1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
ESKOW, ALAN D.
1455 VALLEY ROAD
WAYNE, NJ 07470-
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP (VLY)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
12/2002
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner
(X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT CHIEF
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------------------+--------------+-----------+------------+
|1. Title of Security |2. Trans- |2A.Execu- |3. Trans-|4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| | action | action | action| or Disposed of (D) |Securities | ship | of In- |
| | Date | Date | Code | |Beneficially | Form: | direct |
| | | | | |Owned | Direct | Bene- |
| | (Month/ | (Month/ | | |Following | (D) or | ficial |
| | Day/ | Day/ | +-----------+---+----------+ Year | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) | Year) | |Amount |A/D|Price | | (I) | ship |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---+----------+--------------+-----------+------------+
Common Stock 35289 D
Common Stock 470 I IRA/WIFE
Common Stock 0 I 11/19/91
REST. STK.
OPTION
Common Stock 0 I 11/27/92
QUAL. STK.
AWARD
Common Stock 0 I 10/29/93
REST. STK.
AWARD
Common Stock 0 I 11/08/94
REST. STK.
AWARD
Common Stock 0 I 10/29/93
QUAL. STK.
OPTION
Common Stock 0 I 11/08/94
QUAL. STK.
OPTION
COMMON STK. 1467 D
COMMON STOCK 482 D
401K 1146 D
TEST FOR EDGAR 0 D
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+-------+-------+------+
|1. |2. |3. |3A. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. |
| | | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | |
| | | | | | | | | |of |ship | |
| | | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| |
| | | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | |
| | | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature|
| |Conver- |Trans- |Execu- | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of |
| |sion or |action |tion | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi-|ity: |In- |
| |Exercise|Date |Date | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct|
| |Price of| | |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of |Deriv- |(Month/|(Month/|tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of | |In- |ficial|
|Derivative|ative |Day/ |Day/ | +-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|at End |direct |Owner-|
|Security |Security|Year) |Year) | |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |of Year|(I) |ship |
+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+
Stock $13.6 11/07/2006 Common 2679 D
Option Stock
Stock $17.6 10/27/2007 Common 7236 D
Option Stock
Stock $18.4 10/23/2008 Common 5789 D
Option Stock
Stock $19.2 11/12/2009 Common 6891 D
Option Stock
Stock $21.6 11/28/2010 Common 13125 D
Option Stock
Stock $25.17 11/27/2011 Common 5174 D
Option Stock
Stock $26.33 11/18/2012 Common 12000 D
Option Stock
STOCK $25.17 11/27/2011 Common 8576 D
OPTION/NQ Stock
Explanation of Responses:
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ ALAN D. ESKOW
DATE
02/12/2003