vly-20260518
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 18, 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
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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 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. | ||||
Valley National Bancorp (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 18, 2026 (the “Meeting”). On the record date of March 23, 2026, there were 554,316,876 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding. A total of 498,025,239 shares were present or represented by proxy at the Meeting. The Company’s shareholders took the following actions:
Proposal #1 – Voted on the election of 11 persons, named in the Proxy Statement, to serve as directors of the Company for the ensuing year constituting the entire Board of Directors. The following is a list of directors elected at the Annual Meeting with the number of votes cast “For,” and “Against” each director nominee, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes.
| Name | For | Against | Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eyal Efrat | 437,750,701 | 1,333,345 | 448,187 | 58,493,006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peter V. Maio | 438,035,299 | 1,109,155 | 387,779 | 58,493,006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kathleen C. Perrott | 437,745,326 | 1,344,761 | 442,146 | 58,493,006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ira Robbins | 435,472,585 | 3,628,954 | 430,694 | 58,493,006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nitzan Sandor | 435,712,185 | 3,172,795 | 647,253 | 58,493,006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Suresh L. Sani | 432,286,871 | 6,675,699 | 569,663 | 58,493,006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lisa J. Schultz | 435,823,415 | 3,153,695 | 555,123 | 58,493,006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jennifer W. Steans | 436,676,922 | 2,399,113 | 456,198 | 58,493,006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carlos J. Vázquez | 437,763,090 | 1,196,709 | 572,434 | 58,493,006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeffrey S. Wilks | 434,114,566 | 4,881,078 | 536,589 | 58,493,006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. Sidney S. Williams, Jr. | 434,601,488 | 3,871,728 | 1,059,017 | 58,493,006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Proposal #2 – Approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The number of votes cast “For” and “Against” this proposal, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, was as follows:
Number of Votes | ||||||||
For | 428,491,622 | |||||||
Against | 8,976,268 | |||||||
Abstained | 2,064,343 | |||||||
Broker Non-Votes | 58,493,006 | |||||||
Proposal #3 – Ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The number of votes cast “For” and “Against” this proposal, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, was as follows:
Number of Votes | ||||||||||||||
For | 495,529,819 | |||||||||||||
Against | 1,904,015 | |||||||||||||
Abstained | 591,405 | |||||||||||||
Broker Non-Votes | 0 | |||||||||||||
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 18, 2026 | VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP | ||||||||||
By: | /s/ Lyndsey Sloan | ||||||||||
| Lyndsey Sloan | |||||||||||
| Senior Executive Vice President | |||||||||||
| and General Counsel | |||||||||||