Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation Reports Strong Fourth Quarter Results, as Net Interest Margin Continues to Expand 

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Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (PGC) reported significant Q4 2022 financial results, with total revenue of $64.85 million, up 15% year-over-year, and net income of $20.58 million, increasing 38% from Q4 2021. Diluted EPS rose to $1.12, a 44% increase. The company benefited from a $10.8 million rise in net interest income due to improved net interest margin, although noninterest income declined due to market volatility. Total loans reached $5.30 billion, with a 9.4% increase from the prior year. The company also declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share payable on February 23, 2023.

Positive

• Net income increased by 38% year-over-year.
• Diluted EPS rose to $1.12, a 44% increase.
• Total revenue grew to $64.85 million, up 15% from the prior year.
• Net interest income improved by $10.8 million compared to Q4 2021.
• Total loans increased to $5.30 billion, reflecting 9.4% growth from the prior year.

Negative

• Decline in noninterest income due to market volatility.

Bedminster, NJ, Jan. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire -- Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select Market: PGC) (the “Company”) announces its fourth quarter 2022 results.

This earnings release should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Q4 2022 Investor Update, a copy of which is available on our website at www.pgbank.com and via a current report on Form 8-K on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov. 

The Company recorded total revenue of $64.85 million, net income of $20.58 million and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) of $1.12 for the quarter ended December 31, 2022, compared to revenue of $56.17 million, net income of $14.86 million and diluted EPS of $0.78 for the three months ended December 31, 2021.

The Company’s return on average assets, return on average equity, and return on average tangible equity totaled 1.33%, 15.73% and 17.30%, respectively, for the December 2022 quarter, reflecting significant increases from the December 2021 quarterly levels. 

The December 2022 quarter results were driven by continued improvement in net interest income and net interest margin, which improved $10.8 million and 66 basis points, when compared to the December 2021 quarter (and $2.5 million and 14 basis points when compared to the September 2022 quarter). This increase was partially offset by a decline in noninterest income, principally wealth management fee income and capital markets activity fee income, due to volatility in the markets.

Douglas L. Kennedy, President and CEO said, “Our fourth quarter results represent a fitting end to a tremendous year for our Company. The consistent improvement of net interest income throughout the year reflects the asset sensitivity of our loan portfolio, as loans continued to reprice upward in the rising rate environment. For the 2022 fiscal year, net income grew 31% and earnings per share improved by 37%. I am extremely pleased with our financial performance and look forward to the year ahead as every member of our team continues to focus on delivering the highest levels of client service and enhancing our differentiated model."

The December 2022 quarter included the following items: 1) $28,000 positive fair value adjustment on an equity security held for CRA investment purposes; 2) $275,000 gain on sale of a property; 3) $25,000 income from life insurance proceeds; 4) $200,000 expense related to accelerated restricted stock vesting related to one employee; and 5) $563,000 income tax expense (net of Federal benefit) related to the first nine months of 2022 brought about by a recent New York City nexus determination change. These items increased total revenue by $328,000, reduced net income by $469,000 and EPS by $0.03, for the December 2022 quarter.

The following are select highlights:

Peapack Private Wealth Management:

• AUM/AUA in our Peapack Private Wealth Management Division totaled $10 billion at December 31, 2022.
• Gross new business inflows for Q4 2022 totaled $295 million ($236 million managed).
•  For the year ended December 31, 2022 gross new business inflows totaled $1 billion ($741 million managed).
• Wealth Management fee income of $13.0 million for Q4 2022 comprised 20% of total revenue for the quarter.

Commercial Banking and Balance Sheet Management:

• The net interest margin ("NIM") improved by 14 basis points in Q4 2022 compared to Q3 2022 and improved 66 basis points when compared to Q4 2021.
• Noninterest-bearing demand deposits comprised 24% of total deposits as of December 31, 2022.
• Core deposits (which includes noninterest-bearing demand and interest-bearing demand, savings and money market accounts) totaled 92% of total deposits at December 31, 2022.
• Total loans were $5.30 billion at December 31, 2022 reflecting growth of $112 million (2.2% linked quarter or 8.7% annualized) when compared to $5.19 billion at September 30, 2022, and growth of $457 million (9.4%) when compared to $4.84 billion at December 31, 2021.
• Commercial & industrial lending (“C&I”) loan/lease balances comprised 42% of the total loan portfolio at December 31, 2022.
• Fee income on unused commercial lines of credit totaled $732,000 for Q4 2022.

Capital Management:

• Repurchased 140,700 shares of Company stock for a total cost of $5.2 million during Q4 2022. (930,977 shares of Company stock for a total cost of $32.7 million were repurchased during 2022).
• At December 31, 2022, Regulatory Tier 1 Leverage Ratio stood at 10.9% for Peapack-Gladstone Bank (the "Bank") and 8.9% for the Company; and Regulatory Common Equity Tier 1 Ratio (to Risk-Weighted Assets) stood at 13.5% for the Bank and 11.0% for the Company. These ratios are significantly above well capitalized standards, as capital has benefitted from strong net income generation.

SUMMARY INCOME STATEMENT DETAILS:

The following tables summarize specified financial details for the periods shown.

December 2022 Year Compared to Prior Year

		Year Ended				Year Ended
		December 31,				December 31,					Increase/
(Dollars in millions, except per share data)		2022				2021					(Decrease)
Net interest income		$	176.08			$	138.06				$	38.02				28	%
Wealth management fee income (A)			54.65				52.99					1.66				3
Capital markets activity (B)			9.25				10.62					(1.37	)			(13	)
Other income (C)			2.52				8.64					(6.12	)			(71	)
Total other income			66.42				72.25					(5.83	)			(8	)
Operating expenses (A) (D)			133.80				126.17					7.63				6
Pretax income before provision for credit losses			108.70				84.14					24.56				29
Provision for credit losses			6.35				6.48					(0.13	)			(2	)
Pretax income			102.35				77.66					24.69				32
Income tax expense/(benefit) (E)			28.10				21.04					7.06				34
Net income		$	74.25			$	56.62				$	17.63				31	%
Diluted EPS		$	4.00			$	2.93				$	1.07				37	%
Total Revenue (F)		$	242.50			$	210.31				$	32.19				15	%
Return on average assets			1.20	%			0.94	%				0.26
Return on average equity			14.02	%			10.56	%				3.46

(A) The twelve months ended December 31, 2022 included twelve months of wealth management fee income and expense related to the July 2021 acquisition of Princeton Portfolio Strategies Group, while the twelve months ended December 31, 2021 included six months.
(B) Capital markets activity includes fee income from loan level back-to-back swaps, the Small Business Association ("SBA") lending and sale program, corporate advisory and mortgage banking activities.
(C) Other income for the twelve months ended December 31, 2022 included a $6.6 million loss on sale of securities associated with a balance sheet repositioning executed in the first quarter of 2022, gain on sale of property of $275,000, income from life insurance proceeds of $25,000 and a $1.7 million negative fair value adjustment on a CRA equity security.  The December 2021 twelve months included a cost of $842,000 related to the termination of interest rate swaps; a $1.1 million gain on sale of Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") loans; $722,000 of fee income related to the referral of PPP loans to a third party; $455,000 of additional Bank Owned Life Insurance ("BOLI") income related to the receipt of life insurance proceeds; and a $432,000 negative fair value adjustment on a CRA equity security.
(D) The years ended December 2022 and 2021 each included $1.5 million of severance expense related to certain staff reorganizations within several areas of the Bank.  The year ended December 31, 2021 also included $648,000 of expense related to the redemption of subordinated debt; and $2.2 million related to a swap valuation allowance.
(E) The year ended December 31, 2022 included $750,000 of income tax expense (net of Federal benefit) related to recent approval of legislation that changed the nexus standard for New York City business tax.
(F) Total revenue equals the sum of net interest income plus total other income.

