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  Commission on December 3, 2019</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>
  
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  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT><B> </B></P>
  
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  D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 18pt 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>
  
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  in its charter) </B></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="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>
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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>ORITANI FINANCIAL CORP. 2007 EQUITY INCENTIVE
  PLAN </B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>ORITANI FINANCIAL CORP. 2011 EQUITY INCENTIVE
  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>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Ronald H. Janis</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Senior Executive Vice President &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>
  
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  telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>With a Copy to: </I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Michael T. Rave, Esq. </B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Day Pitney LLP </B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>One Jefferson Road</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Parsippany, NJ 07054</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(973) 966-8123</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">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 &quot;emerging growth company&quot; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 0.2in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT></FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting&nbsp;company&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company &nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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  by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
  standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></P>
  
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Title of Securities</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>to be Registered</B></P></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Amount</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>to be</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in"><B>Registered<SUP>(1)(2</SUP>)</B></P></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 4.3pt; text-align: center"><B>Proposed</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 4.3pt; text-align: center"><B>Maximum</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 4.3pt; text-align: center"><B>Offering&nbsp;Price</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 4.3pt; text-align: center"><B>Per&nbsp;Share<SUP>(3)</SUP></B></P></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Proposed<BR>
          Maximum</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Aggregate<BR>
          Offering&nbsp;Price<SUP>(3)</SUP></B></P></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Amount of</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Registration<BR>
          Fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Common Stock, no par value</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-left: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3,184,572<B><SUP>(4)</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-left: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 4.3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$11.81</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-left: 4.3pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-left: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$37,609,795.32</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; border-left: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$4,881.76</FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger,
          dated as of June 25, 2019 (the &ldquo;Merger Agreement&rdquo;), between Valley National Bancorp (&ldquo;Valley&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
          and Oritani Financial Corp. (&ldquo;Oritani&rdquo;), Valley assumed all the outstanding options to purchase shares of common stock
          of Oritani granted under the Oritani Financial Corp. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;2007 Plan&rdquo;) and the Oritani Financial
          Corp. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;2011 Plan&rdquo; and together with the 2007 Plan, the &ldquo;Plans&rdquo;), in each
          case subject to their continued vesting schedules and conditions. The assumed stock options were converted into the right to acquire
          shares of Valley common stock, with appropriate adjustments to the number of shares into which the assumed options are exercisable
          and the exercise price of such options, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.</P>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities
          Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;) this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares
          of common stock that may be issuable pursuant to anti-dilution provisions contained in the Plans.</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(3)</FONT></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating
          the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and aggregate offering price
          are based on the average of the high and low prices of the Company&rsquo;s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select
          Market on November 26, 2019.</P>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(4)</FONT></TD>
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Represents shares of Valley common stock
          issuable upon exercise of assumed stock options granted under the Plans.</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P></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; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;1. <I>Plan Information.</I>*</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Not filed with 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"><B>Item&nbsp;2. <I>Registrant Information and Employee Plan
  Annual Information.</I>*</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Not filed with this Registration Statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 2%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">*</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="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>
