SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)






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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014  For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934





Valley National Bancorp


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)






New Jersey

22-2477875(State or other jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)1455 Valley Road

Wayne, NJ

07470(Address of principal executive office)

(Zip code)


(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class

Name of exchange on which registeredCommon Stock, no par value

New York Stock ExchangeWarrants to purchase Common Stock

Warrants to purchase Common Stock

New York Stock Exchange

NASDAQ Capital Market
   Large accelerated filer

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Accelerated filer

oNon-accelerated filer

o(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company

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EXPLANATORY NOTE





Valley National Bancorp (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 27, 2015 (the “Original Filing”), solely to amend the Regulation S-K Item 405 disclosure in Part III, Item 10, as incorporated therein by reference to the 2015 Proxy Statement, filed with the SEC on March 12, 2015.




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Pursuant to Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Form 10-K/A also contains new Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) certifications, which are attached hereto.  Because no financial statements have been amended by or included in this Form 10-K/A and this Form 10-K/A does not contain or amend any disclosure with respect to Items 307 and 308 of Regulation S-K, paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the certifications have been omitted.





Except as described above, no changes have been made to the Original Filing, and this Amendment No. 1 does not modify, amend or update in any way any of the financial or other information contained in the Original Filing. This Amendment No. 1 does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the filing date of the Original Filing. For subsequent events, refer to our subsequent periodic and current filings.





Item 10.                                Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance





SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE





Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our directors, certain officers and any beneficial owners of more than 10% of our common stock to file reports relating to their ownership and changes in ownership of our common stock with the SEC and NYSE by certain deadlines. Based on information provided by our directors and officers (we have no 10% beneficial owners), Mr. Michael LaRusso, a director, failed to file one Form 4 reporting one transaction on a timely basis. In addition, because the Company failed to timely advise Mitchell L. Crandell that he was subject to Section 16 reporting requirements in his position as our principal accounting officer, Mr. Crandell failed to timely file, during the period from January 2007 through February 2015, one Form 3 and 18 Form 4s reporting 10 equity grants exempt under Rule 16b-3, 17 share withholdings in satisfaction of tax obligations upon vesting of equity awards, and one discretionary transaction. Once the Company informed Mr. Crandell of his filing obligation, the Company assisted him with reporting all late transactions in May 2015.





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SIGNATURES





Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.





VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORPBy:
/s/Alan D. EskowAlan D. EskowSenior Executive Vice Presidentand Chief Financial OfficerDated: May 1, 2015




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EXHIBIT INDEX





Exhibit No.




(31.1)
Certification of Gerald H. Lipkin, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a).*





(31.2)
Certification of Alan D. Eskow, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a).*