December 2022 Quarter Compared to Prior Year Quarter

		Three Months Ended					Three Months Ended
		December 31,					December 31,				Increase/
(Dollars in millions, except per share data)		2022					2021				(Decrease)
Net interest income		$	48.04				$	37.21			$	10.83				29	%
Wealth management fee income			12.98					13.96				(0.98	)			(7	)
Capital markets activity (A)			0.95					3.52				(2.57	)			(73	)
Other income (B)			2.88					1.48				1.40				95
Total other income			16.81					18.96				(2.15	)			(11	)
Operating expenses (C)			33.41					31.70				1.71				5
Pretax income before provision for credit losses			31.44					24.47				6.97				28
Provision for credit losses			1.93					3.75				(1.82	)			(49	)
Pretax income			29.51					20.72				8.79				42
Income tax expense (D)			8.93					5.86				3.07				52
Net income		$	20.58				$	14.86			$	5.72				38	%
Diluted EPS		$	1.12				$	0.78			$	0.34				44	%
Total Revenue (E)		$	64.85				$	56.17			$	8.68				15	%
Return on average assets annualized			1.33	%				0.96	%			0.37
Return on average equity annualized			15.73	%				10.94	%			4.79

(A) Capital markets activity includes fee income from loan level back-to-back swaps, the SBA lending and sale program, corporate advisory and mortgage banking activities.
(B)  Other income for the December 2022 quarter included a gain on sale of property of $275,000 and income from life insurance proceeds of $25,000. Other income for the December 2022 and 2021 quarters included a fair value adjustment on a CRA equity security of positive $28,000 and negative $139,000, respectively.
(C) The December 2022 quarter included $200,000 of expense related to accelerated vesting of restricted stock related to one employee. The December 2021 quarter included $893,000 of expense related to a swap valuation allowance.
(D) The three months ended December 31, 2022 included $750,000 of income tax expense (net of Federal benefit) related to the recent approval of legislation that changed the nexus standard for New York City business tax.   ($563,000 of that amount related to the first nine months of 2022).
(E) Total revenue equals the sum of net interest income plus total other income.

December 2022 Quarter Compared to Linked Quarter

		Three Months Ended				Three Months Ended
		December 31,				September 30,					Increase/
(Dollars in millions, except per share data)		2022				2022					(Decrease)
Net interest income		$	48.04			$	45.53				$	2.51				6	%
Wealth management fee income			12.98				12.94					0.04				0
Capital markets activity (A)			0.95				0.78					0.17				22
Other income (B)			2.88				2.66					0.22				8
Total other income			16.81				16.38					0.43				3
Operating expenses (C)			33.41				33.56					(0.15	)			(0	)
Pretax income before provision for credit losses			31.44				28.35					3.09				11
Provision for credit losses			1.93				0.60					1.33				222
Pretax income			29.51				27.75					1.76				6
Income tax expense (D)			8.93				7.62					1.31				17
Net income		$	20.58			$	20.13				$	0.45				2	%
Diluted EPS		$	1.12			$	1.09				$	0.03				3	%
Total Revenue (E)		$	64.85			$	61.91				$	2.94				5	%
Return on average assets annualized			1.33	%			1.30	%				0.03
Return on average equity annualized			15.73	%			15.21	%				0.52

(A) Capital markets activity includes fee income from loan level back-to-back swaps, the SBA lending and sale program, corporate advisory and mortgage banking activities.
(B) Other income for the December 2022 quarter included gain on sale of property of $275,000 and income from life insurance proceeds of $25,000. Other income for the December 2022 and September 2022 quarters included a fair value adjustment on a CRA equity security of positive $28,000 and negative $571,000, respectively.
(C) The December 2022 quarter included $200,000 of expense related to accelerated vesting of restricted stock related to one employee.
(D) The three months ended December 31, 2022 included $750,000 of income tax expense (net of Federal benefit) related to the recent approval of legislation that changed the nexus standard for New York City business tax.   ($563,000 of that amount related to the first nine months of 2022).
(E) Total revenue equals the sum of net interest income plus total other income.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUARTERLY DETAILS:

Peapack Private Wealth Management

AUM/AUA in the Bank’s Peapack Private Wealth Management (“PPWM”) Division totaled $10 billion at December 31, 2022.  For the December 2022 quarter, PPWM generated $12.98 million in fee income, compared to $12.94 million for the September 30, 2022 quarter and $13.96 million for the December 2021 quarter. The equity market generally improved during Q4 2022, while on a full year basis for 2022, the equity market declined nearly 20%.

John Babcock, President of Peapack Private Wealth Management noted, “Notwithstanding broad market forces that have negatively impacted both the equity and bond markets in 2022, and with economic challenges ahead, our business remains sound and we continue to attract new clients as well as additional funds from existing relationships.  In Q4 2022, total new accounts and client additions totaled $295 million ($236 million managed), which brings our 2022 total to $1 billion ($741 million managed).  As we enter 2023, our new business pipeline is healthy and we remain focused on delivering excellent service and advice to our clients as well as continuing to integrate and advance our internal operating and technology infrastructure. Our highly skilled professionals, our fiduciary powers and expertise, our financial planning capabilities and our high-touch client service model distinguishes PPWM in our market and are the drivers behind our continued growth and success.” 

Loans / Commercial Banking

Total loans were $5.30 billion at December 31, 2022, reflecting growth of $112 million (2.2% linked quarter or 8.7% annualized) when compared to $5.19 billion at September 30, 2022, and growth of $457 million (9.4%) when compared to $4.84 billion at December 31, 2021.

Total C&I loans and leases at December 31, 2022 were $2.21 billion or 42% of the total loan portfolio.

Mr. Kennedy noted, “Our loan growth has historically been strong, however, given economic uncertainty and rising interest rates, we believe loan demand will subside somewhat as we look ahead to 2023. Further, we have tightened our initial underwriting given the higher rate environment and in anticipation of a potential economic downturn. Given that, we believe we will achieve modest loan growth in 2023, resulting in mid-single digit loan growth for the coming year.”

Mr. Kennedy also noted, “We are proud to have built a leading middle market commercial banking franchise, as evidenced by our C&I Portfolio, Treasury Management services, and Corporate Advisory and SBA businesses.  Additionally, we are encouraged by the expansion into the Life Insurance Premium Finance business and believe it will prove to be a safe and profitable business line that aligns with the Company's strategy.”

Net Interest Income (NII)/Net Interest Margin (NIM)

The Company’s NII of $48.0 million and NIM of 3.12% for Q4 2022 increased $2.5 million and 14 basis points from NII of $45.5 million and NIM of 2.98%, for the linked quarter (Q3 2022) and increased $10.8 million and 66 basis points from NII of $37.2 million and NIM of 2.46% for the prior year quarter (Q4 2021). When comparing Q4 2022 to Q4 2021, the Bank benefitted from the increases in LIBOR and the Prime rate during 2022. Additionally, the Bank grew its loan portfolio at rates/spreads beneficial to NIM, while reducing lower-yielding liquidity.

Funding / Liquidity / Interest Rate Risk Management

The Company actively manages its deposit base to reduce reliance on wholesale funding, volatility, and/or operational risk.  Total deposits decreased $61 million to $5.21 billion at December 31, 2022 from $5.27 billion at December 31, 2021. The deposit outflows for the quarter and year included large relationships strategically utilizing their funds, including investing into our Wealth Management business, acquisitions, further investing in their business, and purchasing real estate and other investments. As noted previously, during the third quarter of 2022, the Company successfully migrated $287 million of interest-bearing checking into noninterest-bearing demand deposits. 

