PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
500 Hills Drive, Suite 300
Bedminster, New Jersey 07921
January 4, 2017
VIA EDGAR
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Katelyn Donovan
| Re: | Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation | |
| Registration Statement on Form S-3 | ||
| File No. 333-215176 |
Dear Ms. Donovan:
I am the Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation, a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), and am authorized to request the acceleration of the effective date of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on December 19, 2016 (Registration Number 333-215176).
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, I hereby request that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) accelerate the effective date of the Registration Statement so that the Registration Statement may be declared effective on Friday, January 6, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, or as soon as possible thereafter.
Please contact our outside counsel, Michael T. Rave of Day Pitney LLP, at (973) 966-8123, to confirm effectiveness or if you have any questions about this request.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION | ||
| By:/s/ Jeffrey J. Carfora | ||
| Jeffrey J. Carfora | ||
| Senior Executive Vice President and | ||
| Chief Financial Officer |
