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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):  June 25, 2013

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
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
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Item 7.01          Regulation FD Disclosure.

On June 25, 2013, Valley National Bancorp (the “Company”) announced that it will deliver a notice of redemption effective July 26, 2013 of principal face amount of $15,000,000 of the 7 ¾% Trust Preferred Securities (the “Trust Preferred Securities”) issued by VNB Capital Trust I, the Company’s subsidiary trust, and that it filed a post-effective amendment to its shelf registration statement on Form S-3 for the purposes of adding debt securities, depositary shares, warrants and units as additional securities that the Company could periodically offer and sell in one or more offerings.

A copy of the press release announcing the redemption of the Trust Preferred Securities and the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.

Item 9.01          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit

99.1           Press Release, dated June 25, 2013.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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:  June 25, 2013  VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP  
       
 
By:
/s/ Alan D. Eskow    
   
Alan D. Eskow
 
    Senior Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
       
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
 
Title
     
99.1
 
Press Release, dated June 25, 2013.