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  on April 25, 2023&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>
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  <P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 17.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>Under</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></P>
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  <P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 8.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
  charter)</B></P>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 11pt; width: 51%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>New Jersey</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 11pt; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 11pt; width: 48%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>22-2477875</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>One Penn Plaza, Suite 2930</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10119</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Address, including zip code of registrant&rsquo;s
  principal executive offices)</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP 2023 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION
  PLAN</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Full title of the Plans)</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Gary G. Michael</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Executive Vice President&nbsp;&amp; General
  Counsel</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Valley National Bancorp</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>One Penn Plaza, Suite 2930</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10119</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(973) 305-8800</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
  number, including area code, of agent for service)</B></P><P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
  filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
  &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth
  company&rdquo; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 44%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">x</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 56%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&uml;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 1. <I>Plan Information.</I>*</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Not filed with this Registration Statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 2. <I>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</I>*</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Not filed with this Registration Statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 99%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">All information required by Part I to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 3. <I>Documents Incorporated By Reference.</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The following documents filed by Valley National Bancorp (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(a)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 97%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022.</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 97%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The Company&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 24, 2023, March 8, 2023 and April 5, 2023.</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 97%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The information in the&nbsp;</FONT><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714310/000119312521072175/d131612ddef14a.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Definitive Proxy Statement</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;for Valley National Bancorp&rsquo;s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;10, 2023 that is incorporated by reference into Valley National Bancorp&rsquo;s Annual Report on&nbsp;</FONT><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/714310/000071431021000059/vly-20201231.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Form&nbsp;10-K</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022.</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(d)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 97%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The description of Valley National Bancorp&rsquo;s common stock which is contained in Valley National Bancorp&rsquo;s registration statement on&nbsp;</FONT><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/714310/000121465918006435/d1051818a12b.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Form&nbsp;8-A</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;9, 2018, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">In addition, all documents hereafter filed by the Company pursuant
  to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
  indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, are hereby incorporated
  herein by reference and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated
  or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
  to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
  by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
  so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Information in Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished to the Commission,
  including under Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K, prior, on or subsequent to the date hereof will not be incorporated herein by reference.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;4.<I>&nbsp;Description of Securities.</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;5.<I>&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;6.<I>&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>Indemnification</I>.&nbsp;Article VI of the Company&rsquo;s certificate
  of incorporation provides that the corporation shall indemnify its present and former officers, directors, employees, and agents and persons
  serving at its request against expenses, including attorney&rsquo;s fees, judgments, fines or amounts paid in settlement, incurred in
  connection with any pending or threatened action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to the
  full extent permitted by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act.&nbsp;The Article also provides that such indemnification shall not exclude
  any other rights to indemnification to which a person may otherwise be entitled, and authorizes the corporation to purchase insurance
  on behalf of any of the persons enumerated against any liability whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him
  under the provisions of Article VI.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The New Jersey Business Corporation Act empowers a corporation to indemnify
  a corporate agent against his expenses and liabilities incurred in connection with any proceeding (other than a derivative lawsuit) involving
  the corporate agent by reason of his being or having been a corporate agent if (a)&nbsp;the agent acted in good faith and in a manner
  he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and (b)&nbsp;with respect to any criminal proceeding,
  the corporate agent had No&nbsp;reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.&nbsp;For purposes of the Act, the term &ldquo;corporate
  agent&rdquo; includes any present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, and a person serving as a &ldquo;corporate
  agent&rdquo; at the request of the corporation for any other enterprise.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">With respect to any derivative action, the corporation is empowered
  to indemnify a corporate agent against his expenses (but not his liabilities) incurred in connection with any proceeding involving the
  corporate agent by reason of his being or having been a corporate agent if the agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
  believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.&nbsp;However, only the New Jersey Superior Court or the court
  in which the proceeding was brought can empower a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against expenses with respect to any claim,
  issue or matter as to which the agent was adjudged liable to the corporation.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The corporation may indemnify a corporate agent in a specific case
  if a determination is made by any of the following that the applicable standard of conduct was met: (i)&nbsp;the board of directors, or
  a committee thereof, acting by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors; (ii)&nbsp;by independent legal counsel,
  if there is not a quorum of disinterested directors or if the disinterested quorum empowers counsel to make the determination; or (iii)&nbsp;by
  the shareholders.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">A corporate agent is entitled to mandatory indemnification to the extent
  that the agent is successful on the merits or otherwise in any proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter in the proceeding.
