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 24, 2015
 
 
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 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On June 24, 2015, Albert L. Engel, Executive Vice President and Chief Retail Lending Officer of Valley National Bancorp (the “Company”), notified the Company of his intention to retire on a date to be agreed upon in the second half of 2016.


 
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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 30, 2015
 
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Mitchell L. Crandell
 
 
 
 
Mitchell L. Crandell
 
 
 
 
First Senior Vice President
 
 
 
 
and Accounting Officer









 
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