Mr. Kennedy noted, “92% of our deposits are demand, savings, or money market accounts, and our noninterest bearing deposits comprise 24% of our total deposits; both metrics reflect the core nature of our deposit base.”

At December 31, 2022, the Company’s balance sheet liquidity (investments available for sale, interest-earning deposits and cash) totaled $788.4 million (or 12% of assets).

The Company maintains backup liquidity of approximately $1.5 billion of secured available funding with the Federal Home Loan Bank and $1.8 billion of secured funding from the Federal Reserve Discount Window.  The available funding from the Federal Home Loan Bank and the Federal Reserve are secured by the Company’s loan and investment portfolios.

Income from Capital Markets Activities

Noninterest income from Capital Markets activities (detailed below) totaled $950,000 for the December 2022 quarter compared to $784,000 for the September 2022 quarter and $3.52 million for the December 2021 quarter. The December 2021 quarter results were driven by $2.18 million in Corporate Advisory income.

		Year Ended				Year Ended
		December 31,				December 31,
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)		2022				2021
Gain on loans held for sale at fair value (Mortgage banking)		$	483			$	2,194
Fee income related to loan level, back-to-back swaps			293				—
Gain on sale of SBA loans			6,765				4,939
Corporate advisory fee income			1,704				3,483
Total capital markets activity		$	9,245			$	10,616
		Three Months Ended				Three Months Ended				Three Months Ended
		December 31,				September 30,				December 31,
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)		2022				2022				2021
Gain on loans held for sale at fair value (Mortgage banking)		$	25			$	60			$	352
Fee income related to loan level, back-to-back swaps			293				—				—
Gain on sale of SBA loans			624				622				989
Corporate advisory fee income			8				102				2,180
Total capital markets activity		$	950			$	784			$	3,521

Other Noninterest Income (other than Wealth Management fee income and Income from Capital Markets Activities) 

Other noninterest income was $2.88 million for Q4 2022 compared to $2.66 million for Q3 2022 and $1.48 million for Q4 2021. Q4 2022 included $732,000 of unused line fees compared to $818,000 for Q3 2022 and $179,000 for Q4 2021. Q4 2022 included a gain on sale of property of $275,000. Additionally, Q4 2022 included $294,000 of income recorded by the Equipment Finance Division related to equipment transfers to lessees while Q3 2022 included $547,000 of such income.

Operating Expenses

The Company’s total operating expenses were $33.41 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2022, compared to $33.56 million for the September 2022 quarter and $31.70 million for the December 2021 quarter. The 2022 quarters included increased costs related to employee health insurance and corporate insurance, as well as normal annual merit increases and year-end bonuses. The December 2021 quarter included $893,000 related to a swap valuation allowance.

Mr. Kennedy noted, “While we continue to manage expenses closely and prudently, we have and will continue to invest in our existing team as the market demands in order to retain the talent we have acquired. We will also grow and expand our core wealth management and commercial banking businesses, including strategic hires and lift-outs, and invest in digital and other enhancements to further enhance the client experience.”

Income Taxes

The effective tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2022 was 30.26%, as compared to 27.47% for the September 2022 quarter and 28.31% for the quarter ended December 31, 2021.  The three months ended December 31, 2022 includes $750,000 of income tax expense (net of Federal benefit) related to the recent approval of legislation that changed the nexus standard for New York City business tax.  ($563,000 of that amount related to the first nine months of 2022).

Asset Quality / Provision for Credit Losses

Nonperforming assets (which does not include troubled debt restructured loans that are performing in accordance with their terms) were $19.1 million, or 0.30% of total assets at December 31, 2022.  Loans past due 30 to 89 days and still accruing were $7.6 million, which included a $4.5 million outstanding loan to US governmental entities. 

Criticized and classified loans totaled $107.8 million at December 31, 2022, reflecting declines from both December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2022 levels. The Company currently has no loans or leases on deferral and accruing. 

On January 1, 2022, the Company implemented Current Expected Credit Losses (“CECL”) methodology for calculating the Company’s Allowance for Credit Losses (“ACL”). The day one CECL adjustment totaled $5.5 million which resulted in a reduction to the December 31, 2021 ACL, and benefit to Capital, net of tax effect.

For the quarter ended December 31, 2022, the Company’s provision for credit losses was $1.9 million compared to $599,000 for the September 2022 quarter and $3.8 million for the December 2021 quarter. The provision for credit losses in the December 2022 quarter was driven principally by loan growth. 

At December 31, 2022, the ACL was $60.83 million (1.15% of total loans), compared to $59.68 million (1.15% of loans) at September 30, 2022. The ALLL at December 31, 2021 (before adoption of CECL) was $61.70 million (1.27% of loans). 

Capital

The Company’s capital position during the December 2022 quarter was benefitted by net income of $20.58 million which was partially offset by the repurchase of 140,700 shares through the Company’s stock repurchase program at a total cost of $5.2 million and the quarterly dividend of $896,000.

Mr. Kennedy noted, “Our tangible book value per share improved during Q4 2022 to $27.26 at December 31, 2022 from $26.10 at September 30, 2022.”

The Company’s and Bank’s regulatory capital ratios as of December 31, 2022 remain strong, and generally reflect increases from September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 levels. Where applicable, such ratios remain well above regulatory well capitalized standards.

The Company employs quarterly capital stress testing – adverse case and severely adverse case. In the most recent completed stress test (as of September 30, 2022), under the severely adverse case, and no growth scenario, the Bank remains well capitalized over a two-year stress period. With an additional stress overlay (impacting the industries most affected by the Pandemic more severely), the Bank still remains well capitalized over the two-year stress period.

On January 26, 2023, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share payable on February 23, 2023 to shareholders of record on February 9, 2023.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation is a New Jersey bank holding company with total assets of $6.4 billion and assets under management/administration of $10 billion as of December 31, 2022.  Founded in 1921, Peapack-Gladstone Bank is a commercial bank that provides innovative wealth management, commercial and retail solutions, including residential lending and online platforms, to businesses and consumers.  Peapack Private, the bank’s wealth management division, offers comprehensive financial, tax, fiduciary and investment advice and solutions to individuals, families, privately-held businesses, family offices and not-for-profit organizations, which help them to establish, maintain and expand their legacy.  Together, Peapack-Gladstone Bank and Peapack Private offer an unparalleled commitment to client service.  Visit www.pgbank.com and www.peapackprivate.com for more information.

The foregoing may contain 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:

• our ability to successfully grow our business and implement our strategic plan, including our ability to generate revenues to offset the increased personnel and other costs related to the strategic plan;
• the impact of anticipated higher operating expenses in 2023 and beyond;
• our ability to successfully integrate wealth management firm acquisitions;
• our ability to manage our growth;
• our ability to successfully integrate our expanded employee base;
• an unexpected decline in the economy, in particular in our New Jersey and New York market areas, including potential recessionary conditions;
• declines in our net interest margin caused by the interest rate environment and/or our highly competitive market;
• declines in the value in our investment portfolio;
• impact from a pandemic event on our business, operations, customers, allowance for credit losses and capital levels;
• the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and results of operation;
• higher than expected increases in our allowance for credit losses;
• higher than expected increases in loan and lease losses or in the level of delinquent, nonperforming, classified and criticized loans;
• inflation and changes in interest rates, which may adversely impact or margins and yields, reduce the fair value of our financial instruments, reduce our loan originations and lead to higher operating costs;
• 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) that may result in increased compliance costs;
• successful cyberattacks against our IT infrastructure and that of our IT and third-party providers;
• higher than expected FDIC insurance premiums;
• adverse weather conditions;
• the current or anticipated impact of military conflict, terrorism or other geopolitical events;
• our inability to successfully generate new business in new geographic markets;
• a 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;
• our inability to retain key employees;
• demands for loans and deposits in our market areas;
• adverse changes in securities markets;
• changes in governmental regulation, including, but not limited to, any increase in FDIC insurance premiums and changes in the monetary policies of the U.S. Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;
• changes in accounting policies and practices; 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, 2021.  We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the Company’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.

