secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP (COF)
CIK:        0000927628
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-042826
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 1.00
Item codes: 1.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Capital One to acquire Discover Financial in all-stock merger with 1.0192 exchange ratio
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- Each Discover common share converts to 1.0192 Capital One common shares; fractional shares paid in cash.
- Two-step merger: Discover first merges into Capital One sub, then into Capital One; Discover Bank merges into Capital One, N.A.
- Termination fee of $1.38B payable by either party under specified conditions involving alternative proposals.
- Transaction subject to approvals from both companies' stockholders, Federal Reserve, OCC, and other regulatory conditions.
- Capital One board increases to 15 directors; three current Discover directors to be appointed.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000119312524042826/0001193125-24-042826-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000119312524042826/d780383d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-042826

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