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) September 14, 2004
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 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
Valley National Bancorp (the “Company”) is furnishing presentation materials included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K. These materials, which include among other things annualized portfolio loan growth from April 1, 2004 through August 31, 2004, were prepared in connection with the presentation of Gerald H. Lipkin, the Chairman, President and CEO of the Company at a Financial Services Conference sponsored by Lehman Brothers on the morning of September 15, 2004. The information in this report (including Exhibit 99.1) is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 on September 14, 2004 so that it will be publicly available at the time of the conference and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in Exhibit 99.1. The Company is not undertaking to update any of the information in Exhibit 99.1.
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: September 14, 2004 |
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP | |||
| By: |
/s/ Alan D. Eskow | |||
| Alan D. Eskow | ||||
| Executive Vice President and | ||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||
| (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Title | |
| 99.1 | Investor Presentation Materials |