Contact:

Frank A. Cavallaro, SEVP and CFO

Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation

T: 908-306-8933

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PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
(Dollars in Thousands, except share data)
 (Unaudited)

		For the Three Months Ended
		Dec 31,				Sept 30,				June 30,				March 31,				Dec 31,
		2022				2022				2022				2022				2021
Income Statement Data:
Interest income		$	64,202			$	55,013			$	48,520			$	44,140			$	42,075
Interest expense			16,162				9,488				5,627				4,518				4,863
Net interest income			48,040				45,525				42,893				39,622				37,212
Wealth management fee income			12,983				12,943				13,891				14,834				13,962
Service charges and fees			1,150				1,060				1,063				952				996
Bank owned life insurance			321				299				310				313				308
Gain on loans held for sale at fair value    (Mortgage banking) (A)			25				60				151				247				352
Gain/(loss) on loans held for sale at lower of cost or    fair value			—				—				—				—				(265	)
Fee income related to loan level, back-to-back    swaps (A)			293				—				—				—				—
Gain on sale of SBA loans (A)			624				622				2,675				2,844				989
Corporate advisory fee income (A)			8				102				33				1,561				2,180
Other income			1,380				1,868				860				1,254				581
Loss on securities sale, net (B)			—				—				—				(6,609	)			—
Fair value adjustment for CRA equity security			28				(571	)			(475	)			(682	)			(139	)
Total other income			16,812				16,383				18,508				14,714				18,964
Salaries and employee benefits (C)			22,489				22,656				21,882				22,449				20,105
Premises and equipment			4,898				4,534				4,640				4,647				4,519
FDIC insurance expense			455				510				503				471				402
Swap valuation allowance			—				—				—				673				893
Other expenses			5,570				5,860				5,634				5,929				5,785
Total operating expenses			33,412				33,560				32,659				34,169				31,704
Pretax income before provision for credit losses			31,440				28,348				28,742				20,167				24,472
Provision for credit losses (D)			1,930				599				1,449				2,375				3,750
Income before income taxes			29,510				27,749				27,293				17,792				20,722
Income tax expense (E)			8,931				7,623				7,193				4,351				5,867
Net income		$	20,579			$	20,126			$	20,100			$	13,441			$	14,855
Total revenue (F)		$	64,852			$	61,908			$	61,401			$	54,336			$	56,176
Per Common Share Data:
Earnings per share (basic)		$	1.15			$	1.11			$	1.10			$	0.73			$	0.80
Earnings per share (diluted)			1.12				1.09				1.08				0.71				0.78
Weighted average number of common    shares outstanding:
Basic			17,915,058				18,072,385				18,325,605				18,339,013				18,483,268
Diluted			18,382,193				18,420,661				18,637,340				18,946,683				19,070,594
Performance Ratios:
Return on average assets annualized (ROAA)			1.33	%			1.30	%			1.30	%			0.87	%			0.96	%
Return on average equity annualized (ROAE)			15.73	%			15.21	%			15.43	%			9.88	%			10.94	%
Return on average tangible common equity annualized (ROATCE) (G)			17.30	%			16.73	%			17.00	%			10.85	%			12.03	%
Net interest margin (tax-equivalent basis)			3.12	%			2.98	%			2.83	%			2.69	%			2.46	%
GAAP efficiency ratio (H)			51.52	%			54.21	%			53.19	%			62.88	%			56.44	%
Operating expenses / average assets annualized			2.15	%			2.17	%			2.11	%			2.22	%			2.05	%

(A) Gain on loans held for sale at fair value (mortgage banking), fee income related to loan level, back-to-back swaps, gain on sale of SBA loans and corporate advisory fee income are all included in “capital markets activity” as referred to within the earnings release.
(B) Loss on sale of securities was a result of a balance sheet repositioning employed in the March 2022 quarter.
(C) The March 2022 quarter included $1.5 million of severance expense related to corporate restructuring.
(D) Commencing on January 1, 2022, the allowance calculation is based on the CECL methodology.  Prior to January 1, 2022, the calculation was based on the incurred loss methodology.
(E) The three months ended December 31, 2022 included $750,000 income tax expense (net federal benefit) related to the twelve months of 2022 brought about by a recent New York City nexus determination change which included $563,000 from prior quarters.
(F) Total revenue equals the sum of net interest income plus total other income.
(G) Return on average tangible common equity is calculated by dividing tangible common equity by annualized net income.  See Non-GAAP financial measures reconciliation included in these tables.
(H) Calculated as total operating expenses as a percentage of total revenue.  For Non-GAAP efficiency ratio, see the Non-GAAP financial measures reconciliation included in these tables.

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
(Dollars in Thousands, except share data)
(Unaudited)

		For the Twelve Months Ended
		December 31,								Change
		2022				2021				$				%
Income Statement Data:
Interest income		$	211,875			$	160,067			$	51,808				32	%
Interest expense			35,795				22,006				13,789				63	%
Net interest income			176,080				138,061				38,019				28	%
Wealth management fee income			54,651				52,987				1,664				3	%
Service charges and fees			4,225				3,697				528				14	%
Bank owned life insurance			1,243				1,696				(453	)			-27	%
Gain on loans held for sale at fair value (Mortgage banking) (A)			483				2,194				(1,711	)			-78	%
Gain on loans held for sale at lower of cost or fair value (B)			—				1,142				(1,142	)			-100	%
Fee income related to loan level, back-to-back swaps (A)			293				—				293			N/A
Gain on sale of SBA loans (A)			6,765				4,939				1,826				37	%
Corporate advisory fee income (A)			1,704				3,483				(1,779	)			-51	%
Loss on swap termination			—				(842	)			842				-100	%
Other income			5,362				3,379				1,983				59	%
Loss on securities sale, net (C)			(6,609	)			—				(6,609	)		N/A
Fair value adjustment for CRA equity security			(1,700	)			(432	)			(1,268	)			294	%
Total other income			66,417				72,243				(5,826	)			-8	%
Salaries and employee benefits (D)			89,476				81,864				7,612				9	%
Premises and equipment			18,719				17,165				1,554				9	%
FDIC insurance expense			1,939				2,071				(132	)			-6	%
Swap valuation allowance			673				2,243				(1,570	)			-70	%
Other expenses			22,993				22,824				169				1	%
Total operating expenses			133,800				126,167				7,633				6	%
Pretax income before provision for credit losses			108,697				84,137				24,560				29	%
Provision for credit losses (E)			6,353				6,475				(122	)			-2	%
Income before income taxes			102,344				77,662				24,682				32	%
Income tax expense (F)			28,098				21,040				7,058				34	%
Net income		$	74,246			$	56,622			$	17,624				31	%
Total revenue (G)		$	242,497			$	210,304			$	32,193				15	%
Per Common Share Data:
Earnings per share (basic)		$	4.09			$	3.01			$	1.08				36	%
Earnings per share (diluted)			4.00				2.93				1.07				37	%
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic			18,161,605				18,788,679				(627,074	)			-3	%
Diluted			18,568,098				19,292,602				(724,504	)			-4	%
Performance Ratios:
Return on average assets (ROAA)			1.20	%			0.94	%			0.26	%			28	%
Return on average equity (ROAE)			14.02	%			10.56	%			3.46	%			33	%
Return on average tangible common equity (ROATCE) (H)			15.43	%			11.56	%			3.87	%			33	%
Net interest margin (tax-equivalent basis)			2.91	%			2.38	%			0.53	%			22	%
GAAP efficiency ratio (I)			55.18	%			59.99	%			(4.81	)%			-8	%
Operating expenses / average assets			2.16	%			2.10	%			0.06	%			3	%

