%		1.93	%
Weighted average receive rate		0.20	%		0.22	%
Weighted average maturity	1.04 years			2.02 years
Unrealized loss, net	$	(3,479	)	$	(9,616	)
Number of contracts		11			13

Net interest expense recorded on these swap transactions totaled approximately $4.4 million and $3.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Cash Flow Hedges

The following table presents the net gains/(losses) recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and the consolidated financial statements relating to the cash flow derivative instruments for the year ended December 31:

(In thousands)	2021			2020
Interest rate contracts
Gain/(loss) recognized in other comprehensive income, net of tax (effective portion)	$	4,412		$	(4,412	)
Gain/(loss) reclassified from other comprehensive income to interest expense		—			(89	)
Gain/(loss) recognized in other noninterest income		(842	)		—

During the first quarter of 2020, the Company recognized an unrealized after-tax gain of $26,000 in accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) related to the termination of three interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges.  During the second quarter of 2019, the Company recognized an unrealized after-tax gain of $189,000 in accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) related to the termination of four interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges.  These

gains are being amortized into earnings over the remaining life of the terminated swaps.  The Company recognized pre-tax interest income of $89,000 and $223,000 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, related to the amortization of the gain on the terminated interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges.  

During the second quarter of 2021, the Company terminated interest rate swaps with a notional amount of $40.0 million.  The interest rate swaps were designated as cash flow hedges in which the Company received a variable payment from our counterparty in exchange for making fixed-rate payments over the life of the swap agreements.  Due to increased liquidity levels, management made the decision to pay off certain interest-bearing deposit liabilities that were being hedged.  These liabilities will not be replaced; therefore, it will no longer be probable that the original forecasted transactions subject to the cash flow hedges will occur.  As a result, the pre-tax loss on the termination of the interest rate swaps of $842,000 was recorded in the income statement for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021.

The following tables reflect the cash flow hedges included in the financial statements as of December 31, 2021, and 2020:

	December 31, 2021
	Notional		Fair
(In thousands)	Amount		Value
Interest rate swaps related to interest-bearing    deposits	$	230,000	$	(3,479	)
Total included in other assets		—		—
Total included in other liabilities		230,000		(3,479	)

	December 31, 2020
	Notional		Fair
(In thousands)	Amount		Value
Interest rate swaps related to interest-bearing    deposits	$	270,000	$	(9,616	)
Total included in other assets		—		—
Total included in other liabilities		270,000		(9,616	)

Derivatives Not Designated as Accounting Hedges:  The Company offers facility specific/loan level swaps to its customers and offsets its exposure from such contracts by entering into mirror image swaps with a financial institution/swap counterparty (loan level / back-to-back swap program).  The customer accommodations and any offsetting swaps are treated as non-hedging derivative instruments which do not qualify for hedge accounting (“standalone derivatives”).  The notional amount of the swaps does not represent amounts exchanged by the parties.  The amount exchanged is determined by reference to the notional amount and other terms of the individual contracts.  The fair value of the swaps is recorded as both an asset and a liability, in other assets and other liabilities, respectively, in equal amounts for these transactions.

The Company recorded a total swap valuation provision of $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 related to a commercial real estate loan placed on nonaccrual status during the third quarter of 2021.  The Company also recorded a valuation allowance on our remaining swaps not designated as accounting hedges in the amount of $130,000 during the fourth quarter of 2021.  The accrued interest receivable and payable of $4.8 million related to our swaps is recorded in other assets and other liabilities as of December 31, 2021.

Information about these swaps is as follows:

(Dollars in thousands)	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Notional amount	$	702,210		$	823,134
Fair value (A)	$	37,168		$	79,529
Weighted average pay rates		4.00	%		4.02	%
Weighted average receive rates		1.83	%		1.91	%
Weighted average maturity	5.5 years			6.5 years
Number of contracts		86			95

(A) The December 31, 2021, amount includes the fair value of the loan level swap asset of $32.3 million plus accrued interest receivable of $4.8 million on back-to-back swap loans.

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SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Stockholders Equity Note [Abstract]

SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY

17.  SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

On July 25, 2019, the Company authorized the repurchase of up to 960,000 shares, or approximately 5 percent of its outstanding shares.  During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company purchased 220,222 shares, at an average price of $29.45, for a total cost of $6.5 million. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company purchased 739,778 shares at an average price of $28.39 for a total cost of $21.0 million. The Company completed its 960,000 share repurchase program, at an average price of $28.63, for a total cost of $27.5 million in 2020.  On January 28, 2021, the Company authorized the repurchase of up to 948,735 shares, or approximately 5 percent of its outstanding shares. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company purchased 894,744 shares at an average price of $31.99 for a total cost of $28.6 million.

The Dividend Reinvestment Plan of the Company (the “Reinvestment Plan”) allows shareholders of the Company to purchase additional shares of common stock using cash dividends without payment of any brokerage commissions or other charges. Shareholders may also make voluntary cash payments of up to $200,000 per quarter to purchase additional shares of common stock, which up to January 30, 2019, were purchased at a 3 percent discount to market for plan participants.  On January 3, 2019, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 eliminating the 3 percent discount to market price.  Voluntary share purchases in the “Reinvestment Plan” can be filled from the Company’s authorized but unissued shares and/or in the open market, at the discretion of the Company.  All shares purchased during 2021 were purchased in the open market.

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BUSINESS SEGMENTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

BUSINESS SEGMENTS

18.  BUSINESS SEGMENTS

The Company assesses its results among two operating segments, Banking and Peapack Private. Management uses certain methodologies to allocate income and expense to the business segments. A funds transfer pricing methodology is used to assign interest income and interest expense. Certain indirect expenses are allocated to segments. These include support unit expenses such as technology and operations and other support functions. Taxes are allocated to each segment based on the effective rate for the period shown.  The Banking segment’s effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2020 was affected by a $3.3 million income tax benefit recorded during the first quarter of 2020.  For additional information related to this income tax benefit refer to the Income Taxes footnote.

Banking

The Banking segment includes: commercial (includes C&I and equipment finance), commercial real estate, multifamily, residential and consumer lending activities; treasury management services; C&I advisory services; escrow management; deposit generation; operation of ATMs; telephone and internet banking services; merchant credit card services and customer support and sales.

Peapack Private

Peapack Private, which includes the operations of PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware and MCM, consists of: investment management services provided for individuals and institutions; personal trust services, including services as executor, trustee, administrator, custodian and guardian; and other financial planning, tax preparation and advisory services.

The following table presents the statements of income and total assets for the Company’s reportable segments for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

	Year Ended December 31, 2021
			Wealth
(In thousands)	Banking		Management		Total
Net interest income	$	132,195	$	5,866	$	138,061
Noninterest income		17,342		54,901		72,243
Total income		149,537		60,767		210,304
Provision for loan losses		6,475		—		6,475
Compensation and benefits		56,970		24,894		81,864
Premises and equipment expense		14,805		2,360		17,165
FDIC expense		2,071		—		2,071
Other noninterest expense		14,407		10,660		25,067
Total noninterest expense		94,728		37,914		132,642
Income before income tax expense		54,809		22,853		77,662
Income tax expense		14,847		6,193		21,040
Net income	$	39,962	$	16,660	$	56,622
Total assets at period end	$	5,973,343	$	104,650	$	6,077,993

	Year Ended December 31, 2020
			Wealth
(In thousands)	Banking		Management		Total
Net interest income	$	121,583	$	6,019	$	127,602
Noninterest income		19,104		42,656		61,760
Total income		140,687		48,675		189,362
Provision for loan losses		32,400		—		32,400
Compensation and benefits		54,044		23,472		77,516
Premises and equipment expense		14,056		2,321		16,377
FDIC expense		1,975		—		1,975
Other noninterest expense		19,694		9,397		29,091
Total noninterest expense		122,169		35,190		157,359
Income before income tax expense		18,518		13,485		32,003
Income tax expense		2,170		3,641		5,811
Net income	$	16,348	$	9,844	$	26,192
Total assets at period end	$	5,798,770	$	91,672	$	5,890,442

	Year Ended December 31, 2019
			Wealth
(In thousands)	Banking		Management		Total
Net interest income	$	114,983	$	5,291	$	120,274
Noninterest income		14,999		39,697		54,696
Total income		129,982		44,988		174,970
Provision for loan losses		4,000		—		4,000
Compensation and benefits		48,925		21,204		70,129
Premises and equipment expense		12,533		2,202		14,735
FDIC expense		277		—		277
Other noninterest expense		10,932		8,775		19,707
Total noninterest expense		76,667		32,181		108,848
Income before income tax expense		53,315		12,807		66,122
Income tax expense		15,069		3,619		18,688
Net income	$	38,246	$	9,188	$	47,434
Total assets at period end	$	5,095,744	$	87,135	$	5,182,879

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SUBORDINATED DEBT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Subordinated Longterm Debt Current And Noncurrent [Abstract]

SUBORDINATED DEBT

19.  SUBORDINATED DEBT

In June 2016, the Company issued $50.0 million in aggregate principal amount of fixed-to-floating subordinated notes (the “2016 Notes”) to certain institutional investors. The 2016 Notes were non-callable for five years, had a stated maturity of June 30, 2026, and bore interest at a fixed rate of 6.0 percent per year until June 30, 2021. From June 30, 2021, to the maturity date or early redemption date, the interest rate would reset quarterly to a level equal to the then current three-month LIBOR rate plus 485 basis points, payable quarterly in arrears. During the second quarter of 2021, the Company used a portion of the proceeds from the December 2020 subordinated debt issuance to redeem the $50.0 million June 2016 issuance.  The remaining net issuance costs of $648,000 were written-off during the quarter ended June 30, 2021.  

In December 2017, the Company issued $35.0 million in aggregate principal amount of fixed-to-floating subordinated notes (the “2017 Notes”) to certain institutional investors. The 2017 Notes are non-callable for five years, have a stated maturity of December 15, 2027, and bear interest at a fixed rate of 4.75 percent per year until December 15, 2022. From December 16, 2022, to the maturity date or early redemption date, the interest rate will reset quarterly to a level equal to the then current three-month LIBOR rate plus 254 basis points, payable quarterly in arrears. Debt issuance costs incurred totaled $875,000 and are being amortized to maturity.  

In December 2020, the Company issued $100.0 million in aggregate principal amount of fixed to floating subordinated notes (the “2020 Notes”) to certain institutional investors.  The 2020 Notes are non-callable for five years, have a stated maturity of December 22, 2030, and bear interest at a fixed rate of 3.50 percent per year until December 22, 2025. From December 23, 2025, to the maturity date or early redemption date, the interest rate will reset quarterly to a level equal to the then current three-month SOFR plus 326 basis points, payable quarterly in arrears.  Debt issuance costs incurred totaled $1.9 million and are being amortized to maturity.

The Company may use the proceeds from the issuance of the 2020 Notes for stock repurchases, acquisitions of wealth management firms, as well as other general corporate purposes.

Subordinated debt is presented net of issuance cost on the Consolidated Statements of Condition. The subordinated debt issuances are included in the Company’s regulatory total capital amount and ratio.  

In connection with the issuance of the 2020 Notes, the Company obtained ratings from Kroll Bond Rating Agency (“KBRA”) and Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”). KBRA assigned investment grade rating of BBB- and Moody’s assigned investment grade rating of Baa3 for the 2020 Notes at the time of issuance.

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ACQUISITIONS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Business Combinations [Abstract]

ACQUISITIONS

20.  ACQUISITIONS  

The Company completed one acquisition in 2021, two acquisitions in 2020, and one acquisition in 2019, supporting the overall wealth management strategy.  The acquisitions were not considered significant to the Company’s financial statements and therefore pro forma financial data and related disclosures are not included.

On September 1, 2019, the Company acquired Point View. The purchase price was comprised of cash and common stock. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of the identifiable net assets was recorded as goodwill, none of which is deductible for tax purposes.

On December 18, 2020, the Company acquired wealth management teams and the associated books of business from Noyes Capital Management and Lucas Capital Management.  The purchase price was comprised of cash in both transactions.  The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of the identifiable net assets was recorded as goodwill and is deductible for tax purposes.

On July 1, 2021, the Company acquired Princeton Portfolio Strategies Group.  The purchase price was comprised of cash and common stock.  The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of the identifiable net assets was recorded as goodwill and is deductible for tax purposes.

The fair value of the equity included as part of the consideration for the Company’s acquisition in 2021 was determined based on the closing price of the Company’s common shares on the acquisition date and totaled $333,000 in the aggregate for 2021.  There was no equity included in the Company’s acquisitions for the year ended December 31, 2020. The fair value of the equity included as part of the consideration for the Company’s acquisition in 2019 was determined based on the closing price of the Company’s common shares on the acquisition date and totaled $5.0 million in the aggregate for 2019.

The 2021 acquisition resulted in goodwill of $3.1 million as well as identifiable intangible assets. The two 2020 acquisitions resulted in goodwill of $2.9 million as well as identifiable intangible assets.  The 2019 acquisition resulted in goodwill of $5.8 million as well as identifiable intangible assets. Identifiable intangible assets include tradename, customer relationships and non-compete agreements. No liabilities were assumed at these acquisition dates.

Goodwill on the Company’s consolidated statement of financial condition totaled $36.2 million, and $33.1 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  Of the $36.2 million of goodwill, $563,000 relates to the Banking segment and $35.6 million relates to the Wealth Management segment.  

During 2021, the Company conducted its annual impairment analysis and concluded that there was no impairment of goodwill.

The table below presents a rollforward of goodwill and intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

			Identifiable
(In thousands)	Goodwill		Intangible Assets
Balance as of January 1, 2019	$	24,417	$	7,933
Acquisitions during the period		5,791		3,490
Amortization during the period		—		1,043
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	30,208	$	10,380
Acquisitions during the period	$	2,895	$	1,695
Amortization and impairment during the period		—		1,287
Balance as of December 31, 2020	$	33,103	$	10,788
Acquisitions during the period	$	3,109	$	3,500
Amortization during the period		—		1,598
Balance as of December 31, 2021	$	36,212	$	12,690

Amortization expense related to identifiable intangible assets was $1.6 million, $1.3 million, and $1.0 million for 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

Estimated amortization expense for each of the next five years is shown in the table below.

(In thousands)
2022	$	1,569
2023		1,320
2024		1,087
2025		1,087
2026		944

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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Stockholders Equity Note [Abstract]

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/ (LOSS)

21.  ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS)

The following is a summary of the accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) balances, net of tax, for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

							Amount		Other
							Reclassified		Comprehensive
				Other			From		Income/(Loss)
				Comprehensive			Accumulated		Twelve Months
	Balance at			Income/(Loss)			Other		Ended			Balance at
	January 1,			Before			Comprehensive		December 31,			December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			Reclassifications			Income/(Loss)		2021			2021
Net unrealized holding gain/(loss) on    securities available for sale, net of tax	$	5,521		$	(15,394	)	$	—	$	(15,394	)	$	(9,873	)
Gain/(loss) on cash flow hedges		(6,913	)		3,806			606		4,412			(2,501	)
Accumulated other comprehensive    gain/(loss), net of tax	$	(1,392	)	$	(11,588	)	$	606	$	(10,982	)	$	(12,374	)

							Amount			Other
							Reclassified			Comprehensive
				Other			From			Income/(Loss)
				Comprehensive			Accumulated			Twelve Months
	Balance at			Income/(Loss)			Other			Ended			Balance at
	January 1,			Before			Comprehensive			December 31,			December 31,
(In thousands)	2020			Reclassifications			Income/(Loss)			2020			2020
Net unrealized holding gain/(loss) on    securities available for sale, net of tax	$	1,006		$	4,515		$	—		$	4,515		$	5,521
Gain/(loss) on cash flow hedges		(2,501	)		(4,346	)		(66	)		(4,412	)		(6,913	)
Accumulated other comprehensive    gain/(loss), net of tax	$	(1,495	)	$	169		$	(66	)	$	103		$	(1,392	)

							Amount			Other
							Reclassified			Comprehensive
				Other			From			Income/(Loss)
				Comprehensive			Accumulated			Twelve Months
	Balance at			Income/(Loss)			Other			Ended			Balance at
	January 1,			Before			Comprehensive			December 31,			December 31,
(In thousands)	2019			Reclassifications			Income/(Loss)			2019			2019
Net unrealized holding gain/(loss) on    securities available for sale, net of tax	$	(3,006	)	$	4,012		$	—		$	4,012		$	1,006
Gain/(loss) on cash flow hedges		661			(3,006	)		(156	)		(3,162	)		(2,501	)
Accumulated other comprehensive    gain/(loss), net of tax	$	(2,345	)	$	1,006		$	(156	)	$	850		$	(1,495	)

The following represents the reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

	Years Ended
	December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			2020			2019			Affected Line Item in Statements of Income
Unrealized gain/(loss) on cash flow hedge    derivatives:
Reclassification adjustment for amounts included in    net income	$	—		$	(89	)	$	(223	)	Interest expense
Reclassification adjustment for losses on    termination of swaps included in net income		842			—			—		Other Income
Tax effect		(236	)		23			67		Income tax expense
Total reclassifications, net of tax	$	606		$	(66	)	$	(156	)

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CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (PARENT COMPANY ONLY)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Condensed Financial Information Of Parent Company Only Disclosure [Abstract]

CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (PARENT COMPANY ONLY)

22.  CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (PARENT COMPANY ONLY)

STATEMENTS OF CONDITION

	December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			2020
Assets
Cash	$	27,530		$	117,670
Interest-earning deposits		522			523
Total cash and cash equivalents		28,052			118,193
Investment in subsidiary		650,918			593,162
Other assets		680			6
Total assets	$	679,650		$	711,361
Liabilities
Subordinated debt	$	132,701		$	181,794
Other liabilities		561			2,445
Total liabilities		133,262			184,239
Shareholders’ equity
Common stock		17,220			16,958
Surplus		332,358			326,592
Treasury stock		(65,104	)		(36,477	)
Retained earnings		274,288			221,441
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(12,374	)		(1,392	)
Total shareholders’ equity		546,388			527,122
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	679,650		$	711,361

STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

	Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			2020			2019
Income
Dividend from Bank	$	—		$	13,000		$	31,000
Other income		—			2			6
Total income		—			13,002			31,006
Expenses
Interest expense		7,013			4,992			4,895
Other expenses		1,602			948			721
Total expenses		8,615			5,940			5,616
(Loss)/income before income tax benefit and    equity in undistributed earnings of Bank		(8,615	)		7,062			25,390
Income tax benefit		(2,340	)		(1,247	)		(1,178	)
Net (loss)/income before equity in undistributed earnings of Bank		(6,275	)		8,309			26,568
Equity in undistributed earnings of Bank/(dividends    in excess of earnings)		62,897			17,883			20,866
Net income	$	56,622		$	26,192		$	47,434
Other comprehensive (loss)/income		(10,982	)		103			850
Comprehensive income	$	45,640		$	26,295		$	48,284

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			2020			2019
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	56,622		$	26,192		$	47,434
Undistributed earnings of Bank		(62,897	)		(17,883	)		(20,866	)
Amortization of subordinated debt costs		1,002			234			224
(Increase)/decrease in other assets		(674	)		4,914			(1,186	)
(Decrease)/increase in other liabilities		(1,979	)		2,176			(24	)
Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities		(7,926	)		15,633			25,582
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital contribution to subsidiary		—			—			—
Net cash used in investing activities		—			—			—
Cash flows from financing activities:
Cash dividends paid on common stock		(3,775	)		(3,780	)		(3,865	)
Exercise of stock options, net of stock swaps		187			230			251
Proceeds from issuance of subordinated debt		—			98,143			—
Repayments of subordinated debt		(50,000	)		—			—
Shares repurchase		(28,627	)		(6,487	)		(21,002	)
Net cash (used in)/provided by financing activities		(82,215	)		88,106			(24,616	)
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents		(90,141	)		103,739			966
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		118,193			14,454			13,488
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	28,052		$	118,193		$	14,454

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SUPPLEMENTAL DATA (unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

SUPPLEMENTAL DATA (unaudited)

23.  SUPPLEMENTAL DATA (unaudited)

The following table sets forth certain unaudited quarterly financial data for the periods indicated:

Selected 2021 Quarterly Data:
(In thousands, except per share data)	March 31			June 30		September 30			December 31
Interest income	$	38,239		$	39,686	$	40,067		$	42,075
Interest expense		6,446			5,841		4,856			4,863
Net interest income		31,793			33,845		35,211			37,212
Provision for loan losses		225			900		1,600			3,750
Wealth management fee income		12,131			13,034		13,860			13,962
Securities (losses)/gains, net		(265	)		42		(70	)		(139	)
Other income		5,954			4,602		3,991			5,141
Operating expenses		31,594			30,684		32,185			31,704
Income before income tax expense		17,794			19,939		19,207			20,722
Income tax expense		4,616			5,521		5,036			5,867
Net income	$	13,178		$	14,418	$	14,171		$	14,855
Earnings per share-basic	$	0.70		$	0.76	$	0.76		$	0.80
Earnings per share-diluted		0.67			0.74		0.74			0.78

Selected 2020 Quarterly Data:
(In thousands, except per share data)	March 31			June 30		September 30		December 31
Interest income	$	45,395		$	41,649	$	40,174	$	38,532
Interest expense		13,648			9,678		8,025		6,797
Net interest income		31,747			31,971		32,149		31,735
Provision for loan losses		20,000			4,900		5,150		2,350
Wealth management fee income		9,955			9,996		10,119		10,791
Securities gains/(losses), net		198			125		—		(42	)
Other income		4,364			2,505		10,092		3,657
Operating expenses		28,235			29,014		28,461		39,249
(Loss)/income before income tax (benefit)/expense		(1,971	)		10,683		18,749		4,542
Income tax (benefit)/expense		(3,344	)		2,441		5,202		1,512
Net income	$	1,373		$	8,242	$	13,547	$	3,030
Earnings per share-basic	$	0.07		$	0.44	$	0.72	$	0.16
Earnings per share-diluted		0.07			0.43		0.71		0.16

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Principles of Consolidation and Organization

Principles of Consolidation and Organization: The consolidated financial statements of the Company are prepared on the accrual basis and include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Peapack-Gladstone Bank (the “Bank”). The consolidated financial statements also include the Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiaries:

• PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware

• Peapack Capital Corporation (“PCC”)

• Murphy Capital Management (“Murphy Capital”)

• Peapack-Gladstone Mortgage Group, Inc. (owns 99 percent of Peapack Ventures, LLC and 79 percent of Peapack-Gladstone Realty, Inc., a New Jersey real estate investment company)

• PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware owns one percent of Peapack Ventures, LLC  

• Peapack Ventures, LLC (owns the remaining 21 percent of Peapack-Gladstone Realty, Inc.)

• PGB Securities, Inc. (formed in the second quarter of 2020)

While the following footnotes include the collective results of the Company and the Bank, these footnotes primarily reflect the Bank’s and its subsidiaries’ activities. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated from the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

Business: The Bank is a commercial bank that provides innovative private banking services to businesses, non-profits and consumers. Wealth management services are also provided through its subsidiaries, PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware and Murphy Capital. The Bank is subject to competition from other financial institutions, is regulated by certain federal and state agencies and undergoes periodic examinations by those regulatory authorities.

