Capital One Financial 8-K 2026-04-23

Form 8-K

Filed 2026-04-23. 1 sections, 5K characters. Original on sec.gov · Markdown · JSON

CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Date: April 23, 2026

/s/ MATTHEW W. COOPER

Matthew W. Cooper

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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

April 23, 2026

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware		001-13300		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

(Not applicable)

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

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock (par value $.01 per share)	COF	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, Each Representing a 1/40th Interest in a Share of Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series I	COF PRI	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, Each Representing a 1/40th Interest in a Share of Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series J	COF PRJ	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, Each Representing a 1/40th Interest in a Share of Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series K	COF PRK	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, Each Representing a 1/40th Interest in a Share of Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series L	COF PRL	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, Each Representing a 1/40th Interest in a Share of Fixed Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series N	COF PRN	New York Stock Exchange
1.650% Senior Notes Due 2029	COF29	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01	Other Events.

This current report on Form 8-K is filed for the purpose of filing the attached exhibit in connection with the prospectus supplement, dated April 23, 2026 (the “Resale Prospectus Supplement”), filed by Capital One Financial Corporation (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which forms a part of the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-277813).

The selling security holders referred to in the Resale Prospectus Supplement may offer and sell up to 10,345,906 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (“Company Common Stock”) under the Resale Prospectus Supplement. The Company issued these shares of Company Common Stock to the selling security holders as consideration in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Brex Inc., which closed on April 7, 2026.

Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)	Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

5.1		Opinion of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

23.1		Consent of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (included in Exhibit 5.1)

104		The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL

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.