(A) Gain on loans held for sale at fair value (mortgage banking), fee income related to loan level, back-to-back swaps, gain on sale of SBA loans and corporate advisory fee income are all included in “capital markets activity” as referred to within the earnings release.
(B) Includes gain on sale of $57 million of PPP loans completed in the twelve months ended December 31, 2021.
(C) Loss on sale of securities was a result of a balance sheet repositioning employed in the March 2022 quarter.
(D) The twelve months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 each included $1.5 million of severance expense related to corporate restructuring.
(E) Commencing on January 1, 2022, the allowance calculation is based on the CECL methodology.  Prior to January 1, 2022, the calculation was based on the incurred loss methodology.
(F)The twelve months ended December 31, 2022 included $750,000 income tax expense (net federal benefit) brought about by a recent New York City nexus determination.
(G) Total revenue equals the sum of net interest income plus total other income.
(H) Return on average tangible common equity is calculated by dividing tangible common equity by annualized net income.  See Non-GAAP financial measures reconciliation included in these tables.
(I) Calculated as total operating expenses as a percentage of total revenue.  For Non-GAAP efficiency ratio, see the Non-GAAP financial measures reconciliation included in these tables.

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CONDITION
(Dollars in Thousands)
(Unaudited)

		As of
		Dec 31,				Sept 30,				June 30,				March 31,				Dec 31,
		2022				2022				2022				2022				2021
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks		$	5,937			$	5,066			$	6,203			$	8,849			$	5,929
Federal funds sold			—				—				—				—				—
Interest-earning deposits			184,138				103,214				147,222				105,111				140,875
Total cash and cash equivalents			190,075				108,280				153,425				113,960				146,804
Securities available for sale			554,648				497,880				556,791				601,163				796,753
Securities held to maturity			102,291				103,551				105,048				106,816				108,680
CRA equity security, at fair value			12,985				12,957				13,528				14,003				14,685
FHLB and FRB stock, at cost (A)			30,672				14,986				13,710				18,570				12,950
Residential mortgage			525,756				519,088				512,341				513,289				501,340
Multifamily mortgage			1,863,915				1,856,675				1,876,783				1,850,097				1,595,866
Commercial mortgage			624,625				638,903				657,812				669,899				662,626
Commercial and industrial loans			2,213,762				2,099,917				2,048,474				2,041,720				2,009,252
Consumer loans			38,014				37,412				37,675				35,322				33,687
Home equity lines of credit			34,496				36,375				36,023				38,604				40,803
Other loans			304				259				236				226				238
Total loans			5,300,872				5,188,629				5,169,344				5,149,157				4,843,812
Less: Allowances for credit losses (B)			60,829				59,683				59,022				58,386				61,697
Net loans			5,240,043				5,128,946				5,110,322				5,090,771				4,782,115
Premises and equipment			23,831				23,781				22,804				22,960				23,044
Other real estate owned			116				116				116				—				—
Accrued interest receivable			25,157				17,816				23,468				22,890				21,589
Bank owned life insurance			47,147				47,072				46,944				46,805				46,663
Goodwill and other intangible assets			47,333				47,698				48,082				48,471				48,902
Finance lease right-of-use assets			2,835				3,021				3,209				3,395				3,582
Operating lease right-of-use assets			12,873				13,404				14,192				14,725				9,775
Due from brokers (C)			—				—				—				120,245				—
Other assets (D)			63,587				67,753				39,528				30,890				62,451
TOTAL ASSETS		$	6,353,593			$	6,087,261			$	6,151,167			$	6,255,664			$	6,077,993
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits		$	1,246,066			$	1,317,954			$	1,043,225			$	1,023,208			$	956,482
Interest-bearing demand deposits			2,143,611				2,149,629				2,456,988				2,362,987				2,287,894
Savings			157,338				166,821				168,441				162,116				154,914
Money market accounts			1,228,234				1,178,112				1,217,516				1,304,017				1,307,051
Certificates of deposit – Retail			318,573				345,047				375,387				384,909				409,608
Certificates of deposit – Listing Service			25,358				30,647				31,348				31,348				31,382
Subtotal “customer” deposits			5,119,180				5,188,210				5,292,905				5,268,585				5,147,331
IB Demand – Brokered			60,000				85,000				85,000				85,000				85,000
Certificates of deposit – Brokered			25,984				25,974				25,963				33,831				33,818
Total deposits			5,205,164				5,299,184				5,403,868				5,387,416				5,266,149
Short-term borrowings			379,530				32,369				—				122,085				—
Finance lease liability			4,696				5,003				5,305				5,573				5,820
Operating lease liability			13,704				14,101				14,756				15,155				10,111
Subordinated debt, net			132,987				132,916				132,844				132,772				132,701
Other liabilities (D)			84,532				88,174				74,070				69,237				116,824
TOTAL LIABILITIES			5,820,613				5,571,747				5,630,843				5,732,238				5,531,605
Shareholders’ equity			532,980				515,514				520,324				523,426				546,388
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY		$	6,353,593			$	6,087,261			$	6,151,167			$	6,255,664			$	6,077,993
Assets under management and / or administration at    Peapack-Gladstone Bank’s Private Wealth Management    Division (market value, not included above-dollars in billions)		$	9.9			$	9.3			$	9.5			$	10.7			$	11.1

(A) FHLB means "Federal Home Loan Bank" and FRB means "Federal Reserve Bank."
(B) Commencing on January 1, 2022, the allowance calculation is based on the CECL methodology.  Prior to January 1, 2022, the calculation was based on the incurred loss methodology.
(C) Includes $120 million due from FHLB related to securities sales at March 31, 2022.  The $120 million received on April 1, 2022, was used to reduce short term borrowings.
(D) The change in other assets and other liabilities was primarily due to the change in the fair value of our back-to-back swap program.

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
SELECTED BALANCE SHEET DATA
(Dollars in Thousands)
(Unaudited)

		As of
		Dec 31,				Sept 30,				June 30,				March 31,				Dec 31,
		2022				2022				2022				2022				2021
Asset Quality:
Loans past due over 90 days and still accruing		$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—
Nonaccrual loans			18,974				15,724				15,078				15,884				15,573
Other real estate owned			116				116				116				—				—
Total nonperforming assets		$	19,090			$	15,840			$	15,194			$	15,884			$	15,573
Nonperforming loans to total loans			0.36	%			0.30	%			0.29	%			0.31	%			0.32	%
Nonperforming assets to total assets			0.30	%			0.26	%			0.25	%			0.25	%			0.26	%
Performing TDRs (A)(B)		$	965			$	2,761			$	2,272			$	2,375			$	2,479
Loans past due 30 through 89 days and still accruing (C)		$	7,592			$	7,248			$	3,126			$	606			$	8,606
Loans subject to special mention		$	64,842			$	82,107			$	98,787			$	110,252			$	116,490
Classified loans		$	42,985			$	27,507			$	27,167			$	47,386			$	50,702
Impaired loans		$	16,486			$	13,047			$	13,227			$	16,147			$	18,052
Allowance for credit losses ("ACL"):
Beginning of quarter		$	59,683			$	59,022			$	58,386			$	61,697			$	65,133
Day one CECL adjustment			—				—				—				(5,536	)			—
Provision for credit losses (D)			2,103				665				646				2,489				3,750
(Charge-offs)/recoveries, net (E)			(957	)			(4	)			(10	)			(264	)			(7,186	)
End of quarter		$	60,829			$	59,683			$	59,022			$	58,386			$	61,697
ACL to nonperforming loans			320.59	%			379.57	%			391.44	%			367.58	%			396.18	%
ACL to total loans			1.15	%			1.15	%			1.14	%			1.13	%			1.27	%
General ACL to total loans (F)			1.12	%			1.10	%			1.09	%			1.09	%			1.19	%

