1. Name and Address of Reporting Person MEYER, ROBERT 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/Day/Year 11/20/2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/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 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/ +-----+---+-----------+---+----------+Reported | Indirect| Owner- | | | Year) | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D|Price |Transaction(s)| (I) | ship | +------------------------------+----------+----------+-----+---+-----------+---+----------+--------------+-----------+------------+ Common Stock 11/18/2002 A 4000 A $0.0000 130476 DCommon Stock (with Spouse) 5644 D Common Stock -- (401K Plan) 766 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| |direct |Owner-| |Security |Security|Year) |Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security | |(I) |ship | +----------+--------+-------+-------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+ Stock $18.4 11/18/2007 Common 18088 D Option Stock Stock $18.4 10/23/2008 Common 14465 D Option Stock Stock $18.4 11/23/2009 Common 13782 D Option Stock Stock $21.6 11/28/2010 Common 14437 D Option Stock Stock $25.17 11/27/2011 Common 4275 D Option Stock Stock $26.33 11/18/2 A 12000 11/18/2003 11/18/2012 Common 12000 $26.3300 12000 D Option 002 Stock STOCK $25.17 11/27/2011 Common 9475 D OPTION/NQ Stock Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ ROBERT MEYER DATE 11/20/2002 Restricted grant under Valley's Stock Option Plan, awarded in five vesting periods beginning one year from date of grant. Granted under Valley's Stock Option Plan, exercisable in five equal installments beginning one year from the grant date.