Edgar Filing: VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP

Dated: January 27, 2011

VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP

/s/ Alan D. Eskow

Alan D. Eskow

Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Form 8-K

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) January 27, 2011

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)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (973) 305-8800

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Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On January 27, 2011, Valley National Bancorp (“Valley”) issued a press release reporting 2010 fourth quarter and annual results of operations.

A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.

The information disclosed in this Item 2.02 shall be considered “furnished” but not “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Valley’s 2010 fourth quarter press release contains certain supplemental financial information, described in the Notes to Selected Financial Data included in Exhibit 99, which has been determined by methods other than U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). Management internally reviews each of these non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate performance on a comparative period to period basis. Management believes these non-GAAP financial measures provide information useful to investors in understanding Valley’s financial results, the impact of such non-GAAP financial measures on Valley’s operating results and financial condition.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.


Exhibit
99		Press Release dated January 27, 2011

		The Press Release disclosed in this Item 9.01 as Exhibit 99 shall be considered “furnished” but not “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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.