form8k-1067814_pgfc.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
April 27,
2010
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported)
PEAPACK-GLADSTONE
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact
name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
New
Jersey
(State or
Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-16197 22-3537895
(Commission
File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
158 Route
206, Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey 07934
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(908)
234-0700
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the
Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
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material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
[ ] Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
INFORMATION
TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
Item
5.07 Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On April
27, 2010, the Annual Meeting of shareholders of Peapack-Gladstone Financial
Corporation was held. A total of 6,445,496 of the Corporation’s
shares were present or represented by proxy at the meeting. The
Corporation’s shareholders took the following actions:
Proposal
#1-Voted on the election of 11 persons, named in the Proxy Statement, to serve
as directors of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation for the ensuing year
constituting the entire Board of Directors. The following is a list
of directors elected at the Annual Meeting with the number of votes “For” and
“Against/Withheld” as well as the number of abstentions and broker
non-votes.
Name
|
For
|
Against/Withheld
|
Abstentions
|
Broker
Non-Votes
|
Anthony
J. Consi, II
|
5,177,857
|
362,356
|
0
|
905,283
|
James
R. Lamb
|
5,199,593
|
340,620
|
0
|
905,283
|
Robert
M. Rogers
|
5,295,279
|
244,934
|
0
|
905,283
|
Pamela
Hill
|
5,181,894
|
358,319
|
0
|
905,283
|
Edward
A. Merton
|
5,172,054
|
368,159
|
0
|
905,283
|
Philip
W. Smith, III
|
5,077,942
|
462,271
|
0
|
905,283
|
Frank
A. Kissel
|
5,279,224
|
260,989
|
0
|
905,283
|
F.
Duffield Meyercord
|
5,175,707
|
364,506
|
0
|
905,283
|
Craig
C. Spengeman
|
5,242,613
|
297,600
|
0
|
905,283
|
John
D. Kissel
|
5,194,216
|
345,997
|
0
|
905,283
|
John
R. Mulcahy
|
5,164,742
|
375,471
|
0
|
905,283
|
Proposal
#2-Compensation of Executive Officers.
The
number of shares voted “For” and “Against/Withheld” this proposal, as well as
the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, is as follows:
|
Number
of Votes
|
For
|
5,992,617
|
Against/Withheld
|
398,202
|
Abstained
|
54,677
|
Broker
Non-Votes
|
-
|
Proposal
#3-Ratification of Crowe Horwath LLP as the Corporation’s independent registered
public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2010.
The
number of shares voted “For” and “Against/Withheld” this proposal, as well as
the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, is as follows:
|
Number
of Votes
|
For
|
6,389,647
|
Against/Withheld
|
36,848
|
Abstained
|
19,001
|
Broker
Non-Votes
|
-
|
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
|
PEAPACK-GLADSTONE
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
|
|
|
|
Dated: April
29, 2010
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By:
|
/s/
Jeffrey J. Carfora
|
|
Jeffrey
J. Carfora
|
|
Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and
|
|
Chief
Accounting Officer
|