Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  ALBANESE ROBERT C
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/06/2013
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Investors Bancorp Inc [ISBC]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
101 JFK PARKWAY
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SHORT HILLS, NJ 07078
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 14,276 (1)
D
 
Common Stock 700
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Common Stock 12/09/2013(2) 06/15/2021 Common Stock 13,844 $ 11.13 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
ALBANESE ROBERT C
101 JFK PARKWAY
SHORT HILLS, NJ 07078
  X      

Signatures

Thomas Splaine, Jr., pursuant to power of attorney 12/06/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 19, 2012, by and among (i) Investors Bank, Investors Bancorp, Inc. and Investors Bancorp, MHC, and (ii) Roma Bank, Roma Financial Corporation and Roma Financial, MHC (the Merger Agreement), each share of Roma Financial Corporation common stock was converted into the right to receive 0.8653 shares of Investors Bancorp, Inc. common stock, which had a market value of $23.93 per share on the effective date of the merger.
(2) Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the merger, these options to acquire shares of Roma Financial Corporation common stock were converted into options to purchase 13,844 shares of Investors Bancorp, Inc. common stock at an exercise price of $11.13 per share.

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