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Stock Option Agreement

 EXHIBIT 10.11 
  
 STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 
  
 THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT is delivered this 1st day of September, 2002, by QC HOLDINGS, INC., a Kansas corporation (the “Corporation”) to ROBERT L. ALBIN, a resident of the state of Colorado (“Optionee”), pursuant
to Section 3(b) of the Consulting Agreement dated the date hereof (the “Consulting Agreement”) between QC Financial Services, Inc. and Optionee. 
  
 1. Grant of Option. The Corporation hereby grants to Optionee an option (the “Option”) to acquire 20,000
shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”). 
  
 2. Option Exercise Price. The option exercise price per share of Common Stock is $24.50. 
  
 3. Term. This Option and the rights of the Optionee to exercise this Option, in whole or in part, will terminate on August 31, 2012. 
  
 4. Vesting. The Option granted hereby will vest at the rate of 25% per
year on each of the next four anniversaries of the date of grant of the Option, subject to a continued consulting relationship by Optionee with the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the Consulting Agreement or continued employment
of Optionee with the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries. 
  
 5. Option Not Transferable. The Option is not transferable otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and during the lifetime of Optionee, the Option will be exercisable only by Optionee. Any attempt to
transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of, or to subject to execution, attachment or similar process, the Option, or any right hereunder, contrary to the provisions hereof, will be void and ineffective, will give no right to the
purported transferee, and may, at the sole discretion of the Corporation, result in forfeiture of the Option. 
  
 6. Terms of Exercise. 
  
 A. The Option will be exercisable in whole or in part at any time or from time to time to the extent the Option has vested in accordance with
Section 4 and otherwise in accordance with this Option Agreement; provided, however, that the Option may not be exercised for less than 100 shares at any one time, unless the balance of shares subject to the Option at the time is less than
100 shares, in which case the entire unexercised portion of the Option must be exercised at one time. 
  
 B. The Option is exercisable only while Optionee maintains a consulting relationship with the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or Optionee is
an employee of the Corporation or any subsidiary and, to the extent otherwise exercisable on the date of termination of the consulting or employment relationship, as follows: 
  
 (1) In the event of a termination, except because of disability, as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code, of Optionee, for a period of three months following the termination of consulting or employment relationship; 
  
 (2) In the event of the termination because of disability, as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, of Optionee, for a period of
12 months following the termination of the consulting or employment relationship; and 
  
 (3) In the event of the death of the Optionee while consulting with or employed by the Corporation or any subsidiary, or within the
period after a termination in which the Option is 

 exercisable under (1) or (2) above, by the estate of Optionee or by any person who acquires the right to
exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by reason of the death of Optionee, for a period of 12 months following the death of Optionee. 
  
 C. For purposes of Section 6B, an Optionee’s consulting or employment relationship will be considered to have terminated at the close
of the business day preceding the first day on which the Optionee is no longer for any reason whatsoever consulting with or employed by the Corporation or any subsidiary. 
  
 7. Manner of Exercise. The Option may be exercised by delivery of a duly signed notice in writing to such effect and
the full Option exercise price of the Common Stock purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Option to the Treasurer of the Corporation or to any other officer of the Corporation appointed by the Corporation for the purpose of receiving the same;
provided, however, that the Option may not be exercised at any time when the Option or the granting or the exercise thereof violates any law or governmental order or regulation. The Corporation may, in its discretion, at the time any Option is to be
exercised, allow the holder thereof to surrender a portion of the Option in payment of all or any part of the Option exercise price for the Option to be exercised. The valuation of Options surrendered in a “cashless exercise” will be
determined by the Corporation, in its sole discretion. 
  
 8. Issuance of Shares. Subject to the limitations of Section 14, the Corporation will cause to be delivered to Optionee a certificate for the shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Option as soon as
practicable after the exercise of the Option. 
  
 9.
Stockholder Rights of Optionee. Optionee will not have any rights or privileges as a stockholder of the Corporation with respect to any shares issuable upon exercise of the Option until certificates representing the shares have been issued and
delivered to Optionee. 
  
 10. Not an Employment or Consulting
Contract. Nothing in this Option Agreement confers on Optionee any right to continue a consulting relationship with or in the employ of the Corporation or any subsidiary or interfere in any way with the right of the Corporation or any subsidiary
at any time to terminate or modify the terms or conditions of the consulting or employment relationship of Optionee. 
  
