--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0000927628-23-000197" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "COF" cik: "0000927628" company_name: "CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP" filed_at: "2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-15T11:36:13.854285+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.65 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Capital One shareholders approve removal of supermajority vote requirements and amended stock plan ## Summary - Proposal to remove supermajority voting requirements received >80% of shares outstanding but not yet certified for non-interested stockholder vote. - Approved Seventh Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan; maximum shares available increased to 81 million. - Advisory vote on executive compensation frequency set to every year; 2022 named executive officer compensation approved. - Shareholder proposal for simple majority vote standard passed with 216.6M votes for vs. 110.6M against. - All 12 director nominees elected with at least 301M votes for each; Ernst & Young ratified as auditor for 2023. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0000927628-23-000197 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: COF - cik: 0000927628 - company_name: CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP - filed_at: 2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.65 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762823000197/0000927628-23-000197-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762823000197/cof-20230504.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000927628-23-000197 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000927628-23-000197.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000927628-23-000197.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP shareholders voted on Amendments to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Remove Remaining Supermajority Voting Requirements and References to Signet Banking Corporation at the 2023-05-04 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Meeting: 2023-05-04 source text: Amendments to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Remove Remaining Supermajority Voting Requirements and References to Signet Banking Corporation* 326,747,706 1,052,415 306,161 25,462,646 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762823000197/0000927628-23-000197-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Selection of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company for 2023 at the 2023-05-04 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-04 source text: Ratification of Selection of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company for 2023 341,382,670 11,979,261 206,997 N/A evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762823000197/0000927628-23-000197-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2023-05-04 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-04 source text: Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes to Approve Executive Compensation 322,348,209 467,199 4,758,132 532,742 25,462,646 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762823000197/0000927628-23-000197-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Board Skills and Diversity Matrix at the 2023-05-04 meeting. - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-05-04 source text: Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Board Skills and Diversity Matrix 144,061,969 182,942,270 1,102,043 25,462,646 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762823000197/0000927628-23-000197-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP shareholders rejected Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Report on Board Oversight of Risks Related to Discrimination at the 2023-05-04 meeting. - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-05-04 source text: Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Report on Board Oversight of Risks Related to Discrimination 3,063,266 322,804,381 2,238,635 25,462,646 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762823000197/0000927628-23-000197-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Approval and Adoption of the Company’s Seventh Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan at the 2023-05-04 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-04 source text: Approval and Adoption of the Company’s Seventh Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan 316,774,011 10,816,033 516,238 25,462,646 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762823000197/0000927628-23-000197-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-04 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-04 source text: 1 Item Votes For Votes Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Election of Directors: Richard D. Fairbank 316,167,451 10,346,296 1,592,535 25,462,646 Ime Archibong 325,557,125 2,014,356 534,801 25,462,646 Christine Detrick 314,500,713 13,109,936 495,633 25,462,646 Ann Fritz Hackett 301,091,245 26,498,772 516,265 25,462,646 Peter Thomas Killalea 305,813,321 21,716,122 576,839 25,462,646 Cornelis Petrus Adrianus Joseph (“Eli”) Leenaars 324,983,780 2,598,704 523,798 25,462,646 François Locoh-Donou 310,435,501 17,116,570 554,211 25,462,646 Peter E. Raskind 316,745,505 10,854,789 505,988 25,462,646 Eileen Serra 325,793,306 1,816,620 496,356 25,462,646 Mayo A. Shattuck III 315,779,689 11,844,956 481,637 25,462,646 Bradford H. Warner 314,010,614 13,609,783 485,885 25,462,646 Craig Anthony Williams 324,989,711 2,648,999 467,572 25,462,646 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762823000197/0000927628-23-000197-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Advisory Approval of the Company’s 2022 Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-05-04 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-04 source text: Advisory Approval of the Company’s 2022 Named Executive Officer Compensation 305,489,838 22,041,386 575,058 25,462,646 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762823000197/0000927628-23-000197-index.htm - Shareholder Votes CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Simple Majority Vote Standard at the 2023-05-04 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-04 source text: Stockholder Proposal Requesting a Simple Majority Vote Standard 216,608,932 110,610,165 887,185 25,462,646 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762823000197/0000927628-23-000197-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.