VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 9, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP (VLY)
CIK: 0000714310
Period of Report: 2012-02-07

Reporting Person: LAWRENCE JAMES G (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-07	Common Stock	A	4058	—	Acquired	321689	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	21445	Indirect
Common Stock	4557	Indirect
Common Stock	1733	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Option/NQ	$12.5048	2020-11-15	Common Stock (5988)	5988	Direct
Stock Options	$16.981	2012-11-18	Common Stock (7757)	7757	Direct
Stock Options	$19.80	2013-11-17	Common Stock (17728)	17728	Direct
Stock Options	$19.8762	2014-11-16	Common Stock (16886)	16886	Direct
Stock Options	$18.4095	2015-11-14	Common Stock (19430)	19430	Direct
Stock Options	$20.1429	2016-11-13	Common Stock (18506)	18506	Direct
Stock Options	$15.381	2018-02-12	Common Stock (12155)	12155	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: Restricted shares granted under the Valley National Bancorp 2009 Long Term Incentive Stock Plan, with three-year equal vesting, beginning at grant date.