VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Nov 20, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP (VLY)
CIK: 0000714310
Period of Report: 2012-11-19

Reporting Person: ESKOW ALAN D (Director, Senior EVP & CFO, Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-11-19	Common Stock	F	1336	$8.93	Disposed	131738	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1156	Indirect
Common Stock	51797	Indirect
Common Stock (401k Plan)	4347	Direct
Common Stock (Roth IRA)	10578	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Option/NQ	$11.91	2020-11-15	Common Stock (21170)	21170	Direct
Stock Options	$16.16	2012-11-18	Common Stock (13776)	13776	Direct
Stock Options	$18.85	2013-11-17	Common Stock (18615)	18615	Direct
Stock Options	$18.93	2014-11-16	Common Stock (17732)	17732	Direct
Stock Options	$17.54	2015-11-14	Common Stock (20401)	20401	Direct
Stock Options	$19.19	2016-11-13	Common Stock (22112)	22112	Direct
Stock Options	$14.65	2018-02-12	Common Stock (21059)	21059	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Adjusted for additional shares acquired through Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

F2: Valley National Bancorp declared a 5% stock dividend on April 18, 2012, issued May 25, 2012 to shareholders of record on May 11, 2012.

F3: Shares withheld for payment of tax liability on restricted stock vesting as reported at grant date.

F4: Holdings under the Valley 401K Plan has been updated to reflect reporting person's balance in the Plan.