 11. Certain Changes in Common Stock. 
  
 A. Appropriate and equitable adjustment will be made in the number of shares of Common Stock subject to this Option or the Option exercise price
hereof or both, in the event of any change after the date hereof in the outstanding Common Stock by reason of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation, it being the purpose of this provision to insure
that, in the event of such occurrence, an Option will be adjusted to give Optionee, upon exercise of the Option, rights equivalent to the rights of a person who had held shares of Common Stock in the amount subject to the Option at the time of such
corporate transaction. 
  
 B. In the event of a
reorganization, merger or consolidation, as a result of which the Corporation is not the surviving or acquiring corporation, (other than as reorganization pursuant to Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code) the outstanding and unexercised Option shall
become exercisable in full at any time specified by the Board of Directors after the approval of the transaction by the Board of Directors, without regard to any vesting schedule set forth in this Option Agreement evidencing the Options. In the
event of a reorganization, merger or consolidation, as a result of which the Corporation is not the surviving or acquiring corporation, the Board of Directors shall provide as a part of such reorganization, merger or consolidation for the payment to
each holder of Options under this Plan the 
  

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 consideration to be received by a holder of shares of Common Stock in the reorganization, merger or consolidation as if
the Option were fully exercised on the day immediately prior to the reorganization, merger or consolidation, and the Option otherwise outstanding on that day shall cease to exist and be of no further force or effect. Alternatively, the Board of
Directors shall have the discretion to provide as a part of such reorganization, merger or consolidation for a substitution of options of such surviving or acquiring corporations for the Option outstanding and unexercised hereunder. 
  
 C. In the event of a change in the Common Stock of the Corporation as
presently constituted, that is limited to a change of the par value status of any of its authorized shares, the shares resulting from the change will be deemed to be Common Stock within the meaning of this Option Agreement. 
  
 D. To the extent that the foregoing adjustments relate to stock or
securities of the Corporation, the adjustments will be made by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, whose determination will be final, binding and conclusive. 
  
 12. Dissolution or Liquidation. A dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation will cause each outstanding Option to
terminate. 
  
 13. Rights of Optionee and the Corporation.

  
 A. Except as expressly provided in Section
11, Optionee has no rights by reason of any subdivision or consolidation of shares of stock of any class or the payment of any stock dividend or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of stock of any class or by reason of any
dissolution, liquidation, merger or consolidation or spin-off of assets or stock of another corporation, and any issue by the Corporation of shares of stock of any class or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class will not affect,
and no adjustment by reason thereof will be made with respect to, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to or the Option exercise price of this Option. 
  

B. The grant of this Option will not affect in any way the right or power of the Corporation to make adjustments, reclassifications,
reorganizations or changes in its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets. 
  
 14. Compliance with Securities Laws. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Option may
not be exercised, and the Corporation may postpone the issuance and delivery of shares upon any purported exercise of the Option, until (a) the completion of such registration or other qualification of such shares under any state or federal law,
rule or regulation as the Corporation determines to be necessary or advisable, or (b) either counsel to the Corporation advises or the Securities and Exchange Commission rules that the issuance of such shares does not require registration under any
federal securities act, and insofar as any local Blue Sky law might affect the issuance of such shares, either the local Blue Sky commission rules or counsel to the Corporation advises that the issue is not subject to such local law or that such
shares have been duly qualified under such law. Any person exercising the Option shall make such representations and furnish such information as may, in the opinion of counsel for the Corporation, be necessary or appropriate to permit the
Corporation, in the light of the then existence or non-existence of an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as from time to time amended, with respect to such shares to issue the shares in compliance with the provisions
of that or any comparable law. The Corporation shall not have any liability with respect to any Option the exercise of which is prevented by the provisions of this Section 14. 
  
 15. Entire Agreement. This Option Agreement and the Consulting Agreement referred to herein contain the entire
agreement between the parties and supersedes all prior agreements and 
  

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 understandings, oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be changed only by an
agreement in writing signed by the party against whom any waiver, change, amendment, modification or discharge is sought. 
  
 16. Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement. 
  