  If a corporation fails or refuses to indemnify a corporate agent, whether the indemnification is permissive or mandatory, the agent may
  apply to a court to grant him the requested indemnification. In advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, the corporation may
  pay an agent&rsquo;s expenses if the agent agrees to repay the expenses unless it is ultimately determined he is entitled to indemnification.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>Exculpation</I>. Article VII of the Company&rsquo;s certificate
  of incorporation provides:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">A director or officer of the Corporation shall not be personally liable
  to the Corporation or its shareholders for damages for breach of any duty owed to the Corporation or its shareholders, except that this
  provision shall not relieve a director or officer from liability for any breach of duty based upon an act or omission (i)&nbsp;in breach
  of such person&rsquo;s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders, (ii)&nbsp;not in good faith or involving a knowing violation
  of law, or (iii)&nbsp;resulting in receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit.&nbsp;If the New Jersey Business Corporation
  Act is amended after approval by the shareholders of this provision to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the
  personal liability of directors or officers, then the liability of a director and/or officer of the Corporation shall be eliminated or
  limited to the fullest extent permitted by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act as so amended.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the shareholders
  of the Corporation or otherwise shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation existing
  at the time of such repeal or modification.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as it affects exculpation,
  has not been changed since the adoption of this provision by the Company in 1987.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 7. <I>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8. <I>Exhibits.</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 11pt">
    <TR STYLE="background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 94%"><A HREF="ex5_1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Gary G. Michael, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company (filed herewith)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="ex23_1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="ex5_1.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Gary G. Michael (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="#poa"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/714310/000119312523067625/d387639ddef14a.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Valley National Bancorp 2023 Incentive Compensation Plan *</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">107</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="ex107.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filing Fee Table (filed herewith)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">*</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 99%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Incorporated by reference to Appendix C of the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Valley Shareholders (Commission File No. 001-11277) filed by Valley under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on March 10, 2023.</FONT></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9. <I>Undertakings.</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
  a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
  Act of 1933;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
  the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
  of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
  Statement; <U>provided, however</U>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included
  in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
  pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
  Statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(2) That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
  Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
  therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
  any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
  of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section
  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s
  annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
  Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial<I>&nbsp;bona fide</I>&nbsp;offering thereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
  Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
  otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
  public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
  (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
  in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection
  with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
  precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
  in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
  Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the Town of Wayne, State of New Jersey,
  on the 25<SUP>th</SUP> day of April, 2023.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: right; width: 12%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 87%">
      <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Gary G. Michael</P></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name:</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Gary G. Michael</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><A NAME="poa"></A><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
  appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Ira Robbins, Michael D. Hagedorn and Gary G. Michael as&nbsp;attorneys-in-fact&nbsp;and
  agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign on his or her behalf, individually and in any and all capacities,
  including the capacities stated below, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and
  any registration statements filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating thereto
  and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
  granting to said&nbsp;attorneys-in-fact&nbsp;and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
  and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
  ratifying and confirming all that said&nbsp;attorneys-in-fact&nbsp;and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
  by virtue hereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
  Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 11pt">
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 37%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Signature</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 46%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 15%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Date</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Ira Robbins</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;25, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ira Robbins</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Michael D. Hagedorn</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;25, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Michael D. Hagedorn</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Mitchell L. Crandell</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;25, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Mitchell L. Crandell</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 11pt">
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 37%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Andrew B. Abramson</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="width: 46%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="width: 15%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;25, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Andrew B. Abramson</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Peter J. Baum</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;25, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Peter J. Baum</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Eric P. Edelstein</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;25, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Eric P. Edelstein</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Dafna Landau</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;25, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Dafna Landau</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Marc J. Lenner</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;25, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Marc J. Lenner</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Peter V. Maio</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;25, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Peter V. Maio</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Avner Mendelson</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;25, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Avner Mendelson</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Suresh L. Sani</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;25, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Suresh L. Sani</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Lisa J. Schultz</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;25, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Lisa J. Schultz</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Jennifer W. Steans</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;25, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Jennifer W. Steans</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Jeffrey S. Wilks</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD ROWSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">April&nbsp;25, 2023</FONT></TD></TR>
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text: As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  on April 25, 2023
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Under
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its
  charter)
  New Jersey
  22-2477875
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  One Penn Plaza, Suite 2930
  New York, New York 10119
  (Address, including zip code of registrant's
  principal executive offices)
  VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP 2023 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION
  PLAN
  (Full title of the Plans)
  Gary G. Michael
  Executive Vice President & General
  Counsel
  Valley National Bancorp
  One Penn Plaza, Suite 2930
  New York, New York 10119
  (973) 305-8800
  (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
  number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
  filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
  "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth
  company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  x
  Accelerated filer
  ¨
  Non-accelerated filer
  ¨
  Smaller reporting company
  ¨
  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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
  ¨
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1.
