Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation Reports Another Strong Quarter

BEDMINSTER, NJ--(Marketwired - Apr 28, 2015) - Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: PGC) (the "Corporation" or the "Company") recorded net income of $5.01 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.33 for the three months ended March 31, 2015, compared to $3.03 million and $0.26, respectively, for the same three month period last year, reflecting increases of 65 percent and 27 percent, respectively.

The following table summarizes earnings for the quarters ended:

		Mar				Mar
(Dollars in millions, except EPS)		2015 (a)				2014				Improvement
Pretax income		$	8.35			$	4.90			$3.45 70	%
Net income		$	5.01			$	3.03			$1.98 65	%
Diluted EPS		$	0.33			$	0.26			$0.07 27	%
Total revenue		$	25.47			$	20.57			$4.90 24	%
Return on average assets			0.71	%			0.59	%		0.12
Return on average equity			8.13	%			7.01	%		1.12
Efficiency ratio			62.58	%			70.06	%		(7.48	)

(a)	The quarter ended March 2015 included income of $260 thousand pretax related to a life insurance death benefit under its Bank Owned Life Insurance policies.

Doug Kennedy, President and CEO, said, "During the quarter we continued to focus on our Growth Strategy - Expanding Our Reach. Our continued growth and continued strong results this quarter demonstrate that our strategy is delivering positive operating leverage." 

Q1 2015 highlights follow:

• The Company successfully began leveraging the capital raised in the fourth quarter of 2014. The Company believes it has ample capital to support its continued growth and expansion.
• Earnings and performance ratios for the first quarter of 2015 reflected improvement when compared to the first quarter of 2014's results (as reflected just above). Year over year growth in diluted earnings per share was 27 percent.
• Loans at March 31, 2015 totaled $2.44 billion. This reflected growth of $679 million when compared to $1.76 billion at March 31, 2014. Year over year loan growth was 38 percent.
• Asset quality metrics continued to be strong at March 31, 2015. Nonperforming assets at March 31, 2015 were just $7.4 million or 0.26 percent of total assets. Total loans past due 30 through 89 days were only $2.48 million at March 31, 2015.
• During the first quarter of 2015, Commercial & Industrial (C&I) loan closings totaled $41 million. The C&I loan pipeline continues to be robust. 
• In February 2015, Eric H. Waser joined the Company as the Head of Commercial Banking. Eric is a seasoned banker with over 25 years "big-bank" experience. 
• Total "customer" deposit balances (defined as deposits excluding brokered CDs and brokered "overnight" interest-bearing demand deposits) grew to $2.15 billion at March 31, 2015 from $1.69 billion at March 31, 2014. Year over year customer deposit growth totaled 27 percent.
• The Company's net interest income for the first quarter of 2015 was $ 19.58 million. This reflected improvement when compared to $15.57 million for the first quarter of 2014. Year over year growth in net interest income was 26 percent.
• At March 31, 2015, the market value of assets under administration at the Private Wealth Management Division of Peapack-Gladstone Bank ("the Bank") was just north of $3 billion. And, when adjusted on a pro forma basis for the acquisition of Wealth Management Consultants, would be just shy of $3.5 billion.
• Fee income from the Private Wealth Management Division totaled $4.03 million for the first quarter of 2015, growing from $3.75 million for the first quarter of 2014. Year over year growth in wealth management fee income was 7 percent.
• The book value per share at March 31, 2015 of $16.61 reflected improvement when compared to $15.08 at March 31, 2014. Year-over-year growth in book value per share totaled 10 percent.

Net Interest Income / Net Interest Margin

Net interest income was $19.58 million for the first quarter of 2015, compared to $15.57 million for the same quarter last year, reflecting growth of $4.01 million or 26 percent when compared to the prior year period. Net interest income for the first quarter of 2015 benefitted from significant loan growth during 2014, as well as during the first quarter of 2015. Additionally, interest income in the current quarter was benefitted by approximately $444 thousand of prepayment premiums received on the prepayment of certain multifamily loans. While no one can predict the timing or amount of prepayment premiums, given the size and seasoning of the Company's multifamily loan portfolio, it is anticipated that additional prepayment premiums may be recognized in the future.

While net interest income for the first quarter of 2015 improved compared to prior periods, the net interest margin, on a fully tax-equivalent basis, was 2.88 percent for the March 2015 quarter compared to 3.18 percent for the March 2014 quarter. A portion of the decline in net interest margin for the March 2015 quarter was due to the maintenance of much larger average interest earning deposit/cash balances - $91.7 million average for the March 2015 quarter, compared to $31.7 million for the March 2014 quarter. Mr. Kennedy said, "As noted previously, given our rapid growth, we had decided to maintain greater liquidity on our balance sheet."