 17. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be
construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Kansas. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Stock Option Agreement as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	QC HOLDINGS, INC.
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ DON EARLY

	 	 	Don Early, President

  

	
	OPTIONEE:
	
	 /s/ ROBERT L. ALBIN

	ROBERT L. ALBIN
	2510 Tournament Drive
	Castle Rock, Colorado 80108

  

 -4-Amended and Restated Change in Control Agreement

 EXHIBIT 10 (A) (1) 
  

AMENDED AND RESTATED 
 CHANGE IN CONTROL
AGREEMENT 
 ALBERT L. ENGEL 
  
 THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CHANGE IN CONTROL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), is made as of this 11th day of February 2004, among VALLEY NATIONAL BANK (“Bank”), a national banking association with its principal office at 1455 Valley Road,
Wayne, New Jersey, VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP (“Valley”), a New Jersey Corporation which maintains its principal office at 1455 Valley Road, Wayne, New Jersey (Valley and the Bank collectively are the “Company”) and Albert L. Engel
(the “Executive”). 
  
 BACKGROUND 
  
 WHEREAS, the Executive has been employed by Valley and the Bank for many
years; 
  
 WHEREAS, the Executive throughout his tenure has worked
diligently in his position in the business of the Bank and Valley; 
  
 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Bank and Valley believe that the future services of the Executive are of great value to the Bank and Valley and that it is important for the growth and development of the Bank that the Executive
continue in his position; 
  
 WHEREAS, if the Company receives any
proposal from a third person concerning a possible business combination with, or acquisition of equities securities of, the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) believes it is imperative that the Company and the
Board be able to rely upon the Executive to continue in his position, and that they be able to receive and rely upon his advice, if they request it, as to the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, without concern that the Executive
might be distracted by the personal uncertainties and risks created by such a proposal; 
  
 WHEREAS, to achieve that goal, and to retain the Executive’s services prior to any such activity, the Board of Directors and the Executive have agreed to enter into this Agreement to govern the Executive’s
termination benefits in the event of a Change in Control of the Company, as hereinafter defined; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company had entered into a Change in Control Agreement, dated as of January 3, 2000, and have agreed to amend and restate
that agreement with this Agreement. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, to assure
the Company that it will have the continued dedication of the Executive and the availability of his advice and counsel notwithstanding the possibility, threat or occurrence of an acquisition or a bid to take over control of the Company, and to
induce the Executive to remain in the employ of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the Company and the Executive, each intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows: 
  
 1. Definitions 
  
 a. Cause. For purposes of this Agreement “Cause” with respect to the termination by the
Company of Executive’s employment shall mean (i) willful and continued failure 

  

 
by the Executive to perform his duties for the Company under this Agreement after at least one warning in writing from the Boards of Directors of the Company
identifying specifically any such failure; (ii) the willful engaging by the Executive in misconduct which causes material injury to the Company as specified in a written notice to the Executive from the Boards of Directors of the Company; or (iii)
conviction of a crime (other than a traffic violation), habitual drunkenness, drug abuse, or excessive absenteeism (other than for illness), after a warning (required with respect to drunkenness or absenteeism only) in writing from the Boards of
Directors of the Company to refrain from such behavior. No act or failure to act on the part of the Executive shall be considered willful unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the
action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. 
  
 b. Change in Control. “Change in Control” means any of the following events: (i) when Valley or a Subsidiary acquires actual knowledge that any person (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than an affiliate of Valley or a Subsidiary or an employee benefit plan established or maintained by Valley, a Subsidiary or any of their respective affiliates, is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly, of securities of Valley representing more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the combined voting power of Valley’s then outstanding securities (a “Control Person”); (ii) upon the
first purchase of Valley’s common stock pursuant to a tender or exchange offer (other than a tender or exchange offer made by Valley, a Subsidiary or an employee benefit plan established or maintained by Valley, a Subsidiary or any of their
respective affiliates); (iii) the consummation of (A) a merger or consolidation of Valley with or into another corporation unless the definitive agreement provides that at least two-thirds of the directors of the surviving or resulting corporation
immediately after the transaction are directors of Valley before the transaction commenced (a “Non-Control Transaction”), (B) a sale or disposition of all or substantially all of Valley’s assets or (C) a plan of liquidation or
dissolution of Valley; (iv) if during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board (the “Continuing Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least two-thirds thereof
or, following a Non-Control Transaction, two-thirds of the board of directors of the surviving or resulting corporation; provided that any individual whose election or nomination for election as a member of the Board (or, following a
Non-Control Transaction, the board of directors of the surviving or resulting corporation) was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Continuing Directors then in office shall be considered a Continuing Director; or (v) upon a sale of (A)
common stock of the Bank if after such sale any person (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) other than Valley, an employee benefit plan established or maintained by Valley or a Subsidiary, or an affiliate of
Valley or a Subsidiary, owns a majority of the Bank’s common stock or (B) all or substantially all of the Bank’s assets (other than in the ordinary course of business). 
  
