8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

November 13, 2015

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

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CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware	1-13300	54-1719854
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)



1680 Capital One Drive, McLean, Virginia	22102
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 720-1000

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):


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Item 8.01	Other Events.

On November 13, 2015, Richard D. Fairbank, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Capital One Financial Corporation (the “Company”), adopted a pre-arranged stock trading plan (the “Plan”) providing for the exercise of certain employee stock options and the sale of shares of common stock of the Company issued upon exercise of the options. The Plan covers options to purchase 594,851 shares granted as compensation to Mr. Fairbank in December 2006 with a strike price of $76.45 (the “2006 Options”) and options to purchase 1,661,780 shares granted as compensation to Mr. Fairbank in December 2007 with a strike price of $50.99 (the “2007 Options” and, collectively with the 2006 Options, the “Plan Options”). The Plan Options were granted to Mr. Fairbank in lieu of any base salary, cash bonus or other long-term incentives for performance in 2007 and 2008. The 2006 Options will expire in December 2016 and the 2007 Options will expire in December 2017. The sales under the Plan are intended to help diversify Mr. Fairbank’s personal investment holdings.

The transactions under the Plan are expected to occur no earlier than July 2016. The Plan expires in November 2017. The Plan was established under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Company’s policies regarding stock transactions. The transactions will be disclosed publicly in Form 144 and Form 4 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



	CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Dated: November 13, 2015	By:	/s/ John G. Finneran, Jr.
		John G. Finneran, Jr.
		General Counsel and Corporate Secretary