In addition to the maintenance of larger interest bearing deposit/cash balances for much of the quarter, net interest margin also continued to be impacted by the effect of low market yields, as well as competitive pressures in attracting new loans and deposits. The Company expects continued high liquidity levels and also expects continued loan growth in this lower market rate and competitive environment.

Loan Originations / Loans

Total loan originations were $347 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015, compared to $302 million for the December 2014 quarter and $282 million for the March 2014 quarter. At March 31, 2015, loans totaled $2.44 billion as compared to $2.25 billion three months ago at December 31, 2014 and compared to $1.76 billion one year ago at March 31, 2014, representing increases of $192 million or 9 percent and $679 million or 38 percent, respectively. 

The multifamily and commercial mortgage loan portfolio grew $490 million or 46 percent when comparing the March 31, 2015 balance to the March 31, 2014 balance. The increase was net of participations sold of $51 million in the current March 2015 quarter and $61 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2014. The net increase was attributable to: the addition of seasoned banking professionals over the course of 2014; continued attention to the client service aspect of the lending process; an expansion of New Jersey-based real estate marketing activities; and a focus on the Boroughs of New York City multifamily markets beginning in mid-2013. The increase was also due to demand from borrowers looking to refinance multifamily and other commercial mortgages held by other institutions.

Mr. Kennedy said, "As explained previously, analysis showed that multifamily lending could be grown quickly and had strong credit metrics and provided solid risk-adjusted returns. Loan originations in this asset class have been robust as we built our C&I (Commercial & Industrial) lending capabilities, as part of our Strategic Plan. Going forward, multifamily lending, and related participations, will remain a focus of the Company. However, given our pipeline, and with the C&I lending program more seasoned, including the addition in 2014 of four seasoned bankers focused on C&I lending and the addition of a seasoned Head of Commercial Banking in February 2015, we anticipate that our C&I loan portfolio will continue to grow at an increased trajectory."

The Company closed $41 million of commercial loans for the three months ended March 31, 2015, and closed $267 million for the twelve months ended March 31, 2015. At March 31, 2015, commercial loans totaled $336 million, more than double the $143 million one year ago at March 31, 2014. 

Deposits / Funding / Balance Sheet Management

Loan growth of $192 million and increased interest earning/cash balances of $42 million in the March 2015 quarter, compared to the December 2014 quarter, were funded by customer deposit growth of $174 million, investment securities principal reductions and sales of $57 million, and capital growth of $7 million. Additional brokered interest-bearing demand ("overnight") deposits were used to fully pay down higher costing overnight borrowings.

Brokered interest-bearing demand ("overnight") deposits continue to be maintained as an additional source of liquidity. At a cost of approximately 25 basis points, such deposits are generally a more cost effective alternative than other borrowings and do not require pledging of collateral, as wholesale borrowings do. These deposits increased to $263 million at March 31, 2015. The Company does ensure ample available collateralized liquidity as a backup to these short term brokered deposits.

Certificates of deposit have also been utilized more extensively in 2015 compared to prior periods. The majority of these deposits have been longer term and have generally been transacted as part of the Company's interest rate risk management. These certificates of deposit are also a more cost effective alternative than other borrowings and also do not require pledging of collateral. Also as part of its interest rate risk management, during the March 2015 quarter, the Company transacted several pay fixed, receive floating interest rate swaps totaling $75 million notional amount.

Mr. Kennedy went on to say, "As noted previously the March 2015 quarter and the June 2014 quarter included multifamily loan participations. These participations were part of the Company's balance sheet management strategy and will likely continue in 2015."

Mr. Kennedy further noted, "The Company will continue to place an intense focus on providing high touch client service and growing its core deposit base. Our full array of treasury management products will help support both core deposit growth and commercial lending opportunities. Our bankers have robust pipelines of client deposits."

Wealth Management Business

In the March 2015 quarter, Peapack-Gladstone Bank's wealth management business generated $4.03 million in fee income compared to $3.75 million for the March 2014 quarter, reflecting a 7 percent increase. The market value of the assets under administration (AUA) of the wealth management division was $3.05 billion at March 31, 2015, up approximately 11 percent from $2.75 billion at March 31, 2014. The growth in fee income and AUA was due to a combination of new business and market value improvement.

John P. Babcock, President of Private Wealth Management, noted, "We continue to incorporate wealth into every conversation we have with all of the Company's clients, across all business lines. We have expanded our wealth management team and will continue to grow our team and expand the products, services, and advice we deliver to our clients." 

The Company previously announced it expects to close the acquisition of Wealth Management Consultants (NJ), LLC in early May. Mr. Babcock further noted, "We are excited to join forces with Tom Ross and his Company. The acquisition is consistent with our building our advice led wealth business and Tom and his team will add depth to our already high-caliber wealth management team." 