 c. Contract Period. “Contract Period” shall mean the period commencing the day immediately
preceding a Change in Control and ending on the earlier of (i) the third anniversary of the Change in Control or (ii) the date the Executive would attain age 65 or (iii) the death of the Executive. For the purpose of this Agreement, a Change in
Control shall be deemed to have occurred at the date specified in the definition of Change in Control. 
  
 d. Exchange Act. “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
  

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 e. Good Reason. When used with reference to a voluntary termination by Executive
of his employment with the Company, “Good Reason” shall mean any of the following, if taken without Executive’s express prior written consent: 
  

(1) The assignment to Executive of any duties inconsistent with, or the reduction of powers or functions associated with,
Executive’s position, title, duties, responsibilities and status with the Company immediately prior to a Change in Control; any removal of Executive from, or any failure to re-elect Executive to, any position(s) or office(s) Executive held
immediately prior to such Change in Control. 
  
 (2) A reduction by the Company in Executive’s annual base compensation as in effect immediately prior to a Change in Control or the failure to award Executive annual increases in accordance herewith; 
  
 (3) A failure by the Company to continue any bonus plan in
which Executive participated immediately prior to the Change in Control (except that the Company may institute plans, programs or arrangements providing the Executive substantially similar benefits) or a failure by the Company to continue Executive
as a participant in such plans on at least the same basis as Executive participated in such plan prior to the Change in Control; or a failure to pay the Executive the bonus provided for in Section 4.b hereof at the time and in the manner therein
specified; 
  
 (4) The Company’s transfer of
Executive to another geographic location outside of New Jersey or more than 25 miles from his present office location, except for required occasional travel on the Company’s business to an extent consistent with Executive’s business travel
obligations immediately prior to such Change in Control; 
  
 (5) The failure by the Company to continue in effect any employee benefit plan, program or arrangement (including, without limitation the Company’s retirement plan, benefit equalization plan, life insurance plan,
health and accident plan, disability plan, deferred compensation plan or long term stock incentive plan) in which Executive is participating immediately prior to a Change in Control (except that the Company may institute or continue plans, programs
or arrangements providing Executive with substantially similar benefits); the taking of any action by the Company which would adversely affect Executive’s participation in or materially reduce Executive’s benefits under, any of such plans,
programs or arrangements; the failure to continue, or the taking of any action which would deprive Executive, of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by Executive immediately prior to such Change in Control; or the failure by the Company to provide
Executive with the number of paid vacation days to which Executive was entitled immediately prior to such Change in Control; 
  
 (6) The failure by the Company to obtain an assumption in writing of the obligations of the Company to perform this Agreement by any
successor to the Company and to provide such assumption to the Executive prior to any Change in Control; or 
  
 (7) Any purported termination of Executive’s employment by the Company during the term of this Agreement which is not effected
pursuant to all of the requirements of this Agreement; and, for purposes of this Agreement, no such purported termination shall be effective. 
  
 f. Subsidiary. “Subsidiary” means any corporation in an unbroken chain of corporations, beginning with Valley, if each of
the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. 
  

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 2. Employment. The Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts
employment, during the Contract Period upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. 
  
 3. Position. During the Contract Period the Executive shall be employed as Executive Vice President of Valley and the Bank, or such other corporate or divisional profit center as shall then be the principal
successor to the business, assets and properties of the Company, with the same title and with the same duties and responsibilities as before the Change in Control. The Executive shall devote his full time and attention to the business of the
Company, and shall not during the Contract Period be engaged in any other business activity. This paragraph shall not be construed as preventing the Executive from managing any investments of his which do not require any service on his part in the
operation of such investments or from continuing to serve on any boards of directors or trustees which he served prior to the Change in Control or for which consent is provided by the Board after a Change in Control. 
  
