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Form 8-K VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP For: Oct 24

October 24, 2014 10:22 AM EDT

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 21, 2014
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
��
New Jersey
1-11277
22-2477875
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

1455 Valley Road, Wayne, New Jersey
07470
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(973) 305-8800
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
�Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b)����On October 21, 2014, Walter H. Jones, III, a member of the Board of Directors (Board) of Valley National Bancorp (the Company) notified the Company that he will not stand for re-election to the Board at the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders and will retire at the conclusion of his term. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has recommended to the Board to reduce the size of the Board at the time of Mr. Jones retirement. Mr. Jones stated that he is retiring for personal reasons and not as a result of any disagreement with the Company.



SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Dated:��October 24, 2014��������������������VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP


By: /s/ Alan D. Eskow
Alan D. Eskow
Senior Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer










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