4 1 prol11182002.txt FORM FILING 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person PROL, JOHN H. 1455 VALLEY ROAD WAYNE, NJ 07470- 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP (VLY) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 11/20/2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) FIRST SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------------------+--------------+-----------+------------+ |1. Title of Security |2. Trans- |2A.Execu- |3. Trans-|4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature | | | action | action | action| or Disposed of (D) |Securities | ship | of In- | | | Date | Date | Code | |Beneficially | Form: | direct | | | | | | |Owned | Direct | Bene- | | | (Month/ | (Month/ | | |Following | (D) or | ficial | | | Day/ | Day/ +-----+---+-----------+---+----------+Reported | Indirect| Owner- | | | Year) | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D|Price |Transaction(s)| (I) | ship | +------------------------------+----------+----------+-----+---+-----------+---+----------+--------------+-----------+------------+ Common Stock 11/18/2002 A 1125 A $0.0000 10425 D Common Stock 0 I 11/27/92 REST. STK. OPTION Common Stock 0 I 10/29/93 REST. STK. AWARD Common Stock 0 I 11/08/94 REST. STK. AWARD
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+-------+-------+------+ |1. |2. |3. |3A. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. | | | | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | | | | | | | | | | | |of |ship | | | | | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| | | | | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | | | | | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature| | |Conver- |Trans- |Execu- | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of | | |sion or |action |tion | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi-|ity: |In- | | |Exercise|Date |Date | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct| | |Price of| | |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- | |Title of |Deriv- |(Month/|(Month/|tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of | |In- |ficial| |Derivative|ative | Day/ | Day/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative| |direct |Owner-| |Security |Security|Year) |Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security | |(I) |ship | +----------+--------+-------+-------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+ Stock $12 11/15/2005 Common 4985 D Option Stock Stock $13.6 11/07/2006 Common 5696 D Option Stock Stock $17.6 10/27/2007 Common 5426 D Option Stock Stock $18.4 10/23/2008 Common 4341 D Option Stock Stock $19.2 11/12/2009 Common 4135 D Option Stock Stock $21.6 11/15/2010 Common 3938 D Option Stock Stock $24.55 11/07/2011 Common 6250 D Option Stock Stock $26.33 11/18/2 A 5600 11/18/2003 11/18/2012 Common 5600 $26.3300 5600 D Option 002 Stock Explanation of Responses: Restricted grant under Valley's Stock Option Plan, awarded in five vesting periods beginning one year from date of grant. Granted under Valley's Stock Option Plan, exercisable in five equal installments beginning one year from the grant date.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ JOHN H. PROL DATE 11/20/2002