 4. Cash Compensation. The Company shall pay to the Executive
compensation for his services during the Contract Period as follows: 
  
 a. Base Salary. A base annual salary equal to the annual salary in effect as of the Change in Control. The annual salary shall be payable in installments in accordance with the Company’s usual payroll
method. 
  
 b. Annual Bonus. An annual
cash bonus equal to at least the average of the bonuses paid to the Executive in the three years prior to the Change in Control. The bonus shall be payable at the time and in the manner which the Company paid such bonuses prior to the Change in
Control. 
  
 c. Annual Review. The Board
of Directors of the Company during the Contract Period shall review annually, or at more frequent intervals which the Board determines is appropriate, the Executive’s compensation and shall award him additional compensation to reflect the
Executive’s performance, the performance of the Company and competitive compensation levels, all as determined in the discretion of the Board of Directors. 
  

5. Expenses and Fringe Benefits. 
  
 a. Expenses. During the Contract Period, the Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement for all business expenses incurred by him
with respect to the business of the Company in the same manner and to the same extent as such expenses were previously reimbursed to him immediately prior to the Change in Control. 
  
 b. Benefit Equalization Plan. During the Contract Period, if the Executive was entitled to benefits
under the Company’s Benefit Equalization Plan (“BEP”) prior to the Change in Control, the Executive shall be entitled to continued benefits under the BEP after the Change in Control and such BEP may not be modified or terminated to
reduce or eliminate such benefits during the Contract Period. 
  
 c. Club Membership and Automobile. If prior to the Change in Control, the Executive was entitled to membership in a country club and/or the use of an 

  

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automobile, during the Contract Period he shall be entitled to the same membership and/or use of an automobile at least comparable to the automobile provided
to him prior to the Change in Control. 
  
 d.
Other Benefits. During the Contract Period, the Executive also shall be entitled to vacations and sick days, in accordance with the practices and procedures of the Company, as such existed immediately prior to the Change in Control. During
the Contract Period, the Executive also shall be entitled to hospital, health, medical and life insurance, and any other benefits enjoyed, from time to time, by senior officers of the Company, all upon terms as favorable as those enjoyed by other
senior officers of the Company. Notwithstanding anything in this paragraph 5(d) to the contrary, if the Company adopts any change in the benefits provided for senior officers of the Company, and such policy is uniformly applied to all officers of
the Company (and any successor or acquiror of the Company, if any), including the chief executive officer of such entities, then no such change shall be deemed to be contrary to this paragraph. 
  
 6. Termination for Cause. During the Contract Period, the Company
shall have the right to terminate the Executive for Cause, upon written notice to him of the termination which notice shall specify the reasons for the termination. In the event of termination for Cause the Executive shall not be entitled to any
further compensation or benefits under this Agreement. 
  
 7.
Disability. During the Contract Period if the Executive becomes permanently disabled, or is unable to perform his duties hereunder for 4 consecutive months, the Company may terminate the employment of the Executive. In such event, the
Executive shall be paid within 10 days of termination a lump sum equal to the highest annual salary (including 401(k) plan deferral) paid to the Executive during any calendar year in each of the three calendar years immediately prior to the Change
in Control, but shall not be entitled to any further compensation or benefits under this Agreement, except as provided in the next sentence and in Section 12. If the Company fails to pay the Executive the lump sum amount due him under this Section 7
or the payments under Section 12, the Executive, after giving 10 days’ written notice to the Company identifying the Company’s failure, shall be entitled to recover from the Company on a monthly basis as incurred all of his reasonable
legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with his enforcement against the Company of the terms of this Agreement. The Executive shall be denied payment of his legal fees and expenses only if a court finds that the Executive sought payment of
such fees without reasonable cause and not in good faith. 
  
