# EXECUTIVE SESSIONS OF NON-MANAGEMENT DIRECTORS

Valley’s Corporate Governance Guidelines require the Board to hold separate executive sessions for both independent and non-management directors. The Board holds an executive session at least twice a year with only independent directors and regularly holds an executive session with only non-management directors. In each instance the Lead Director is the presiding director for the session.

# SHAREHOLDER AND INTERESTED PARTIES COMMUNICATIONS WITH DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors has established the following procedures for shareholder or interested party communications with the Board of Directors or with the Lead Director of the Board:

• Shareholders or interested parties wishing to communicate with the Board of Directors, the non-management or independent directors, or with the Lead Director should send any communication to Valley National Bancorp, c/o Alan D. Eskow, Corporate Secretary, at 1455 Valley Road, Wayne, NJ 07470. Any such communication should state the number of shares owned by the shareholder.

• The Corporate Secretary will forward such communication to the Board of Directors or, as appropriate, to the particular committee chairman or to the Lead Director, unless the communication is a personal or similar grievance, a shareholder proposal or related communication, an abusive or inappropriate communication, or a communication not related to the duties or responsibilities of the Board of Directors in which case the Corporate Secretary has the authority to determine the appropriate disposition of the communication. All such communications will be kept confidential to the extent possible.

• The Corporate Secretary will maintain a log and copies of all such communications for inspection and review by any Board member or by the Lead Director, and will regularly review all such communications with the Board or the appropriate committee chairman or with the Lead Director at the next meeting.

# COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS;BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS

In 2017, the Board of Directors maintained an Audit Committee, a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and a Compensation and Human Resources Committee. Only independent directors serve on these committees. In addition to these committees, the Company and the Bank also maintain a number of committees to oversee other areas of Valley’s operations. These include an Executive Committee, Community Reinvestment Act ("CRA") Committee, Investment Committee, Pension/Savings & Investment Trustees Committee, Risk Committee, Strategic Planning Committee and a Trust Committee, all of which have both independent and non-independent directors, as permitted by the SEC and the NYSE.

Each director attended at least 76% or more of the meetings of the Board of Directors and of each committee on which he or she served for the year ended December 31, 2017. Our Board met 10 times during 2017 and the Bank’s Board met 10 times during 2017.

The following table presents 2017 membership information for each of our Audit, Nominating and Corporate Governance, and Compensation and Human Resources Committees.

Name	Audit	Nominating
and
Corporate
Governance	Compensation
and
Human
Resources
Andrew B. Abramson	X	X	X
Peter J. Baum	X	X
Pamela R. Bronander	X
Eric P. Edelstein	(Chair)	X	X
Gerald Korde	X	X	(Chair)
Michael L. LaRusso	X	X
Marc J. Lenner	(Chair)	X
Suresh L. Sani	X	X	X
Jeffrey S. Wilks	X	X
2017 Number of
M*eetings	5	7	6

\* Includes telephonic meetings.

AUDIT COMMITTEE. The Audit Committee formally met 5 times during 2017. In addition, the Committee Chairman and Risk Committee Chairman met with the Chief Audit Executive and Chief Risk Officer of Valley monthly for the purpose of communicating closely with those officers and receiving updates on significant developments. The Board of Directors has determined that each member of the Audit Committee is financially literate and that more than one member of the Audit Committee has the accounting or related financial management expertise required by the NYSE. The Board of Directors has also determined that Mr. Edelstein, Mr. LaRusso and Mr. Wilks meet the SEC criteria of an “Audit Committee Financial Expert.” The charter for the Audit Committee can be viewed at our website www.valleynationalbank.com/charters. The charter gives the Audit Committee the authority and responsibility for the appointment, retention, compensation and oversight of our independent registered public accounting firm, including pre-approval of all audit and non-audit services to be performed by our independent registered public accounting firm. Each