Other Noninterest Income

Service charges and fees for the March 2015 quarter were $805 thousand, compared to $694 thousand for the March 2014 quarter. Several categories reflected slight improvement in the quarter, including increased income associated with a new set of checking products put in place during the summer months.

Bank owned life insurance (BOLI) income of $537 thousand for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 was $271 thousand higher when compared to the $266 thousand for the same quarter last year. The 2015 quarter included $260 thousand additional income related to a net life insurance death benefit under its BOLI policies.

The March 2015 quarter included $148 thousand of income from the sale of newly originated residential mortgage loans, up from $112 thousand in the same 2014 quarter. Loans originated for sale were slightly greater in the 2015 period compared to the 2014 period.

Securities gains were $268 thousand for the March 2015 quarter compared to $98 thousand for the March 2014 quarter. Sales of securities have been generally employed to benefit interest rate risk, prepayment risk, and/or liquidity risk. Given the interest rate environment, as well as the outlook, in the 2015 period, such strategy was employed more often than in the 2014 period.

Other income of $93 thousand for the March 2015 quarter was $22 thousand higher than the March 2014 quarter.

Operating Expenses

The Company's total operating expenses were $15.77 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 compared to $14.34 million in the same 2014 quarter, reflecting a net increase of $1.43 million.

Salary and benefits expense increased in the March 2015 quarter when compared to the same quarter last year due to strategic hiring in line with the Company's Strategic Plan. Additionally, normal salary increases and increased bonus/incentive accruals associated with the Company's growth contributed to the increase.

Premises and equipment expense and FDIC insurance expense for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 increased when compared to the same quarter last year. The increases were consistent with the Company's continued growth.

Other expenses for the March 2015 quarter increased when compared to the March 2014 quarter. The current 2015 period included: increased wealth management division expenses due to growth in the business and increased advertising/marketing expenses. The 2015 period also included $222 thousand of professional fee expenses associated with the Wealth Management Consultants acquisition, as well as other special projects completed in the quarter. 

Mr. Kennedy noted, "As I have noted previously, expense increases were planned and expected, and continue to track to our Plan. We expect that the trend of higher operating expenses will continue into 2015, as we bring on high caliber revenue producers, and continue to invest in our infrastructure, in line with our Plan. Further, we generally expect revenue and profitability related to new revenue producers to lag those expenses by several quarters. It is important to note, however, that revenue growth has outpaced expense growth considerably, which has caused our Efficiency Ratio to decline to approximately 63 percent for the current quarter."

Provision for Loan Losses / Asset Quality

For the quarter ended March 31, 2015, the Company's provision for loan losses was $1.35 million, compared to $1.33 million for the March 2014 quarter. Charge-offs, net of recoveries, for the first quarter of 2015 year were only $14 thousand. 

At March 31, 2015 the allowance for loan losses was 329 percent of nonperforming loans and 0.85 percent of total loans.

The Company's provision for loan losses and net increase in its allowance for loan losses continue to track well with the Company's net loan growth and asset quality metrics.

Nonperforming assets at March 31, 2015 were just $7.4 million or 0.26 percent of total assets, compared to $9.5 million or 0.42 percent at March 31, 2014. Total loans past due 30 through 89 days were only $2.48 million at March 31, 2015. 

Capital / Dividends

Capital in the March 2015 quarter was benefitted by net income of $5.0 million and by $2.2 million of voluntary share purchases in the Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

At March 31, 2015, the Company's leverage, common equity tier 1, tier 1 and total risk based capital ratios were 8.80 percent, 13.57 percent, 13.57 percent and 14.71 percent, respectively. The Company's ratios are all above the respective 5 percent, 6.5 percent, 8 percent, and 10 percent levels required to be considered well capitalized under regulatory guidelines applicable to banks.

As previously announced, on April 23, 2015, the Board of Directors declared a regular cash dividend of $0.05 per share payable on May 22, 2015 to shareholders of record on May 8, 2015.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation is a New Jersey bank holding company with total assets of $2.88 billion as of March 31, 2015. Founded in 1921, Peapack-Gladstone Bank is a commercial bank that provides innovative private banking services to businesses, non-profits and consumers, which help them to establish, maintain and expand their legacy. Through its private banking locations in Bedminster, Morristown, Princeton and Teaneck, its wealth management division, and its branch network and online platforms, Peapack-Gladstone Bank offers an unparalleled commitment to client service.