  Plan Information.
  *
  Not filed with this Registration Statement.
  Item 2.
  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  *
  Not filed with this Registration Statement.
  *
  All information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3.
  Documents Incorporated By Reference.
  The following documents filed by Valley National Bancorp (the "Company")
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
  (a)
  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
  (b)
  The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 24, 2023, March 8, 2023 and April 5, 2023.
  (c)
  The information in the
  Definitive Proxy Statement
  for Valley National Bancorp's 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the SEC on March 10, 2023 that is incorporated by reference into Valley National Bancorp's Annual Report on
  Form 10-K
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
  (d)
  The description of Valley National Bancorp's common stock which is contained in Valley National Bancorp's registration statement on
  Form 8-A
  filed with the SEC on October 9, 2018, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  In addition, all documents hereafter filed by the Company pursuant
  to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
  indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, are hereby incorporated
  herein by reference and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated
  or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
  to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
  by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
  so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Information in Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished to the Commission,
  including under Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K, prior, on or subsequent to the date hereof will not be incorporated herein by reference.
  Item 4.
  Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Not applicable.
  Item 6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Indemnification
  . Article VI of the Company's certificate
  of incorporation provides that the corporation shall indemnify its present and former officers, directors, employees, and agents and persons
  serving at its request against expenses, including attorney's fees, judgments, fines or amounts paid in settlement, incurred in
  connection with any pending or threatened action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to the
  full extent permitted by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act. The Article also provides that such indemnification shall not exclude
  any other rights to indemnification to which a person may otherwise be entitled, and authorizes the corporation to purchase insurance
  on behalf of any of the persons enumerated against any liability whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him
  under the provisions of Article VI.
  The New Jersey Business Corporation Act empowers a corporation to indemnify
  a corporate agent against his expenses and liabilities incurred in connection with any proceeding (other than a derivative lawsuit) involving
  the corporate agent by reason of his being or having been a corporate agent if (a) the agent acted in good faith and in a manner
  he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and (b) with respect to any criminal proceeding,
  the corporate agent had No reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. For purposes of the Act, the term "corporate
  agent" includes any present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, and a person serving as a "corporate
  agent" at the request of the corporation for any other enterprise.
  With respect to any derivative action, the corporation is empowered
  to indemnify a corporate agent against his expenses (but not his liabilities) incurred in connection with any proceeding involving the
  corporate agent by reason of his being or having been a corporate agent if the agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
  believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. However, only the New Jersey Superior Court or the court
  in which the proceeding was brought can empower a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against expenses with respect to any claim,
  issue or matter as to which the agent was adjudged liable to the corporation.
  The corporation may indemnify a corporate agent in a specific case
  if a determination is made by any of the following that the applicable standard of conduct was met: (i) the board of directors, or
  a committee thereof, acting by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors; (ii) by independent legal counsel,
  if there is not a quorum of disinterested directors or if the disinterested quorum empowers counsel to make the determination; or (iii) by
  the shareholders.
  A corporate agent is entitled to mandatory indemnification to the extent
  that the agent is successful on the merits or otherwise in any proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter in the proceeding.