(A) Amounts reflect troubled debt restructurings (“TDRs”) that are paying according to restructured terms.
(B) Excludes TDRs included in nonaccrual loans in the following amounts:  $13.4 million at December 31, 2022; $12.9 million at September 30, 2022; $13.5 million at June 30, 2022; $13.6 million at March 31, 2022; and $1.1 million at December 31, 2021.
(C) Includes $4.5 million outstanding to U.S. governmental entities at December 31, 2022.
(D) Commencing on January 1, 2022, the allowance calculation is based on the CECL methodology.  Prior to January 1, 2022, the calculation was based on the incurred loss methodology. Provision to roll forward the ACL excludes a credit of $173,000 at December 31, 2022, a credit of $66,000 at September 30, 2022, a provision of $803,000 at June 30, 2022 and a credit of $114,000 at March 31, 2022 related to off-balance sheet commitments.
(E) Net charge-offs for the quarter ended December 31, 2022 included a charge-off of $1.2 million of a previously established specific reserve on one commercial real estate loan.
(F) Total ACL less specific reserves equals general ACL.

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
SELECTED BALANCE SHEET DATA
(Dollars in Thousands)
(Unaudited)

		As of
		December 31,						September 30,						December 31,
		2022						2022						2021
Capital Adequacy
Equity to total assets (A)					8.39	%					8.47	%					8.99	%
Tangible equity to tangible assets (B)					7.70	%					7.75	%					8.25	%
Book value per share (C)				$	29.92					$	28.77					$	29.70
Tangible book value per share (D)				$	27.26					$	26.10					$	27.05
Tangible equity to tangible assets excluding other comprehensive loss*					8.77	%					8.88	%					8.44	%
Tangible book value per share excluding other comprehensive loss*				$	31.43					$	30.29					$	27.72

*Excludes other comprehensive loss of $74.2 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2022, $75.0 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, and $12.4 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2021.  See Non-GAAP financial measures reconciliation included in these tables.

		As of
		December 31,								September 30,								December 31,
		2022								2022								2021
Regulatory Capital – Holding Company
Tier I leverage		$	557,627			8.90%				$	540,464				8.70%			$	508,231				8.29%
Tier I capital to risk-weighted assets			557,627			11.02				540,464				10.86				508,231				10.62
Common equity tier I capital ratio    to risk-weighted assets			557,609			11.02				540,440				10.86				508,207				10.62
Tier I & II capital to risk-weighted assets			745,197			14.73				733,988				14.74				700,790				14.64
Regulatory Capital – Bank
Tier I leverage (E)		$	680,138			10.85%				$	670,717				10.79%			$	612,762				9.99%
Tier I capital to risk-weighted assets (F)			680,137			13.45				670,717				13.48				612,762				12.80
Common equity tier I capital ratio    to risk-weighted assets (G)			680,119			13.45				670,693				13.48				612,738				12.80
Tier I & II capital to risk-weighted assets (H)			741,719			14.67				731,325				14.69				672,614				14.05

(A) Equity to total assets is calculated as total shareholders’ equity as a percentage of total assets at quarter end.
(B) Tangible equity and tangible assets are calculated by excluding the balance of intangible assets from shareholders’ equity and total assets, respectively. Tangible equity as a percentage of tangible assets at quarter end is calculated by dividing tangible equity by tangible assets at quarter end.  See Non-GAAP financial measures reconciliation included in these tables.
(C) Book value per common share is calculated by dividing shareholders’ equity by quarter end common shares outstanding.
(D) Tangible book value per share excludes intangible assets.  Tangible book value per share is calculated by dividing tangible equity by quarter end common shares outstanding.  See Non-GAAP financial measures reconciliation tables.
(E) Regulatory well capitalized standard (including capital conservation buffer) = 4.00% ($251 million)
(F) Regulatory well capitalized standard (including capital conservation buffer) = 8.50% ($430 million)
(G) Regulatory well capitalized standard (including capital conservation buffer) = 7.00% ($354 million)
(H) Regulatory well capitalized standard (including capital conservation buffer) = 10.50% ($531 million)

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
LOANS CLOSED
(Dollars in Thousands)
(Unaudited)

		For the Quarters Ended
		Dec 31,				Sept 30,				June 30,				March 31,				Dec 31,
		2022				2022				2022				2022				2021
Residential loans retained		$	28,051			$	17,885			$	35,172			$	41,547			$	22,953
Residential loans sold			1,840				4,898				9,886				15,669				20,694
Total residential loans			29,891				22,783				45,058				57,216				43,647
Commercial real estate			6,747				7,320				13,960				25,575				16,134
Multifamily			37,500				4,000				74,564				265,650				162,740
Commercial (C&I) loans/leases (A) (B)			238,568				251,249				332,801				143,029				341,886
SBA			17,431				5,682				10,534				26,093				27,630
Wealth lines of credit (A)			7,700				4,450				12,575				9,400				7,500
Total commercial loans			307,946				272,701				444,434				469,747				555,890
Installment loans			1,845				1,253				100				131				94
Home equity lines of credit (A)			3,815				5,614				3,897				1,341				5,359
Total loans closed		$	343,497			$	302,351			$	493,489			$	528,435			$	604,990

		For the Twelve Months Ended
		Dec 31,				Dec 31,
		2022				2021
Residential loans retained		$	122,655			$	112,695
Residential loans sold			32,293				116,040
Total residential loans			154,948				228,735
Commercial real estate			53,602				81,684
Multifamily			381,714				624,285
Commercial (C&I) loans (A) (B)			965,647				755,433
SBA (C)			59,740				113,906
Wealth lines of credit (A)			34,125				23,195
Total commercial loans			1,494,828				1,598,503
Installment loans			3,329				360
Home equity lines of credit (A)			14,667				13,933
Total loans closed		$	1,667,772			$	1,841,531

(A) Includes loans and lines of credit that closed in the period but not necessarily funded.
(B) Includes equipment finance.
(C) Includes PPP loans of $56 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021.

