---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000927628-26-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COF"
cik: "0000927628"
company_name: "CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:18:45.756053+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Capital One reports 2026 annual meeting voting results; all 13 directors elected, golden parachute proposal fails

## Summary
- All 13 director nominees elected with strong support; lowest was Jennifer L. Wong with 471.5M votes for (94.9% of votes cast).
- Advisory vote on 2025 named executive officer compensation approved with 414.5M for (83.5% of votes cast).
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for 2026 approved with 526.4M for (95.1% of votes cast).
- Shareholder proposal on golden parachute vote requirement failed with only 30.6M for (6.2% support) vs 465.3M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000927628-26-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COF
- cik: 0000927628
- company_name: CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762826000050/0000927628-26-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762826000050/cof-20260508.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal to require a shareholder vote on golden parachute arrangements at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: Stockholder proposal to require a shareholder vote on golden parachute arrangements 30,601,072 465,307,082 1,340,755 59,172,662
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762826000050/0000927628-26-000050-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: Election of Directors: Richard D. Fairbank 477,267,709 19,631,294 349,906 59,172,662 Ime Archibong 490,969,545 5,899,492 379,872 59,172,662 Christine Detrick 495,300,811 1,570,961 377,137 59,172,662 Suni P. Harford 495,354,745 1,516,273 377,891 59,172,662 Peter Thomas Killalea 480,198,311 16,664,848 385,750 59,172,662 Cornelis Petrus Adrianus Joseph (“Eli”) Leenaars 490,914,584 5,939,528 394,797 59,172,662 François Locoh-Donou 472,229,298 24,326,557 693,054 59,172,662 Peter E. Raskind 472,349,759 24,433,499 465,651 59,172,662 Eileen Serra 491,136,171 5,747,035 365,703 59,172,662 Mayo A. Shattuck III 480,917,445 15,944,240 387,224 59,172,662 J. Michael Shepherd 495,986,557 882,974 379,378 59,172,662 Craig Anthony Williams 489,505,644 7,069,747 673,518 59,172,662 Jennifer L. Wong 471,474,739 25,407,809 366,361 59,172,662
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762826000050/0000927628-26-000050-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 2026 at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: Ratification of Selection of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company for 2026 526,384,238 29,566,436 470,897 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762826000050/0000927628-26-000050-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Advisory Approval of the Company’s 2025 Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2026-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-08
  source text: Advisory Approval of the Company’s 2025 Named Executive Officer Compensation 414,536,574 81,945,395 766,940 59,172,662
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000092762826000050/0000927628-26-000050-index.htm

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