Basis of Financial Statement Presentation

Basis of Financial Statement Presentation: The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. In preparing the financial statements, Management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and revenues and expenses and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the statement of condition. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Segment Information

Segment Information:  The Company’s business is conducted through two business segments: its banking segment (“Banking”), which involves the delivery of loan and deposit products to customers, and Peapack Private, which includes asset management services provided for individuals and institutions. Management uses certain methodologies to allocate income and expense to the business segments.

The Banking segment includes: commercial (includes C&I and equipment financing), commercial real estate, multifamily, residential and consumer lending activities; treasury management services; C&I advisory services; escrow management; deposit generation; operation of ATMs; telephone and internet banking services; merchant credit card services and customer support sales.

Peapack Private includes: investment management services for individuals and institutions; personal trust services, including services as executor, trustee, administrator, custodian; and other financial planning and advisory services. This segment also includes the activity from the Delaware subsidiary, PGB Trust and Investments of Delaware, and Murphy Capital.  Wealth management fees are primarily earned over time as the Company provides the contracted monthly or quarterly services and are generally assessed based on a tiered scale of the market value of assets under management and/or administration (“AUM”) at month-end.  Fees that are transaction based, including trade execution services, are recognized at the point in time that the transaction is executed (i.e. trade date).

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and Cash Equivalents:  For purposes of the statements of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash and due from banks, interest-earning deposits and federal funds sold. Generally, federal funds are sold for one-day periods.  Cash equivalents are of original maturities of 90 days or less. Net cash flows are reported for customer loan and deposit transactions and short-term borrowings with original maturities of 90 days or less.

Interest-Earning Deposits in Other Financial Institutions

Interest-Earning Deposits in Other Financial Institutions: Interest-earning deposits in other financial institutions mature within one year and are carried at cost.

Securities

Securities: Debt securities are classified as held to maturity and carried at amortized cost when Management has the positive intent and ability to hold them to maturity. Other debt securities are classified as available for sale and are carried at fair value, with unrealized holding gains and losses reported in other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax. The Company also has an investment in a CRA investment fund, which is classified as an equity security.  In accordance with ASU 2016-01, “Financial Instruments,” unrealized holding gains and losses on equity securities are marked to market through the income statement.

Interest income includes amortization of purchase premiums and discounts. Premiums and discounts on securities are amortized on the level-yield method without anticipating prepayments, except for mortgage-backed securities where prepayments are anticipated and premiums on callable debt securities, which are amortized to the earliest call date. Gains and losses on sales are recorded on the trade date and determined using the specific identification method.

Management evaluates securities for other-than-temporary impairment on at least a quarterly basis, and more frequently when economic or market conditions warrant such an evaluation. For securities in an unrealized loss position, Management considers the extent and duration of the unrealized loss and the financial condition and near-term prospects of the issuer. Management also assesses whether it intends to sell, or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell, a security in an unrealized loss position before recovery of its amortized cost basis. If either of the criteria regarding intent or requirement to sell is met, the entire difference between amortized cost and fair value is recognized as impairment through earnings. For debt securities that do not meet the aforementioned criteria, the amount of impairment is split into two components as follows: (1) other-than-temporary impairment related to credit loss, which is recognized in the income statement and (2) other-than-temporary impairment related to other factors, which is recognized in other comprehensive income. The credit loss is defined as the difference between the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected and the amortized cost basis.

Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) and Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) Stock

Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) and Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) Stock:  The Bank is a member of the FHLB system. Members are required to own a certain amount of FHLB stock, based on the level of borrowings and other factors. FHLB stock is carried at cost, classified as a restricted security and periodically evaluated for impairment based on ultimate recovery of par value. Dividends are reported as income.

The Bank is also a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and required to own a certain amount of FRB stock. FRB stock is carried at cost and classified as a restricted security. Dividends are reported as income.

Loans Held for Sale

Loans Held for Sale:  Mortgage loans originated with the intent to sell in the secondary market are carried at fair value, as determined by outstanding commitments from investors.

Mortgage loans held for sale are generally sold with servicing rights released; therefore, no servicing rights are recorded. Gains and losses on sales of mortgage loans, shown as gain on sale of loans on the Statement of Income, are based on the difference between the selling price and the carrying value of the related loan sold.

SBA loans originated with the intent to sell in the secondary market are carried at the lower of cost or fair value. SBA loans are generally sold with the servicing rights retained. Gains and losses on the sale of SBA loans are based on the difference between the selling price and the carrying value of the related loan sold.  Total SBA loans serviced totaled $97.5 million and $65.5 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  SBA loans held for sale totaled $32.5 million and $6.0 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  The servicing asset recorded was not material.

Loans originated with the intent to hold and subsequently transferred to loans held for sale are carried at the lower of cost or fair value. These are loans that the Company no longer has the intent to hold for the foreseeable future.

Loans

Loans:  Loans that Management has the intent and ability to hold for the foreseeable future or until maturity are stated at the principal amount outstanding. Interest on loans is recognized based upon the principal amount outstanding. Loans are stated at face value, less purchased premium and discounts and net deferred fees. Loan origination fees and certain direct loan origination costs are deferred and recognized on a level-yield method, over the life of the loan as an adjustment to the loan’s yield. The definition of recorded investment in loans includes accrued interest receivable and deferred fees/cost, however, for the Company’s loan disclosures, accrued interest and deferred fees/costs was excluded as the impact was not material.

Loans are considered past due when they are not paid within 30 days in accordance with contractual terms. The accrual of income on loans, including impaired loans, is discontinued if, in the opinion of Management, principal or interest is not

likely to be paid in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement, or when principal or interest is past due 90 days or more. All interest accrued but not received for loans placed on nonaccrual are reversed against interest income. Payments received on nonaccrual loans are recorded as principal payments, but do not diminish the borrower’s obligation. A nonaccrual loan is returned to accrual status only when interest and principal payments are brought current and future payments are reasonably assured, generally after the Bank receives contractual payments for a minimum of six consecutive months. Commercial loans are generally charged off, in whole or in part, after an analysis is completed which indicates that collectability of the full principal balance is in doubt. Consumer loans are generally charged off after they become 120 days past due. Subsequent payments are credited to income only if collection of principal is not in doubt. If principal and interest payments are brought contractually current and future collectability is reasonably assured, loans are returned to accrual status. Nonaccrual mortgage loans are generally charged off when the value of the underlying collateral does not cover the outstanding principal balance. The majority of the Company’s loans are secured by real estate in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

Allowance for Loan Losses

Allowance for Loan Losses: The allowance for loan and lease losses is a valuation allowance for credit losses that is Management’s estimate of probable incurred losses in the loan portfolio.  The process to determine reserves utilizes analytical tools and Management judgment and is reviewed on a quarterly basis. When Management is reasonably certain that a loan balance is not fully collectable, an impairment analysis is completed whereby a specific reserve may be established or a full or partial charge off is recorded against the allowance.  Subsequent recoveries, if any, are credited to the allowance. Management estimates the allowance balance required using past loan loss experience, the size and composition of the portfolio, information about specific borrower situations, estimated collateral values, asset quality information, economic conditions and other factors. Allocations of the allowance may be made for specific loans via a specific reserve, but the entire allowance is available for any loan that, in Management’s judgment, should be charged off.

The allowance consists of specific and general components. The specific component of the allowance relates to loans that are individually classified as impaired.

A loan is impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that the Bank will be unable to collect all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Factors considered by Management in determining impairment include payment status, collateral value and the probability of collecting scheduled principal and interest payments when due. Loans that experience insignificant payment delays and payment shortfalls generally are not classified as impaired. Management determines the significance of payment delays and payment shortfalls on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration the circumstances surrounding the loan and the borrower, including the length of the delay, the reasons for the delay, the borrower’s prior payment record, and the amount of the shortfall in relation to the principal and interest owed.

Loans are individually evaluated for impairment when they are classified as substandard by Management. If a loan is considered impaired, a portion of the allowance may be allocated so that the loan is reported, net, at the present value of estimated future cash flows using the loan’s existing rate or if repayment is expected solely from the underlying collateral, the loan principal balance is compared to the fair value of collateral less estimated disposition costs to determine the need, if any, for a charge off.

The general component of the allowance covers non-impaired loans and is based primarily on the Company’s historical loss experience adjusted for current factors. The historical loss experience is determined by portfolio segment and is based on the actual loss history experience by the Company on a weighted average basis over the previous three years. This actual loss experience is adjusted by other qualitative factors based on the risks present for each portfolio segment. These qualitative factors include consideration of the following:  levels of and trends in delinquencies, charge-offs and impaired loans; effects of any changes in risk selection and underwriting standards; other changes in lending policies, procedures and practices; experience, ability and depth of lending management and other relevant staffing and experience; national and local economic trends and conditions; industry conditions; and effects of changes in credit concentrations.  For loans that are graded as non-impaired, the Company allocates a higher general reserve percentage than pass-rated loans using a multiple that is calculated annually through a migration analysis.  At both December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, the multiple was 2.25 times for non-impaired special mention loans and 3.25 times for non-impaired substandard loans. 

A troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”) is a type of loan modification in which the Bank, for legal, economic or business reasons related to a borrower’s financial difficulties, grants a concession to the borrower that it would not otherwise consider. TDRs are impaired and are generally measured at the present value of estimated future cash flows using the loan’s effective rate at inception. If a TDR is considered to be a collateral dependent loan, the loan is reported, net, at the fair value

of the collateral, less estimated disposition costs. For TDRs that subsequently default, the Company determines the amount of reserve in accordance with the accounting policy for the allowance for loan and lease losses.

On March 27, 2020, the President of the United States signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, which provides entities with optional temporary relief from certain accounting and financial reporting requirements under U.S. GAAP.

The CARES Act allows financial institutions to suspend application of certain current TDR accounting guidance under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 310-40 for loan modifications related to the COVID-19 pandemic made between March 1, 2020 and the earlier of December 31, 2020 or 60 days after the end of the COVID-19 national emergency, provided certain criteria are met.  The revised CARES Act extended TDR relief to loan modifications through January 1, 2022.  This relief can be applied to loan modifications for borrowers that were not more than 30 days past due as of December 31, 2019 and to loan modifications that defer or delay the payment of principal or interest or change the interest rate on the loan.  In April 2020, federal and state banking regulators issued the Interagency Statement on Loan Modifications and Reporting for Financial Institutions Working with Customers Affected by the Coronavirus to provide further interpretation of when a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty, specifically indicating that if the modification is either short-term (e.g., six months) or mandated by a federal or state government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the borrower will not be considered to be experiencing financial difficulty under ASC 310-40.  The Company continues to prudently work with borrowers negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic while managing credit risks and recognizing an appropriate allowance for loan and lease losses on its loan portfolio.  The Company approved total loan modifications under the CARES Act of $947.0 million, of which $25.6 million remain as of December 31, 2021.

Another key program under the CARES Act is the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) administered by the SBA which provided funding to qualifying businesses and organizations.  Under this program, the Company provided funding of approximately $650.0 million.  In the third quarter of 2020 and second quarter of 2021, the Company sold approximately $355.0 million and $56.5 million, respectively, of such loans, servicing rights released, to a third party.  The Company also referred approximately $124 million of PPP loans to a third party during the first six months of 2021.  The Company has approximately $13.8 million of PPP loans remaining on its balance sheet as of December 31, 2021 and believes that substantially all of these loans will be forgiven by the SBA. These loans are fully guaranteed by the SBA and provide for full forgiveness of the loans during a specified forgiveness period that meet specific guidelines provided by the SBA. Loans that do not meet the forgiveness criteria will enter a repayment period of 2 or 5 years.

In determining an appropriate amount for the allowance, the Bank segments and evaluates the loan portfolio based on Federal call report codes, which are based on collateral or purpose. The following portfolio classes have been identified:

Primary Residential Mortgages.  The Bank originates one to four family residential mortgage loans in the Tri-State area (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut), Pennsylvania and Florida.  Loans are secured by first liens on the primary residence or investment property.  Primary risk characteristics associated with residential mortgage loans typically involve major living or lifestyle changes to the borrower, including unemployment or other loss of income; unexpected significant expenses, such as for major medical issues or catastrophic events; and divorce or death. In addition, residential mortgage loans that have adjustable rates could expose the borrower to higher debt service requirements in a rising interest rate environment. Further, real estate values could drop significantly and cause the value of the property to fall below the loan amount, creating additional potential loss exposure for the Bank.

Home Equity Lines of Credit.  The Bank provides revolving lines of credit against one to four family residences in the Tri-State area. Primary risk characteristics associated with home equity lines of credit typically involve major living or lifestyle changes to the borrower, including unemployment or other loss of income; unexpected significant expenses, such as for major medical issues or catastrophic events; and divorce or death. In addition, home equity lines of credit typically are made with variable or floating interest rates, which could expose the borrower to higher debt service requirements in a rising interest rate environment. Further, real estate values could drop significantly and cause the value of the property to fall below the loan amount, creating additional potential loss exposure for the Bank.

Junior Lien Loan on Residence.  The Bank provides junior lien loans (“JLL”) against one to four family properties in the Tri-State area. JLLs can be either in the form of an amortizing home equity loan or a revolving home equity line of credit. These loans are subordinate to a first mortgage which may be from another lending institution. Primary risk characteristics associated with JLLs typically involve major living or

lifestyle changes to the borrower, including unemployment or other loss of income; unexpected significant expenses, such as for major medical issues or catastrophic events; and divorce or death. Further, real estate values could drop significantly and cause the value of the property to fall below the loan amount, creating additional potential loss exposure for the Bank.

Multifamily and Commercial Real Estate Loans.  The Bank provides mortgage loans for multifamily properties (i.e. buildings which have five or more residential units) and other commercial real estate that is either owner occupied or managed as an investment property (non-owner occupied) in the Tri-State area and Pennsylvania. Commercial real estate properties primarily include retail buildings/shopping centers, hotels, office/medical buildings and industrial/warehouse space. Some properties are considered “mixed use” as they are a combination of building types, such as a building with retail space on the ground floor and either residential apartments or office suites on the upper floors. Multifamily loans are expected to be repaid from the cash flows of the underlying property so the collective amount of rents must be sufficient to cover all operating expenses, property management and maintenance, taxes and debt service. Increases in vacancy rates, interest rates or other changes in general economic conditions can have an impact on the borrower and its ability to repay the loan. Commercial real estate loans are generally considered to have a higher degree of credit risk than multifamily loans as they may be dependent on the ongoing success and operating viability of a fewer number of tenants who are occupying the property and who may have a greater degree of exposure to economic conditions.

Commercial and Industrial Loans.  The Bank provides lines of credit and term loans to operating companies for business purposes. The loans are generally secured by business assets such as accounts receivable, inventory, business vehicles and equipment as well as the stock of the company, if privately held.  Commercial and industrial loans are typically repaid first by the cash flows generated by the borrower’s business operation. The primary risk characteristics are specific to the underlying business and its ability to generate sustainable profitability and resulting positive cash flows. Factors that may influence a business’ profitability include, but are not limited to, demand for its products or services, quality and depth of management, degree of competition, regulatory changes, and general economic conditions. Commercial and industrial loans are generally secured by business assets; however, the ability of the Bank to foreclose and realize sufficient value from the assets is often highly uncertain. To mitigate the risk characteristics of commercial and industrial loans, these loans often include commercial real estate as collateral to strengthen the Bank’s position and the Bank often requires more frequent reporting requirements from the borrower in order to better monitor its business performance.

Leasing and Equipment Finance.  PCC offers a range of finance solutions nationally. PCC provides term loans and leases secured by assets financed for U.S. based mid-size and large companies. Facilities tend to be fully drawn under fixed rate terms. PCC serves a broad range of industries including transportation, manufacturing, heavy construction and utilities.

Asset risk in PCC’s portfolio is generally recognized through changes to loan income of PCC, or through changes to lease related income streams due to fluctuations in lease rates. Changes to lease income can occur when the existing lease contract expires, the asset comes off lease or the business seeks to enter a new lease agreement.  Asset risk may also change depreciation, resulting from changes in the residual value of the operating lease asset or through impairment of the asset carrying value, which can occur at any time during the life of the asset.

Credit risk in PCC’s portfolio generally results from the potential default of borrowers or lessees, which may be driven by customer specific or broader industry related conditions.  Credit losses can impact multiple parts of the income statement including loss of interest/lease/rental income and/or via higher costs and expenses related to the repossession, refurbishment, re-marketing and or re-leasing of assets.

Consumer and Other.  These are loans to individuals for household, family and other personal expenditures as well as obligations of states and political subdivisions in the U.S. This also represents all other loans that cannot be categorized in any of the previous mentioned loan segments.  Consumer loans generally have higher interest rates and shorter terms than residential loans but tend to have higher credit risk due to the type of collateral securing the loan or in some cases the absence of collateral.

Leases

Leases:  At inception, contracts are evaluated to determine whether the contract constitutes a lease agreement.  For contracts that are determined to be an operating lease, a corresponding right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and operating lease liability are recorded in separate line items on the statement of condition.  An ROU asset represents the Company’s right to use an underlying asset during the lease term and a lease liability represents the Company’s commitment to make contractually obligated lease payments.  Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date of the lease and are based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term.  The measurement of the operating lease ROU asset includes any lease payments made.

If the rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable, the incremental collateralized borrowing rate is used to determine the present value of lease payments.  This rate gives consideration to the applicable FHLB over-collateralized borrowing rates and is based on the information available at the commencement date.  The Company has elected to apply the short-term lease measurement and recognition exemption to leases with an initial term of 12 months or less; therefore, these leases are not recorded on the Company’s statement of condition, but rather, lease expense is recognized over the lease term on a straight-line basis.  The Company’s lease agreements may include options to extend or terminate the lease.  The Company’s decision to exercise renewal options is based on an assessment of its current business needs and market factors at the time of the renewal.  The Company maintains certain property and equipment under direct financing and operating leases.  Substantially all of the leases in which the Company is the lessee are comprised of real estate property for branches and office space and are classified as operating leases.

The ROU asset is measured at the amount of the lease liability adjusted for lease incentives received, and cumulative prepaid or accrued rent if the lease payments are uneven throughout the lease term, any unamortized initial direct costs, and any impairment of the ROU asset.  Operating lease expense consists of:  a single lease cost allocated over the remaining lease term on a straight-line basis, variable lease payments not included in the lease liability, and any impairment of the ROU asset.

There are no terms or conditions related to residual value guarantees and no restrictions or covenants that would impact the Company’s ability to pay dividends or to incur additional financial obligations.

Premises and Equipment

Premises and Equipment:  Land is carried at cost. Premises and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation charges are computed using the straight-line method. Equipment and other fixed assets are depreciated over the estimated useful lives, which range from three to ten years. Premises are depreciated over the estimated useful life of 40 years, while leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or the term of the lease. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. The cost of major renewals and improvements are capitalized. Gains or losses realized on routine dispositions are recorded as other income or other expense.

Other Real Estate Owned (OREO)

Other Real Estate Owned (OREO):  OREO acquired through foreclosure on loans secured by real estate is initially recorded at fair value, less estimated costs to sell.  Physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan occurs when legal title is obtained upon completion of foreclosure or when the borrower conveys all interest in the property to satisfy the loan through completion of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or through a similar legal agreement. The assets are subsequently accounted for at the lower of cost or fair value, as established by a current appraisal, less estimated costs to sell. Any write-downs at the date of foreclosure are charged to the allowance for loan losses. Expenses incurred to maintain these properties, losses resulting from write-downs after the date of foreclosure, and realized gains and losses upon sale of the properties are included in other non-interest expense and other non-interest income, as appropriate.

Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI)

Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI): The Bank has purchased life insurance policies on certain key executives. BOLI is recorded at the amount that can be realized under the insurance contract at the balance sheet date, which is the cash surrender value adjusted for other charges or other amounts due that are probable at settlement.

Loan Commitments and Related Financial Instruments

Loan Commitments and Related Financial Instruments:  Financial instruments include off-balance sheet credit instruments, such as commitments to make loans and commercial letters of credit issued to meet customer financing needs. The face amount for these items represents the exposure to loss, before considering customer collateral or ability to repay. Such financial instruments are recorded when they are funded.

Derivatives

Derivatives:  At the inception of a derivative contract, the Company designates the derivative as one of three types based on the Company’s intentions and belief as to likely effectiveness as a hedge. These three types are (1) a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability or of an unrecognized firm commitment (“fair value hedge”), (2) a hedge of a

forecasted transaction or the variability of cash flows to be received or paid related to a recognized asset or liability (“cash flow hedge”), or (3) an instrument with no hedging designation.  For a fair value hedge, the gain or loss on the derivative, as well as the offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item, are recognized in current earnings as fair values change. For a cash flow hedge, the gain or loss on the derivative is reported in other comprehensive income and is reclassified into earnings in the same periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. For cash flow hedges, changes in the fair value of derivatives that are not highly effective in hedging the changes in fair value or expected cash flows of the hedged item are recognized immediately in current earnings. Changes in the fair value of derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting are reported currently in earnings, as non-interest income. When hedge accounting is discontinued on a fair value hedge that no longer qualifies as an effective hedge, the derivative continues to be reported at fair value in the statement of condition, but the carrying amount of the hedged item is no longer adjusted for future changes in fair value.  The adjustment to the carrying amount of the hedged item that existed at the date hedge accounting is discontinued is amortized over the remaining life of the hedged item into earnings.

Net cash settlements on derivatives that qualify for hedge accounting are recorded in interest income or interest expense, based on the item being hedged. Net cash settlements on derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting are reported in non-interest income. Cash flows on hedges are classified in the cash flow statement the same as the cash flows of the items being hedged.

The Company formally documents the relationship between derivatives and hedged items, as well as the risk-management objective and the strategy for undertaking hedge transactions at the inception of the hedging relationship.  This documentation includes linking fair value or cash flow hedges to specific assets and liabilities on the balance sheet or to specific firm commitments or forecasted transactions.  The Company discontinues hedge accounting when it determines that the derivative is no longer effective in offsetting changes in the fair value or cash flows of the hedged item, the derivative is settled or terminates, a hedged forecasted transaction is no longer probable, a hedged firm commitment is no longer firm, or treatment of the derivative as a hedge is no longer appropriate or intended.

When hedge accounting is discontinued, subsequent changes in fair value of the derivative are recorded as non-interest income.  When a cash flow hedge is discontinued but the hedged cash flows or forecasted transactions are still expected to occur, gains or losses that were accumulated in other comprehensive income are amortized into earnings over the same periods which the hedged transactions will affect earnings.

The Company also offers facility specific / loan level swaps to its customers and offsets its exposure from such contracts by entering into mirror image swaps with a financial institution / swap counterparty (loan level/back-to-back swap program).  The customer accommodations and any offsetting swaps are treated as non-hedging derivative instruments which do not qualify for hedge accounting (“standalone derivatives”).  The notional amount of the swaps does not represent amounts exchanged by the parties.  The amount exchanged is determined by reference to the notional amount and the other terms of the individual contracts.  The fair value of the swaps is recorded as both an asset and a liability, in other assets and other liabilities, respectively, in equal amounts for these transactions.  The Company is exposed to losses if a customer counterparty fails to make its payments under a contract in which the Company is in a net receiving position.  At this time, the Company anticipates that its counterparties will be able to fully satisfy their obligations under the agreements.  All of the contracts to which the Company is a party settle monthly.  Further, the Company has netting agreements with the dealers with which it does business.