 8.
Death Benefits. During the Contract Period (defined without regard to his death), upon the Executive’s death his estate shall be paid within 20 business days of his death a lump sum equal to the highest annual salary (including 401(k)
plan deferral) paid to the Executive during any calendar year in each of the three calendar years immediately prior to the Change in Control, but shall not be entitled to any further compensation or benefits under this Agreement, except as provided
in the next sentence and in Section 12. If the Company fails to pay the Executive’s estate the lump sum amount due him under this Section or the payments under Section 12, the Executive’s estate, after giving 10 days’ written notice
to the Company identifying the Company’s failure, shall be entitled to recover from the Company on a monthly basis as incurred all of its reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with its enforcement against the Company of the
terms of this Agreement. The Executive’s estate shall be denied payment of its legal fees and expenses only if a court finds that the Executive sought payment of such fees without reasonable cause and not in good faith. 
  

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 9. Termination Without Cause or Resignation for Good Reason. The Company may terminate the
Executive without Cause during the Contract Period by written notice to the Executive providing four weeks notice. The Executive may resign for Good Reason during the Contract Period upon four weeks written notice to the Company specifying the facts
and circumstances claimed to support the Good Reason. The Executive shall be entitled to give a Notice of Termination that his or her employment is being terminated for Good Reason at any time during the Contract Period, not later than twelve months
after any occurrence of an event stated to constitute Good Reason. If during the Contract Period the Company terminates the Executive’s employment without Cause or the Executive Resigns for Good Reason, then the Executive shall be entitled to
the following: (i) (subject to the possible age related reduction in the next sentence) the Company shall within 20 business days of the termination of employment pay the Executive a lump sum severance payment in an amount equal to three times the
highest annual compensation, consisting solely of salary (including any 401(k) plan deferral) and bonus, paid to (or in the case of bonus accrued for) the Executive during any calendar year in each of the three calendar years immediately prior to
the Change in Control; (ii) the Company shall continue to provide the Executive for a period of three years after termination (but not beyond the date the Executive reaches age 65) with health, hospitalization and medical insurance, as well as life
and disability insurance, as were provided at the time of the termination of his employment with the Company, at the Company’s cost (subject to payment by the Executive of the same contribution amount and deductibles as Executive previously
paid); (iii) the Company shall credit Executive under the BEP immediately upon termination with additional years of credited service as if he had continued to work for the Company for three years after the date of termination (but not beyond the
date the Executive reaches age 65), the benefit plans covered thereby had remained the same during such period, and the BEP was not changed or modified after the Change in Control or otherwise during such period. After the Executive has reached age
62, the “three” times referred to in clause (i) of the previous sentence shall be reduced to a number equal to the quotient (rounded to the nearest thousand) the numerator of which is the whole number of months left until the Executive
reaches age 65 and the denominator of which is 12. 
  
 The
Executive shall not have a duty to mitigate the damages suffered by him in connection with the termination by the Company of his employment without Cause or a resignation for Good Reason during the Contract Period. If the Company fails to pay the
Executive the lump sum amount due him hereunder or to provide him with the health, hospitalization and medical insurance, life disability or BEP benefits due under this section or the payments under Section 12, the Executive, after giving 10
days’ written notice to the Company identifying the Company’s failure, shall be entitled to recover from the Company on a monthly basis as incurred all of his reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with his enforcement
against the Company of the terms of this Agreement. The Executive shall be denied payment of his legal fees and expenses only if a court finds that the Executive sought payment of such fees without reasonable cause and not in good faith. 

 
 10. Resignation Without Good Reason. The Executive shall be
entitled to resign from the employment of the Company at any time during the Contract Period without Good Reason, but upon such resignation the Executive shall not be entitled to any additional compensation for the time after which he ceases to be
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other benefits provided hereunder. No such resignation shall be effective unless in writing with four weeks’ notice thereof. 
  
 11. Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information. 
  
 a. Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information. Except
in the course of his employment with the Company and in the pursuit of the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, the Executive shall not, at any time during or following the Contract Period, disclose or use, any
confidential information or proprietary data of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. The Executive agrees that, among other things, all information concerning the identity of and the Company’s relations with its customers is
confidential information. 
  
 b. Specific
Performance. Executive agrees that the Company does not have an adequate remedy at law for the breach of this section and agrees that he shall be subject to injunctive relief and equitable remedies as a result of the breach of this section. The
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the force and effect of the remaining valid portions. No alleged breach of this Section 11 shall give the Company the right to withhold or offset against any payments
due the Executive under this Agreement. 
  
 c.
Survival. This section shall survive the termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder and the expiration of this Agreement. 
  