  </TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B></B></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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;3. <I>Documents Incorporated By Reference.</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 4%; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 4%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">1.</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018. </FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 4%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">2.</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company&rsquo;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2019, June 30, 2019 and September 30, 2019. </FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 4%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 24, 2019, January 30, 2019, January 31, 2019, February 5, 2019, February 13, 2019, March 27, 2019, April 18, 2019, April 25, 2019, June 26, 2019 (2 filings), July 17, 2019, July 25, 2019, August 26, 2019, October 24, 2019, October 25, 2019, November 18, 2019 and December 2, 2019.</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 4%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The description of the Company&rsquo;s common stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Information in Current Reports on Form
  8-K furnished to the Commission, including under Item&nbsp;2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K, prior, on or subsequent to the date hereof
  is not and will not be incorporated herein by reference.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;4. <I>Description of Securities.</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Not applicable.</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"><B>Item&nbsp;5. <I>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <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">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;6. <I>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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 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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>Exculpation.</I>&nbsp;Article VII of
  the Company&rsquo;s certificate of incorporation provides:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;7. <I>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Not applicable.</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"><B>Item&nbsp;8. <I>Exhibits.</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex5_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Opinion of Day Pitney LLP (filed herewith)</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex23_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith)</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ex5_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent of Day Pitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#powerofattorney">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1374756/000119312508061575/ddef14a.htm#tx65552_33" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Oritani Financial Corp. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan *</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
          <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1483195/000119312511174194/ddef14a.htm#tx201466_36" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Oritani Financial Corp. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan **</A>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">*</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the proxy statement for the Special Meeting of Oritani Stockholders (Commission File No. 001-33223) filed by Oritani under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on March 20, 2008.</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">**</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the proxy statement for the Special Meeting of Oritani Stockholders (Commission File No. 001-34786) filed by Oritani under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on June 27, 2011.</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;9. <I>Undertakings.</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(i) To include any prospectus required
  by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(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&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;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&nbsp;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>bona fide</I>
  offering thereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(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: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; border-bottom-width: 0in; border-bottom-color: Black"><B>Pursuant
  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 City of New York, State of New York, on the 2nd day of December, 2019.
  </B></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">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 59%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Ronald H. Janis</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Ronald H. Janis</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Senior Executive Vice President &amp; General Counsel</B></P></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="powerofattorney"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that
  each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Ronald H. Janis, Ira Robbins and Mitchell L. Crandell
  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.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Pursuant to the requirements of the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
  on the dates indicated:</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 33%">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Signature</U></B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 43%">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Title</U></B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 24%">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Date</U></B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Ira
          Robbins</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Ira Robbins</B></P></TD>
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Chairman, President and Chief Executive
          Officer</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">December 2, 2019</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Michael
          D. Hagedorn</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Michael D. Hagedorn</B></P></TD>
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Senior Executive Vice President and Chief</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">December 2, 2019</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Mitchell
          L. Crandell</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Mitchell L. Crandell</B></P></TD>
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">December 2, 2019</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Andrew
          B. Abramson</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Andrew B. Abramson</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">December 2, 2019</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Peter
          J. Baum</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Peter J. Baum</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">December 2, 2019</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Eric
          P. Edelstein</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Eric P. Edelstein</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">December 2, 2019</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Graham
          O. Jones</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Graham O. Jones&nbsp;</B></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">December 2, 2019</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  <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"></P>
  