Income Taxes

Income Taxes:  The Company files a consolidated Federal income tax return. State income tax returns are filed either on a combined or separate company basis based on the current laws and regulations of the state.

The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in its financial statements or tax returns. The measurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities is based on the enacted tax rates. Such tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effect of a change in tax rates in the period of enactment.

The Company recognizes a tax position as a benefit only if it is “more likely than not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized on examination. For tax positions not meeting the “more likely than not” test, no tax benefit is recorded.

The Company is no longer subject to examination by the U.S. Federal tax authorities for years prior to 2018 or by state and local tax authorities for years prior to 2016.  

The Company recognizes interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense.

Employee's Savings and Investment Plan

Employee’s Savings and Investment Plan:  The Company has a 401(k) profit-sharing and investment plan, which covers substantially all salaried employees over the age of 21 with at least 12 months of service.  

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation:  Compensation cost is recognized for stock options and restricted stock awards/units issued to employees and non-employee directors, based on the fair value of these awards at the date of grant. A Black-Scholes model is utilized to estimate the fair value of stock options, while the fair value of the Company’s common stock at the date of grant is used for restricted stock awards/units. Compensation expense is recognized over the required service or performance period, generally defined as the vesting period. For awards with time-based vesting, compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. The stock options granted under these plans are exercisable at a price equal to the fair value of common stock on the date of grant and expire not more than ten years after the date of grant.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”): The ESPP provides for the granting of rights to purchase up to 150,000 shares of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation common stock. In May 2020, shareholders approved an increase of 200,000 shares of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation common stock to be issued under the ESPP.

Subject to certain eligibility requirements and restrictions, the ESPP provided for a single Offering Period of twelve months in duration, which commenced on May 16, 2019 and ended on May 15, 2020.

The ESPP was revised to allow for the purchase of shares during four three-month Offering Periods of each calendar year. The Offering Periods end on February 16, May 16, August 16 and November 16 of each calendar year.

Each participant in the Offering Period is granted an option to purchase a number of shares and may contribute between one percent and 15 percent of their compensation. At the end of each Offering Period, the number of shares to be purchased by the employee is determined by dividing the employee’s contributions accumulated during the Offering Period by the applicable purchase price. The purchase price is an amount equal to 85 percent of the closing market price of a share of common stock on the purchase date. Participation in the ESPP is entirely voluntary and employees can cancel their purchases at any time during the period without penalty. The fair value of each share purchase right is determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

The Company recorded $126,000, $224,000 and $158,000 of expense in salaries and employee benefits expense for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, related to the ESPP.  Total shares issued under the ESPP for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were 26,693, 56,849 and 18,740, respectively.      

Earnings Per Share ("EPS")

Earnings Per Share (“EPS”):  In calculating earnings per share, there are no adjustments to net income available to common shareholders, which is the numerator of both the Basic and Diluted EPS. The weighted average number of shares outstanding used in the denominator for Diluted EPS is increased over the denominator used for Basic EPS by the effect of potentially dilutive common stock equivalents utilizing the treasury stock method. Common stock options outstanding are common stock equivalents, as are restricted stock units until vested.

The following table shows the calculation of both basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

(In thousands, except share and per share data)	2021		2020		2019
Net income available to common shareholders	$	56,622	$	26,192	$	47,434
Basic weighted average shares outstanding		18,788,679		18,896,825		19,268,870
Plus:  common stock equivalents		503,923		184,362		142,578
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding		19,292,602		19,081,187		19,411,448
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	3.01	$	1.39	$	2.46
Diluted		2.93		1.37		2.44

Restricted stock units totaling 264,317, 393,501 and 277,677 were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because they were anti-dilutive as of December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Anti-dilutive shares are

common stock equivalents with weighted average grant date values in excess of the average market value for the periods presented.

Loss Contingencies

Loss Contingencies: Loss contingencies, including claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business, are recorded as liabilities when the likelihood of loss is probable and an amount or range of loss can be reasonably estimated. Management does not believe there are any such matters that will have a material effect on the financial statements.

Restrictions on Cash

Restrictions on Cash: Cash on hand or on deposit with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was required to meet regulatory reserve and clearing requirements.

Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive Income: Comprehensive income consists of net income and the change during the period in the Company’s net unrealized gains or losses on securities available for sale and unrealized gains and losses on cash flow hedge, net of tax, less adjustments for realized gains and losses.

Shareholders' Equity

Shareholders’ Equity:  Stock dividends in excess of 20 percent are reported by transferring the par value of the stock issued from retained earnings to common stock. Stock dividends for 20 percent or less are reported by transferring the fair value, as of the ex-dividend date, of the stock issued from retained earnings to common stock and additional paid-in capital. Fractional share amounts are paid in cash with a reduction in retained earnings. Treasury stock is carried at cost.

Transfers of Financial Assets

Transfers of Financial Assets:  Transfers of financial assets are accounted for as sales, when control over the assets has been relinquished.  Control over transferred assets is deemed to be surrendered when the assets have been isolated from the Company, the transferee obtains the right (free of conditions that constrain it from taking advantage of that right) to pledge or exchange the transferred assets, and the Company does not maintain effective control over the transferred assets through an agreement to repurchase them before their maturity.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets:  Goodwill is generally determined as the excess of the fair value of the consideration transferred, plus the fair value of any noncontrolling interests in the acquiree (if any), over the fair value of the net assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date.  Goodwill and intangible assets acquired in a purchase business combination and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized but tested for impairment at least annually or more frequently if events and circumstances exist that indicate that a goodwill impairment test should be performed. The Company has selected December 31 as the date to perform the annual impairment test.  Intangible assets with definite useful lives are amortized over their estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values. Goodwill, which includes assembled workforce has an indefinite life on our statement of financial condition.

Other intangible assets primarily consist of customer relationship intangible assets arising from acquisitions are amortized on an accelerated method over their estimated useful lives, which range from 5 to 15 years.  Management determined that there was no impairment of goodwill or intangible assets related to the events created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reclassification

Reclassification: Certain reclassifications have been made in the prior periods’ financial statements in order to conform to the 2021 presentation and had no effect on the consolidated income statements or the consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity.

Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Pronouncements:  On June 16, 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”.  This ASU replaces the incurred loss model with an expected loss model, referred to as “current expected credit loss” (“CECL”) model.  It will significantly change estimates for credit losses related to financial assets measured at amortized cost, including loans receivable, and certain other contracts.  The largest impact will be on lenders and the allowance for loan and lease losses (“ALLL”).  This ASU will be effective for public business entities (“PBEs”) in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  The Company has elected to delay the adoption of ASU 2016-13, as approved by the CARES Act, until January 1, 2022. The Company has reviewed the potential impact to our securities portfolio, which primarily consists of U.S. government sponsored entities, mortgage-backed securities and municipal securities which have no history of credit loss and have strong credit ratings. The Company does not expect the standard to have a material impact on its financial statements as it relates to the Company’s securities portfolio.  The Company is also currently evaluating the impact the CECL model will have on our accounting and allowance for loans losses. The Company has selected a third-party firm to assist in the development of a CECL model to assist in the calculation of the allowance for loan and lease losses in preparation for the change to the expected loss model. The Company has also engaged a third-party firm to perform a model validation of our CECL model. The Company is also in the process of updating its policies and internal controls accordingly. The Company expects to recognize a one-time cumulative-effect adjustment to our ALLL as of January 1, 2022, consistent with regulatory expectations set forth in interagency guidance.  The Company expects to recognize a one-time cumulative effect adjustment to our ALLL and beginning retained earnings, net of tax, upon adoption.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”. The amendments in this Update simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740. This ASU removes the following exceptions: exception to the incremental approach for intra-period tax allocation when there is a loss from continuing operations and income or a gain from other items; exception to the requirement to recognize a deferred tax liability for equity method investments when a foreign subsidiary becomes an equity method investment; exception to the ability not to recognize a deferred tax liability for a foreign subsidiary when a foreign equity method investment becomes a subsidiary; and the exception to the general methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period when a year-to-date loss exceeds the anticipated loss for the year. The guidance is effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted. This ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting”. The amendments in this Update provide optional expedients and exceptions for applying generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. The amendments in this Update apply only to contracts and hedging relationships that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued due to reference rate reform. The expedients and exceptions provided by the amendments do not apply to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated after December 31, 2022. The amendments in this ASU can be adopted immediately and are effective through December 31, 2020.  The Company is evaluating alternative reference rates including the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) in preparation for a rate index replacement and the adoption of this ASU.

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share

The following table shows the calculation of both basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

(In thousands, except share and per share data)	2021		2020		2019
Net income available to common shareholders	$	56,622	$	26,192	$	47,434
Basic weighted average shares outstanding		18,788,679		18,896,825		19,268,870
Plus:  common stock equivalents		503,923		184,362		142,578
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding		19,292,602		19,081,187		19,411,448
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	3.01	$	1.39	$	2.46
Diluted		2.93		1.37		2.44

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INVESTMENT SECURITIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Investment Securities Available For Sale [Abstract]

Schedule of Amortized Cost and Approximate Fair Value of Securities Available for Sale and Held to Maturity

A summary of amortized cost and approximate fair value of investment securities available for sale and held to maturity included in the consolidated statements of condition as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 follows:

	2021
			Gross		Gross
	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized			Fair
(In thousands)	Cost		Gains		Losses			Value
Securities Available for Sale:
U.S. government-sponsored agencies	$	280,045	$	—	$	(7,824	)	$	272,221
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		481,062		3,849		(7,937	)		476,974
SBA pool securities		40,649		12		(1,100	)		39,561
State and political subdivisions		5,431		45		—			5,476
Corporate bond		2,500		21		—			2,521
Total securities available for sale	$	809,687	$	3,927	$	(16,861	)	$	796,753
Securities Held to Maturity:
U.S. government-sponsored agencies	$	40,000	$	7	$	(25	)	$	39,982
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		68,680		67		(269	)		68,478
Total securities held to maturity	$	108,680	$	74	$	(294	)	$	108,460

	2020
			Gross		Gross
	Amortized		Unrealized		Unrealized			Fair
(In thousands)	Cost		Gains		Losses			Value
Securities Available for Sale:
U.S. treasuries	$	2,613	$	—	$	—		$	2,613
U.S. government-sponsored agencies		84,424		2		(655	)		83,771
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		467,915		8,604		(461	)		476,058
SBA pool securities		49,457		31		(359	)		49,129
State and political subdivisions		7,987		102		—			8,089
Corporate bond		3,000		29		—			3,029
Total securities available for sale	$	615,396	$	8,768	$	(1,475	)	$	622,689

Schedule of Securities by Maturity

The amortized cost and fair value of investment securities available for sale and held to maturity as of December 31, 2021, by contractual maturity, are shown below. Expected maturities will differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or repay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties. Securities not due at a single maturity, such as mortgage-backed securities and SBA pool securities are shown separately.

(In thousands)	Available for Sale				Held to Maturity
Maturing in:	Amortized Cost		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Fair Value
One year or less	$	3,541	$	3,554	$	—	$	—
After one year through five years		7,516		7,492		15,000		14,991
After five years through ten years		127,170		123,807		25,000		24,991
After ten years		149,749		145,365		—		—
		287,976		280,218		40,000		39,982
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		481,062		476,974		68,680		68,478
SBA pool securities		40,649		39,561		—		—
Total	$	809,687	$	796,753	$	108,680	$	108,460

Schedule of Available for Sale and Held to Maturity Securities with Continuous Unrealized Losses and Approximate Fair Value of Investments

The following table presents the Company’s available for sale and held to maturity securities with continuous unrealized losses and the approximate fair value of these investments as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.

	2021
	Duration of Unrealized Loss
	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or Longer					Total
	Fair		Unrealized			Fair		Unrealized			Fair		Unrealized
(In thousands)	Value		Losses			Value		Losses			Value		Losses
Securities Available for Sale:
U.S. government-      sponsored agencies	$	243,187	$	(6,858	)	$	29,034	$	(966	)	$	272,221	$	(7,824	)
Mortgage-backed      securities-residential		265,403		(7,053	)		33,455		(884	)		298,858		(7,937	)
SBA pool securities		22,057		(567	)		10,562		(533	)		32,619		(1,100	)
Total securities available for sale	$	530,647	$	(14,478	)	$	73,051	$	(2,383	)	$	603,698	$	(16,861	)
Securities Held to Maturity:
U.S. government-      sponsored agencies	$	24,975	$	(25	)	$	—	$	—		$	24,975	$	(25	)
Mortgage-backed      securities-residential		48,307		(269	)		—		—			48,307		(269	)
Total securities held to maturity	$	73,282	$	(294	)	$	—	$	—		$	73,282	$	(294	)
Total securities	$	603,929	$	(14,772	)	$	73,051	$	(2,383	)	$	676,980	$	(17,155	)

	2020
	Duration of Unrealized Loss
	Less Than 12 Months					12 Months or Longer					Total
	Fair		Unrealized			Fair		Unrealized			Fair		Unrealized
(In thousands)	Value		Losses			Value		Losses			Value		Losses
Securities Available for Sale:
U.S. government-      sponsored agencies	$	73,769	$	(655	)	$	—	$	—		$	73,769	$	(655	)
Mortgage-backed      securities-residential		103,340		(430	)		13,914		(31	)		117,254		(461	)
SBA pool securities		39,720		(343	)		2,095		(16	)		41,815		(359	)
Total securities available for sale	$	216,829	$	(1,428	)	$	16,009	$	(47	)	$	232,838	$	(1,475	)

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LOANS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Receivables [Abstract]

Schedule of composition of loans categorized by the type of loan

The following table presents loans outstanding, by type of loan, as of December 31:

			% of Total					% of Total
(Dollars in thousands)	2021		Loans			2020		Loans
Residential mortgage	$	498,300		10.37	%	$	502,829		11.50	%
Multifamily mortgage		1,595,866		33.20			1,126,946		25.77
Commercial mortgage		662,626		13.78			691,294		15.81
Commercial loans (including equipment financing) (A)		1,955,157		40.67			1,950,981		44.62
Commercial construction		20,044		0.42			12,600		0.29
Home equity lines of credit		40,803		0.85			50,546		1.15
Consumer loans, including    fixed rate home equity loans		33,687		0.70			37,016		0.85
Other loans		238		0.01			225		0.01
Total loans	$	4,806,721		100.00	%	$	4,372,437		100.00	%

(A) The December 31, 2021 and 2020 balances include PPP loans of $13.8 million and $195.6 million, respectively.

In determining an appropriate amount for the allowance for loan losses (“ALLL”), the Bank segments and evaluates the loan portfolio based on Federal call report codes. The following portfolio classes have been identified as of December 31:

			% of Total					% of Total
(Dollars in thousands)	2021		Loans			2020		Loans
Primary residential mortgage	$	500,243		10.42	%	$	512,841		11.74	%
Home equity lines of credit		40,803		0.85			50,545		1.16
Junior lien loan on residence		3,191		0.07			4,527		0.10
Multifamily property		1,595,866		33.23			1,126,946		25.79
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		252,603		5.26			253,447		5.80
Investment commercial real estate		1,003,979		20.90			995,613		22.79
Commercial and industrial (A)		992,332		20.66			1,059,399		24.24
Lease financing		345,868		7.20			305,931		7.00
Farmland/Agricultural production		6,871		0.14			3,068		0.07
Commercial construction		20,174		0.42			12,773		0.29
Consumer and other		40,828		0.85			44,483		1.02
Total loans	$	4,802,758		100.00	%	$	4,369,573		100.00	%
Net deferred costs		3,963					2,864
Total loans including net deferred costs	$	4,806,721				$	4,372,437

(A) The December 31, 2021 and 2020 balances include PPP loans of $13.8 million and $195.6 million, respectively.

Schedule of loans to executives and directors

The following table shows the changes in loans to officers, directors and their associates:

(In thousands)	2021			2020
Balance, beginning of year	$	3,801		$	4,164
New loans		845			1,094
Repayments		(309	)		(1,457	)
Balance, at end of year	$	4,337		$	3,801

Schedule of loan balances by portfolio segment, based on impairment method, and the corresponding balances in the allowance for loan losses

The following tables present the loan balances by portfolio segment, based on impairment method, and the corresponding balances in the ALLL as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:

December 31, 2021
	Total		Ending ALLL		Total		Ending ALLL
	Loans		Attributable		Loans		Attributable
	Individually		to Loans		Collectively		to Loans
	Evaluated		Individually		Evaluated		Collectively				Total
	for		Evaluated for		for		Evaluated for		Total		Ending
(In thousands)	Impairment		Impairment		Impairment		Impairment		Loans		ALLL
Primary residential mortgage	$	2,242	$	—	$	498,001	$	1,432	$	500,243	$	1,432
Home equity lines of credit		—		—		40,803		83		40,803		83
Junior lien loan on residence		18		—		3,173		5		3,191		5
Multifamily property		—		—		1,595,866		9,806		1,595,866		9,806
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		458		—		252,145		1,998		252,603		1,998
Investment commercial real estate		12,750		4,234		991,229		22,849		1,003,979		27,083
Commercial and industrial		2,584		—		989,748		17,509		992,332		17,509
Lease financing		—		—		345,868		3,440		345,868		3,440
Secured by farmland and agricultural    production		—		—		6,871		84		6,871		84
Commercial construction		—		—		20,174		42		20,174		42
Consumer and other		—		—		40,828		215		40,828		215
Total ALLL	$	18,052	$	4,234	$	4,784,706	$	57,463	$	4,802,758	$	61,697

December 31, 2020
	Total		Ending ALLL		Total		Ending ALLL
	Loans		Attributable		Loans		Attributable
	Individually		to Loans		Collectively		to Loans
	Evaluated		Individually		Evaluated		Collectively				Total
	for		Evaluated for		for		Evaluated for		Total		Ending
(In thousands)	Impairment		Impairment		Impairment		Impairment		Loans		ALLL
Primary residential mortgage	$	1,490	$	3	$	511,351	$	2,902	$	512,841	$	2,905
Home equity lines of credit		—		—		50,545		218		50,545		218
Junior lien loan on residence		—		—		4,527		15		4,527		15
Multifamily property		—		—		1,126,946		9,945		1,126,946		9,945
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		807		—		252,640		3,050		253,447		3,050
Investment commercial real estate		4,593		—		991,020		27,713		995,613		27,713
Commercial and industrial		9,314		2,700		1,050,085		16,347		1,059,399		19,047
Lease financing		—		—		305,931		3,936		305,931		3,936
Secured by farmland and agricultural    production		—		—		3,068		43		3,068		43
Commercial construction		—		—		12,773		158		12,773		158
Consumer and other		—		—		44,483		279		44,483		279
Total ALLL	$	16,204	$	2,703	$	4,353,369	$	64,606	$	4,369,573	$	67,309

Schedule of loans individually evaluated for impairment

The following tables present loans individually evaluated for impairment by class of loans as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:

	December 31, 2021
	Unpaid						Average
	Principal		Recorded		Specific		Impaired
(In thousands)	Balance		Investment		Reserves		Loans
With no related allowance recorded:
Primary residential mortgage	$	2,453	$	2,242	$	—	$	1,818
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		492		458		—		540
Junior lien loan on residence		18		18		—		3
Commercial and industrial		4,549		2,584		—		3,153
Total loans with no related allowance	$	7,512	$	5,302	$	—	$	5,514
With related allowance recorded:
Investment commercial real estate	$	19,887	$	12,750	$	4,234	$	6,034
Total loans with related allowance	$	19,887	$	12,750	$	4,234	$	6,034
Total loans individually evaluated for impairment	$	27,399	$	18,052	$	4,234	$	11,548

	December 31, 2020
	Unpaid						Average
	Principal		Recorded		Specific		Impaired
(In thousands)	Balance		Investment		Reserves		Loans
With no related allowance recorded:
Primary residential mortgage	$	1,601	$	1,328	$	—	$	5,544
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		817		807		—		516
Investment commercial real estate		4,593		4,593		—		6,582
Commercial and industrial		7,137		4,314		—		1,677
Total loans with no related allowance	$	14,148	$	11,042	$	—	$	14,319
With related allowance recorded:
Primary residential mortgage	$	162	$	162	$	3	$	526
Commercial and industrial		5,000		5,000		2,700		4,140
Total loans with related allowance	$	5,162	$	5,162	$	2,703	$	4,666
Total loans individually evaluated for impairment	$	19,310	$	16,204	$	2,703	$	18,985

Schedule of recorded investment in nonaccrual and loans past due over 90 days still on accrual

The following tables present the recorded investment in nonaccrual and loans past due over 90 days still on accrual by class of loans as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:

	December 31, 2021
			Loans Past Due Over
			90 Days and Still
(In thousands)	Nonaccrual		Accruing Interest
Primary residential mortgage	$	1,851	$	—
Junior lien loan on residence		18		—
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		458		—
Investment commercial real estate		12,750		—
Commercial and industrial		496		—
Total	$	15,573	$	—

	December 31, 2020
			Loans Past Due Over
			90 Days and Still
(In thousands)	Nonaccrual		Accruing Interest
Primary residential mortgage	$	1,328	$	—
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		807		—
Commercial and industrial		9,275		—
Total	$	11,410	$	—

Schedule of aging of past due loans

The following tables present the recorded investment in past due loans as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 by class of loans, excluding nonaccrual loans:

	December 31, 2021
	30-59		60-89		Greater Than
	Days		Days		90 Days		Total
(In thousands)	Past Due		Past Due		Past Due		Past Due
Primary residential mortgage	$	639	$	—	$	—	$	639
Commercial and industrial		7,825		142		—		7,967
Total	$	8,464	$	142	$	—	$	8,606

	December 31, 2020
	30-59		60-89		Greater Than
	Days		Days		90 Days		Total
(In thousands)	Past Due		Past Due		Past Due		Past Due
Primary residential mortgage	$	2,900	$	141	$	—	$	3,041
Home equity lines of credit		181		—		—		181
Junior lien loan on residence		—		25		—		25
Multifamily property		—		269		—		269
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		268		—		—		268
Commercial and industrial		497		772		—		1,269
Total	$	3,846	$	1,207	$	—	$	5,053

Schedule of the risk category of loans by class of loans

The table below presents, based on the most recent analysis performed, the risk category of loans by class of loans for December 31, 2021 and 2020.

