Summary of HUDSON VALLEY HOLDING CORP

ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
On February 3, 2009, the reigstrant issued a press release reporting its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2008. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS
On February 3, 2009, the registrant issued a press release announcing a cash dividend. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. We have attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including "anticipates," "believes," "can," "continue," "could," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "may," "plans," "potential," "predicts," "should" or "will" or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, that may cause our or the banking industry's actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, material adverse changes in the Company's operations or earnings, or a decline in the economy in the New York Metropolitan area. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.