UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 7, 2026
Valley National Bancorp
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| New Jersey | 1-11277 | 22-2477875 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
| One Penn Plaza, New York, New York | 10119 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (973) 305-8800
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
| ☐ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbols | Name of exchange on which registered | ||
| Common Stock, no par value | VLY | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
| Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, no par value | VLYPP | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
| Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B, no par value | VLYPO | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
| Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C, no par value | VLYPN | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933(§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
The attached investor presentation materials contain updated information for use by Valley National Bancorp (“Valley”) management with investors, analysts, and other interested parties from time to time to assist their understanding of Valley. The attached investor presentation materials should be read together with Valley’s annual reports, quarterly reports and current reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Valley is furnishing the investor presentation materials included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K. Valley is not undertaking to update the investor presentation materials. The information in this report (including Exhibit 99.1) is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. This report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information herein (including Exhibit 99.1).
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
| 99.1 | Valley National Bancorp investor presentation materials. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: May 7, 2026 | VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP | |||||
| By: | /s/ Travis Lan | |||||
| Travis Lan | ||||||
| Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | ||||||
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