December 31, 2021
			Special
(In thousands)	Pass		Mention		Substandard		Doubtful
Primary residential mortgage	$	494,444	$	557	$	5,242	$	—
Home equity lines of credit		40,274		—		529		—
Junior lien loan on residence		3,173		—		18		—
Multifamily property		1,579,776		7,720		8,370		—
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		251,229		663		711		—
Investment commercial real estate		901,877		87,297		14,805		—
Commercial and industrial		951,127		20,178		21,027		—
Lease financing		345,868		—		—		—
Secured by farmland and agricultural		6,871		—		—		—
Commercial construction		20,099		75		—		—
Consumer and other loans		40,828		—		—		—
Total	$	4,635,566	$	116,490	$	50,702	$	—

December 31, 2020
			Special
(In thousands)	Pass		Mention		Substandard		Doubtful
Primary residential mortgage	$	504,795	$	1,398	$	6,648	$	—
Home equity lines of credit		50,068		—		477		—
Junior lien loan on residence		4,483		—		44		—
Multifamily property		1,121,145		5,441		360		—
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		240,638		10,417		2,392		—
Investment commercial real estate		893,115		91,162		11,336		—
Commercial and industrial		989,281		53,604		16,514		—
Lease financing		305,931		—		—		—
Secured by farmland and agricultural		3,068		—		—		—
Commercial construction		12,692		81		—		—
Consumer and other loans		44,483		—		—		—
Total	$	4,169,699	$	162,103	$	37,771	$	—

Schedule of Activity in Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses

The tables below present a roll forward of the ALLL for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.

	January 1,										December 31,
	2021										2021
	Beginning										Ending
(In thousands)	ALLL		Charge-Offs			Recoveries		Provision			ALLL
Primary residential mortgage	$	2,905	$	(12	)	$	—	$	(1,461	)	$	1,432
Home equity lines of credit		218		—			85		(220	)		83
Junior lien loan on residence		15		—			—		(10	)		5
Multifamily property		9,945		—			—		(139	)		9,806
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		3,050		—			—		(1,052	)		1,998
Investment commercial real estate		27,713		(7,137	)		—		6,507			27,083
Commercial and industrial		19,047		(5,019	)		66		3,415			17,509
Lease financing		3,936		—			—		(496	)		3,440
Secured by farmland and agricultural		43		—			—		41			84
Commercial construction		158		—			—		(116	)		42
Consumer and other		279		(80	)		10		6			215
Total ALLL	$	67,309	$	(12,248	)	$	161	$	6,475		$	61,697

	January 1,									December 31,
	2020									2020
	Beginning							Provision		Ending
(In thousands)	ALLL		Charge-Offs			Recoveries		(Credit)		ALLL
Primary residential mortgage	$	2,090	$	(559	)	$	373	$	1,001	$	2,905
Home equity lines of credit		128		—			11		79		218
Junior lien loan on residence		13		—			—		2		15
Multifamily property		6,037		(56	)		—		3,964		9,945
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		2,064		(51	)		—		1,037		3,050
Investment commercial real estate		15,988		(6,092	)		31		17,786		27,713
Commercial and industrial		14,353		(2,418	)		17		7,095		19,047
Lease financing		2,642		—			—		1,294		3,936
Secured by farmland and agricultural		38		—			—		5		43
Commercial construction		27		—			—		131		158
Consumer and other		296		(27	)		4		6		279
Total ALLL	$	43,676	$	(9,203	)	$	436	$	32,400	$	67,309

	January 1,										December 31,
	2019										2019
	Beginning							Provision			Ending
(In thousands)	ALLL		Charge-Offs			Recoveries		(Credit)			ALLL
Primary residential mortgage	$	3,506	$	(80	)	$	205	$	(1,541	)	$	2,090
Home equity lines of credit		164		—			10		(46	)		128
Junior lien loan on residence		15		—			11		(13	)		13
Multifamily property		5,959		—			—		78			6,037
Owner-occupied commercial real estate		2,614		—			1,060		(1,610	)		2,064
Investment commercial real estate		14,248		—			—		1,740			15,988
Commercial and industrial		9,839		—			17		4,497			14,353
Lease financing		1,772		—			—		870			2,642
Secured by farmland and agricultural		2		—			—		36			38
Commercial construction		1		—			—		26			27
Consumer and other		384		(55	)		4		(37	)		296
Total ALLL	$	38,504	$	(135	)	$	1,307	$	4,000		$	43,676

Schedule of loans modified as troubled debt restructurings

Details with respect to loan modifications are as follows:

			Post-Modification
			Outstanding
	Number of		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		1	$	145
Investment commercial real estate		1		12,750
Commercial and industrial		4		12,656
Total		6	$	25,551

The following table presents loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2021:

			Pre-Modification		Post-Modification
			Outstanding		Outstanding
	Number of		Recorded		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		3	$	603	$	603
Junior lien loan on residence		1		18		18
Commercial and industrial		1		2,070		2,070
Total		5	$	2,691	$	2,691

The following table presents loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2020:

			Pre-Modification		Post-Modification
			Outstanding		Outstanding
	Number of		Recorded		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		3	$	423	$	423
Commercial and industrial		1		39		39
Total		4	$	462	$	462

The following table presents loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2019:

			Pre-Modification		Post-Modification
			Outstanding		Outstanding
	Number of		Recorded		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		2	$	530	$	530
Commercial and industrial		5		6,028		6,028
Total		7	$	6,558	$	6,558

The following table presents loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings during the year ended December 31, 2021 for which there was a payment default during the same period:

	Number of		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		1	$	218
Total		1	$	218

The following table presents loans by class modified as troubled debt restructurings during the year ended December 31, 2020 for which there was a payment default during the same period:

	Number of		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		1	$	133
Commercial and industrial		1		39
Total		2	$	172

The following table presents loans by class modified as trouble debt restructurings during the year ended December 31, 2019 for which there was a payment default during the same period:

	Number of		Recorded
(Dollars in thousands)	Loans		Investment
Primary residential mortgage		1	$	201
Total		1	$	201

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PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of Premises and Equipment Including Finance Lease Right of Use Assets

The following table presents premises and equipment as of December 31,

(In thousands)	2021		2020
Land and land improvements	$	6,947	$	6,332
Buildings		13,404		12,749
Furniture and equipment		24,285		22,911
Leasehold improvements		13,861		13,479
Projects in progress		187		555
		58,684		56,026
Less: accumulated depreciation		35,640		34,417
Total	$	23,044	$	21,609

The following table presents finance lease right-of-use assets as of December 31,

(In thousands)	2021		2020
Land and buildings	$	11,237	$	11,237
Less: accumulated depreciation		7,655		6,907
Total	$	3,582	$	4,330

Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Finance Lease Right-of-Use Asset

The following is a schedule by year of future minimum lease payments under finance lease right-of-use asset, together with the present value of net minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2021:

(In thousands)
2022	$	1,391
2023		1,456
2024		1,456
2025		939
2026		215
Thereafter		1,129
Total minimum lease payments		6,586
Less: amount representing interest		766
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	5,820

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DEPOSITS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Deposits [Abstract]

Schedule of Details of Total Deposits

The following table sets forth the details of total deposits as of December 31:

(Dollars in thousands)	2021				2020
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits	$	956,482	18.16	%	$	833,500	17.30	%
Interest-bearing checking (1)		2,287,894	43.45			1,849,254	38.38
Savings		154,914	2.94			130,731	2.71
Money market		1,307,051	24.82			1,298,885	26.96
Certificates of deposit - retail		409,608	7.78			530,222	11.00
Certificates of deposit - listing service		31,382	0.60			32,128	0.67
Subtotal deposits		5,147,331	97.75			4,674,720	97.02
Interest-bearing demand - Brokered		85,000	1.61			110,000	2.28
Certificates of deposit - Brokered		33,818	0.64			33,764	0.70
Total deposits	$	5,266,149	100.00	%	$	4,818,484	100.00	%

(1) Interest-bearing checking includes $647.8 million at December 31, 2021 and $652.5 million at December 31, 2020 of reciprocal balances in the Reich & Tang or Promontory Demand Deposit Marketplace programs.

Scheduled Maturities of Time Deposits

The scheduled maturities of time deposits as of December 31, 2021 are as follows:

(In thousands)
2022	$	387,322
2023		19,116
2024		31,471
2025		25,801
2026		11,098
Over 5 Years		—
Total	$	474,808

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FAIR VALUE (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Assets Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis

The following table summarizes, at the dates indicated, assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis, including financial assets for which the Company has elected the fair value option:

			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted
			Prices In
			Active
			Markets		Significant
			For		Other		Significant
			Identical		Observable		Unobservable
			Assets		Inputs		Inputs
(In thousands)	December 31, 2021		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Assets:
Securities available for sale:
U.S. government-sponsored agencies	$	272,221	$	—	$	272,221	$	—
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		476,974		—		476,974		—
SBA pool securities		39,561		—		39,561		—
State and political subdivisions		5,476		—		5,476		—
Corporate bond		2,521		—		2,521		—
CRA investment fund		14,685		14,685		—		—
Loans held for sale, at fair value		3,040		—		3,040		—
Derivatives:
Loan level swaps		32,326		—		32,326		—
Total	$	846,804	$	14,685	$	832,119	$	—
Liabilities:
Derivatives:
Cash flow hedges	$	3,479	$	—	$	3,479	$	—
Loan level swaps		34,569		—		34,569		—
Total	$	38,048	$	—	$	38,048	$	—
(In thousands)	December 31, 2020
Assets:
Securities available for sale:
U.S. treasuries	$	2,613	$	—	$	2,613	$	—
U.S. government-sponsored agencies		83,771		—		83,771		—
Mortgage-backed securities-residential		476,058		—		476,058		—
SBA pool securities		49,129		—		49,129		—
State and political subdivisions		8,089		—		8,089		—
Corporate bond		3,029		—		3,029		—
CRA investment fund		15,117		15,117		—		—
Loans held for sale, at fair value		13,588		—		13,588		—
Derivatives:
Loan level swaps		79,529		—		79,529		—
Total	$	730,923	$	15,117	$	715,806	$	—
Liabilities:
Derivatives:
Cash flow hedges	$	9,616	$	—	$	9,616	$	—
Loan level swaps		79,529		—		79,529		—
Total	$	89,145	$	—	$	89,145	$	—

Schedule of Residential Loans Held for Sale

The following tables present residential loans held for sale, at fair value, at the dates indicated:

	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Residential loans contractual balance	$	2,992	$	13,295
Fair value adjustment		48		293
Total fair value of residential loans held for sale	$	3,040	$	13,588

Schedule of Assets Measured at Fair Value on Non-Recurring Basis

The following tables summarize, at the date indicated, assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis:

			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted
			Prices In
			Active
			Markets		Significant
			For		Other		Significant
			Identical		Observable		Unobservable
			Assets		Inputs		Inputs
(In thousands)	December 31, 2021		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Assets:
Impaired loans:
Investment commercial real estate	$	8,516	$	—	$	—	$	8,516

			Fair Value Measurements Using
			Quoted
			Prices In
			Active
			Markets		Significant
			For		Other		Significant
			Identical		Observable		Unobservable
			Assets		Inputs		Inputs
(In thousands)	December 31, 2020		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Assets:
Impaired loans:
Investment commercial real estate	$	2,300	$	—	$	—	$	2,300

Schedule of Carrying Amounts and Estimated Fair Values of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of financial instruments at December 31, 2021 are as follows:

			Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2021 Using
(In thousands)	Carrying Amount		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Financial assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	146,804	$	146,804	$	—	$	—	$	146,804
Securities held to maturity		108,680		—		108,460		—		108,460
Securities available for sale		796,753		—		796,753		—		796,753
CRA investment fund		14,685		14,685		—		—		14,685
FHLB and FRB stock		12,950		—		—		—	N/A
Loans held for sale, at fair value		3,040		—		3,040		—		3,040
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost    or fair value		34,051		—		37,538		—		37,538
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses		4,745,024		—		—		4,767,293		4,767,293
Accrued interest receivable		21,589		—		2,443		19,146		21,589
Accrued interest receivable loan level swaps (A)		4,842		—		4,842		—		4,842
Loan level swaps		32,326		—		32,326		—		32,326
Financial liabilities
Deposits	$	5,266,149	$	4,791,341	$	476,659	$	—	$	5,268,000
Subordinated debt		132,701		—		—		140,556		140,556
Accrued interest payable		651		130		446		75		651
Accrued interest payable loan level swaps (B)		4,842		—		4,842		—		4,842
Cash flow hedges		3,479		—		3,479		—		3,479
Loan level swaps		34,569		—		34,569		—		34,569

(A) Included in other assets in the Consolidated Statement of Condition.

(B) Included in accrued expenses and other liabilities in the Consolidated Statement of Condition.

The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of financial instruments at December 31, 2020 are as follows:

			Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2020 Using
(In thousands)	Carrying Amount		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Financial assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	653,322	$	653,322	$	—	$	—	$	653,322
Securities available for sale		622,689		—		622,689		—		622,689
CRA investment fund		15,117		15,117		—		—		15,117
FHLB and FRB stock		13,709		—		—		—	N/A
Loans held for sale, at fair value		13,588		—		13,588		—		13,588
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost    or fair value		18,520		—		19,115		—		19,115
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses		4,305,128		—		—		4,462,243		4,462,243
Accrued interest receivable		22,495		—		1,653		20,842		22,495
Loan level swaps		79,529		—		79,529		—		79,529
Financial liabilities
Deposits	$	4,818,484	$	4,222,370	$	604,036	$	—	$	4,826,406
Short-term borrowings		15,000		—		15,000		—		15,000
Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility		177,086		—		177,086		—		177,086
Subordinated debt		181,794		—		—		183,348		183,348
Accrued interest payable		1,650		150		1,347		153		1,650
Cash flow hedges		9,616		—		9,616		—		9,616
Loan level swaps		79,529		—		79,529		—		79,529

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REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]

Schedule of Noninterest Income

The following table presents the sources of noninterest income for the years ended December 31:

(In thousands)	2021		2020		2019
Service charges on deposits
Overdraft fees	$	415	$	405	$	662
Interchange income		1,451		1,208		1,238
Other		1,831		1,542		1,588
Wealth management fees (a)		52,987		40,861		38,363
Gains on sales of OREO		51		—		—
Corporate advisory fee income		3,483		265		444
Other (b)		12,025		17,479		12,401
Total noninterest other income	$	72,243	$	61,760	$	54,696

(a) Includes investment brokerage fees.

(b) All of the other category is outside the scope of ASC 606.

Schedule of Noninterest Income by Operating Segment

The following table presents the sources of noninterest income by operating segment for the years ended December 31:

	2021
Revenue by Operating			Wealth
Segment	Banking		Management		Total
Service charges on deposits
Overdraft fees	$	415	$	—	$	415
Interchange income		1,451		—		1,451
Other		1,831		—		1,831
Wealth management fees (a)		—		52,987		52,987
Gains on sales of OREO		51		—		51
Corporate advisory fee income		3,483		—		3,483
Other (b)		10,111		1,914		12,025
Total noninterest income	$	17,342	$	54,901	$	72,243

	2020
Revenue by Operating			Wealth
Segment	Banking		Management		Total
Service charges on deposits
Overdraft fees	$	405	$	—	$	405
Interchange income		1,208		—		1,208
Other		1,542		—		1,542
Wealth management fees (a)		—		40,861		40,861
Corporate advisory fee income		265		—		265
Other (b)		15,684		1,795		17,479
Total noninterest income	$	19,104	$	42,656	$	61,760

	2019
Revenue by Operating			Wealth
Segment	Banking		Management		Total
Service charges on deposits
Overdraft fees	$	662	$	—	$	662
Interchange income		1,238		—		1,238
Other		1,588		—		1,588
Wealth management fees (a)		—		38,363		38,363
Corporate advisory fee income		444		—		444
Other (b)		11,067		1,334		12,401
Total noninterest income	$	14,999	$	39,697	$	54,696

(a) Includes investment brokerage fees.

(b) All of the other category is outside the scope of ASC 606.

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OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Other Income And Expenses [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Other Operating Expenses

The following table presents the major components of other operating expenses for the years ended December 31:

(In thousands)	2021		2020		2019
Professional and legal fees	$	5,343	$	4,099	$	4,506
Telephone		1,323		1,432		1,361
Advertising		1,288		1,631		1,363
Amortization of intangible assets		1,598		1,287		1,043
Branch restructure		228		488		—
Write-off of subordinated debt costs		648		—		—
Other operating expenses		12,396		10,945		11,434
Total other operating expenses	$	22,824	$	19,882	$	19,707

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INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income Tax Expense Included in Consolidated Financial Statements

The income tax expense included in the consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31 is allocated as follows:

(In thousands)	2021		2020			2019
Federal:
Current (benefit)/expense	$	7,400	$	(4,741	)	$	5,647
Deferred expense		7,971		10,161			6,087
State:
Current expense		4,188		2,327			3,028
Deferred (benefit)/expense		1,481		(1,936	)		3,926
Total income tax expense	$	21,040	$	5,811		$	18,688

Schedule of Total Income Tax Expense Differed from Amounts Computed by Applying U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate to Income Before Taxes

Total income tax expense differed from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. Federal income tax rate of 21 percent for 2021, 2020, and   2019, respectively, to income before taxes as a result of the following:

(In thousands)	2021			2020			2019
"Computed expected tax expense"	$	16,309		$	6,721		$	13,886
(Decrease)/increase in taxes resulting from:
Tax-exempt income		(146	)		(287	)		(431	)
State income taxes, net of Federal benefit		4,789			1,813			2,540
Impact of state tax reform, net of Federal benefit		—			—			2,954
Bank owned life insurance income		(356	)		(267	)		(277	)
Life insurance expense		199			225			234
Interest disallowance		14			66			146
Meals and entertainment expense		39			40			40
Stock-based compensation		9			569			(46	)
Impact of CARES Act		—			(3,009	)		—
Other		183			(60	)		(358	)
Total income tax expense	$	21,040		$	5,811		$	18,688

Schedule of Tax Effects of Temporary Differences that Give Rise to Significant Portions of Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities as of December 31 are as follows:

(In thousands)	2021			2020
Deferred tax assets:
Allowance for loan losses	$	16,408		$	18,044
Tax net operating loss carryforward		1,180			3,476
Organization costs		8			12
Cash flow hedge		978			2,703
Unrealized loss on securities available for sale		3,061			—
Unrealized loss on equity security		84			—
Stock option expense		2,541			2,131
Nonaccrual interest		97			24
Accrued compensation		5,631			4,058
Accrued expenses		472			1,420
Lease liabilities		2,689			2,610
Finance lease		732			762
Other		183			52
Total gross deferred tax assets	$	34,064		$	35,292
Deferred tax liabilities:
Lease financing	$	64,071		$	55,823
Unrealized gain on securities available for sale		—			1,772
Unrealized gain on equity security		—			31
Deferred loan origination costs and fees		1,757			1,175
Deferred income		4,543			5,205
Amortization of intangible assets		369			1,738
Lease right-of-use asset		2,600			2,526
Other		46			—
Total gross deferred tax liabilities		73,386			68,270
Net deferred tax liability	$	(39,322	)	$	(32,978	)

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Changes in Options Outstanding

Changes in options outstanding during 2021 were as follows:

						Weighted
				Weighted		Average	Aggregate
				Average		Remaining	Intrinsic
	Number of			Exercise		Contractual	Value
	Options			Price		Term	(In Thousands)
Balance, January 1, 2021		50,660		$	13.59
Exercised during 2021		(16,640	)		11.76
Expired during 2021		—			—
Forfeited during 2021		(2,680	)		13.24
Balance, December 31, 2021		31,340		$	14.59	0.93 years	$	652
Vested and expected to vest		31,340		$	14.59	0.93 years	$	652
Exercisable at December 31, 2021		31,340		$	14.59	0.93 years	$	652

Schedule of Changes in Non-Vested Performance-Based Shares

Changes in non-vested shares dependent on performance criteria for 2021 were as follows:

				Weighted
				Average
	Number of			Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value
Balance, January 1, 2021		221,600		$	20.47
Granted during 2021		51,710			31.36
Vested during 2021		(36,032	)		35.33
Forfeited during 2021		(11,843	)		26.32
Balance, December 31, 2021		225,435		$	20.29

Schedule of Changes in Service-Based Restricted Stock Units

Changes in service based restricted stock units for 2021 were as follows:

				Weighted
				Average
	Number of			Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value
Balance, January 1, 2021		777,166		$	19.24
Granted during 2021		215,716			31.42
Vested during 2021		(265,594	)		22.23
Forfeited during 2021		(26,143	)		17.32
Balance, December 31, 2021		701,145		$	21.93

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LEASES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Leases [Abstract]

Schedule of Operating Lease Liabilities by Contractual Maturity

The following is a schedule of the Company's operating lease liabilities by contractual maturity as of December 31, 2021:

(In thousands)
2022	$	2,753
2023		2,246
2024		1,729
2025		1,463
2026		888
Thereafter		2,263
Total lease payments		11,342
Less: imputed interest		1,231
Total present value of lease payments	$	10,111

Summary of Supplemental Cash Flow Information Related to Direct Finance and Operating Leases

The following table shows the supplemental cash flow information related to the Company’s direct finance and operating leases for the years ended December 31:

(In thousands)	2021		2020
Right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for lease obligation	$	3,098	$	457
Operating cash flows from operating leases		2,506		2,809
Operating cash flows from direct finance leases		300		343
Financing cash flows from direct finance leases		748		748

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REGULATORY CAPITAL (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Regulatory Capital [Abstract]

Schedule of Regulatory Capital Amounts and Ratios

The Bank’s regulatory capital amounts and ratios are presented in the following table:

						To Be Well										For Capital
						Capitalized Under					For Capital					Adequacy Purposes
						Prompt Corrective					Adequacy					Including Capital
	Actual					Action Provisions					Purposes					Conservation Buffer (A)
(Dollars in thousands)	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
As of December 31, 2021:
Total capital
(to risk-weighted assets)	$	672,614		14.05	%	$	478,628		10.00	%	$	382,902		8.00	%	$	502,559		10.50	%
Tier I capital
(to risk-weighted assets)		612,762		12.80			382,902		8.00			287,177		6.00			406,834		8.50
Common equity tier I
(to risk-weighted assets)		612,738		12.80			311,108		6.50			215,382		4.50			335,039		7.00
Tier I capital
(to average assets)		612,762		9.99			306,538		5.00			245,231		4.00			245,231		4.00
As of December 31, 2020:
Total capital
(to risk-weighted assets)	$	600,478		14.81	%	$	405,587		10.00	%	$	324,469		8.00	%	$	425,866		10.50	%
Tier I capital
(to risk-weighted assets)		549,575		13.55			324,469		8.00			243,352		6.00			344,749		8.50
Common equity tier I
(to risk-weighted assets)		549,540		13.55			263,631		6.50			182,514		4.50			283,911		7.00
Tier I capital
(to average assets)		549,575		9.71			283,083		5.00			226,466		4.00			226,466		4.00

(A) See footnote on following table.

