VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP — Director's Dealing 2013

Feb 4, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP (VLY)
CIK: 0000714310
Period of Report: 2013-01-31

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-01-31	Common Stock	A	39059	—	Acquired	169727	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1156	Indirect
Common Stock	51797	Indirect
Common Stock (401k Plan)	4421	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	$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: Restricted shares granted under the Valley National Bancorp 2009 Long Term Incentive Stock Plan, with three-year equal vesting, beginning at grant date.

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