  If a corporation fails or refuses to indemnify a corporate agent, whether the indemnification is permissive or mandatory, the agent may
  apply to a court to grant him the requested indemnification. In advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, the corporation may
  pay an agent's expenses if the agent agrees to repay the expenses unless it is ultimately determined he is entitled to indemnification.
  Exculpation
  . Article VII of the Company's certificate
  of incorporation provides:
  A director or officer of the Corporation shall not be personally liable
  to the Corporation or its shareholders for damages for breach of any duty owed to the Corporation or its shareholders, except that this
  provision shall not relieve a director or officer from liability for any breach of duty based upon an act or omission (i) in breach
  of such person's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders, (ii) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation
  of law, or (iii) resulting in receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit. If the New Jersey Business Corporation
  Act is amended after approval by the shareholders of this provision to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the
  personal liability of directors or officers, then the liability of a director and/or officer of the Corporation shall be eliminated or
  limited to the fullest extent permitted by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act as so amended.
  Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the shareholders
  of the Corporation or otherwise shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation existing
  at the time of such repeal or modification.
  The New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as it affects exculpation,
  has not been changed since the adoption of this provision by the Company in 1987.
  Item 7.
  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8.
  Exhibits.
  5.1
  Opinion of Gary G. Michael, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company (filed herewith)
  23.1
  Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith)
  23.2
  Consent of Gary G. Michael (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)
  99.1
  Valley National Bancorp 2023 Incentive Compensation Plan *
  107
  Filing Fee Table (filed herewith)
  *
  Incorporated by reference to Appendix C of the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Valley Shareholders (Commission File No. 001-11277) filed by Valley under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on March 10, 2023.
  Item 9.
  Undertakings.
  (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
  a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
  Act of 1933;
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
  the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
  of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
  Statement;
  provided, however
  , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included
  in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
  pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
  Statement.
  (2) That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
  Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
  therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
  any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  (b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
  of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
  annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
  Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
  at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
  Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
  otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
  public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
  (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
  in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection
  with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
  precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
  in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
  Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the Town of Wayne, State of New Jersey,
  on the 25
  th
  day of April, 2023.
  VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
  By:
  /s/ Gary G. Michael
  Name:
  Gary G. Michael
  Title:
  Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
  appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Ira Robbins, Michael D. Hagedorn and Gary G. Michael as attorneys-in-fact and
  agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign on his or her behalf, individually and in any and all capacities,
  including the capacities stated below, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and
  any registration statements filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating thereto
  and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
  granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
  and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
  ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
  by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
  Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Ira Robbins
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
  April 25, 2023
  Ira Robbins
  /s/ Michael D. Hagedorn
  Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
  April 25, 2023
  Michael D. Hagedorn
  /s/ Mitchell L. Crandell
  Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
  April 25, 2023
  Mitchell L. Crandell
  /s/ Andrew B. Abramson
  Director
  April 25, 2023
  Andrew B. Abramson
  /s/ Peter J. Baum
  Director
  April 25, 2023
  Peter J. Baum
  /s/ Eric P. Edelstein
  Director
  April 25, 2023
  Eric P. Edelstein
  /s/ Dafna Landau
  Director
  April 25, 2023
  Dafna Landau
  /s/ Marc J. Lenner
  Director
  April 25, 2023
  Marc J. Lenner
  /s/ Peter V. Maio
  Director
  April 25, 2023
  Peter V. Maio
  /s/ Avner Mendelson
  Director
  April 25, 2023
  Avner Mendelson
  /s/ Suresh L. Sani
  Director
  April 25, 2023
  Suresh L. Sani
  /s/ Lisa J. Schultz
  Director
  April 25, 2023
  Lisa J. Schultz
  /s/ Jennifer W. Steans
  Director
  April 25, 2023
  Jennifer W. Steans
  /s/ Jeffrey S. Wilks
  Director
  April 25, 2023
  Jeffrey S. Wilks
  /s/ Dr. Sidney S. Williams, Jr.
  Director
  April 25, 2023
  Dr. Sidney S. Williams, Jr.