Edgar Filing: CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP

CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Dated: September 4, 2012

/s/ John G. Finneran, Jr.

John G. Finneran, Jr.

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Form 8K

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

September 4, 2012

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

Commission File No. 1-13300

CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


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)

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Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 4, 2012, Capital One Financial Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that selling stockholder ING Bank N.V. intends to sell all of its approximately 54.0 million shares in the Company in an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”). BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup are acting as joint book-running managers for the Offering. The Company will not sell any shares in the Offering, and all net proceeds will be retained by ING Bank N.V. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference in this Item 7.01.

Note: Information in this report (including the exhibits) furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in the report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD. Furthermore, the information provided in Exhibit 99.1 (which press release is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01) shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, unless such incorporation by reference is specifically referenced therein.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit

99.1		Press Release dated September 4, 2012

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.