The foregoing 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 results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to

• inability to successfully grow our business and implement our strategic plan, including an inability to generate revenues to offset the increased personnel and other costs related to the strategic plan;
• inability to manage our growth;
• inability to successfully integrate our expanded employee base;
• a continued or 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 low interest rate environment and highly competitive market;
• declines in value in our investment portfolio;
• higher than expected increases in our allowance for loan losses;
• higher than expected increases in loan losses or in the level of nonperforming loans;
• unexpected changes in interest rates;
• a continued or unexpected 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) subject us to additional regulatory oversight which may result in increased compliance costs;
• successful cyber attacks against our IT infrastructure and that of our IT providers;
• higher than expected FDIC insurance premiums;
• adverse weather conditions;
• inability to successfully generate new business in new geographic markets;
• inability to execute upon new business initiatives;
• lack of liquidity to fund our various cash obligations;
• 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; and
• other unexpected material adverse changes in our operations or earnings.

A discussion of these and other factors that could affect our results is included in our SEC filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the Corporation's expectations.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.

(Tables to follow)

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CONDITION
(Dollars in Thousands)
(Unaudited)
			As of
			March 31,			Dec 31,			Sept 30,			June 30,			March 31,
			2015			2014			2014			2014			2014
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks			$	7,439		$	6,621		$	6,596		$	5,757		$	6,373
Federal funds sold				101			101			101			101			101
Interest-earning deposits				65,283			24,485			114,124			209,768			95,059
Total cash and cash equivalents				72,823			31,207			120,821			215,626			101,533
Securities available for sale				276,119			332,652			269,550			225,270			248,070
FHLB and FRB Stock, at cost				10,598			11,593			9,121			9,946			12,765
Loans held for sale, at fair value				4,245			839			351			2,650			1,769
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value				-			-			-			-			51,184
Residential mortgage				466,333			466,760			470,030			469,648			481,850
Multifamily mortgage				1,214,714			1,080,256			928,054			845,310			763,988
Commercial mortgage				339,037			308,491			332,507			321,437			299,482
Commercial loans				336,079			308,743			225,814			158,103			143,389
Construction loans				5,777			5,998			6,025			6,033			6,075
Consumer loans				28,206			28,040			27,597			23,414			20,945
Home equity lines of credit				50,399			50,141			48,200			48,740			45,820
Other loans				1,755			1,838			2,560			2,255			1,851
	Total loans			2,442,300			2,250,267			2,040,787			1,874,940			1,763,400
	Less: Allowances for loan losses			20,816			19,480			18,299			17,204			16,587
	Net loans			2,421,484			2,230,787			2,022,488			1,857,736			1,746,813
Premises and equipment				32,068			32,258			30,825			31,095			31,087
Other real estate owned				1,103			1,324			949			1,036			2,062
Accrued interest receivable				5,943			5,371			5,126			4,858			4,788
Bank owned life insurance				32,404			32,634			32,448			32,258			32,065
Deferred tax assets, net				10,458			10,491			11,661			9,433			9,366
Other assets				12,212			13,241			11,181			11,063			9,983
	TOTAL ASSETS		$	2,879,457		$	2,702,397		$	2,514,521		$	2,400,971		$	2,251,485
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
	Noninterest-bearing demand deposits		$	377,399		$	366,371		$	383,268		$	410,609		$	350,987
	Interest-bearing demand deposits			634,580			600,889			558,537			474,945			407,127
	Savings			115,515			112,878			111,897			116,172			119,750
	Money market accounts			714,466			700,069			713,383			673,375			660,691
	Certificates of deposit - Retail			310,678			198,819			165,834			157,067			151,730
Subtotal "customer" deposits				2,152,638			1,979,026			1,932,919			1,832,168			1,690,285
	IB Demand - Brokered			263,000			188,000			138,000			138,000			138,011
	Certificates of deposit - Brokered			106,694			131,667			132,500			145,000			65,000
Total deposits				2,522,332			2,298,693			2,203,419			2,115,168			1,893,296
Overnight borrowings				-			54,600			-			-			79,400
Federal home loan bank advances				83,692			83,692			83,692			83,692			83,692
Capital lease obligation				10,594			10,712			9,734			9,836			9,917
Other liabilities				13,486			12,433			12,646			9,942			9,308
Due to brokers, securities settlements				-			-			16,960			-			-
	TOTAL LIABILITIES			2,630,104			2,460,130			2,326,451			2,218,638			2,075,613
Shareholders' equity				249,353			242,267			188,070			182,333			175,872
	TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
	SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY		$	2,879,457		$	2,702,397		$	2,514,521		$	2,400,971		$	2,251,485
Assets under administration at Peapack-Gladstone Bank's Wealth Management Division (market value, not includedabove)			$	3,053,110		$	2,986,623		$	2,857,727		$	2,843,310		$	2,745,955

