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Issuer:     PEAPACK GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORP (PGC)
CIK:        0001050743
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-330703
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Peapack-Gladstone replaces three retiring directors with D'Erasmo and Walsh
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- Directors Patrick Mullen, Philip Smith III, and Beth Welsh retire effective Dec 31, 2025; no disagreements cited.
- Diane D'Erasmo (former HSBC Bank USA Vice Chair) and Ellen Walsh (retired PwC Senior Partner) join the board Jan 1, 2026.
- Board restructuring reflects ongoing governance and strategic alignment, per Chairman Meyercord.
- Company had $7.4B assets and $12.9B AUM as of Sep 30, 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050743/000119312525330703/0001193125-25-330703-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050743/000119312525330703/pgc-20251218.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-330703

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