The Company’s regulatory capital amounts and ratios are presented in the following table:

						To Be Well							For Capital
						Capitalized Under		For Capital					Adequacy Purposes
						Prompt Corrective		Adequacy					Including Capital
	Actual					Action Provisions		Purposes					Conservation Buffer (A)
(Dollars in thousands)	Amount		Ratio			Amount	Ratio	Amount		Ratio			Amount		Ratio
As of December 31, 2021:
Total capital
(to risk-weighted assets)	$	700,790		14.64	%	N/A	N/A	$	382,944		8.00	%	$	502,614		10.50	%
Tier I capital
(to risk-weighted assets)		508,231		10.62		N/A	N/A		287,208		6.00			406,878		8.50
Common equity tier I
(to risk-weighted assets)		508,207		10.62		N/A	N/A		215,406		4.50			335,076		7.00
Tier I capital
(to average assets)		508,231		8.29		N/A	N/A		245,242		4.00			245,242		4.00
As of December 31, 2020:
Total capital
(to risk-weighted assets)	$	716,210		17.67	%	N/A	N/A	$	324,322		8.00	%	$	425,673		10.50	%
Tier I capital
(to risk-weighted assets)		483,535		11.93		N/A	N/A		243,242		6.00			344,592		8.50
Common equity tier I
(to risk-weighted assets)		483,500		11.93		N/A	N/A		182,431		4.50			283,782		7.00
Tier I capital
(to average assets)		483,535		8.53		N/A	N/A		226,624		4.00			226,624		4.00

(A) The Basel Rules require the Company and the Bank to maintain a 2.5 percent “capital conservation buffer” on top of the minimum risk-weighted asset ratios.  The capital conservation buffer is designed to absorb losses during periods of economic stress.  Banking institutions with a ratio of (i) CET1 to risk-weighted assets, (ii) Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets or (iii) total capital to risk-weighted assets above the respective minimum but below the capital conservation buffer face constraints on dividends, equity repurchases and discretionary bonus payments to executive officers based on the amount of the shortfall.

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DERIVATIVES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Schedule of Information about Interest Rate Swaps Designated as Cash Flow Hedges

Information about the interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 is presented in the following table:

(Dollars in thousands)	2021			2020
Notional amount	$	230,000		$	270,000
Weighted average pay rate		1.99	%		1.93	%
Weighted average receive rate		0.20	%		0.22	%
Weighted average maturity	1.04 years			2.02 years
Unrealized loss, net	$	(3,479	)	$	(9,616	)
Number of contracts		11			13

Schedule of Net Gains/(Losses) Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The following table presents the net gains/(losses) recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and the consolidated financial statements relating to the cash flow derivative instruments for the year ended December 31:

(In thousands)	2021			2020
Interest rate contracts
Gain/(loss) recognized in other comprehensive income, net of tax (effective portion)	$	4,412		$	(4,412	)
Gain/(loss) reclassified from other comprehensive income to interest expense		—			(89	)
Gain/(loss) recognized in other noninterest income		(842	)		—

Schedule of Cash Flow Hedges Included in Financial Statements

The following tables reflect the cash flow hedges included in the financial statements as of December 31, 2021, and 2020:

	December 31, 2021
	Notional		Fair
(In thousands)	Amount		Value
Interest rate swaps related to interest-bearing    deposits	$	230,000	$	(3,479	)
Total included in other assets		—		—
Total included in other liabilities		230,000		(3,479	)

	December 31, 2020
	Notional		Fair
(In thousands)	Amount		Value
Interest rate swaps related to interest-bearing    deposits	$	270,000	$	(9,616	)
Total included in other assets		—		—
Total included in other liabilities		270,000		(9,616	)

Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]

Schedule of Information about Interest Rate Swaps Designated as Cash Flow Hedges

Information about these swaps is as follows:

(Dollars in thousands)	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Notional amount	$	702,210		$	823,134
Fair value (A)	$	37,168		$	79,529
Weighted average pay rates		4.00	%		4.02	%
Weighted average receive rates		1.83	%		1.91	%
Weighted average maturity	5.5 years			6.5 years
Number of contracts		86			95

(A) The December 31, 2021, amount includes the fair value of the loan level swap asset of $32.3 million plus accrued interest receivable of $4.8 million on back-to-back swap loans.

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BUSINESS SEGMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Income and Total Assets for Reportable Segments

The following table presents the statements of income and total assets for the Company’s reportable segments for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

	Year Ended December 31, 2021
			Wealth
(In thousands)	Banking		Management		Total
Net interest income	$	132,195	$	5,866	$	138,061
Noninterest income		17,342		54,901		72,243
Total income		149,537		60,767		210,304
Provision for loan losses		6,475		—		6,475
Compensation and benefits		56,970		24,894		81,864
Premises and equipment expense		14,805		2,360		17,165
FDIC expense		2,071		—		2,071
Other noninterest expense		14,407		10,660		25,067
Total noninterest expense		94,728		37,914		132,642
Income before income tax expense		54,809		22,853		77,662
Income tax expense		14,847		6,193		21,040
Net income	$	39,962	$	16,660	$	56,622
Total assets at period end	$	5,973,343	$	104,650	$	6,077,993

	Year Ended December 31, 2020
			Wealth
(In thousands)	Banking		Management		Total
Net interest income	$	121,583	$	6,019	$	127,602
Noninterest income		19,104		42,656		61,760
Total income		140,687		48,675		189,362
Provision for loan losses		32,400		—		32,400
Compensation and benefits		54,044		23,472		77,516
Premises and equipment expense		14,056		2,321		16,377
FDIC expense		1,975		—		1,975
Other noninterest expense		19,694		9,397		29,091
Total noninterest expense		122,169		35,190		157,359
Income before income tax expense		18,518		13,485		32,003
Income tax expense		2,170		3,641		5,811
Net income	$	16,348	$	9,844	$	26,192
Total assets at period end	$	5,798,770	$	91,672	$	5,890,442

	Year Ended December 31, 2019
			Wealth
(In thousands)	Banking		Management		Total
Net interest income	$	114,983	$	5,291	$	120,274
Noninterest income		14,999		39,697		54,696
Total income		129,982		44,988		174,970
Provision for loan losses		4,000		—		4,000
Compensation and benefits		48,925		21,204		70,129
Premises and equipment expense		12,533		2,202		14,735
FDIC expense		277		—		277
Other noninterest expense		10,932		8,775		19,707
Total noninterest expense		76,667		32,181		108,848
Income before income tax expense		53,315		12,807		66,122
Income tax expense		15,069		3,619		18,688
Net income	$	38,246	$	9,188	$	47,434
Total assets at period end	$	5,095,744	$	87,135	$	5,182,879

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ACQUISITIONS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Schedule of Rollforward of Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The table below presents a rollforward of goodwill and intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

			Identifiable
(In thousands)	Goodwill		Intangible Assets
Balance as of January 1, 2019	$	24,417	$	7,933
Acquisitions during the period		5,791		3,490
Amortization during the period		—		1,043
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	30,208	$	10,380
Acquisitions during the period	$	2,895	$	1,695
Amortization and impairment during the period		—		1,287
Balance as of December 31, 2020	$	33,103	$	10,788
Acquisitions during the period	$	3,109	$	3,500
Amortization during the period		—		1,598
Balance as of December 31, 2021	$	36,212	$	12,690

Schedule of Estimated Amortization Expense

Estimated amortization expense for each of the next five years is shown in the table below.

(In thousands)
2022	$	1,569
2023		1,320
2024		1,087
2025		1,087
2026		944

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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Stockholders Equity Note [Abstract]

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) Balances, Net of Tax

The following is a summary of the accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) balances, net of tax, for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

							Amount		Other
							Reclassified		Comprehensive
				Other			From		Income/(Loss)
				Comprehensive			Accumulated		Twelve Months
	Balance at			Income/(Loss)			Other		Ended			Balance at
	January 1,			Before			Comprehensive		December 31,			December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			Reclassifications			Income/(Loss)		2021			2021
Net unrealized holding gain/(loss) on    securities available for sale, net of tax	$	5,521		$	(15,394	)	$	—	$	(15,394	)	$	(9,873	)
Gain/(loss) on cash flow hedges		(6,913	)		3,806			606		4,412			(2,501	)
Accumulated other comprehensive    gain/(loss), net of tax	$	(1,392	)	$	(11,588	)	$	606	$	(10,982	)	$	(12,374	)

							Amount			Other
							Reclassified			Comprehensive
				Other			From			Income/(Loss)
				Comprehensive			Accumulated			Twelve Months
	Balance at			Income/(Loss)			Other			Ended			Balance at
	January 1,			Before			Comprehensive			December 31,			December 31,
(In thousands)	2020			Reclassifications			Income/(Loss)			2020			2020
Net unrealized holding gain/(loss) on    securities available for sale, net of tax	$	1,006		$	4,515		$	—		$	4,515		$	5,521
Gain/(loss) on cash flow hedges		(2,501	)		(4,346	)		(66	)		(4,412	)		(6,913	)
Accumulated other comprehensive    gain/(loss), net of tax	$	(1,495	)	$	169		$	(66	)	$	103		$	(1,392	)

							Amount			Other
							Reclassified			Comprehensive
				Other			From			Income/(Loss)
				Comprehensive			Accumulated			Twelve Months
	Balance at			Income/(Loss)			Other			Ended			Balance at
	January 1,			Before			Comprehensive			December 31,			December 31,
(In thousands)	2019			Reclassifications			Income/(Loss)			2019			2019
Net unrealized holding gain/(loss) on    securities available for sale, net of tax	$	(3,006	)	$	4,012		$	—		$	4,012		$	1,006
Gain/(loss) on cash flow hedges		661			(3,006	)		(156	)		(3,162	)		(2,501	)
Accumulated other comprehensive    gain/(loss), net of tax	$	(2,345	)	$	1,006		$	(156	)	$	850		$	(1,495	)

Schedule of Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(loss)

The following represents the reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

	Years Ended
	December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			2020			2019			Affected Line Item in Statements of Income
Unrealized gain/(loss) on cash flow hedge    derivatives:
Reclassification adjustment for amounts included in    net income	$	—		$	(89	)	$	(223	)	Interest expense
Reclassification adjustment for losses on    termination of swaps included in net income		842			—			—		Other Income
Tax effect		(236	)		23			67		Income tax expense
Total reclassifications, net of tax	$	606		$	(66	)	$	(156	)

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CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (PARENT COMPANY ONLY) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Condensed Financial Information Of Parent Company Only Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Condensed Statements of Condition

STATEMENTS OF CONDITION

	December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			2020
Assets
Cash	$	27,530		$	117,670
Interest-earning deposits		522			523
Total cash and cash equivalents		28,052			118,193
Investment in subsidiary		650,918			593,162
Other assets		680			6
Total assets	$	679,650		$	711,361
Liabilities
Subordinated debt	$	132,701		$	181,794
Other liabilities		561			2,445
Total liabilities		133,262			184,239
Shareholders’ equity
Common stock		17,220			16,958
Surplus		332,358			326,592
Treasury stock		(65,104	)		(36,477	)
Retained earnings		274,288			221,441
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(12,374	)		(1,392	)
Total shareholders’ equity		546,388			527,122
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	679,650		$	711,361

Schedule of Condensed Statements of Income

STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

	Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			2020			2019
Income
Dividend from Bank	$	—		$	13,000		$	31,000
Other income		—			2			6
Total income		—			13,002			31,006
Expenses
Interest expense		7,013			4,992			4,895
Other expenses		1,602			948			721
Total expenses		8,615			5,940			5,616
(Loss)/income before income tax benefit and    equity in undistributed earnings of Bank		(8,615	)		7,062			25,390
Income tax benefit		(2,340	)		(1,247	)		(1,178	)
Net (loss)/income before equity in undistributed earnings of Bank		(6,275	)		8,309			26,568
Equity in undistributed earnings of Bank/(dividends    in excess of earnings)		62,897			17,883			20,866
Net income	$	56,622		$	26,192		$	47,434
Other comprehensive (loss)/income		(10,982	)		103			850
Comprehensive income	$	45,640		$	26,295		$	48,284

Schedule of Condensed Statements of Cash Flows

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	Years Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2021			2020			2019
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	56,622		$	26,192		$	47,434
Undistributed earnings of Bank		(62,897	)		(17,883	)		(20,866	)
Amortization of subordinated debt costs		1,002			234			224
(Increase)/decrease in other assets		(674	)		4,914			(1,186	)
(Decrease)/increase in other liabilities		(1,979	)		2,176			(24	)
Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities		(7,926	)		15,633			25,582
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital contribution to subsidiary		—			—			—
Net cash used in investing activities		—			—			—
Cash flows from financing activities:
Cash dividends paid on common stock		(3,775	)		(3,780	)		(3,865	)
Exercise of stock options, net of stock swaps		187			230			251
Proceeds from issuance of subordinated debt		—			98,143			—
Repayments of subordinated debt		(50,000	)		—			—
Shares repurchase		(28,627	)		(6,487	)		(21,002	)
Net cash (used in)/provided by financing activities		(82,215	)		88,106			(24,616	)
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents		(90,141	)		103,739			966
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		118,193			14,454			13,488
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	28,052		$	118,193		$	14,454

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SUPPLEMENTAL DATA (unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data

The following table sets forth certain unaudited quarterly financial data for the periods indicated:

Selected 2021 Quarterly Data:
(In thousands, except per share data)	March 31			June 30		September 30			December 31
Interest income	$	38,239		$	39,686	$	40,067		$	42,075
Interest expense		6,446			5,841		4,856			4,863
Net interest income		31,793			33,845		35,211			37,212
Provision for loan losses		225			900		1,600			3,750
Wealth management fee income		12,131			13,034		13,860			13,962
Securities (losses)/gains, net		(265	)		42		(70	)		(139	)
Other income		5,954			4,602		3,991			5,141
Operating expenses		31,594			30,684		32,185			31,704
Income before income tax expense		17,794			19,939		19,207			20,722
Income tax expense		4,616			5,521		5,036			5,867
Net income	$	13,178		$	14,418	$	14,171		$	14,855
Earnings per share-basic	$	0.70		$	0.76	$	0.76		$	0.80
Earnings per share-diluted		0.67			0.74		0.74			0.78

Selected 2020 Quarterly Data:
(In thousands, except per share data)	March 31			June 30		September 30		December 31
Interest income	$	45,395		$	41,649	$	40,174	$	38,532
Interest expense		13,648			9,678		8,025		6,797
Net interest income		31,747			31,971		32,149		31,735
Provision for loan losses		20,000			4,900		5,150		2,350
Wealth management fee income		9,955			9,996		10,119		10,791
Securities gains/(losses), net		198			125		—		(42	)
Other income		4,364			2,505		10,092		3,657
Operating expenses		28,235			29,014		28,461		39,249
(Loss)/income before income tax (benefit)/expense		(1,971	)		10,683		18,749		4,542
Income tax (benefit)/expense		(3,344	)		2,441		5,202		1,512
Net income	$	1,373		$	8,242	$	13,547	$	3,030
Earnings per share-basic	$	0.07		$	0.44	$	0.72	$	0.16
Earnings per share-diluted		0.07			0.43		0.71		0.16

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Additional Information (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) segment shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) shares	May 31, 2020 shares
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of operating segments | segment				2
Federal funds sales periods				1 day
Interest-earning deposits maturities period				1 year
Servicing rights				$ 0
Amount of loans serviced				$ 97,500,000	$ 65,500,000
Threshold period for loan				30 days
Threshold for determining nonaccrual status				90 days
Loan modifications				$ 947,000,000.0
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment				$ 2,691,000	$ 462,000	$ 6,558,000
Sale of loans servicing released to third party	$ 56,500,000	$ 355,000,000.0	$ 124,000,000
Issuance of shares for Employee Stock Purchase Plan, shares | shares				26,693	56,849	18,740
Antidilutive securities | shares				264,317	393,501	277,677
Stock dividends excess threshold percentage				20.00%
Stock dividend threshold or less percentage				20.00%
Goodwill impairment loss				$ 0
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Option term				10 years
Compensation cost				$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Employee Stock [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of share purchase rights authorized | shares				150,000			200,000
Share purchase rights offering period				12 months
Percentage of closing market price on purchase date				85.00%
Compensation cost				$ 126,000	$ 224,000	$ 158,000
Premises [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Useful life				40 years
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Loans [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Paycheck protection program, maximum credit facility				$ 650,000,000.0
Paycheck protection program loans remaining balance				13,800,000
Deferral [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment				$ 25,551,000
Special Mention [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Loan reserve multiple				2.25	2.25
Substandard [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Loan reserve multiple				3.25	3.25
Consumer and Other [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Threshold for determining nonaccrual status				120 days
Small Business Administration Loans [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Loans held for sale				$ 32,500,000	$ 6,000,000.0
Maximum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Cash equivalents original maturities period				90 days
Short term borrowings original maturities period				90 days
Paycheck protection loans repayment period				5 years
Finite-lived intangible asset, useful life				15 years
Maximum [Member] | Employee Stock Option [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Option term				10 years
Maximum [Member] | Employee Stock [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of compensation contributable				15.00%
Maximum [Member] | Equipment and Other Fixed Assets [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Useful life				10 years
Minimum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Paycheck protection loans repayment period				2 years
Finite-lived intangible asset, useful life				5 years
Minimum [Member] | Employee Stock [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of compensation contributable				1.00%
Minimum [Member] | Equipment and Other Fixed Assets [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Useful life				3 years
Peapack-Gladstone Mortgage Group, Inc. [Member] | Peapack Ventures, LLC [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of interest owned				99.00%
Peapack-Gladstone Mortgage Group, Inc. [Member] | Peapack-Gladstone Realty, Inc [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of interest owned				79.00%
PGB Trust & Investments of Delaware [Member] | Peapack Ventures, LLC [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of interest owned				1.00%
Peapack Ventures, LLC [Member] | Peapack-Gladstone Realty, Inc [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of interest owned				21.00%

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Schedule of Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Net income available to common shareholders									$ 56,622	$ 26,192	$ 47,434
Basic weighted average shares outstanding									18,788,679	18,896,825	19,268,870
Plus: common stock equivalents									503,923	184,362	142,578
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding									19,292,602	19,081,187	19,411,448
Earnings per share:
Basic	$ 0.80	$ 0.76	$ 0.76	$ 0.70	$ 0.16	$ 0.72	$ 0.44	$ 0.07	$ 3.01	$ 1.39	$ 2.46
Diluted	$ 0.78	$ 0.74	$ 0.74	$ 0.67	$ 0.16	$ 0.71	$ 0.43	$ 0.07	$ 2.93	$ 1.37	$ 2.44

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INVESTMENT SECURITIES (Schedule of Amortized Cost and Approximate Fair Value of Securities Available for Sale and Held to Maturity) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Securities Available for Sale:
Amortized Cost	$ 809,687	$ 615,396
Gross Unrealized Gains	3,927	8,768
Gross Unrealized Losses	(16,861)	(1,475)
Fair Value	796,753	622,689
Securities Held to Maturity:
Amortized Cost	108,680
Gross Unrealized Gains	74
Gross Unrealized Losses	(294)
Fair Value	108,460
U.S. Government-Sponsored Agencies [Member]
Securities Available for Sale:
Amortized Cost	280,045	84,424
Gross Unrealized Gains	0	2
Gross Unrealized Losses	(7,824)	(655)
Fair Value	272,221	83,771
Securities Held to Maturity:
Amortized Cost	40,000
Gross Unrealized Gains	7
Gross Unrealized Losses	(25)
Fair Value	39,982
U.S. Treasuries [Member]
Securities Available for Sale:
Amortized Cost		2,613
Gross Unrealized Gains		0
Gross Unrealized Losses		0
Fair Value		2,613
Mortgage-Backed Securities-Residential [Member]
Securities Available for Sale:
Amortized Cost	481,062	467,915
Gross Unrealized Gains	3,849	8,604
Gross Unrealized Losses	(7,937)	(461)
Fair Value	476,974	476,058
Securities Held to Maturity:
Amortized Cost	68,680
Gross Unrealized Gains	67
Gross Unrealized Losses	(269)
Fair Value	68,478
SBA Pool Securities [Member]
Securities Available for Sale:
Amortized Cost	40,649	49,457
Gross Unrealized Gains	12	31
Gross Unrealized Losses	(1,100)	(359)
Fair Value	39,561	49,129
State and Political Subdivisions [Member]
Securities Available for Sale:
Amortized Cost	5,431	7,987
Gross Unrealized Gains	45	102
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Fair Value	5,476	8,089
Corporate Bond [Member]
Securities Available for Sale:
Amortized Cost	2,500	3,000
Gross Unrealized Gains	21	29
Gross Unrealized Losses	0	0
Fair Value	$ 2,521	$ 3,029

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INVESTMENT SECURITIES (Schedule of Securities by Maturity) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost
Due in one year or less	$ 3,541
Due after one year through five years	7,516
Due after five years through ten years	127,170
Due after ten years	149,749
Total	287,976
Amortized Cost	809,687	$ 615,396
Available for Sale, Fair Value
Due in one year or less	3,554
Due after one year through five years	7,492
Due after five years through ten years	123,807
Due after ten years	145,365
Total	280,218
Total Fair Value	796,753	622,689
Held to Maturity, Amortized Cost
Due after one year through five years	15,000
Due after five years through ten years	25,000
Total	40,000
Amortized Cost	108,680
Held to Maturity, Fair Value
Due after one year through five years	14,991
Due after five years through ten years	24,991
Total	39,982
Total Fair Value	108,460
Mortgage-Backed Securities-Residential [Member]
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost
Securities not due at a single maturity	481,062
Amortized Cost	481,062	467,915
Available for Sale, Fair Value
Securities not due at a single maturity	476,974
Total Fair Value	476,974	476,058
Held to Maturity, Amortized Cost
Securities not due at a single maturity	68,680
Amortized Cost	68,680
Held to Maturity, Fair Value
Securities not due at a single maturity	68,478
Total Fair Value	68,478
SBA Pool Securities [Member]
Available for Sale, Amortized Cost
Securities not due at a single maturity	40,649
Amortized Cost	40,649	49,457
Available for Sale, Fair Value
Securities not due at a single maturity	39,561
Total Fair Value	$ 39,561	$ 49,129

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INVESTMENT SECURITIES - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended							12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities	$ 764,400,000				$ 598,300,000			$ 764,400,000	$ 598,300,000
Held to maturity security carrying value	108,680,000							108,680,000
Sale of available for sale securities	0				0			0	0
Other than temporary impairment charges								0	0	$ 0
Investment with fair value classified as equity security	14,685,000				15,117,000			14,685,000	15,117,000
Securities gains/(losses), net	(139,000)	$ (70,000)	$ 42,000	$ (265,000)	(42,000)	$ 125,000	$ 198,000	(432,000)	281,000	117,000
CRA Investment Fund [Member]
Schedule Of Available For Sale Securities [Line Items]
Investment with fair value classified as equity security	$ 14,700,000				$ 15,100,000			14,700,000	15,100,000
Securities gains/(losses), net								$ (432,000)	$ 281,000	$ 117,000

