SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* LANDY JAMES J (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O 21 SCARSDALE ROAD (Street) YONKERS NY 10707 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HUDSON VALLEY HOLDING CORP [ HVB ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/30/2015
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. 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 (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	06/30/2015		D		139,836(1)	D	(2)	0	D
Common Stock	06/30/2015		D		7,938(3)	D	(4)	0	D
Common Stock	06/30/2015		D		85,769(5)	D	(6)	0	I	by Spouse

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes 1,000 shares of Restricted Stock that vests 100% on February 6, 2016. The vesting of these shares was accelerated on June 30, 2015 in connection with the consummation of the merger of the Issuer with and into Sterling Bancorp.

2. Disposed of pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger between the Issuer and Sterling Bancorp (the "Merger Agreement") in exchange for 268,485 shares of Sterling Bancorp common stock having a market value of $28.251 per share on the effective date of the merger (with such market value calculated as the average of the closing sales price of Sterling Bancorp common stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the five trading days ending on the day preceding the closing date of the merger (the "Market Value of Sterling Common Stock")) and cash of $3.39 in lieu of a fractional share of Sterling Bancorp common stock.

3. Held jointly with spouse.

4. Disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement in exchange for 15,240 shares of Sterling Bancorp common stock having a market value of $28.251 per share on the effective date of the merger (with such market value calculated as the Market Value of Sterling Common Stock) and cash of $27.12 in lieu of a fractional share of Sterling Bancorp common stock.

5. Includes 79,269 shares held by spouse of Reporting Person and 6,500 shares held by spouse of Reporting Person as custodian for minor child.

6. Disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement in exchange for 164,676 shares of Sterling Bancorp common stock (consisting of 152,196 shares of Sterling Bancorp common stock in exchange for 79,269 shares of Issuer common stock held by spouse of Reporting Person and 12,480 shares of Sterling Bancorp common stock in exchange for 6,500 shares of Issuer common stock held by spouse of Reporting Person as custodian for minor child) having a market value of $28.251 per share on the effective date of the merger (with such market value calculated as the Market Value of Sterling Common Stock) and cash of $13.56 in lieu of a fractional share of Sterling Bancorp common stock paid to spouse of Reporting Person.

Remarks:

	/s/ James P. Blose (James P. Blose as Attorney-in-Fact for James J. Landy)	07/01/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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