---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-023100"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COF"
cik: "0000927628"
company_name: "CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2025-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T00:45:07.124414+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Capital One extends Discover merger outside date to May 19; three lawsuits filed challenging proxy disclosures

## Summary
- Special stockholder meetings for Capital One and Discover set for Feb 18, 2025 to vote on merger proposals.
- Outside date automatically extended to May 19, 2025 if stockholder approvals obtained but regulatory approvals pending.
- Three lawsuits filed in Illinois and New York alleging proxy statement deficiencies; company believes claims are without merit.
- Company voluntarily supplements proxy with 13 additional disclosures to avoid litigation risk; no admission of liability.
- Demand letters also received from purported stockholders; company denies need for additional disclosures.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-023100
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COF
- cik: 0000927628
- company_name: CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2025-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000119312525023100/0001193125-25-023100-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927628/000119312525023100/d920511d8k.htm

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