 12. Gross Up for Taxes. 
  
 a. Additional Payments. If, for any taxable year, Executive shall be liable for the payment of an excise tax under Section 4999 or
other substitute or similar tax assessment (the “Excise Tax”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), including the corresponding provisions of any succeeding law, with respect to any payments or benefits
under Section 9 of this Agreement or Sections 7 or 8 or any other provision of this Agreement, including but not limited to this Section 12 or under any benefit plan of the Company applicable to Executive individually or generally to executives or
employees of the Company, then, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall pay to the Executive an additional amount (the “Gross-Up Payment”) such that the net amount retained by the Executive, after
deduction of the Excise Tax imposed on all such payments and benefits and of the federal, state and local income tax and Excise Tax imposed upon payments provided for in this Section 12, shall be equal to the payments and benefits due to the
Executive hereunder and the payments and/or benefits due to the Executive under any benefit plan of the Company. Each Gross-Up Payment shall be made to Executive or as provided in Section 16 hereof, upon the later of (i) five (5) days after the date
the Executive notifies the Company of its need to make such Gross-Up Payment, or (ii) the date of any payment causing the liability for such Excise Tax. The amount of any Gross-Up Payment under this section shall be computed by a nationally
recognized certified public accounting firm designated jointly by the Company and the Executive. The cost of such services by the accounting firm shall be paid by the Company. If the Company and the Executive are unable to designate jointly the
accounting firm, then the firm shall be the accounting firm used by the Company immediately prior to the Change in Control. 
  

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 b. IRS Disputed Claims. The Executive shall notify the company in writing of any
claim by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company of a Gross-Up Payment in addition to that payment previously paid by the Company pursuant to this section. Such notification shall
be given as soon as practicable but no later than fifteen (15) business days after the Executive is informed in writing of such claim and shall apprise the Company of the nature of such claim, the date on which such claim is requested to be paid,
and attach a copy of the IRS notice. The Executive shall not pay such claim prior to the expiration of the thirty (30) day period following the date on which the Executive gives such notice to the Company (or such shorter period ending on the date
that any payment of taxes with respect to such claim is due). If the Company notifies the Executive in writing prior to the expiration of such period that it desires to contest such claim, the Executive shall: 
  
 (i) Give the Company any information reasonably requested by
the Company relating to such claim; 
  
 (ii) Take
such action in connection with contesting such claim as the Company shall reasonably request in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by
the Company; 
  
 (iii) Cooperate with the Company
in good faith in order effectively to contest such claim; and 
  
 (iv) Permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such claim; provided, however that the Company shall pay directly all costs and expenses (including legal and accounting fees, as well as other
expenses and any additional interest and penalties) incurred by the Executive and the Company in connection with an IRS levy, contest or claim. 
  
 c. This Section shall survive the termination of Executive’s employment hereunder and the expiration of the Contract Period.

  
 13. Term and Effect Prior to Change in Control.

  
 a. Term. This Agreement shall commence
on the date hereof and shall remain in effect for a period of 3 years from the date hereof (the “Initial Term”) or until the end of the Contract Period, whichever is later. The Initial Term shall be automatically extended for an additional
one year period on the anniversary date hereof (so that the Initial Term on any anniversary date is always 3 years) unless prior to a Change in Control the Chief Executive Officer of the Bank notifies the Executive in writing at any time that the
Contract is not so extended, in which case the Initial Term shall end upon the later of (i) 3 years after the date hereof, or (ii) 2 years after the date of such written notice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Initial
Term shall cease when the Executive attains age 65. 
  
 b. No Effect Prior to Change in Control. This Agreement shall not affect any rights of the Company or the Executive prior to a Change in Control or any rights of the Executive granted in any other agreement or contract or plan with
the Company. The rights, duties and benefits provided hereunder shall only become effective upon a Change in Control. If the full-time employment of the Executive by the Company is ended for any reason prior to a Change in Control, this Agreement
shall thereafter be of no further force and effect. 
  