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INVESTMENT SECURITIES (Schedule of Available for Sale and Held to Maturity Securities with Continuous Unrealized Losses and Approximate Fair Value of Investments) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value
Less Than 12 Months	$ 530,647	$ 216,829
12 Months or Longer	73,051	16,009
Total	603,698	232,838
Available for Sale Securities, Unrealized Losses
Less Than 12 Months	(14,478)	(1,428)
12 Months or Longer	(2,383)	(47)
Total	(16,861)	(1,475)
Held to Maturity Securities, Fair Value
Less Than 12 Months	73,282
12 Months or Longer	0
Total	73,282
Held to Maturity Securities, Unrealized Losses
Less Than 12 Months	(294)
12 Months or Longer	0
Total	(294)
Approximate Fair Value
Fair Value, Less than 12 months	603,929
Fair Value, 12 months or longer	73,051
Fair Value	676,980
Unrealized Losses
Unrealized Losses, Less than 12 months	(14,772)
Unrealized Losses, 12 months or longer	(2,383)
Unrealized Losses	(17,155)
12 Months or Longer	73,051	16,009
Total	603,698	232,838
U.S. Government-Sponsored Agencies [Member]
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value
Less Than 12 Months	243,187	73,769
12 Months or Longer	29,034	0
Total	272,221	73,769
Available for Sale Securities, Unrealized Losses
Less Than 12 Months	(6,858)	(655)
12 Months or Longer	(966)	0
Total	(7,824)	(655)
Held to Maturity Securities, Fair Value
Less Than 12 Months	24,975
12 Months or Longer	0
Total	24,975
Held to Maturity Securities, Unrealized Losses
Less Than 12 Months	(25)
12 Months or Longer	0
Total	(25)
Unrealized Losses
12 Months or Longer	29,034	0
Total	272,221	73,769
Mortgage-Backed Securities-Residential [Member]
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value
Less Than 12 Months	265,403	103,340
12 Months or Longer	33,455	13,914
Total	298,858	117,254
Available for Sale Securities, Unrealized Losses
Less Than 12 Months	(7,053)	(430)
12 Months or Longer	(884)	(31)
Total	(7,937)	(461)
Held to Maturity Securities, Fair Value
Less Than 12 Months	48,307
12 Months or Longer	0
Total	48,307
Held to Maturity Securities, Unrealized Losses
Less Than 12 Months	(269)
12 Months or Longer	0
Total	(269)
Unrealized Losses
12 Months or Longer	33,455	13,914
Total	298,858	117,254
SBA Pool Securities [Member]
Available for Sale Securities, Fair Value
Less Than 12 Months	22,057	39,720
12 Months or Longer	10,562	2,095
Total	32,619	41,815
Available for Sale Securities, Unrealized Losses
Less Than 12 Months	(567)	(343)
12 Months or Longer	(533)	(16)
Total	(1,100)	(359)
Unrealized Losses
12 Months or Longer	10,562	2,095
Total	$ 32,619	$ 41,815

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LOANS (Schedule of Loans Outstanding, by Type of Loan) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Total loans		$ 4,806,721	$ 4,372,437
Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		100.00%	100.00%
Unallocated Financing Receivables [Member]
Total loans		$ 238	$ 225
Unallocated Financing Receivables [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		0.01%	0.01%
Residential Mortgage [Member] | Residential Portfolio Segment [Member]
Total loans		$ 498,300	$ 502,829
Residential Mortgage [Member] | Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		10.37%	11.50%
Multifamily Property [Member] | Residential Portfolio Segment [Member]
Total loans		$ 1,595,866	$ 1,126,946
Multifamily Property [Member] | Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		33.20%	25.77%
Commercial Mortgage [Member] | Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Total loans		$ 662,626	$ 691,294
Commercial Mortgage [Member] | Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		13.78%	15.81%
Commercial Loans Including Equipment Financing [Member] | Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Total loans	[1]	$ 1,955,157	$ 1,950,981
Commercial Loans Including Equipment Financing [Member] | Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Total loans (in percent)	[1]	40.67%	44.62%
Construction [Member] | Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Total loans		$ 20,044	$ 12,600
Construction [Member] | Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		0.42%	0.29%
Home Equity Lines of Credit [Member] | Residential Portfolio Segment [Member]
Total loans		$ 40,803	$ 50,546
Home Equity Lines of Credit [Member] | Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		0.85%	1.15%
Consumer Loans, Including Home Equity Loans [Member] | Consumer and Other Loans [Member]
Total loans		$ 33,687	$ 37,016
Consumer Loans, Including Home Equity Loans [Member] | Consumer and Other Loans [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member] | Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		0.70%	0.85%

[1] The December 31, 2021 and 2020 balances include PPP loans of $13.8 million and $195.6 million, respectively.

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LOANS (Schedule of Loans Outstanding, by Type of Loan) (Parenthetical) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Total loans		$ 4,806,721	$ 4,372,437
Commercial Loans Including Equipment Financing [Member] | Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Total loans	[1]	1,955,157	1,950,981
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Loans [Member] | Commercial Loans Including Equipment Financing [Member] | Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Total loans		$ 13,800	$ 195,600

[1] The December 31, 2021 and 2020 balances include PPP loans of $13.8 million and $195.6 million, respectively.

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LOANS (Schedule of Loan Balances by Portfolio Class) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Total loans		$ 4,802,758	$ 4,369,573
Net deferred costs		3,963	2,864
Total loans including net deferred costs		$ 4,806,721	$ 4,372,437
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		100.00%	100.00%
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Total loans		$ 500,243	$ 512,841
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		10.42%	11.74%
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Home Equity Lines of Credit [Member]
Total loans		$ 40,803	$ 50,545
Total loans including net deferred costs		$ 40,803	$ 50,546
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Home Equity Lines of Credit [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		0.85%	1.16%
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Multifamily Property [Member]
Total loans		$ 1,595,866	$ 1,126,946
Total loans including net deferred costs		$ 1,595,866	$ 1,126,946
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Multifamily Property [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		33.23%	25.79%
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Junior Lien [Member]
Total loans		$ 3,191	$ 4,527
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Junior Lien [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		0.07%	0.10%
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Owner Occupied Property [Member]
Total loans		$ 252,603	$ 253,447
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Owner Occupied Property [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		5.26%	5.80%
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Investment Property [Member]
Total loans		$ 1,003,979	$ 995,613
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Investment Property [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		20.90%	22.79%
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Construction [Member]
Total loans		$ 20,174	$ 12,773
Total loans including net deferred costs		$ 20,044	$ 12,600
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Construction [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		0.42%	0.29%
Consumer and Other Loans [Member]
Total loans		$ 40,828	$ 44,483
Consumer and Other Loans [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		0.85%	1.02%
Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member] | Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Total loans	[1]	$ 992,332	$ 1,059,399
Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member] | Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member]
Total loans (in percent)	[1]	20.66%	24.24%
Lease Financing [Member]
Total loans		$ 345,868	$ 305,931
Lease Financing [Member] | Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		7.20%	7.00%
Agricultural Sector [Member]
Total loans		$ 6,871	$ 3,068
Agricultural Sector [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Loans and Finance Receivables, Gross [Member]
Total loans (in percent)		0.14%	0.07%

[1] The December 31, 2021 and 2020 balances include PPP loans of $13.8 million and $195.6 million, respectively.

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LOANS (Schedule of Loan Balances by Portfolio Class) (Parenthetical) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Total loans	$ 4,806,721	$ 4,372,437
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Loans [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member] | Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Total loans	$ 13,800	$ 195,600

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LOANS - Additional Information (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Loan Contract	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) Loan	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Loan
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Past Due [Line Items]
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value	$ 34,051,000	$ 18,520,000
Gain (loss) on loans held for sale at lower of cost or fair value	1,142,000	7,426,000	$ (10,000)
Impaired non-accrual loans	15,573,000	11,410,000
Charge-off	7,100,000
Impaired non-accrual loans performing troubled debt restructured	2,500,000	201,000
Allowance allocated to troubled debt restructured loans	0	3,000
Allowance allocated to non accrual loans		$ 0
Loan receivable, validate risk ratings performed for large sample or new lending to existing relationships	1,000,000
Loan receivable, validate risk ratings performed for criticized and classified rated borrowers with relationship exposure, value	500,000
Loan receivable, validate risk ratings performed for new regulation "O" loan commitments, value	1,000,000
Loan receivable validate risk ratings performed for leveraged loans, value	1,000,000
Loan receivable validate risk ratings performed for no borrower with commitments, value	$ 500,000
Bank modified loans and contracts | Loan	5	4	7
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 2,691,000	$ 462,000	$ 6,558,000
Loan modifications	947,000,000.0
Troubled debt restructurings specific reserves to customers	$ 0	3,000,000,000
Deferral [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Past Due [Line Items]
Bank modified loans and contracts | Contract	542
Bank modified loans and contracts | Loan	6
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 25,551,000
Deferral [Member] | Loan Level Swaps [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Past Due [Line Items]
Bank modified loans and contracts | Contract	1
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 12,800,000
Substandard [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Past Due [Line Items]
Financing receivable impaired loan	15,700,000	16,200,000
Minimum [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Past Due [Line Items]
Loan receivable, validate risk ratings performed for large sample of borrowers with relationship, value	1,000,000
Maximum [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Past Due [Line Items]
Loan receivable, validate risk ratings performed for small sample of borrowers with relationship, value	1,000,000
Potential Problem Loans
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Past Due [Line Items]
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value	6,700,000
Gain (loss) on loans held for sale at lower of cost or fair value	282,000
Residential Mortgage [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Past Due [Line Items]
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value	12,200,000
Gain (loss) on loans held for sale at lower of cost or fair value	362,000
Investment Property [Member] | Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Past Due [Line Items]
Impaired non-accrual loans	$ 12,750,000
Investment Property [Member] | Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Deferral [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Past Due [Line Items]
Bank modified loans and contracts | Loan	1
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 12,750,000
Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Past Due [Line Items]
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value			$ 5,000,000.0
Number of loan sold | Loan			1
Paycheck Protection Program [Member]
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Past Due [Line Items]
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value	56,500,000	355,000,000.0
Gain (loss) on loans held for sale at lower of cost or fair value	$ 1,100,000	$ 7,400,000

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LOANS (Schedule of Related Party Loan Balances) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Loans receivable from executive officers and directors
Balance, beginning of year	$ 3,801	$ 4,164
New loans	845	1,094
Repayments	(309)	(1,457)
Balance, at end of year	$ 4,337	$ 3,801

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LOANS (Schedule of Balances by Portfolio Class, Based on Impairment Method) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Total Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment		$ 18,052	$ 16,204
Ending ALLL Attributable to Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment		4,234	2,703
Total Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		4,784,706	4,353,369
Ending ALLL Attributable to Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		57,463	64,606
Total Loans		4,802,758	4,369,573
Total Ending ALLL		61,697	67,309	$ 43,676	$ 38,504
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Total Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment		2,242	1,490
Ending ALLL Attributable to Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment			3
Total Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		498,001	511,351
Ending ALLL Attributable to Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		1,432	2,902
Total Loans		500,243	512,841
Total Ending ALLL		1,432	2,905	2,090	3,506
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Home Equity Lines of Credit [Member]
Total Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		40,803	50,545
Ending ALLL Attributable to Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		83	218
Total Loans		40,803	50,545
Total Ending ALLL		83	218	128	164
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Multifamily Property [Member]
Total Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		1,595,866	1,126,946
Ending ALLL Attributable to Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		9,806	9,945
Total Loans		1,595,866	1,126,946
Total Ending ALLL		9,806	9,945	6,037	5,959
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Junior Lien [Member]
Total Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment		18
Total Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		3,173	4,527
Ending ALLL Attributable to Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		5	15
Total Loans		3,191	4,527
Total Ending ALLL		5	15	13	15
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Owner Occupied Property [Member]
Total Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment		458	807
Total Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		252,145	252,640
Ending ALLL Attributable to Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		1,998	3,050
Total Loans		252,603	253,447
Total Ending ALLL		1,998	3,050	2,064	2,614
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Investment Property [Member]
Total Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment		12,750	4,593
Ending ALLL Attributable to Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment		4,234
Total Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		991,229	991,020
Ending ALLL Attributable to Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		22,849	27,713
Total Loans		1,003,979	995,613
Total Ending ALLL		27,083	27,713	15,988	14,248
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Construction [Member]
Total Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		20,174	12,773
Ending ALLL Attributable to Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		42	158
Total Loans		20,174	12,773
Total Ending ALLL		42	158	27	1
Consumer and Other [Member]
Total Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		40,828	44,483
Ending ALLL Attributable to Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		215	279
Total Loans		40,828	44,483
Total Ending ALLL		215	279	296	384
Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member] | Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Total Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment		2,584	9,314
Ending ALLL Attributable to Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment			2,700
Total Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		989,748	1,050,085
Ending ALLL Attributable to Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		17,509	16,347
Total Loans	[1]	992,332	1,059,399
Total Ending ALLL		17,509	19,047	14,353	9,839
Lease Financing [Member]
Total Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		345,868	305,931
Ending ALLL Attributable to Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		3,440	3,936
Total Loans		345,868	305,931
Total Ending ALLL		3,440	3,936
Agricultural Sector [Member]
Total Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		6,871	3,068
Ending ALLL Attributable to Loans Collectively Evaluated for Impairment		84	43
Total Loans		6,871	3,068
Total Ending ALLL		$ 84	$ 43	$ 38	$ 2

[1] The December 31, 2021 and 2020 balances include PPP loans of $13.8 million and $195.6 million, respectively.

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LOANS (Schedule of Loans Individually Evaluated for Impairment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Unpaid Principal Balance
With no related allowance recorded	$ 7,512	$ 14,148
With related allowance recorded	19,887	5,162
Total loans individually evaluated for impairment	27,399	19,310
Recorded Investment
With no related allowance recorded	5,302	11,042
With no related allowance recorded	12,750	5,162
Total loans individually evaluated for impairment	18,052	16,204
Specific Reserves	4,234	2,703
Average Impaired Loans
With no related allowance recorded	5,514	14,319
With related allowance recorded	6,034	4,666
Total loans individually evaluated for impairment	11,548	18,985
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Unpaid Principal Balance
With no related allowance recorded	2,453	1,601
With related allowance recorded		162
Recorded Investment
With no related allowance recorded	2,242	1,328
With no related allowance recorded		162
Specific Reserves		3
Average Impaired Loans
With no related allowance recorded	1,818	5,544
With related allowance recorded		526
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Junior Lien [Member]
Unpaid Principal Balance
With no related allowance recorded	18
Recorded Investment
With no related allowance recorded	18
Average Impaired Loans
With no related allowance recorded	3
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Owner Occupied Property [Member]
Unpaid Principal Balance
With no related allowance recorded	492	817
Recorded Investment
With no related allowance recorded	458	807
Average Impaired Loans
With no related allowance recorded	540	516
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Investment Property [Member]
Unpaid Principal Balance
With no related allowance recorded		4,593
With related allowance recorded	19,887
Recorded Investment
With no related allowance recorded		4,593
With no related allowance recorded	12,750
Specific Reserves	4,234
Average Impaired Loans
With no related allowance recorded		6,582
With related allowance recorded	6,034
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Unpaid Principal Balance
With no related allowance recorded	4,549	7,137
With related allowance recorded		5,000
Recorded Investment
With no related allowance recorded	2,584	4,314
With no related allowance recorded		5,000
Specific Reserves		2,700
Average Impaired Loans
With no related allowance recorded	$ 3,153	1,677
With related allowance recorded		$ 4,140

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LOANS (Schedule of Investment in Nonaccrual and Loans Past Due Over 90 Days) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Impaired non-accrual loans	$ 15,573	$ 11,410
Loans Past Due Over 90 Days And Still Accruing Interest	0	0
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Impaired non-accrual loans	1,851	1,328
Loans Past Due Over 90 Days And Still Accruing Interest	0	0
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Junior Lien [Member]
Impaired non-accrual loans	18
Loans Past Due Over 90 Days And Still Accruing Interest	0
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Owner Occupied Property [Member]
Impaired non-accrual loans	458	807
Loans Past Due Over 90 Days And Still Accruing Interest	0	0
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Investment Property [Member]
Impaired non-accrual loans	12,750
Loans Past Due Over 90 Days And Still Accruing Interest	0
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Impaired non-accrual loans	496	9,275
Loans Past Due Over 90 Days And Still Accruing Interest	$ 0	$ 0

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LOANS (Schedule of Aging of Past Due Loans) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Total past due loans	$ 8,606	$ 5,053
Home Equity Lines of Credit [Member]
Total past due loans		181
30 to 59 Days Past Due [Member]
Total past due loans	8,464	3,846
30 to 59 Days Past Due [Member] | Home Equity Lines of Credit [Member]
Total past due loans		181
60 to 89 Days Past Due [Member]
Total past due loans	142	1,207
60 to 89 Days Past Due [Member] | Home Equity Lines of Credit [Member]
Total past due loans		0
Greater Than 90 Days [Member]
Total past due loans	0	0
Greater Than 90 Days [Member] | Home Equity Lines of Credit [Member]
Total past due loans		0
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Junior Lien [Member]
Total past due loans		25
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Total past due loans	639	3,041
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Multifamily Property [Member]
Total past due loans		269
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | 30 to 59 Days Past Due [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Total past due loans	639	2,900
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | 60 to 89 Days Past Due [Member] | Junior Lien [Member]
Total past due loans		25
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | 60 to 89 Days Past Due [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Total past due loans		141
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | 60 to 89 Days Past Due [Member] | Multifamily Property [Member]
Total past due loans		269
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Greater Than 90 Days [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Total past due loans	0	0
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Total past due loans	7,967	1,269
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | 30 to 59 Days Past Due [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Total past due loans	7,825	497
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | 60 to 89 Days Past Due [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Total past due loans	142	772
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Greater Than 90 Days [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Total past due loans	$ 0	0
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Owner Occupied Property [Member]
Total past due loans		268
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | 30 to 59 Days Past Due [Member] | Owner Occupied Property [Member]
Total past due loans		$ 268

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LOANS (Schedule of Risk Category of Loans by Class of Loans) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Total loans		$ 4,802,758	$ 4,369,573
Lease Financing [Member]
Total loans		345,868	305,931
Agricultural Sector [Member]
Total loans		6,871	3,068
Pass [Member]
Total loans		4,635,566	4,169,699
Pass [Member] | Lease Financing [Member]
Total loans		345,868	305,931
Pass [Member] | Agricultural Sector [Member]
Total loans		6,871	3,068
Special Mention [Member]
Total loans		116,490	162,103
Substandard [Member]
Total loans		50,702	37,771
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Junior Lien [Member]
Total loans		3,191	4,527
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Total loans		500,243	512,841
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Home Equity Lines of Credit [Member]
Total loans		40,803	50,545
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Multifamily Property [Member]
Total loans		1,595,866	1,126,946
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Pass [Member] | Junior Lien [Member]
Total loans		3,173	4,483
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Pass [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Total loans		494,444	504,795
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Pass [Member] | Home Equity Lines of Credit [Member]
Total loans		40,274	50,068
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Pass [Member] | Multifamily Property [Member]
Total loans		1,579,776	1,121,145
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Special Mention [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Total loans		557	1,398
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Special Mention [Member] | Multifamily Property [Member]
Total loans		7,720	5,441
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Substandard [Member] | Junior Lien [Member]
Total loans		18	44
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Substandard [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Total loans		5,242	6,648
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Substandard [Member] | Home Equity Lines of Credit [Member]
Total loans		529	477
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Substandard [Member] | Multifamily Property [Member]
Total loans		8,370	360
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Investment Property [Member]
Total loans		1,003,979	995,613
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Pass [Member] | Owner Occupied Property [Member]
Total loans		251,229	240,638
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Pass [Member] | Investment Property [Member]
Total loans		901,877	893,115
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Special Mention [Member] | Owner Occupied Property [Member]
Total loans		663	10,417
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Special Mention [Member] | Investment Property [Member]
Total loans		87,297	91,162
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Substandard [Member] | Owner Occupied Property [Member]
Total loans		711	2,392
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Substandard [Member] | Investment Property [Member]
Total loans		14,805	11,336
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Total loans	[1]	992,332	1,059,399
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Construction [Member]
Total loans		20,174	12,773
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Pass [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Total loans		951,127	989,281
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Pass [Member] | Construction [Member]
Total loans		20,099	12,692
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Special Mention [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Total loans		20,178	53,604
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Special Mention [Member] | Construction [Member]
Total loans		75	81
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Substandard [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Total loans		21,027	16,514
Consumer and Other Loans [Member]
Total loans		40,828	44,483
Consumer and Other Loans [Member] | Pass [Member]
Total loans		$ 40,828	$ 44,483

[1] The December 31, 2021 and 2020 balances include PPP loans of $13.8 million and $195.6 million, respectively.