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET
(Tax-Equivalent Basis, Dollars in Thousands)
(Unaudited)

		For the Three Months Ended
		December 31, 2022												December 31, 2021
		Average				Income/								Average				Income/
		Balance				Expense				Yield				Balance				Expense				Yield
ASSETS:
Interest-earning assets:
Investments:
Taxable (A)		$	761,164			$	3,859				2.03	%		$	885,390			$	3,104				1.40	%
Tax-exempt (A) (B)			1,999				20				4.00				5,443				54				3.97
Loans (B) (C):
Mortgages			516,721				4,017				3.11				510,562				3,799				2.98
Commercial mortgages			2,497,847				25,007				4.00				2,209,160				17,708				3.21
Commercial			2,136,355				29,314				5.49				1,826,640				16,660				3.65
Commercial construction			4,213				68				6.46				20,426				176				3.45
Installment			36,648				496				5.41				33,400				253				3.03
Home equity			36,067				550				6.10				41,955				346				3.30
Other			292				8				10.96				270				6				8.89
Total loans			5,228,143				59,460				4.55				4,642,413				38,948				3.36
Federal funds sold			—				—				—				—				—				—
Interest-earning deposits			161,573				1,258				3.11				513,650				178				0.14
Total interest-earning assets			6,152,879				64,597				4.20	%			6,046,896				42,284				2.80	%
Noninterest-earning assets:
Cash and due from banks			6,723												11,517
Allowance for credit losses			(60,070	)											(65,542	)
Premises and equipment			23,682												23,117
Other assets			83,641												182,154
Total noninterest-earning assets			53,976												151,246
Total assets		$	6,206,855											$	6,198,142
LIABILITIES:
Interest-bearing deposits:
Checking		$	2,222,130			$	9,165				1.65	%		$	2,321,970			$	1,327				0.23	%
Money markets			1,246,179				3,438				1.10				1,290,334				678				0.21
Savings			161,569				12				0.03				152,570				20				0.05
Certificates of deposit – retail			360,589				922				1.02				453,127				725				0.64
Subtotal interest-bearing deposits			3,990,467				13,537				1.36				4,218,001				2,750				0.26
Interest-bearing demand – brokered			81,739				497				2.43				85,000				387				1.82
Certificates of deposit – brokered			25,979				210				3.23				33,810				267				3.16
Total interest-bearing deposits			4,098,185				14,244				1.39				4,336,811				3,404				0.31
Borrowings			43,710				497				4.55				25,890				25				0.39
Capital lease obligation			4,803				58				4.83				5,913				71				4.80
Subordinated debt			132,947				1,363				4.10				132,659				1,363				4.11
Total interest-bearing liabilities			4,279,645				16,162				1.51	%			4,501,273				4,863				0.43	%
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
Demand deposits			1,303,432												1,042,477
Accrued expenses and other liabilities			100,372												111,357
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities			1,403,804												1,153,834
Shareholders’ equity			523,406												543,035
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$	6,206,855											$	6,198,142
Net interest income						$	48,435											$	37,421
Net interest spread											2.69	%											2.37	%
Net interest margin (D)											3.12	%											2.46	%

(A) Average balances for available for sale securities are based on amortized cost.
(B) Interest income is presented on a tax-equivalent basis using a 21% federal tax rate.
(C) Loans are stated net of unearned income and include nonaccrual loans.
(D) Net interest income on a tax-equivalent basis as a percentage of total average interest-earning assets.

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET
(Tax-Equivalent Basis, Dollars in Thousands)
(Unaudited)

		For the Three Months Ended
		December 31, 2022												September 30, 2022
		Average				Income/								Average				Income/
		Balance				Expense				Yield				Balance				Expense				Yield
ASSETS:
Interest-earning assets:
Investments:
Taxable (A)		$	761,164			$	3,859				2.03	%		$	754,180			$	2,853				1.51	%
Tax-exempt (A) (B)			1,999				20				4.00				3,226				30				3.72
Loans (B) (C):
Mortgages			516,721				4,017				3.11				513,864				3,861				3.01
Commercial mortgages			2,497,847				25,007				4.00				2,510,616				23,121				3.68
Commercial			2,136,355				29,314				5.49				2,016,590				23,362				4.63
Commercial construction			4,213				68				6.46				12,073				143				4.74
Installment			36,648				496				5.41				38,338				399				4.16
Home equity			36,067				550				6.10				36,706				451				4.91
Other			292				8				10.96				263				7				10.65
Total loans			5,228,143				59,460				4.55				5,128,450				51,344				4.00
Federal funds sold			—				—				—				—				—				—
Interest-earning deposits			161,573				1,258				3.11				232,158				1,162				2.00
Total interest-earning assets			6,152,879				64,597				4.20	%			6,118,014				55,389				3.62	%
Noninterest-earning assets:
Cash and due from banks			6,723												8,296
Allowance for credit losses			(60,070	)											(59,464	)
Premises and equipment			23,682												23,580
Other assets			83,641												97,583
Total noninterest-earning assets			53,976												69,995
Total assets		$	6,206,855											$	6,188,009
LIABILITIES:
Interest-bearing deposits:
Checking		$	2,222,130			$	9,165				1.65	%		$	2,408,206			$	5,127				0.85	%
Money markets			1,246,179				3,438				1.10				1,237,975				1,557				0.50
Savings			161,569				12				0.03				168,281				5				0.01
Certificates of deposit – retail			360,589				922				1.02				391,340				791				0.81
Subtotal interest-bearing deposits			3,990,467				13,537				1.36				4,205,802				7,480				0.71
Interest-bearing demand – brokered			81,739				497				2.43				85,000				345				1.62
Certificates of deposit – brokered			25,979				210				3.23				25,968				210				3.23
Total interest-bearing deposits			4,098,185				14,244				1.39				4,316,770				8,035				0.74
Borrowings			43,710				497				4.55				3,810				29				3.04
Capital lease obligation			4,803				58				4.83				5,106				61				4.78
Subordinated debt			132,947				1,363				4.10				132,874				1,363				4.10
Total interest-bearing liabilities			4,279,645				16,162				1.51	%			4,458,560				9,488				0.85	%
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
Demand deposits			1,303,432												1,116,843
Accrued expenses and other liabilities			100,372												83,446
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities			1,403,804												1,200,289
Shareholders’ equity			523,406												529,160
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$	6,206,855											$	6,188,009
Net interest income						$	48,435											$	45,901
Net interest spread											2.69	%											2.77	%
Net interest margin (D)											3.12	%											2.98	%

(A) Average balances for available for sale securities are based on amortized cost.
(B) Interest income is presented on a tax-equivalent basis using a 21% federal tax rate.
(C) Loans are stated net of unearned income and include nonaccrual loans.
(D) Net interest income on a tax-equivalent basis as a percentage of total average interest-earning assets.

PEAPACK-GLADSTONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
AVERAGE BALANCE SHEET
(Tax-Equivalent Basis, Dollars in Thousands)
(Unaudited)

		For the Twelve Months Ended
		December 31, 2022												December 31, 2021
		Average				Income/								Average				Income/
		Balance				Expense				Yield				Balance				Expense				Yield
ASSETS:
Interest-earning assets:
Investments:
Taxable (A)		$	803,982			$	13,854				1.72	%		$	838,174			$	11,577				1.38	%
Tax-exempt (A) (B)			3,521				137				3.89				6,579				296				4.50
Loans (B) (C):
Mortgages			513,189				15,165				2.96				503,616				15,359				3.05
Commercial mortgages			2,478,891				87,488				3.53				2,032,318				63,298				3.11
Commercial			2,046,735				90,225				4.41				1,881,683				66,652				3.54
Commercial construction			12,600				533				4.23				20,420				692				3.39
Installment			36,685				1,447				3.94				34,390				1,030				3.00
Home equity			37,755				1,656				4.39				44,735				1,479				3.31
Other			274				26				9.49				247				21				8.50
Total loans			5,126,129				196,540				3.83				4,517,409				148,531				3.29
Federal funds sold			—				—				—				48				—				0.13
Interest-earning deposits			171,491				2,763				1.61				477,477				545				0.11
Total interest-earning assets			6,105,123				213,294				3.49	%			5,839,687				160,949				2.76	%
Noninterest-earning assets:
Cash and due from banks			8,046												10,396
Allowance for credit losses			(60,037	)											(67,075	)
Premises and equipment			23,312												23,094
Other assets			111,893												197,893
Total noninterest-earning assets			83,214												164,308
Total assets		$	6,188,337											$	6,003,995
LIABILITIES:
Interest-bearing deposits:
Checking		$	2,363,412			$	17,861				0.76	%		$	2,078,658			$	4,426				0.21	%
Money markets			1,253,032				6,113				0.49				1,260,865				2,882				0.23
Savings			162,396				26				0.02				146,210				75				0.05
Certificates of deposit – retail			397,128				2,971				0.75				483,889				4,058				0.84
Subtotal interest-bearing deposits			4,175,968				26,971				0.65				3,969,622				11,441				0.29
Interest-bearing demand – brokered			84,178				1,579				1.88				96,301				1,721				1.79
Certificates of deposit – brokered			29,778				942				3.16				33,790				1,058				3.13
Total interest-bearing deposits			4,289,924				29,492				0.69				4,099,713				14,220				0.35
Borrowings			26,631				600				2.25				110,077				473				0.43
Capital lease obligation			5,241				250				4.77				6,260				300				4.79
Subordinated debt			132,839				5,453				4.10				156,888				7,013				4.47
Total interest-bearing liabilities			4,454,635				35,795				0.80	%			4,372,938				22,006				0.50	%
Noninterest-bearing liabilities:
Demand deposits			1,107,943												959,912
Accrued expenses and other liabilities			96,331												134,948
Total noninterest-bearing liabilities			1,204,274												1,094,860
Shareholders’ equity			529,428												536,197
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity		$	6,188,337											$	6,003,995
Net interest income						$	177,499											$	138,943
Net interest spread											2.69	%											2.26	%
Net interest margin (D)											2.91	%											2.38	%

