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 31, 2017
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)
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On October 31, 2017, Capital One Financial Corporation (the “Company”) closed the public offering of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.400% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “2020 Fixed Rate Notes”), $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Floating Rate Notes”) and $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.300% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Fixed Rate Notes” and, together with the 2020 Fixed Rate Notes and the Floating Rate Notes, the “Notes”), pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Capital One Securities, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters listed therein. The Notes were issued pursuant to a Senior Indenture dated as of November 1, 1996 between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to Harris Trust and Savings Bank), 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. |
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 31, 2017 | By: | /s/ John G. Finneran, Jr. | ||||
| John G. Finneran, Jr. | ||||||
| General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||
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