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LOANS (Schedule of Activity in Allowance for Loan Losses) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Allowance for loan losses
Beginning ALLL				$ 67,309				$ 43,676	$ 67,309	$ 43,676	$ 38,504
Charge-Offs									(12,248)	(9,203)	(135)
Recoveries									161	436	1,307
Provision	$ 3,750	$ 1,600	$ 900	225	$ 2,350	$ 5,150	$ 4,900	20,000	6,475	32,400	4,000
Ending ALLL	61,697				67,309				61,697	67,309	43,676
Agricultural Sector [Member]
Allowance for loan losses
Beginning ALLL				43				38	43	38	2
Provision									41	5	36
Ending ALLL	84				43				84	43	38
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Junior Lien [Member]
Allowance for loan losses
Beginning ALLL				15				13	15	13	15
Recoveries											11
Provision									(10)	2	(13)
Ending ALLL	5				15				5	15	13
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Allowance for loan losses
Beginning ALLL				2,905				2,090	2,905	2,090	3,506
Charge-Offs									(12)	(559)	(80)
Recoveries										373	205
Provision									(1,461)	1,001	(1,541)
Ending ALLL	1,432				2,905				1,432	2,905	2,090
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Home Equity Lines of Credit [Member]
Allowance for loan losses
Beginning ALLL				218				128	218	128	164
Recoveries									85	11	10
Provision									(220)	79	(46)
Ending ALLL	83				218				83	218	128
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Multifamily Property [Member]
Allowance for loan losses
Beginning ALLL				9,945				6,037	9,945	6,037	5,959
Charge-Offs										(56)
Provision									(139)	3,964	78
Ending ALLL	9,806				9,945				9,806	9,945	6,037
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Owner Occupied Property [Member]
Allowance for loan losses
Beginning ALLL				3,050				2,064	3,050	2,064	2,614
Charge-Offs										(51)
Recoveries											1,060
Provision									(1,052)	1,037	(1,610)
Ending ALLL	1,998				3,050				1,998	3,050	2,064
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Investment Property [Member]
Allowance for loan losses
Beginning ALLL				27,713				15,988	27,713	15,988	14,248
Charge-Offs									(7,137)	(6,092)
Recoveries										31
Provision									6,507	17,786	1,740
Ending ALLL	27,083				27,713				27,083	27,713	15,988
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Allowance for loan losses
Beginning ALLL				19,047				14,353	19,047	14,353	9,839
Charge-Offs									(5,019)	(2,418)
Recoveries									66	17	17
Provision									3,415	7,095	4,497
Ending ALLL	17,509				19,047				17,509	19,047	14,353
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Lease Financing [Member]
Allowance for loan losses
Beginning ALLL				3,936				2,642	3,936	2,642	1,772
Provision									(496)	1,294	870
Ending ALLL	3,440				3,936				3,440	3,936	2,642
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Construction [Member]
Allowance for loan losses
Beginning ALLL				158				27	158	27	1
Provision									(116)	131	26
Ending ALLL	42				158				42	158	27
Consumer and Other [Member]
Allowance for loan losses
Beginning ALLL				$ 279				$ 296	279	296	384
Charge-Offs									(80)	(27)	(55)
Recoveries									10	4	4
Provision									6	6	(37)
Ending ALLL	$ 215				$ 279				$ 215	$ 279	$ 296

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LOANS (Schedule of Loan Modifications) (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Loan	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) Loan	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Loan
Number of Loans | Loan	5	4	7
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $	$ 2,691	$ 462	$ 6,558
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Number of Loans | Loan	3	3	2
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $	$ 603	$ 423	$ 530
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Number of Loans | Loan	1	1	5
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $	$ 2,070	$ 39	$ 6,028
Deferral [Member]
Number of Loans | Loan	6
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $	$ 25,551
Deferral [Member] | Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Number of Loans | Loan	1
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $	$ 145
Deferral [Member] | Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] | Investment Property [Member]
Number of Loans | Loan	1
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $	$ 12,750
Deferral [Member] | Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Number of Loans | Loan	4
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment | $	$ 12,656

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LOANS (Schedule of Loans Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings) (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Loan	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) Loan	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Loan
Number of Loans | Loan	5	4	7
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 2,691	$ 462	$ 6,558
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 2,691	$ 462	$ 6,558
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Junior Lien [Member]
Number of Loans | Loan	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 18
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 18
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member] | Primary Residential Mortgages [Member]
Number of Loans | Loan	3	3	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 603	$ 423	$ 530
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 603	$ 423	$ 530
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Number of Loans | Loan	1	1	5
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 2,070	$ 39	$ 6,028
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 2,070	$ 39	$ 6,028

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LOANS (Schedule of Modified as Troubled Debt Restructurings Subsequently Defaulted) (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Loan	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) Loan	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Loan
Number of Subsequently Defaulted Loans | Loan	1	2	1
Subsequently Defaulted Recorded Investment | $	$ 218	$ 172	$ 201
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Number of Subsequently Defaulted Loans | Loan		1
Subsequently Defaulted Recorded Investment | $		$ 39
Primary Residential Mortgages [Member] | Residential Portfolio Segment [Member]
Number of Subsequently Defaulted Loans | Loan	1	1	1
Subsequently Defaulted Recorded Investment | $	$ 218	$ 133	$ 201

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PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT (Schedule of Premises and Equipment Including Finance Lease Right of Use Assets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Premises and equipment, gross	$ 58,684	$ 56,026
Less: accumulated depreciation	35,640	34,417
Total	23,044	21,609
Land and buildings	11,237	11,237
Less: accumulated depreciation	7,655	6,907
Total	3,582	4,330
Land and Land Improvements [Member]
Premises and equipment, gross	6,947	6,332
Buildings [Member]
Premises and equipment, gross	13,404	12,749
Furniture and Equipment [Member]
Premises and equipment, gross	24,285	22,911
Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Premises and equipment, gross	13,861	13,479
Projects in Progress [Member]
Premises and equipment, gross	$ 187	$ 555

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PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Depreciation	$ 3,190,000	$ 3,127,000	$ 3,122,000
Depreciation expense on leased assets	607,000	607,000	607,000
Gladstone Property [Member]
Depreciation	$ 141,000	$ 141,000	$ 141,000

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PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT (Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Finance Lease Right-of-Use Asset) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]
2022	$ 1,391
2023	1,456
2024	1,456
2025	939
2026	215
Thereafter	1,129
Total minimum lease payments	6,586
Less: amount representing interest	766
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$ 5,820	$ 6,753

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DEPOSITS - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Deposits [Abstract]
Time deposits over $250,000	$ 140,400	$ 186,300

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DEPOSITS (Schedule of Details of Total Deposits) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Deposits:
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits		$ 956,482	$ 833,500
Interest-bearing checking	[1]	2,287,894	1,849,254
Savings		154,914	130,731
Money market		1,307,051	1,298,885
Certificates of deposit - retail		409,608	530,222
Certificates of deposit - listing service		31,382	32,128
Subtotal deposits		5,147,331	4,674,720
Interest-bearing demand - Brokered		85,000	110,000
Certificates of deposit - Brokered		33,818	33,764
Total deposits		$ 5,266,149	$ 4,818,484
%
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits		18.16%	17.30%
Interest-bearing checking	[1]	43.45%	38.38%
Savings		2.94%	2.71%
Money market		24.82%	26.96%
Certificates of deposit - retail		7.78%	11.00%
Certificates of deposit - listing service		0.60%	0.67%
Subtotal deposits		97.75%	97.02%
Interest-bearing demand - Brokered		1.61%	2.28%
Certificates of deposit - Brokered		0.64%	0.70%
Total deposits		100.00%	100.00%

[1] Interest-bearing checking includes $647.8 million at December 31, 2021 and $652.5 million at December 31, 2020 of reciprocal balances in the Reich & Tang or Promontory Demand Deposit Marketplace programs

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DEPOSITS (Details of Total Deposits) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Deposits:
Reciprocal balances	$ 647.8	$ 652.5

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DEPOSITS (Scheduled Maturities of Time Deposits) (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Scheduled maturities of time deposits
2022	$ 387,322
2023	19,116
2024	31,471
2025	25,801
2026	11,098
Total	$ 474,808

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ADVANCES AND OTHER BORROWINGS - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Overnight borrowings with FHLB		$ 15,000
Unused commitments from FHLB	$ 1,800,000
Unused short-term or overnight borrowings from correspondent banks	22,000
Unused short-term or overnight borrowings from FRB	1,200,000
Borrowings from the federal reserve’s PPPLF	$ 0	177,086
Paycheck protection program liquidity facility interest rate	0.35%
Paycheck protection program liquidity facility term	2 years
Prepaid FHLB advances		105,000
FHLB prepayment penalty		4,784
Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notional amount			$ 15,000
FHLB advance			$ 15,000
Federal Reserve Bank of New York [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Overnight borrowings with FHLB	$ 0	$ 0

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FAIR VALUE - Additional Information (Details) - Loans Receivable [Member] - Property A [Member]	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Discount rate	15.00%
Age of appraisal	12 months

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FAIR VALUE (Schedule of Assets Measured on a Recurring Basis) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Securities available for sale	$ 796,753	$ 622,689
Loans held for sale, at fair value	3,040	13,588
U.S. Government-Sponsored Agencies [Member]
Securities available for sale	272,221	83,771
U.S. Treasuries [Member]
Securities available for sale		2,613
Mortgage-Backed Securities-Residential [Member]
Securities available for sale	476,974	476,058
SBA Pool Securities [Member]
Securities available for sale	39,561	49,129
State and Political Subdivisions [Member]
Securities available for sale	5,476	8,089
Corporate Bond [Member]
Securities available for sale	2,521	3,029
Recurring Basis [Member]
Loans held for sale, at fair value	3,040	13,588
Total	846,804	730,923
Derivatives	38,048	89,145
Recurring Basis [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Market For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
Total	14,685	15,117
Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Loans held for sale, at fair value	3,040	13,588
Total	832,119	715,806
Derivatives	38,048	89,145
Recurring Basis [Member] | U.S. Government-Sponsored Agencies [Member]
Securities available for sale	272,221	83,771
Recurring Basis [Member] | U.S. Government-Sponsored Agencies [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Securities available for sale	272,221	83,771
Recurring Basis [Member] | U.S. Treasuries [Member]
Securities available for sale		2,613
Recurring Basis [Member] | U.S. Treasuries [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Securities available for sale		2,613
Recurring Basis [Member] | Mortgage-Backed Securities-Residential [Member]
Securities available for sale	476,974	476,058
Recurring Basis [Member] | Mortgage-Backed Securities-Residential [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Securities available for sale	476,974	476,058
Recurring Basis [Member] | SBA Pool Securities [Member]
Securities available for sale	39,561	49,129
Recurring Basis [Member] | SBA Pool Securities [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Securities available for sale	39,561	49,129
Recurring Basis [Member] | State and Political Subdivisions [Member]
Securities available for sale	5,476	8,089
Recurring Basis [Member] | State and Political Subdivisions [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Securities available for sale	5,476	8,089
Recurring Basis [Member] | Corporate Bond [Member]
Securities available for sale	2,521	3,029
Recurring Basis [Member] | Corporate Bond [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Securities available for sale	2,521	3,029
Recurring Basis [Member] | CRA Investment Fund [Member]
Securities available for sale	14,685	15,117
Recurring Basis [Member] | CRA Investment Fund [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Market For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
Securities available for sale	14,685	15,117
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Recurring Basis [Member]
Derivatives	3,479	9,616
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Derivatives	3,479	9,616
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Recurring Basis [Member]
Derivatives	32,326	79,529
Derivatives	34,569	79,529
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Recurring Basis [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Derivatives	32,326	79,529
Derivatives	$ 34,569	$ 79,529

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FAIR VALUE (Schedule of Residential Loans Held for Sale, at Fair Value) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Residential loans contractual balance	$ 2,992	$ 13,295
Fair value adjustment	48	293
Total fair value of residential loans held for sale	$ 3,040	$ 13,588

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FAIR VALUE (Schedule of Assets Measured on a Non-Recurring Basis) (Details) - Non-Recurring Basis [Member] - Investment Property [Member] - Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Impaired loans	$ 8,516	$ 2,300
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member]
Impaired loans	$ 8,516	$ 2,300

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FAIR VALUE (Schedule of Financial Instruments) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Financial Assets:
Securities held to maturity (fair value $108,460 at December 31, 2021)		$ 108,680
Securities available for sale		796,753	$ 622,689
FHLB and FRB stock		12,950	13,709
Loans held for sale, at fair value		3,040	13,588
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value		34,051	18,520
Accrued interest receivable		21,589	22,495
Financial Liabilities:
Short-term borrowings			15,000
Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility		0	177,086
Carrying Value [Member]
Financial Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		146,804	653,322
Securities held to maturity (fair value $108,460 at December 31, 2021)		108,680
Securities available for sale		796,753	622,689
CRA investment fund		14,685	15,117
FHLB and FRB stock		12,950	13,709
Loans held for sale, at fair value		3,040	13,588
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value		34,051	18,520
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses		4,745,024	4,305,128
Accrued interest receivable		21,589	22,495
Financial Liabilities:
Deposits		5,266,149	4,818,484
Subordinated debt		132,701	181,794
Accrued interest payable		651	1,650
Short-term borrowings			15,000
Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility			177,086
Fair value [Member]
Financial Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		146,804	653,322
Securities held to maturity (fair value $108,460 at December 31, 2021)		108,460
Securities available for sale		796,753	622,689
CRA investment fund		14,685	15,117
Loans held for sale, at fair value		3,040	13,588
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value		37,538	19,115
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses		4,767,293	4,462,243
Accrued interest receivable		21,589	22,495
Financial Liabilities:
Deposits		5,268,000	4,826,406
Subordinated debt		140,556	183,348
Accrued interest payable		651	1,650
Short-term borrowings			15,000
Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility			177,086
Fair value [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Market For Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
Financial Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		146,804	653,322
CRA investment fund		14,685	15,117
Financial Liabilities:
Deposits		4,791,341	4,222,370
Accrued interest payable		130	150
Fair value [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Financial Assets:
Securities held to maturity (fair value $108,460 at December 31, 2021)		108,460
Securities available for sale		796,753	622,689
Loans held for sale, at fair value		3,040	13,588
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value		37,538	19,115
Accrued interest receivable		2,443	1,653
Financial Liabilities:
Deposits		476,659	604,036
Accrued interest payable		446	1,347
Short-term borrowings			15,000
Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility			177,086
Fair value [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member]
Financial Assets:
Loans, net of allowance for loan losses		4,767,293	4,462,243
Accrued interest receivable		19,146	20,842
Financial Liabilities:
Subordinated debt		140,556	183,348
Accrued interest payable		75	153
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Carrying Value [Member]
Financial Assets:
Accrued interest receivable	[1]	4,842
Derivatives		32,326	79,529
Financial Liabilities:
Accrued interest payable	[2]	4,842
Derivatives		34,569	79,529
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Fair value [Member]
Financial Assets:
Accrued interest receivable	[1]	4,842
Derivatives		32,326	79,529
Financial Liabilities:
Accrued interest payable	[2]	4,842
Derivatives		34,569	79,529
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Fair value [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Financial Assets:
Accrued interest receivable	[1]	4,842
Derivatives		32,326	79,529
Financial Liabilities:
Accrued interest payable	[2]	4,842
Derivatives		34,569	79,529
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Carrying Value [Member]
Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives		3,479	9,616
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Fair value [Member]
Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives		3,479	9,616
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Fair value [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives		$ 3,479	$ 9,616

[1] Included in other assets in the Consolidated Statement of Condition

[2] Included in accrued expenses and other liabilities in the Consolidated Statement of Condition

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REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS (Schedule of Noninterest Income) (Details) - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Service charges on deposits
Overdraft fees		$ 415,000	$ 405,000	$ 662,000
Interchange income		1,451,000	1,208,000	1,238,000
Other		1,831,000	1,542,000	1,588,000
Wealth management fees	[1]	52,987,000	40,861,000	38,363,000
Gains on sales of OREO		51,000	0	0
Corporate advisory fee income		3,483,000	265,000	444,000
Other	[2]	12,025,000	17,479,000	12,401,000
Total other income		$ 72,243,000	$ 61,760,000	$ 54,696,000

[1] Includes investment brokerage fees.

[2] All of the other category is outside the scope of ASC 606.

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REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS (Schedule of Noninterest Income by Operating Segment) (Details) - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Service charges on deposits
Overdraft fees		$ 415,000	$ 405,000	$ 662,000
Interchange income		1,451,000	1,208,000	1,238,000
Other		1,831,000	1,542,000	1,588,000
Wealth management fees	[1]	52,987,000	40,861,000	38,363,000
Gains on sales of OREO		51,000	0	0
Corporate advisory fee income		3,483,000	265,000	444,000
Other	[2]	12,025,000	17,479,000	12,401,000
Total other income		72,243,000	61,760,000	54,696,000
Banking Segment [Member]
Service charges on deposits
Overdraft fees		415,000	405,000	662,000
Interchange income		1,451,000	1,208,000	1,238,000
Other		1,831,000	1,542,000	1,588,000
Wealth management fees	[1]	0	0	0
Gains on sales of OREO		51,000
Corporate advisory fee income		3,483,000	265,000	444,000
Other	[2]	10,111,000	15,684,000	11,067,000
Total other income		17,342,000	19,104,000	14,999,000
Wealth Management Division [Member]
Service charges on deposits
Overdraft fees		0	0	0
Interchange income		0	0	0
Other		0	0	0
Wealth management fees	[1]	52,987,000	40,861,000	38,363,000
Other	[2]	1,914,000	1,795,000	1,334,000
Total other income		$ 54,901,000	$ 42,656,000	$ 39,697,000

[1] Includes investment brokerage fees.

[2] All of the other category is outside the scope of ASC 606.

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REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Interchange income	$ 1,451,000	$ 1,208,000	$ 1,238,000
Loss on sale of OREO	51,000	0	0
Cardholder Rewards [Member]
Interchange income	$ 127,000	$ 115,000	$ 138,000

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OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES (Schedule of Components of Other Operating Expenses) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Other operating expenses
Professional and legal fees	$ 5,343	$ 4,099	$ 4,506
Telephone	1,323	1,432	1,361
Advertising	1,288	1,631	1,363
Amortization of intangible assets	1,598	1,287	1,043
Branch restructure	228	488
Write-off of subordinated debt costs	648
Other operating expenses	12,396	10,945	11,434
Total other operating expenses	$ 22,824	$ 19,882	$ 19,707

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INCOME TAXES (Schedule of Income Tax Expense Included in Consolidated Financial Statements) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Federal:
Current (benefit)/expense									$ 7,400	$ (4,741)	$ 5,647
Deferred expense									7,971	10,161	6,087
State:
Current expense									4,188	2,327	3,028
Deferred (benefit)/expense									1,481	(1,936)	3,926
Total income tax expense	$ 5,867	$ 5,036	$ 5,521	$ 4,616	$ 1,512	$ 5,202	$ 2,441	$ (3,344)	$ 21,040	$ 5,811	$ 18,688

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INCOME TAXES - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Income tax rate		21.00%	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
Unrecognized tax benefits			$ 0
Federal income tax benefit			$ 3,000,000.0
Operating loss for tax purposes					$ 23,000,000
Federal tax rate		21.00%	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
Effective income tax rate surtax	2.50%
Effective income tax rate surtax in 2019	2.50%
Minimum net income for surtax applicability	$ 1,000,000.0
State [Member]
Operating loss for tax purposes		$ 16,800,000

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INCOME TAXES (Schedule of Total Income Tax Expense Differed from Amounts Computed by Applying U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate to Income Before Taxes) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
"Computed expected tax expense"									$ 16,309	$ 6,721	$ 13,886
(Decrease)/increase in taxes resulting from:
Tax-exempt income									(146)	(287)	(431)
State income taxes, net of Federal benefit									4,789	1,813	2,540
Impact of state tax reform, net of Federal benefit											2,954
Bank owned life insurance income									(356)	(267)	(277)
Life insurance expense									199	225	234
Interest disallowance									14	66	146
Meals and entertainment expense									39	40	40
Stock-based compensation									9	569	(46)
Impact of CARES Act										(3,009)
Other									183	(60)	(358)
Total income tax expense	$ 5,867	$ 5,036	$ 5,521	$ 4,616	$ 1,512	$ 5,202	$ 2,441	$ (3,344)	$ 21,040	$ 5,811	$ 18,688

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INCOME TAXES (Schedule of Tax Effects of Temporary Differences that Give Rise to Significant Portions of Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Deferred tax assets:
Allowance for loan losses	$ 16,408	$ 18,044
Tax net operating loss carryforward	1,180	3,476
Organization costs	8	12
Cash flow hedge	978	2,703
Unrealized loss on securities available for sale	3,061
Unrealized loss on equity security	84
Stock option expense	2,541	2,131
Nonaccrual interest	97	24
Accrued compensation	5,631	4,058
Accrued expenses	472	1,420
Lease liabilities	2,689	2,610
Finance lease	732	762
Other	183	52
Total gross deferred tax assets	34,064	35,292
Deferred tax liabilities:
Lease financing	64,071	55,823
Unrealized gain on securities available for sale		1,772
Unrealized gain on equity security		31
Deferred loan origination costs and fees	1,757	1,175
Deferred income	4,543	5,205
Amortization of intangible assets	369	1,738
Lease right-of-use asset	2,600	2,526
Other	46
Total gross deferred tax liabilities	73,386	68,270
Net deferred tax liability	$ (39,322)	$ (32,978)

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BENEFIT PLANS - Additional Information (Details) - 401(K) Plan [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Company contribution percentage of compensation for each employee	2.00%	0.00%	2.00%
Contributions to the plan	$ 2.9	$ 1.7	$ 1.7
Defined Contribution Plan partially match Employee Contribution Percent	3.00%

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares available for grant	1,730,542
Closing stock price of common stock	$ 35.40
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Option term	10 years
Unrecognized compensation cost	$ 0
Total compensation cost	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Employee Stock Option [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Option term	10 years
Stock option vesting term	5 years
Restricted stock [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted	215,716
Total compensation cost	$ 7,100,000	$ 6,900,000	$ 5,900,000
Restricted stock [Member] | Tranche One [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock option vesting term	3 years
Restricted stock [Member] | Tranche Two [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock option vesting term	5 years
Performance Shares [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock option vesting term	3 years
Unrecognized compensation cost	$ 12,500,000
Shares granted	51,710
Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized (in years)	1 year 5 months 15 days

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Schedule of Changes in Options Outstanding) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Number of Options
Balance | shares	50,660
Exercised | shares	(16,640)
Forfeited | shares	(2,680)
Balance | shares	31,340
Vested and expected to vest | shares	31,340
Exercisable | shares	31,340
Weighted Average Exercise Price
Balance | $ / shares	$ 13.59
Exercised | $ / shares	11.76
Forfeited | $ / shares	13.24
Balance | $ / shares	14.59
Vested and expected to vest | $ / shares	14.59
Exercisable | $ / shares	$ 14.59
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term
Balance	11 months 4 days
Vested and expected to vest	11 months 4 days
Exercisable	11 months 4 days
Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Balance | $	$ 652
Vested and expected to vest | $	652
Exercisable | $	$ 652

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Schedule of Changes in Restricted Common Shares) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 $ / shares shares
Performance Shares [Member]
Number of Shares
Balance at Beginning | shares	221,600
Granted | shares	51,710
Vested | shares	(36,032)
Forfeited | shares	(11,843)
Balance at end | shares	225,435
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance at Beginning | $ / shares	$ 20.47
Granted | $ / shares	31.36
Vested | $ / shares	35.33
Forfeited | $ / shares	26.32
Balance at end | $ / shares	$ 20.29
Restricted stock [Member]
Number of Shares
Balance at Beginning | shares	777,166
Granted | shares	215,716
Vested | shares	(265,594)
Forfeited | shares	(26,143)
Balance at end | shares	701,145
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance at Beginning | $ / shares	$ 19.24
Granted | $ / shares	31.42
Vested | $ / shares	22.23
Forfeited | $ / shares	17.32
Balance at end | $ / shares	$ 21.93

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Commitments to Extend Credit [Member]
Commitment And Contingencies [Line Items]
Commitments to extend credit	$ 894.8	$ 691.7
Standby Letters of Credit [Member]
Commitment And Contingencies [Line Items]
Commitments to extend credit	18.8	$ 17.0
SBIC [Member]
Commitment And Contingencies [Line Items]
Unfunded commitment for investment	$ 1.1

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LEASES - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Operating lease right-of-use assets	$ 9,775,000	$ 9,421,000
Operating lease liabilities	$ 10,111,000	$ 9,737,000
Weighted average discount rate	2.78%	3.11%
Weighted average lease term	6 years 1 month 2 days	6 years 3 days
Operating lease costs	$ 2,800,000	$ 3,100,000
Variable lease costs	$ 313,000	$ 338,000
Minimum [Member]
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Remaining lease term	4 months	1 month
Maximum [Member]
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Remaining lease term	15 years	16 years

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LEASES (Schedule of Operating Lease Liabilities by Contractual Maturity) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract]
2022	$ 2,753
2023	2,246
2024	1,729
2025	1,463
2026	888
Thereafter	2,263
Total lease payments	11,342
Less: imputed interest	1,231
Total present value of lease payments	$ 10,111	$ 9,737

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LEASES (Summary of Supplemental Cash Flow Information Related to Direct Finance and Operating Leases) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract]
Right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for lease obligation	$ 3,098	$ 457
Operating cash flows from operating leases	2,506	2,809
Operating cash flows from direct finance leases	300	343
Financing cash flows from direct finance leases	$ 748	$ 748

