Exhibit 99.4

SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP November 14, 2019 Important Notice Regarding The Availability Of Proxy Materials For The Shareholder Meeting To Be Held On Thursday, November 14, 2019. The Joint Proxy Statement—Prospectus is available at the following weblink: ADMISSION www.proxydocs. TICKET com/VLY                You may attend the meeting only if you own shares of common stock at the close of business on Monday, September 16, 2019. Attendance at the meeting is limited to shareholders or their proxy holders and Valley guests. Please bring this admission ticket with you to the meeting and allow ample time for the admission process. GO GREEN e-Consent makes it easy to go paperless. With e-Consent, you can quickly access your proxy materials, statements and other eligible documents online, while reducing costs, clutter and paper waste. Enroll Please today via www.astfinancial. sign, com    date to enjoy online access. nd mail your proxy card in the envelope provided as soon as possible. Please detach along perforated line and mail in the envelope provided. 00003030000000001000 3 111419 PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENEVELOPE. PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN HERE THE VALLEY BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” PROPOSALS 1 AND 2. 1. Approval National Bancorp of the issuance common of stock up to in 75,711,589 connection    shares with the of merger Valley FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN with Oritani Financial Corp. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 2. Approval adjourn or of    postpone a proposal the to    special authorize meeting the Board to aof later Directors date, to if necessary approval of or the appropriate, issuance of to solicit up to 75,711,589 additional proxies shares in of favor Valley of with National Oritani Bancorp Financial common Corp. ,stock or to vote in connection on other matters with the properly merger before such special meeting. If 2 listed no specification above. is made, this proxy will be voted “FOR” proposals 1 and MARK“X” HERE IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING To indicate change your the new address address on your in the account, address please space check above. the    Please box at note right and that changes this method. to the registered name(s) on the account may not be submitted via Signature of Shareholder: Date: Signature of Shareholder: Date: Note: Please title as such. sign exactly If the signer as your is a name corporation, or names please appear sign on full this corporate Proxy. When name shares by duly are authorized held jointly, officer, each giving holder full should title as sign. such.    When    If signer signing is a as partnership, executor, administrator, please sign in attorney, partnership trustee name or by guardian, authorized please person. give full title as such. If the signer is a corporation, please sign full corporate name by duly authorized officer, giving full title as such. If signer is a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.

SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP November 14, 2019 PROXY VOTING INSTRUCTIONS INTERNET—Access www.voteproxy.com and follow the on-screen instructions or scan the QR code with your smartphone. Have your proxy card available when you access the web page. TELEPHONE—Call toll-free 1-800-PROXIES (1-800-776-9437) in the United States or 1-718-921-8500 from foreign countries from any touch-tone telephone and follow the instructions. Have your proxy card available when you call. Vote online/phone until 11:59 PM EST the day before the meeting. COMPANY NUMBER MAIL—Sign, date and mail your proxy card in the envelope provided as soon as possible. IN PERSON—You may vote your shares in person by attending ACCOUNT NUMBER the Annual Meeting. GO GREEN—e-Consent makes it easy to go paperless. With e-Consent, you can quickly access your proxy materials, statements and other eligible documents online, while reducing costs, clutter and paper waste. Enroll today via www.astfinancial.com to enjoy online access. IMPORTANT NOTICE

REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE SHAREHOLDER MEETING TO BE HELD ON www. THURSDAY, proxydocs. NOVEMBER com/VLY 14, 2019. The Joint Proxy Statement—Prospectus is available at the following weblink:                Please detach along perforated line and mail in the envelope provided IF you are not voting via telephone or the Internet. 00003030000000001000 3 111419 PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN HERE x THE VALLEY BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” PROPOSALS 1 AND 2. 1. Approval National Bancorp of the issuance common of stock up to in 75,711,589 connection    shares with the of merger Valley FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN with Oritani Financial Corp. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 2. Approval adjourn or of    postpone a proposal the to    special authorize meeting the Board to aof later Directors date, to if necessary approval of or the appropriate, issuance of to solicit up to 75,711,589 additional proxies shares in of favor Valley of with National Oritani Bancorp Financial common Corp. ,stock or to vote in connection on other matters with the properly merger before such special meeting.    2 listed above. MARK“X” HERE IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING    indicate changes your to the new registered address name(s) in the address on the account space above. may not    Please be submitted note that via this method. Signature of Shareholder:                Date:                Signature of Shareholder:                 Date:                Note: title Please as such. sign exactly If the signer as your is a name corporation, or names please appear sign on full this corporate Proxy. When name shares by duly are authorized held jointly, officer, each giving holder full should title as sign. such.    When    If signer signing is a as partnership, executor, please administrator, sign in attorney, partnership trustee name or by guardian, authorized please person. give full title as such. If signer is a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.

ADMISSION TICKET                You may attend the meeting only if you own shares of common stock at the close of business on Monday, September 16, 2019. Attendance at the meeting is limited to shareholders or their proxy holders and Valley guests. Please bring this admission ticket with you to the meeting and allow ample time for the admission process. 0 VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP PROXY FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2019 SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS                The undersigned hereby appoints ANDREW B. ABRAMSON, ERIC P. EDELSTEIN and MARC LENNER and each of them, as Proxy, each with full power of substitution, to vote all of the stock of VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP standing in the undersigned’s name at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP, to be held at 100 Furler Street, Totowa, NJ, on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 3:00 p.m., local time, and at any adjournment thereof for all matters as indicated upon the reverse side, and at their discretion, upon other matters that may properly come before the meeting. The undersigned hereby revokes any and all proxies heretofore given with respect to such meeting.                 This proxy will be voted as specified on the reverse side. If no choice is specified, the proxy will be voted FOR proposals 1 and 2. Shares, if any, held for your account by the trustee for the dividend reinvestment plan will be voted in the same manner as you vote the shares in your name individually. (Continued and to be signed on the reverse side.)