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
SELECTED BALANCE SHEET DATA
(Dollars in Thousands)
(Unaudited)
			As of
			March 31,				Dec 31,				Sept 30,				June 30,				March 31,
			2015				2014				2014				2014				2014
Asset Quality:
Loans past due over 90 daysand still accruing			$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-			$	-
Nonaccrual loans (A)				6,335				6,850				8,790				6,536				7,473
Other real estate owned				1,103				1,324				949				1,036				2,062
	Total nonperforming assets (A)		$	7,438			$	8,174			$	9,739			$	7,572			$	9,535
Nonperforming loans to total loans (A)				0.26	%			0.30	%			0.43	%			0.35	%			0.42	%
Nonperforming assets to total assets (A)				0.26	%			0.30	%			0.39	%			0.32	%			0.42	%
Accruing TDR's (B)			$	13,561			$	13,601			$	13,045			$	12,730			$	12,340
Loans past due 30 through 89 days and still accruing			$	2,481			$	1,755			$	2,278			$	1,536			$	5,027
Classified loans (A)			$	38,450			$	35,809			$	34,752			$	34,929			$	35,075
Impaired loans (A)			$	19,896			$	20,451			$	21,834			$	19,813			$	19,814
Allowance for loan losses:
	Beginning of period		$	19,480			$	18,299			$	17,204			$	16,587			$	15,373
	Provision for loan losses			1,350				1,250				1,150				1,150				1,325
	Charge-offs, net			(14	)			(69	)			(55	)			(533	)			(111	)
	End of period			20,816				19,480				18,299				17,204				16,587
ALLL to nonperforming loans				328.59	%			284.38	%			208.18	%			263.22	%			221.96	%
ALLL to total loans				0.85	%			0.87	%			0.90	%			0.92	%			0.94	%
Capital Adequacy
Tier 1 leverage				8.80	%			9.11	%			7.57	%			8.01	%			8.48	%
Tier I capital to risk weighted assets				13.57	%			14.38	%			12.16	%			13.05	%			13.09	%
Common equity tier 1 capital ratio to risk-weighted assets (C)				13.57	%			N/A				N/A				N/A				N/A
Tier I & II capital to risk-weighted assets				14.71	%			15.55	%			13.36	%			14.30	%			14.34	%
Common equity to total assets				8.66	%			8.96	%			7.48	%			7.59	%			7.81	%
(End of period)
Book value per share (D) (E)			$	16.61			$	16.36			$	15.80			$	15.48			$	15.08

(A)	September 30, 2014 amount includes a $1.5 million commercial nonaccrual loan that was paid in full on October 8, 2014.
(B)	Does not include $1.4 million at March 31, 2015, $1.4 million at December 31, 2014, $2.4 million at September 30, 2014, $2.5 million at June 30, 2014, and $3.0 million at March 31, 2014 of TDR's included in nonaccrual loans.
(C)	New capital ratio required under Basel III effective March 31, 2015.
(D)	Shares included in the book value per share calculation are shares outstanding at period end less the restricted shares that have not yet vested.
(E)	Tangible book value per share was $16.57 at March 31, 2015, $16.32 at December 31, 2014, $15.75 at September 30, 2014, $15.43 at June 30, 2014, and $15.03 at March 31, 2014. Tangible book value per share is different than book value per share because it excludes intangible assets. See Non-GAAP financial measures reconciliation included in these tables.

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
LOANS CLOSED
(Dollars in Thousands)
(Unaudited)
		For the Quarters Ended
		March 31,			Dec 31,			Sept 30,			June 30,			March 31,
		2015			2014			2014			2014			2014
Residential loans retained		$	16,986		$	10,661		$	20,540		$	17,245		$	11,653
Residential loans sold			8,938			8,230			5,561			7,344			7,011
Total residential loans			25,924			18,891			26,101			24,589			18,664
CRE (includes Community banking)			57,787			14,953			3,208			20,175			15,841
Multifamily (includes Community banking)			209,034			172,021			105,584			149,937			225,143
Commercial loans (includes Community banking)			40,696			89,905			74,029			62,668			15,957
Wealth Lines of Credit			10,260			-			-			-			-
Total commercial loans			317,777			276,879			182,821			232,780			256,941
Installment loans			344			2,015			9,410			5,184			1,877
Home equity lines of credit			3,377			4,140			2,550			6,709			4,668
Total loans closed		$	347,422		$	301,925		$	220,882		$	269,262		$	282,150

		For the Three Months Ended
		March 31,			March 31,
		2015			2014
Residential loans retained		$	16,986		$	11,653
Residential loans sold			8,938			7,011
Total residential loans			25,924			18,664
CRE (includes Community banking)			57,787			15,841
Multifamily (includes Community banking)			209,034			225,143
Commercial loans (includes Community banking)			40,696			15,957
Wealth Lines of Credit			10,260			-
Total commercial loans			317,777			256,941
Installment loans			344			1,877
Home equity lines of credit			3,377			4,668
Total loans closed		$	347,422		$	282,150

