8-K

UNITED STATES

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, 2022

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)

One Penn Plaza, New York, New York	10119
(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))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbols	Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock, no par value	VLY	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, no par value	VLYPP	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B, no par value	VLYPO	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933(§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01 Other Events.

Valley National Bancorp (the “Company”) is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to include, as Exhibit 23.1, the consent of KPMG LLP to be incorporated by reference in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-254696).

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

23.1	Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith).
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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, 2022	VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
	By:	/s/ Michael D. Hagedorn
		Michael D. Hagedorn
		Senior Executive Vice President and
		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Auditors

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333-254696) on Form S-3 of Valley National Bancorp of our report dated March 1, 2022, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Bank Leumi Le-Israel Corporation and Subsidiaries which report appears in Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-K of Valley National Bancorp dated June 13, 2022 and to the references to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus supplement contained in such registration statement.

/s/ KPMG LLP

New York, New York

September 14, 2022

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