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  0001920669
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000714310
  VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
  001-11277
  ONE PENN PLAZA
  NEW YORK
  NY
  10119
  (973) 305-8800
  MENDELSON AVNER
  Former Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  402000
  4184389.29
  509368014
  02/06/2025
  NASDAQ
  Common
  02/06/2025
  Option Granted 08/22/2018
  Issuer
  N
  402000
  02/06/2025
  Cash
  Y
  02/06/2025
  /s/ Emily Navaro, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for  Avner Mendelson.