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) August 28, 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)

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

---

Item 8.01

Other Events

On August 28, 2013, Valley National Bancorp (“Valley”) issued a press release announcing that it received approval from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to redeem all of the outstanding 7  ³⁄₄% Trust Preferred Securities issued by VNB Capital Trust I totaling $127.3 million and to issue up to $125 million in subordinated debt.

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

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 99		Press Release dated August 28, 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: August 29, 2013				VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
				By:		/s/ Alan D. Eskow
						Alan D. Eskow
						Senior Executive Vice President and
						Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)