VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP — Director's Dealing 2011

Dec 20, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP (VLY)
CIK: 0000714310
Period of Report: 2011-12-16

Reporting Person: DAVEY STEPHEN P (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-16	Common Stock	S	1310	$11.649	Disposed	6954	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock (401k Plan)	971	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Options	$16.981	2012-11-18	Common Stock (3491)	3491	Direct
Stock Options	$19.80	2013-11-17	Common Stock (3325)	3325	Direct
Stock Options	$19.8762	2014-11-16	Common Stock (3167)	3167	Direct
Stock Options	$18.4095	2015-11-14	Common Stock (3351)	3351	Direct
Stock Options	$20.1429	2016-11-13	Common Stock (3191)	3191	Direct
Stock Options	$15.6857	2017-11-14	Common Stock (2310)	2310	Direct
Stock Options	$14.9524	2018-11-17	Common Stock (1158)	1158	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Valley National Bancorp declared a 5% stock dividend on April 13, 2011, to shareholders of record on May 6, 2011, payable May 20, 2011.

F2: Holdings under the Valley 401K Plan has been updated to reflect reporting person's balance in the Plan.