VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP — Director's Dealing 2011

Jul 14, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP (VLY)
CIK: 0000714310
Period of Report: 2011-07-12

Reporting Person: SOLDOVERI ROBERT C (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-07-12	Common Stock	G	100000	—	Acquired	214957	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Warrants	$15.6395	2015-06-30	Common Stock (669)	669	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Shares gifted by reporting person's father, as part of his father's estate planning.

F2: Shares awarded in connection with Valley National Bancorp merger with Greater Community Bancorp, effective July 1, 2008.