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
(Dollars in Thousands, except share data)
(Unaudited)
		For the Three Months Ended
		March 31,				Dec 31,				Sept 30,				June 30,				March 31,
		2015				2014				2014				2014				2014
Income Statement Data:
Interest income		$	22,361			$	20,786			$	19,210			$	18,630			$	16,949
Interest expense			2,778				2,434				2,162				1,707				1,378
	Net interest income		19,583				18,352				17,048				16,923				15,571
Provision for loan losses			1,350				1,250				1,150				1,150				1,325
	Net interest income after provision for loan losses		18,233				17,102				15,898				15,773				14,246
Wealth management fee income			4,031				3,822				3,661				4,005				3,754
Service charges and fees			805				880				829				708				694
Bank owned life insurance			537				274				276				276				266
Gain on loans held for sale at fair value (Mortgage banking)			148				128				87				112				112
(Loss)/Gain on loans held for sale at lower of cost or fair value			-				(3	)			(7	)			176				-
Other income			93				142				167				117				71
Securities gains, net			268				44				39				79				98
	Total other income		5,882				5,287				5,052				5,473				4,995
Salaries and employee benefits			9,425				9,188				9,116				9,089				8,848
Premises and equipment			2,616				2,627				2,564				2,334				2,438
FDIC insurance expense			482				453				350				303				275
Other expenses			3,245				3,310				2,663				3,204				2,778
	Total operating expenses		15,768				15,578				14,693				14,930				14,339
Income before income taxes			8,347				6,811				6,257				6,316				4,902
Income tax expense			3,339				2,599				2,393				2,533				1,871
Net income		$	5,008			$	4,212			$	3,864			$	3,783			$	3,031
Total revenue		$	25,465			$	23,639			$	22,100			$	22,396			$	20,566
Per Common Share Data:
Earnings per share (basic)		$	0.34			$	0.32			$	0.33			$	0.32			$	0.26
Earnings per share (diluted)			0.33				0.32				0.32				0.32				0.26
Weighted average number of Common share outstanding:
Basic			14,909,722				13,037,947				11,841,777				11,721,256				11,606,933
Diluted			15,070,352				13,163,877				11,956,356				11,846,075				11,710,940
Performance Ratios:
Return on average assets annualized			0.71	%			0.64	%			0.63	%			0.67	%			0.59	%
Return on average common equity annualized			8.13	%			8.01	%			8.35	%			8.44	%			7.01	%
Net interest margin (Taxable equivalent basis)			2.88	%			2.89	%			2.89	%			3.14	%			3.18	%
Efficiency ratio (A)			62.58	%			66.01	%			66.58	%			67.43	%			70.06	%
Operating expenses / average assets annualized			2.24	%			2.36	%			2.39	%			2.65	%			2.78	%

(A)	Calculated as (total operating expenses) as a percentage of (net interest income plus noninterest income less gain on securities and loss or gain on loans held for sale at lower of cost or fair value). See Non-GAAP financial measures reconciliation included in these tables.