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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"></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 33%">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Signature</U></B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 43%">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Title</U></B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 24%">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Date</U></B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Michael
          L. LaRusso</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Michael L. LaRusso</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">December 2, 2019</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Marc
          J. Lenner</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Marc J. Lenner</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">December 2, 2019</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Gerald
          H. Lipkin</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Gerald H. Lipkin</B></P></TD>
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Director</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">December 2, 2019</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Kevin J. Lynch</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Suresh
          L. Sani</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Suresh L. Sani</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">December 2, 2019</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Melissa
          (Lisa) Schultz</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Melissa (Lisa) Schultz</B></P></TD>
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Director</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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text: As filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on December 3, 2019
  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)
  ORITANI FINANCIAL CORP. 2007 EQUITY INCENTIVE
  PLAN
  ORITANI FINANCIAL CORP. 2011 EQUITY INCENTIVE
  PLAN
  (Full title of the Plans)
  Ronald H. Janis
  Senior 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)
  With a Copy to:
  Michael T. Rave, Esq.
  Day Pitney LLP
  One Jefferson Road
  Parsippany, NJ 07054
  (973) 966-8123
  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
  standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
  o
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of Securities
  to be Registered
  Amount
  to be
  Registered
  (1)(2
  )
  Proposed
  Maximum
  Offering Price
  Per Share
  (3)
  Proposed
  Maximum
  Aggregate
  Offering Price
  (3)
  Amount of
  Registration
  Fee
  Common Stock, no par value
  3,184,572
  (4)
  $11.81
  $37,609,795.32
  $4,881.76
  (1)
  Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger,
          dated as of June 25, 2019 (the "Merger Agreement"), between Valley National Bancorp ("Valley" or the "Company")
          and Oritani Financial Corp. ("Oritani"), Valley assumed all the outstanding options to purchase shares of common stock
          of Oritani granted under the Oritani Financial Corp. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2007 Plan") and the Oritani Financial
          Corp. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2011 Plan" and together with the 2007 Plan, the "Plans"), in each
          case subject to their continued vesting schedules and conditions. The assumed stock options were converted into the right to acquire
          shares of Valley common stock, with appropriate adjustments to the number of shares into which the assumed options are exercisable
          and the exercise price of such options, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement.
  (2)
  Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities
          Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares
          of common stock that may be issuable pursuant to anti-dilution provisions contained in the Plans.
  (3)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating
          the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and aggregate offering price
          are based on the average of the high and low prices of the Company's common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select
          Market on November 26, 2019.
  (4)
  Represents shares of Valley common stock
          issuable upon exercise of assumed stock options granted under the Plans.
  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:
  1.
  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.
  2.
  The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2019, June 30, 2019 and September 30, 2019.
  3.
  The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 24, 2019, January 30, 2019, January 31, 2019, February 5, 2019, February 13, 2019, March 27, 2019, April 18, 2019, April 25, 2019, June 26, 2019 (2 filings), July 17, 2019, July 25, 2019, August 26, 2019, October 24, 2019, October 25, 2019, November 18, 2019 and December 2, 2019.
  4.
  The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Company pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  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
  is not and will not be incorporated herein by reference.
  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.
  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 Day Pitney LLP (filed herewith)
  23.1
  Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith)
  23.2
  Consent of Day Pitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)
  99.1
  Oritani Financial Corp. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan *
  99.2
  Oritani Financial Corp. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan **
  *
  Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the proxy statement for the Special Meeting of Oritani Stockholders (Commission File No. 001-33223) filed by Oritani under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on March 20, 2008.
  **
  Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the proxy statement for the Special Meeting of Oritani Stockholders (Commission File No. 001-34786) filed by Oritani under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on June 27, 2011.
  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, as amended, 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 City of New York, State of New York, on the 2nd day of December, 2019.
  VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP
  By:
  /s/ Ronald H. Janis
  Ronald H. Janis
  Senior Executive Vice President & General Counsel
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that
  each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Ronald H. Janis, Ira Robbins and Mitchell L. Crandell
  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, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
  on the dates indicated:
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Ira
          Robbins
  Ira Robbins
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive
          Officer
  December 2, 2019
  /s/ Michael
          D. Hagedorn
  Michael D. Hagedorn
  Senior Executive Vice President and Chief
  Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
  December 2, 2019
  /s/ Mitchell
          L. Crandell
  Mitchell L. Crandell
  Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting
  Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
  December 2, 2019
  /s/ Andrew
          B. Abramson
  Andrew B. Abramson
  Director
  December 2, 2019
  /s/ Peter
          J. Baum
  Peter J. Baum
  Director
  December 2, 2019
  /s/ Eric
          P. Edelstein
  Eric P. Edelstein
  Director
  December 2, 2019
  /s/ Graham
          O. Jones
  Graham O. Jones
  Director
  December 2, 2019
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Michael
          L. LaRusso
  Michael L. LaRusso
  Director
  December 2, 2019
  /s/ Marc
          J. Lenner
  Marc J. Lenner
  Director
  December 2, 2019
  /s/ Gerald
          H. Lipkin
  Gerald H. Lipkin
  Director
  December 2, 2019
  Director
  Kevin J. Lynch
  /s/ Suresh
          L. Sani
  Suresh L. Sani
  Director
  December 2, 2019
  /s/ Melissa
          (Lisa) Schultz
  Melissa (Lisa) Schultz
  Director
  December 2, 2019
  /s/ Jennifer
          W. Steans
  Jennifer W. Steans
  Director
  December 2, 2019
  /s/ Jeffrey
          S. Wilks
  Jeffrey S. Wilks
  Director
  December 2, 2019