form8ka-94215_pgfc.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K/A

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




Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
August 8, 2008


PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
     
     
New Jersey
001-16197
22-3537895
(State or Other Jurisdiction
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
     
     
158 Route 206, Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey
  
07934
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
(908) 234-0700

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Explanatory Note:
This Form 8-K/A is being filed to correct the original Form 8-K filed on August 8, 2008 to change the reportable event from Item 8.01 to Item 3.01.

Item 3.01
Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing

(d)

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (the “Corporation”) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the decision to switch the listing of its common stock from the American Stock Exchange to The NASDAQ Global Select Market.  The listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market will be effective on August 19, 2008.

Attached and being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of a press release of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation dated August 8, 2008.  Exhibit 99.1 is incorporated by reference under this Item 8.01.


Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

99.1
Press Release of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation, dated August 8, 2008



 
 
 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


 
PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
     
     
     
Dated:  August 13, 2008
By:
 /s/ Arthur F. Birmingham
 
Name:
Arthur F. Birmingham
 
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
Title
   
99.1
Press Release of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation, dated August 8, 2008