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET
UNAUDITED
THREE MONTHS ENDED
(Tax-Equivalent Basis, Dollars in Thousands)
				March 31, 2015										March 31, 2014
				Average  Balance				Income/  Expense			Yield			Average  Balance				Income/  Expense			Yield
ASSETS:
Interest-Earning Assets:
	Investments:
		Taxable (1)		$	273,946			$	1,182		1.73	%		$	207,649			$	1,061		2.04	%
		Tax-exempt (1) (2)			37,631				231		2.46				60,217				337		2.24
	Loans held for sale				774				10		5.10				1,324				10		3.04
	Loans (2) (3):
		Mortgages			465,722				3,785		3.25				533,377				4,553		3.41
		Commercial mortgages			1,459,872				13,589		3.72				935,784				9,046		3.87
		Commercial			316,109				2,897		3.67				132,549				1,402		4.23
		Commercial construction			5,930				62		4.18				5,872				67		4.56
		Installment			27,791				252		3.63				21,563				228		4.23
		Home equity			50,660				405		3.20				46,832				373		3.19
		Other			530				12		9.06				563				12		8.53
		Total loans			2,326,614				21,002		3.61				1,676,540				15,681		3.74
	Federal funds sold				101				-		0.10				101				-		0.10
	Interest-earning deposits				91,657				43		0.18				31,652				12		0.15
		Total interest-earning assets			2,730,723				22,468		3.29	%			1,977,483				17,101		3.46	%
Noninterest-Earning Assets:
	Cash and due from banks				6,804										6,395
	Allowance for loan losses				(20,056	)									(15,988	)
	Premises and equipment				32,256										30,748
	Other assets				63,868										61,009
		Total noninterest-earning assets			82,872										82,164
Total assets				$	2,813,595									$	2,059,647
LIABILITIES:
Interest-Bearing deposits:
	Checking			$	630,557			$	409		0.26	%		$	401,310			$	92		0.09	%
	Money markets				710,590				463		0.26				653,624				333		0.20
	Savings				113,435				14		0.05				116,518				15		0.05
	Certificates of deposit - retail				247,860				663		1.07				149,458				355		0.95
		Subtotal interest-bearing deposits			1,702,442				1,549		0.36				1,320,910				795		0.24
	Interest-bearing demand - brokered				240,500				185		0.31				75,356				43		0.23
	Certificates of deposit - brokered				126,404				524		1.66				13,711				31		0.90
		Total interest-bearing deposits			2,069,346				2,258		0.44				1,409,977				869		0.25
	Borrowings				109,639				392		1.43				115,585				390		1.35
	Capital lease obligation				10,635				128		4.81				9,947				119		4.79
	Total interest-bearing liabilities				2,189,620				2,778		0.51				1,535,509				1,378		0.36
Noninterest -bearing liabilities
	Demand deposits				366,919										341,196
	Accrued expenses and other liabilities				10,752										9,999
	Total noninterest-bearing liabilities				377,671										351,195
Shareholders' equity					246,304										172,943
	Total liabilities and shareholders' equity			$	2,813,595									$	2,059,647
Net interest income								$	19,690									$	15,723
	Net interest spread										2.78	%									3.10	%
	Net interest margin (4)										2.88	%									3.18	%

(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 35 percent federal tax rate.
(3)	Loans are stated net of unearned income and include nonaccrual loans.
(4)	Net interest income on a tax-equivalent basis as a percentage of total average interest-earning assets.

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET
UNAUDITED
THREE MONTHS ENDED
(Tax-Equivalent Basis, Dollars in Thousands)
				March 31, 2015										December 31, 2014
				Average  Balance				Income/  Expense			Yield			Average  Balance				Income/  Expense			Yield
ASSETS:
Interest-Earning Assets:
	Investments:
		Taxable (1)		$	273,946			$	1,182		1.73	%		$	258,699			$	1,158		1.79	%
		Tax-exempt (1) (2)			37,631				231		2.46				42,539				244		2.29
	Loans held for sale				774				10		5.10				747				13		6.85
	Loans (2) (3):
		Mortgages			465,722				3,785		3.25				466,943				3,889		3.33
		Commercial mortgages			1,459,872				13,589		3.72				1,297,727				12,376		3.81
		Commercial			316,109				2,897		3.67				243,024				2,375		3.91
		Commercial construction			5,930				62		4.18				6,017				65		4.32
		Installment			27,791				252		3.63				28,129				259		3.68
		Home equity			50,660				405		3.20				49,495				402		3.25
		Other			530				12		9.06				599				13		8.68
		Total loans			2,326,614				21,002		3.61				2,091,934				19,379		3.71
	Federal funds sold				101				-		0.10				101				-		0.10
	Interest-earning deposits				91,657				43		0.18				163,287				106		0.26
		Total interest-earning assets			2,730,723				22,468		3.29	%			2,557,307				20,900		3.27	%
Noninterest-Earning Assets:
	Cash and due from banks				6,804										6,257
	Allowance for loan losses				(20,056	)									(18,796	)
	Premises and equipment				32,256										31,975
	Other assets				63,868										62,424
		Total noninterest-earning assets			82,872										81,860
Total assets				$	2,813,595									$	2,639,167
LIABILITIES:
Interest-Bearing deposits:
	Checking			$	630,557			$	409		0.26	%		$	615,907			$	344		0.22	%
	Money markets				710,590				463		0.26				721,634				474		0.26
	Savings				113,435				14		0.05				111,604				15		0.05
	Certificates of deposit - retail				247,860				663		1.07				187,126				440		0.94
	Subtotal interest-bearing deposits				1,702,442				1,549		0.36				1,636,271				1,273		0.31
	Interest-bearing demand - brokered				240,500				185		0.31				163,000				108		0.27
	Certificates of deposit - brokered				126,404				524		1.66				131,649				540		1.64
	Total interest-bearing deposits				2,069,346				2,258		0.44				1,930,920				1,921		0.40
	Borrowings				109,639				392		1.43				90,828				384		1.69
	Capital lease obligation				10,635				128		4.81				10,752				129		4.80
	Total interest-bearing liabilities				2,189,620				2,778		0.51				2,032,500				2,434		0.48
Noninterest -bearing liabilities
	Demand deposits				366,919										380,362
	Accrued expenses and other liabilities				10,752										16,005
	Total noninterest-bearing liabilities				377,671										396,367
Shareholders' equity					246,304										210,300
	Total liabilities and shareholders' equity			$	2,813,595									$	2,639,167
Net interest income								$	19,690									$	18,466
	Net interest spread										2.78	%									2.79	%
	Net interest margin (4)										2.88	%									2.89	%

(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 35 percent federal tax rate.
(3)	Loans are stated net of unearned income and include nonaccrual loans.
(4)	Net interest income on a tax-equivalent basis as a percentage of total average interest-earning assets.