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REGULATORY CAPITAL (Schedule of Regulatory Capital Amounts and Ratios) (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
The Bank [Member]
Total Capital
Total Capital (to risk-weighted assets)	$ 672,614	$ 600,478
Total Capital (to risk-weighted assets) ratio	14.05	14.81
Minimum Capital required to be well-capitalized	$ 478,628	$ 405,587
Minimum Capital required to be well-capitalized, ratio	10.00	10.00
Minimum amount of capital for adequacy purposes	$ 382,902	$ 324,469
Minimum amount of capital for adequacy purposes, ratio	8.00	8.00
Tier I Capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Tier 1 Capital (to risk-weighted assets)	$ 612,762	$ 549,575
Tier 1 Capital (to risk-weighted assets) ratio	12.80	13.55
Minimum Tier 1 Capital required to be well-capitalized	$ 382,902	$ 324,469
Minimum Tier 1 Capital required to be well-capitalized, ratio	8.00	8.00
Minimum amount of Tier 1 Capital for adequacy purposes	$ 287,177	$ 243,352
Minimum amount of Tier 1 Capital for adequacy purposes, ratio	6.00	6.00
Common equity tier I
Common equity tier 1 (to risk-weighted assets)	$ 612,738	$ 549,540
Common equity tier I (to risk-weighted assets) ratio	12.80	13.55
Minimum Common equity tier I required to be well-capitalized	$ 311,108	$ 263,631
Minimum common equity tier I required to be well-capitalized, ratio	6.50%	6.50%
Minimum amount of common equity tier I for adequacy purposes	$ 215,382	$ 182,514
Minimum amount of common equity tier I for adequacy purposes, ratio	4.50%	4.50%
Tier I Leverage Capital (to average assets)
Tier 1 Capital(to average assets)	$ 612,762	$ 549,575
Tier 1 Capital (to average assets) ratio	9.99	9.71
Minimum Tier 1 Capital required to be well-capitalized	$ 306,538	$ 283,083
Minimum Tier 1 Capital required to be well-capitalized, ratio	5.00	5.00
Minimum amount of Tier 1 Capital for adequacy purposes	$ 245,231	$ 226,466
Minimum amount of Tier 1 Capital for adequacy purposes, ratio	4.00	4.00
The Bank [Member] | Conservation Buffer [Member]
Total Capital
Minimum amount of capital for adequacy purposes	$ 502,559	$ 425,866
Minimum amount of capital for adequacy purposes, ratio	10.50	10.50
Tier I Capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Minimum amount of Tier 1 Capital for adequacy purposes	$ 406,834	$ 344,749
Minimum amount of Tier 1 Capital for adequacy purposes, ratio	8.50	8.50
Common equity tier I
Minimum amount of common equity tier I for adequacy purposes	$ 335,039	$ 283,911
Minimum amount of common equity tier I for adequacy purposes, ratio	7.00%	7.00%
Tier I Leverage Capital (to average assets)
Minimum amount of Tier 1 Capital for adequacy purposes	$ 245,231	$ 226,466
Minimum amount of Tier 1 Capital for adequacy purposes, ratio	4.00	4.00
Parent Company [Member]
Total Capital
Total Capital (to risk-weighted assets)	$ 700,790	$ 716,210
Total Capital (to risk-weighted assets) ratio	14.64	17.67
Minimum amount of capital for adequacy purposes	$ 382,944	$ 324,322
Minimum amount of capital for adequacy purposes, ratio	8.00	8.00
Tier I Capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Tier 1 Capital (to risk-weighted assets)	$ 508,231	$ 483,535
Tier 1 Capital (to risk-weighted assets) ratio	10.62	11.93
Minimum amount of Tier 1 Capital for adequacy purposes	$ 287,208	$ 243,242
Minimum amount of Tier 1 Capital for adequacy purposes, ratio	6.00	6.00
Common equity tier I
Common equity tier 1 (to risk-weighted assets)	$ 508,207	$ 483,500
Common equity tier I (to risk-weighted assets) ratio	10.62	11.93
Minimum amount of common equity tier I for adequacy purposes	$ 215,406	$ 182,431
Minimum amount of common equity tier I for adequacy purposes, ratio	4.50%	4.50%
Tier I Leverage Capital (to average assets)
Tier 1 Capital(to average assets)	$ 508,231	$ 483,535
Tier 1 Capital (to average assets) ratio	8.29	8.53
Minimum amount of Tier 1 Capital for adequacy purposes	$ 245,242	$ 226,624
Minimum amount of Tier 1 Capital for adequacy purposes, ratio	4.00	4.00
Parent Company [Member] | Conservation Buffer [Member]
Total Capital
Minimum amount of capital for adequacy purposes	$ 502,614	$ 425,673
Minimum amount of capital for adequacy purposes, ratio	10.50	10.50
Tier I Capital (to risk-weighted assets)
Minimum amount of Tier 1 Capital for adequacy purposes	$ 406,878	$ 344,592
Minimum amount of Tier 1 Capital for adequacy purposes, ratio	8.50	8.50
Common equity tier I
Minimum amount of common equity tier I for adequacy purposes	$ 335,076	$ 283,782
Minimum amount of common equity tier I for adequacy purposes, ratio	7.00%	7.00%
Tier I Leverage Capital (to average assets)
Minimum amount of Tier 1 Capital for adequacy purposes	$ 245,242	$ 226,624
Minimum amount of Tier 1 Capital for adequacy purposes, ratio	4.00	4.00

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REGULATORY CAPITAL - (Schedule of Regulatory Capital Amounts and Ratios) (Parenthetical) (Details)	Dec. 31, 2021
Minimum [Member] | Conservation Buffer [Member]
Compliance With Regulatory Capital Requirements Under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Minimum amount of capital for adequacy purposes, ratio	0.025

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DERIVATIVES - Additional Information (Details)	3 Months Ended									12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) N	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) N	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Derivative [Line Items]
Net interest income (expense)	$ 37,212,000	$ 35,211,000	$ 33,845,000	$ 31,793,000	$ 31,735,000	$ 32,149,000	$ 31,971,000	$ 31,747,000		$ 138,061,000	$ 127,602,000	$ 120,274,000
Pre-tax loss on the termination of the interest rate swaps										842,000
Swap valuation allowance										2,243,000
Accrued interest receivable	21,589,000				22,495,000					21,589,000	22,495,000
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Swap valuation allowance	130,000
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Commercial Real Estate Loan [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Swap valuation provision placed on non-accrual status										2,100,000
Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount			15,000,000.0
Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount	230,000,000.0				270,000,000.0					230,000,000.0	270,000,000.0
Net interest income (expense)										4,400,000	3,700,000
Unrealized after-tax gain of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)								$ 26,000	$ 189,000
Interest income											89,000	$ 223,000
Derivative number of instruments terminated | N								3	4
Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Other Liabilities [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount	230,000,000				270,000,000					230,000,000	270,000,000
Terminated Interest Rate Swap | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount			$ 40,000,000.0
Loan Level Swaps [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount	702,210,000				$ 823,134,000					702,210,000	$ 823,134,000
Accrued interest payable	4,800,000									4,800,000
Loan Level Swaps [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Other Liabilities [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Accrued interest payable	4,800,000									4,800,000
Loan Level Swaps [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Other Assets [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Accrued interest receivable	$ 4,800,000									$ 4,800,000

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DERIVATIVES - (Schedule of Information about Interest Rate Swaps Designated as Cash Flow Hedges) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) N	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) N	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount			$ 15,000,000.0
Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount	$ 230,000,000.0	$ 270,000,000.0
Fair Value	$ (3,479,000)	$ (9,616,000)
Weighted average pay rate	1.99%	1.93%
Weighted average receive rate	0.20%	0.22%
Weighted average maturity	1 year 14 days	2 years 7 days
Unrealized loss, net	$ (3,479,000)	$ (9,616,000)
Number of contracts | N	11	13
Loan Level Swaps [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount	$ 702,210,000	$ 823,134,000
Fair Value	$ 37,168,000	$ 79,529,000
Weighted average pay rate	4.00%	4.02%
Weighted average receive rate	1.83%	1.91%
Weighted average maturity	5 years 6 months	6 years 6 months
Number of contracts | N	86	95

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DERIVATIVES - (Schedule of Net Gains/(Losses) Recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Derivative [Line Items]
Gain/(loss) recognized in other comprehensive income, net of tax (effective portion)	$ 4,412	$ (4,412)	$ (3,162)
Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Gain/(loss) recognized in other comprehensive income, net of tax (effective portion)	4,412	(4,412)
Gain/(loss) reclassified from other comprehensive income to interest expense		$ (89)
Gain/(loss) recognized in other noninterest income	$ (842)

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DERIVATIVES - (Schedule of Cash Flow Hedges Included in Financial Statements) (Details) - Interest Rate Swap [Member] - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount		$ 15,000,000.0
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 230,000,000.0		$ 270,000,000.0
Fair Value	(3,479,000)		(9,616,000)
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Other Liabilities [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	230,000,000		270,000,000
Fair Value	$ (3,479,000)		$ (9,616,000)

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DERIVATIVES - (Schedule of Information about Interest Rate Swaps Designated as Cash Flow Hedges) (Parenthetical) (Details) - Loan Level Swaps [Member] - Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivatives	$ 32.3
Accrued interest payable	$ 4.8

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SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Jan. 28, 2021	Jul. 25, 2019
Stockholders Equity Note [Abstract]
Stock repurchase program, number of shares authorized to be repurchased, percentage					5.00%	5.00%
Stock repurchase program, number of shares authorized to be repurchased		960,000			948,735	960,000
Shares purchased	894,744	220,222	739,778
Shares repurchased, average price per share	$ 31.99	$ 29.45	$ 28.39
Shares repurchased during period, value	$ 28,627,000	$ 6,487,000	$ 21,002,000
Stock repurchase program average price per share		$ 28.63
Stock repurchase total cost		$ 27,500,000
Quarterly cash payment that may be made under Dividend Reinvestment Program	$ 200,000
Fair market value discount				3.00%

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BUSINESS SEGMENTS - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 segment
Number of Operating Segments | segment		2
Banking Segment [Member]
Federal income tax benefit | $	$ 3.3

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BUSINESS SEGMENTS - Schedule of Income and Total Assets for Reportable Segments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Net interest income	$ 37,212	$ 35,211	$ 33,845	$ 31,793	$ 31,735	$ 32,149	$ 31,971	$ 31,747	$ 138,061	$ 127,602	$ 120,274
Noninterest income									72,243	61,760	54,696
Total income									210,304	189,362	174,970
Provision for loan losses	3,750	1,600	900	225	2,350	5,150	4,900	20,000	6,475	32,400	4,000
Compensation and benefits									81,864	77,516	70,129
Premises and equipment expense									17,165	16,377	14,735
FDIC expense									2,071	1,975	277
Other noninterest expense									25,067	29,091	19,707
Total noninterest expense									132,642	157,359	108,848
Income before income tax expense	20,722	19,207	19,939	17,794	4,542	18,749	10,683	(1,971)	77,662	32,003	66,122
Income tax expense	5,867	5,036	5,521	4,616	1,512	5,202	2,441	(3,344)	21,040	5,811	18,688
Net income	14,855	$ 14,171	$ 14,418	$ 13,178	3,030	$ 13,547	$ 8,242	$ 1,373	56,622	26,192	47,434
Total assets at period end	6,077,993				5,890,442				6,077,993	5,890,442	5,182,879
Banking Segment [Member]
Net interest income									132,195	121,583	114,983
Noninterest income									17,342	19,104	14,999
Total income									149,537	140,687	129,982
Provision for loan losses									6,475	32,400	4,000
Compensation and benefits									56,970	54,044	48,925
Premises and equipment expense									14,805	14,056	12,533
FDIC expense									2,071	1,975	277
Other noninterest expense									14,407	19,694	10,932
Total noninterest expense									94,728	122,169	76,667
Income before income tax expense									54,809	18,518	53,315
Income tax expense									14,847	2,170	15,069
Net income									39,962	16,348	38,246
Total assets at period end	5,973,343				5,798,770				5,973,343	5,798,770	5,095,744
Wealth Management Division [Member]
Net interest income									5,866	6,019	5,291
Noninterest income									54,901	42,656	39,697
Total income									60,767	48,675	44,988
Provision for loan losses									0	0	0
Compensation and benefits									24,894	23,472	21,204
Premises and equipment expense									2,360	2,321	2,202
FDIC expense									0	0	0
Other noninterest expense									10,660	9,397	8,775
Total noninterest expense									37,914	35,190	32,181
Income before income tax expense									22,853	13,485	12,807
Income tax expense									6,193	3,641	3,619
Net income									16,660	9,844	9,188
Total assets at period end	$ 104,650				$ 91,672				$ 104,650	$ 91,672	$ 87,135

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SUBORDINATED DEBT - Additional Information (Details) - Subordinated Debt [Member] - USD ($)	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount	$ 100,000,000.0	$ 35,000,000.0	$ 50,000,000.0
Non-callable term	5 years	5 years	5 years
Notes maturity date	Dec. 22, 2030	Dec. 15, 2027	Jun. 30, 2026
Fixed interest rate	3.50%	4.75%	6.00%
LIBOR spread	3.26%	2.54%	4.85%
Redemption of debt				$ 50,000,000.0
Debt costs net, written-off				$ 648,000
Debt issuance costs	$ 1,900,000	$ 875,000

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ACQUISITIONS - Additional Information (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Acquisition	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) Acquisition	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Acquisition	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of businesses acquired | Acquisition	1	2	1
Fair value of total consideration transferred	$ 333,000		$ 5,000,000.0
Goodwill and identifiable intangible assets	3,100,000	$ 2,900,000	5,800,000
Liabilities Assumed	0	0	0
Goodwill	36,212,000	33,103,000	30,208,000	$ 24,417,000
Goodwill impairment loss	0
Amortization of intangible assets	1,598,000	1,287,000	$ 1,043,000
Wealth Management Division [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	35,600,000
Banking Segment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 563,000
2020 Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Company's acquisition equity		$ 0

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ACQUISITIONS (Schedule of Rollforward of Goodwill and Intangible Assets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Goodwill
Beginning balance	$ 33,103	$ 30,208	$ 24,417
Acquisitions	3,109	2,895	5,791
Ending balance	36,212	33,103	30,208
Identifiable Intangible Assets
Beginning balance	10,788	10,380	7,933
Acquisitions	3,500	1,695	3,490
Amortization of intangible assets	1,598	1,287	1,043
Ending balance	$ 12,690	$ 10,788	$ 10,380

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ACQUISITIONS - (Schedule of Estimated Amortization Expense (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Business Combinations [Abstract]
2022	$ 1,569
2023	1,320
2024	1,087
2025	1,087
2026	$ 944

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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME/(LOSS) (Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) Balances, Net of Tax) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Balance	$ 527,122	$ 503,652	$ 469,013
Total other comprehensive income/(loss)	(10,982)	103	850
Balance	546,388	527,122	503,652
Net Unrealized Holding Gain/(Loss) on Securities Available for Sale, Net of Tax [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Balance	5,521	1,006	(3,006)
Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) Before Reclassifications	(15,394)	4,515	4,012
Total other comprehensive income/(loss)	(15,394)	4,515	4,012
Balance	(9,873)	5,521	1,006
Gain/(Loss) on Cash Flow Hedge [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Balance	(6,913)	(2,501)	661
Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) Before Reclassifications	3,806	(4,346)	(3,006)
Amount Reclassified From Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)	606	(66)	(156)
Total other comprehensive income/(loss)	4,412	(4,412)	(3,162)
Balance	(2,501)	(6,913)	(2,501)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Gain/(Loss), Net of Tax [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Balance	(1,392)	(1,495)	(2,345)
Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss) Before Reclassifications	(11,588)	169	1,006
Amount Reclassified From Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)	606	(66)	(156)
Total other comprehensive income/(loss)	(10,982)	103	850
Balance	$ (12,374)	$ (1,392)	$ (1,495)

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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME(LOSS) (Schedule of Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Interest expense	$ (4,863)	$ (4,856)	$ (5,841)	$ (6,446)	$ (6,797)	$ (8,025)	$ (9,678)	$ (13,648)	$ (22,006)	$ (38,148)	$ (60,396)
Income tax expense	(5,867)	(5,036)	(5,521)	(4,616)	(1,512)	(5,202)	(2,441)	3,344	(21,040)	(5,811)	(18,688)
Net income	$ 14,855	$ 14,171	$ 14,418	$ 13,178	$ 3,030	$ 13,547	$ 8,242	$ 1,373	56,622	26,192	47,434
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | Gain/(Loss) on Cash Flow Hedge [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Interest expense										(89)	(223)
Other income									842
Income tax expense									(236)	23	67
Net income									$ 606	$ (66)	$ (156)

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CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (PARENT COMPANY ONLY) (STATEMENTS OF CONDITION) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
ASSETS
Cash	$ 5,929	$ 10,629
Interest-earning deposits	140,875	642,591
Total cash and cash equivalents	146,804	653,322
Other assets	62,451	99,764
Total assets	6,077,993	5,890,442	$ 5,182,879
LIABILITIES
Subordinated debt	132,701	181,794
Other liabilities	77,502	121,488
Total liabilities	5,531,605	5,363,320
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common stock	17,220	16,958
Surplus	332,358	326,592
Treasury stock	(65,104)	(36,477)
Retained earnings	274,288	221,441
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(12,374)	(1,392)
Total shareholders’ equity	546,388	527,122	$ 503,652	$ 469,013
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	6,077,993	5,890,442
Parent Company [Member]
ASSETS
Cash	27,530	117,670
Interest-earning deposits	522	523
Total cash and cash equivalents	28,052	118,193
Investment in subsidiary	650,918	593,162
Other assets	680	6
Total assets	679,650	711,361
LIABILITIES
Subordinated debt	132,701	181,794
Other liabilities	561	2,445
Total liabilities	133,262	184,239
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common stock	17,220	16,958
Surplus	332,358	326,592
Treasury stock	(65,104)	(36,477)
Retained earnings	274,288	221,441
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(12,374)	(1,392)
Total shareholders’ equity	546,388	527,122
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$ 679,650	$ 711,361

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CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (PARENT COMPANY ONLY) (STATEMENTS OF INCOME) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Income
Other income									$ 72,243	$ 61,760	$ 54,696
Expenses
Interest expense	$ 4,863	$ 4,856	$ 5,841	$ 6,446	$ 6,797	$ 8,025	$ 9,678	$ 13,648	22,006	38,148	60,396
Other expenses									22,824	19,882	19,707
Total expenses	31,704	32,185	30,684	31,594	39,249	28,461	29,014	28,235
Income before income tax expense	20,722	19,207	19,939	17,794	4,542	18,749	10,683	(1,971)	77,662	32,003	66,122
Income tax benefit	5,867	5,036	5,521	4,616	1,512	5,202	2,441	(3,344)	21,040	5,811	18,688
Net income	$ 14,855	$ 14,171	$ 14,418	$ 13,178	$ 3,030	$ 13,547	$ 8,242	$ 1,373	56,622	26,192	47,434
Total comprehensive income									45,640	26,295	48,284
Parent Company [Member]
Income
Dividend from Bank										13,000	31,000
Other income										2	6
Total income										13,002	31,006
Expenses
Interest expense									7,013	4,992	4,895
Other expenses									1,602	948	721
Total expenses									8,615	5,940	5,616
Income before income tax expense									(8,615)	7,062	25,390
Income tax benefit									(2,340)	(1,247)	(1,178)
Net (loss)/income before equity in undistributed earnings of Bank									(6,275)	8,309	26,568
Equity in undistributed earnings of Bank/(dividends in excess of earnings)									62,897	17,883	20,866
Net income									56,622	26,192	47,434
Other comprehensive (loss)/income									(10,982)	103	850
Total comprehensive income									$ 45,640	$ 26,295	$ 48,284

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CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (PARENT COMPANY ONLY) (STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Operating activities:
Net income	$ 56,622	$ 26,192	$ 47,434
Amortization of subordinated debt costs	1,003	224	224
(Increase)/decrease in other assets	(4,866)	(8,096)	5,111
(Decrease)/increase in other liabilities	226	(10,720)	12,799
Net cash provided by operating activities	75,463	36,720	86,296
Investing activities:
Net cash used in investing activities	(753,798)	(213,995)	(486,965)
Financing activities:
Cash dividends paid on common stock	(3,775)	(3,780)	(3,865)
Exercise of stock options, net stock swaps	187	230	251
Proceeds from issuance of subordinated debt		98,153
Repayments of subordinated debt	(50,000)
Shares repurchase	(28,627)	(6,487)	(21,002)
Net cash provided by financing activities	171,817	622,412	448,081
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents	(506,518)	445,137	47,412
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	653,322	208,185	160,773
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	146,804	653,322	208,185
Parent Company [Member]
Operating activities:
Net income	56,622	26,192	47,434
Undistributed earnings of Bank	(62,897)	(17,883)	(20,866)
Amortization of subordinated debt costs	1,002	234	224
(Increase)/decrease in other assets	(674)	4,914	(1,186)
(Decrease)/increase in other liabilities	(1,979)	2,176	(24)
Net cash provided by operating activities	(7,926)	15,633	25,582
Financing activities:
Cash dividends paid on common stock	(3,775)	(3,780)	(3,865)
Exercise of stock options, net stock swaps	187	230	251
Proceeds from issuance of subordinated debt		98,143
Repayments of subordinated debt	(50,000)
Shares repurchase	(28,627)	(6,487)	(21,002)
Net cash provided by financing activities	(82,215)	88,106	(24,616)
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents	(90,141)	103,739	966
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	118,193	14,454	13,488
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	$ 28,052	$ 118,193	$ 14,454

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SUPPLEMENTAL DATA (unaudited) (Schedule of Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
Interest income	$ 42,075	$ 40,067	$ 39,686	$ 38,239	$ 38,532	$ 40,174	$ 41,649	$ 45,395	$ 160,067	$ 165,750	$ 180,670
Interest expense	4,863	4,856	5,841	6,446	6,797	8,025	9,678	13,648	22,006	38,148	60,396
Net interest income before provision for loan and lease losses	37,212	35,211	33,845	31,793	31,735	32,149	31,971	31,747	138,061	127,602	120,274
Provision for loan losses	3,750	1,600	900	225	2,350	5,150	4,900	20,000	6,475	32,400	4,000
Wealth management fee income	13,962	13,860	13,034	12,131	10,791	10,119	9,996	9,955	52,987	40,861	38,363
Securities gains/(losses), net	(139)	(70)	42	(265)	(42)		125	198	(432)	281	117
Other income	5,141	3,991	4,602	5,954	3,657	10,092	2,505	4,364
Operating expenses	31,704	32,185	30,684	31,594	39,249	28,461	29,014	28,235
Income before income tax expense	20,722	19,207	19,939	17,794	4,542	18,749	10,683	(1,971)	77,662	32,003	66,122
Income tax expense	5,867	5,036	5,521	4,616	1,512	5,202	2,441	(3,344)	21,040	5,811	18,688
Net income	$ 14,855	$ 14,171	$ 14,418	$ 13,178	$ 3,030	$ 13,547	$ 8,242	$ 1,373	$ 56,622	$ 26,192	$ 47,434
EARNINGS PER SHARE
Earnings per share-basic	$ 0.80	$ 0.76	$ 0.76	$ 0.70	$ 0.16	$ 0.72	$ 0.44	$ 0.07	$ 3.01	$ 1.39	$ 2.46
Earnings per share-diluted	$ 0.78	$ 0.74	$ 0.74	$ 0.67	$ 0.16	$ 0.71	$ 0.43	$ 0.07	$ 2.93	$ 1.37	$ 2.44