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 14. Severance Compensation and Benefits Not in Derogation of Other Benefits. Anything to the
contrary herein contained notwithstanding, the payment or obligation to pay any monies, or granting of any benefits, rights or privileges to Executive as provided in this Agreement shall not be in lieu or derogation of the rights and privileges that
the Executive now has or will have under any plans or programs of or agreements with the Company, except that if the Executive receives the lump sum severance payment due under paragraph 9 hereof, the Executive shall not be entitled to the lump sum
severance payment due under paragraph 1 of the Severance Agreement (the “Severance Agreement”), dated February 11, 2004, between the Company and the Executive, or to severance payments under any other plan or program of the Company
providing for severance pay, and shall not be entitled to health, hospital and other benefits under paragraph 2 of the Severance Agreement to the extent such post-employment benefits duplicate benefits provided hereunder. 
  
 15. Notice. During the Contract Period, any notice of termination of
the employment of the Executive by the Company or by the Executive to the Company shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a
dated notice which shall (i) indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon; (ii) set forth, if necessary, in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the employment of
the Executive or from the Company under the provision so indicated; (iii) specify a date of termination, which shall be not less than two weeks nor more than six weeks after such Notice of Termination is given, except in the case of termination of
employment by the Company of the Executive for Cause pursuant to Section 6 hereof, in which case the Notice of Termination may specify a date of termination as of the date such Notice of Termination is given; and (iv) be given by personal delivery
or, if the individual is not personally available, by certified mail to the last known address of the individual. Upon the death of the Executive, no Notice of Termination need be given. 
  
 16. Payroll and Withholding Taxes. All payments to be made or benefits to be provided hereunder by the Company shall
be subject to applicable federal and state payroll or withholding taxes. Any Gross-Up Payment to be made by the Company may be made in the form of withholding taxes, but shall be timely directed to the IRS (or any state division of taxation) on the
Executive’s behalf. 
  
 17. Miscellaneous. This
Agreement is the joint and several obligation of the Bank and Valley. The terms of this Agreement shall be governed by, and interpreted and construed in accordance with the provisions of, the laws of New Jersey. Except as set forth herein, this
Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings with respect to the matters covered hereby, including expressly any prior agreement with the Company concerning Change in Control benefits. The parties hereto expressly agree that the
Change in Control Agreement among the Executive, the Bank and Valley, dated as of January 2, 2000, is hereby terminated, effective the date hereof. Except as expressly specified in Section 14 with regard to the Severance Agreement, this Agreement
does not effect or reduce the benefits or obligations of the parties under the Severance Agreement (or any supplement or amendment to or replacement for that Agreement). The amendment or termination of this Agreement may be made only in a writing
executed by the Company and the Executive, and no amendment or termination of this Agreement shall be effective unless and until made in such a writing. This Agreement shall be binding upon any successor 

  

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(whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merge, consolidation, liquidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the assets of the Company. This
Agreement is personal to the Executive and the Executive may not assign any of his rights or duties hereunder but this Agreement shall be enforceable by the Executive’s legal representatives, executors or administrators. This Agreement may be
executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and it shall not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Valley National Bank and Valley National Bancorp each
have caused this Agreement to be signed by their duly authorized representatives pursuant to the authority of their Boards of Directors, and the Executive has personally executed this Agreement, all as of the day and year first written above.

  

							
	 ATTEST:
	 	 	 	 VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP

				
	/s/    JANET M. MALOY        	 	 	 	 By:
	 	/s/    ROBERT E. MCENTEE        
	
	 	 	 	 	 	

	Janet M. Maloy, Secretary	 	 	 	 	 	 Robert E. McEntee, Chairman
 Compensation and Human Resources Committee

			
	 ATTEST:
	 	 	 	 VALLEY NATIONAL BANK

				
	/s/    JANET M. MALOY        	 	 	 	 By:
	 	/s/    ROBERT E. MCENTEE        
	
	 	 	 	 	 	

	Janet M. Maloy, Secretary	 	 	 	 	 	 Robert E. McEntee, Chairman
 Compensation and Human Resources Committee

				
	 WITNESS:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
				
	/s/    SHEILA QUICK        	 	 	 	 	 	/s/    ALBERT L. ENGEL        
	
	 	 	 	 	 	

	Sheila Quick	 	 	 	 	 	Albert L. Engel, Executive

  
 October 1, 1996 
 “Executive’s” Valley 
 National Bank Service Date 

 

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