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES RECONCILIATION

Tangible book value per share and tangible equity as a percentage of tangible assets at period end are non-GAAP financial measures derived from GAAP-based amounts. We calculate tangible equity and tangible assets by excluding the balance of intangible assets from shareholders' equity and total assets, respectively. We calculate tangible book value per share by dividing tangible equity by period end common shares outstanding less restricted shares not yet vested, as compared to book value per common share, which we calculate by dividing shareholders' equity by period end common shares outstanding less restricted shares not yet vested. We calculate tangible equity as a percentage of tangible assets at period end by dividing tangible equity by tangible assets at period end. We believe that this is consistent with the treatment by bank regulatory agencies, which exclude intangible assets from the calculation of risk-based capital ratios.

The efficiency ratio is a non-GAAP measure of expense control relative to recurring revenue. We calculate the efficiency ratio by dividing total noninterest expenses as determined under GAAP, by net interest income and total noninterest income as determined under GAAP, but excluding net gains/(losses) on loans held for sale at lower of cost or fair value and excluding net gains on securities from this calculation, which we refer to below as recurring revenue. We believe that this provides one reasonable measure of core expenses relative to core revenue.

We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide information that is important to investors and that is useful in understanding our financial position, results and ratios. Our management internally assesses our performance based, in part, on these measures. However, these non-GAAP financial measures are supplemental and are not a substitute for an analysis based on GAAP measures. As other companies may use different calculations for these measures, this presentation may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures reported by other companies. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures of tangible common equity, tangible book value per share and efficiency ratio to the underlying GAAP numbers is set forth below.

Non-GAAP Financial Reconciliation
(Dollars in thousands, except share data)
		Three Months Ended
Tangible Book Value Per Share		March 31, 2015				Dec 31, 2014				Sept 30, 2014				June 30, 2014				March 31, 2014
Shareholders' equity		$	249,353			$	242,267			$	188,070			$	182,333			$	175,872
Less: Intangible assets			563				563				563				563				563
	Tangible equity		248,790				241,704				187,507				181,770				175,309
Period end shares outstanding			15,440,430				15,155,717				12,286,821				12,154,150				12,032,913
Less: Restricted shares not yet vested			429,642				345,095				382,252				376,134				368,608
Total outstanding shares			15,010,788				14,810,622				11,904,569				11,778,016				11,664,305
Tangible book value per share			16.57				16.32				15.75				15.43				15.03
Book value per share			16.61				16.36				15.80				15.48				15.08
Tangible Equity to Tangible Assets
Total Assets			2,879,457				2,702,397				2,514,521				2,400,971				2,251,485
Less: Intangible assets			563				563				563				563				563
	Tangible assets		2,878,894				2,701,834				2,513,958				2,400,408				2,250,922
Tangible equity to tangible assets			8.64	%			8.95	%			7.46	%			7.57	%			7.79	%
Equity to assets			8.66	%			8.96	%			7.48	%			7.59	%			7.81	%

		Three Months Ended
		March 31,				Dec 31,				Sept 30,				June 30,				March 31,
Efficiency Ratio		2015				2014				2014				2014				2014
Net interest income		$	19,583			$	18,352			$	17,048			$	16,923			$	15,571
Total other income			5,882				5,287				5,052				5,473				4,995
Less: (Loss)/gain on loans held for sale at lower of cost or fair value			-				(3	)			(7	)			176				-
Less: Securities gains, net			268				44				39				79				98
Total recurring revenue			25,197				23,598				22,068				22,141				20,468
Total operating expenses			15,768				15,578				14,693				14,930				14,339
Efficiency ratio			62.58	%			66.01	%			66.58	%			67.43	%			70.06	%

		Three Months Ended
		March 31,				March 31,
Efficiency Ratio		2015				2014
Net interest income		$	19,583			$	15,571
Total other income			5,882				4,995
Less: Gain on loans held for sale at lower of cost or fair value			-				-
Less: Securities gains, net			268				98
Total recurring revenue			25,197				20,468
Total operating expenses			15,768				14,339
Efficiency ratio			62.58	%			70.06	%