UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

October 29, 2015

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File No. 1-13300

Delaware	54-1719854
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. 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, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

(Not applicable)

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 October 29, 2015, Capital One Financial Corporation (the “Company”) closed the public offering of $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.200% Subordinated Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”), pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Capital One Securities, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters listed therein. The Notes were issued pursuant to a Subordinated Indenture dated as of August 29, 2006 between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York, as Indenture Trustee. The Notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-203125).

The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement, Notes and other documents relating to this transaction does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of these securities and documents, forms or copies of which are attached as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit
1.1	Underwriting Agreement dated October 26, 2015
4.1	Subordinated Indenture dated as of August 29, 2006 between Capital One Financial Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Corporation’s Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 31, 2006)
4.2	Form of 4.200% Subordinated Note due 2025
5.1	Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
23.1	Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

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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: October 29, 2015	By:	/s/ John G. Finneran, Jr.
		John G. Finneran, Jr.
		General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit
1.1	Underwriting Agreement dated October 26, 2015
4.1	Subordinated Indenture dated as of August 29, 2006 between Capital One Financial Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Corporation’s Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 31, 2006)
4.2	Form of 4.200% Subordinated Note due 2025
5.1	Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
23.1	Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

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