(A) Average balances for available for sale securities are based on amortized cost.
(B) Interest income is presented on a tax-equivalent basis using a 21% federal tax rate.
(C) Loans are stated net of unearned income and include nonaccrual loans.
(D) 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 common shares outstanding, as compared to book value per common share, which we calculate by dividing shareholders’ equity by common shares outstanding at period end.  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, excluding other real estate owned provision, 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 a reasonable measure of core expenses relative to core revenue.

We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide information that is important to investors and useful in understanding our financial position, results and ratios because 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 titles 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.

(Dollars in thousands, except share data)

		Three Months Ended
		Dec 31,				Sept 30,				June 30,				March  31,				Dec 31,
Tangible Book Value Per Share		2022				2022				2022				2022				2021
Shareholders’ equity		$	532,980			$	515,514			$	520,324			$	523,426			$	546,388
Less:  Intangible assets, net			47,333				47,698				48,082				48,471				48,902
Tangible equity		$	485,647			$	467,816			$	472,242			$	474,955			$	497,486
Less: other comprehensive loss			(74,211	)			(74,983	)			(58,727	)			(40,938	)			(12,374	)
Tangible equity excluding other comprehensive loss		$	559,858			$	542,799			$	530,969			$	515,893			$	509,860
Period end shares outstanding			17,813,451				17,920,571				18,190,009				18,370,312				18,393,888
Tangible book value per share		$	27.26			$	26.10			$	25.96			$	25.85			$	27.05
Tangible book value per share excluding other comprehensive loss		$	31.43			$	30.29			$	29.19			$	28.08			$	27.72
Book value per share			29.92				28.77				28.60				28.49				29.70
Tangible Equity to Tangible Assets
Total assets		$	6,353,593			$	6,087,261			$	6,151,167			$	6,255,664			$	6,077,993
Less: Intangible assets, net			47,333				47,698				48,082				48,471				48,902
Tangible assets		$	6,306,260			$	6,039,563			$	6,103,085			$	6,207,193			$	6,029,091
Less: other comprehensive loss			(74,211	)			(74,983	)			(58,727	)			(40,938	)			(12,374	)
Tangible assets excluding other comprehensive loss		$	6,380,471			$	6,114,546			$	6,161,812			$	6,248,131			$	6,041,465
Tangible equity to tangible assets			7.70	%			7.75	%			7.74	%			7.65	%			8.25	%
Tangible equity to tangible assets excluding other comprehensive loss			8.77	%			8.88	%			8.62	%			8.26	%			8.44	%
Equity to assets			8.39	%			8.47	%			8.46	%			8.37	%			8.99	%

		Three Months Ended
		Dec 31,				Sept 30,				June 30,				March 31,				Dec 31,
Return on Average Tangible Equity		2022				2022				2022				2022				2021
Net income		$	20,579			$	20,126			$	20,100			$	13,441			$	14,855
Average shareholders’ equity		$	523,406			$	529,160			$	521,197			$	544,179			$	543,035
Less:  Average intangible assets, net			47,531				47,922				48,291				48,717				49,151
Average tangible equity		$	475,875			$	481,238			$	472,906			$	495,462			$	493,884
Return on average tangible common equity			17.30	%			16.73	%			17.00	%			10.85	%			12.03	%

		For the Twelve Months Ended
		Dec 31,				Dec 31,
Return on Average Tangible Equity		2022				2021
Net income		$	74,246			$	56,622
Average shareholders’ equity		$	529,428			$	536,197
Less:  Average intangible assets, net			48,111				46,275
Average tangible equity			481,317				489,922
Return on average tangible common equity			15.43	%			11.56	%

		Three Months Ended
		Dec 31,				Sept 30,				June 30,				March 31,				Dec 31,
Efficiency Ratio		2022				2022				2022				2022				2021
Net interest income		$	48,040			$	45,525			$	42,893			$	39,622			$	37,212
Total other income			16,812				16,383				18,508				14,714				18,964
Add:
Fair value adjustment for CRA equity security			(28	)			571				475				682				139
Less:
Loss/(gain) on loans held for sale
at lower of cost or fair value			—				—				—				—				265
Loss on securities sale, net			—				—				—				6,609				—
Gain on sale of property			(275	)			—				—				—				—
Income from life insurance proceeds			(25	)			—				—				—				—
Total recurring revenue			64,524				62,479				61,876				61,627				56,580
Operating expenses			33,412				33,560				32,659				34,169				31,704
Less:
Swap valuation allowance			—				—				—				673				893
Severance expense			—				—				—				1,476				—
Total operating expense			33,412				33,560				32,659				32,020				30,811
Efficiency ratio			51.78	%			53.71	%			52.78	%			51.96	%			54.46	%

		For the Twelve Months Ended
		Dec 31,				Dec 31,
Efficiency Ratio		2022				2021
Net interest income		$	176,080			$	138,061
Total other income			66,417				72,243
Add:
Fair value adjustment for CRA equity security			1,700				432
Less:
Loss on swap termination			—				842
Income from life insurance proceeds			—				(455	)
Loss/(gain) on loans held for sale
at lower of cost or fair value			—				(1,142	)
Loss on securities sale, net			6,609				—
Gain on sale of property			(275	)			—
Income from life insurance proceeds			(25	)			—
Total recurring revenue			250,506				209,981
Operating expenses			133,800				126,167
Less:
Write-off of subordinated debt costs			—				648
Swap valuation allowance			673				2,243
Severance expense			1,476				1,532
Total operating expense			131,651				121,744
Efficiency ratio			52.55	%			57.98	%

FAQ

What were Peapack-Gladstone's Q4 2022 earnings results?

Peapack-Gladstone reported total revenue of $64.85 million and net income of $20.58 million for Q4 2022.

How did Peapack-Gladstone's earnings per share change in Q4 2022?

Diluted earnings per share increased to $1.12 in Q4 2022, a 44% rise compared to the same period in 2021.

What is Peapack-Gladstone's total loan growth as of December 31, 2022?

Total loans reached $5.30 billion, reflecting an increase of 9.4% from December 31, 2021.

What dividend did Peapack-Gladstone declare in January 2023?

The company declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share payable on February 23, 2023.

What factors contributed to the increase in net interest income for Peapack-Gladstone?

The increase in net interest income was driven by an improved net interest margin, benefitting from rising interest rates.