SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
KANAS JOHN ADAM

(Last) (First) (Middle)
1680 CAPITAL ONE DRIVE

(Street)
MCLEAN VA 22102

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/01/2006
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP [ COF ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
President, Banking Segment
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock(1) 114,213 D
Common Stock(1) 38,421 I By SERP(2)
Common Stock(1) 13,916 I By Spouse
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right To Buy)(3) 12/01/2006 12/09/2014 Common Stock 13,845 74.73 D
Employee Stock Option (Right To Buy)(3) 12/01/2006 07/11/2015 Common Stock 172,678 78.93 D
Employee Stock Option (Right To Buy)(3) 12/01/2006 07/11/2015 Common Stock 14,560 78.93 D
Employee Stock Option (Right To Buy)(3) 12/01/2006 12/08/2015 Common Stock 13,845 73.84 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Agreement Plan of Merger, dated as of March 12, 2006 (the "Merger Agreement"), between Capital One Financial Corporation ("Capital One") and North Fork Bancorporation, Inc. ("North Fork"), at the effective time of the merger on December 1st, 2006, each outstanding share of North Fork common stock was converted into the right to receive either $28.144 in cash or 0.3692 of a share of Capital One common stock, at the election of each North Fork stockholder and subject to proration as described in the Merger Agreement. The amounts of Capital One common stock disclosed were received by the reporting person in consideration for his North Fork holdings.
2. Represents the number of shares beneficially owned by the reporting person in his Supplement Executive Retirement Plan ("SERP") account held by such account's record keeper for Capital One.
3. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the merger on December 1st, 2006, each outstanding option to purchase North Fork common stock was converted into an option to purchase Capital One common stock on substantially the same terms , except that the number of options was adjusted by multiplying the number of North Fork options by 0.3692 and the exercise price was adjusted by dividing the North Fork exercise price by 0.3692.
/s/ Polly A. Nyquist (POA on file) 12/05/2006
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

       The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John G. Finneran, Jr.,
Frank R. Borchert, III, Polly A. Nyquist and Frederick L. Williams, each of
them, as the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact (with full power of substitution
and revocation in each) to:

(1)    execute, for and on behalf of the undersigned, any and all statements
       and reports required or permitted to be filed by the undersigned, in any
       and all capacities, under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
       of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder (the "Act")
       with respect to the beneficial ownership of the securities of Capital
       One Financial Corporation (the "Company"), including without limitation
       Form s 3, 4, 5, and Form 144 required to be filed by the undersigned
       under Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

(2)    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
       which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
       statements and reports and file such statements and reports, with all
       amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, with the Securities and
       Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange and/or any other stock
       exchange or any similar authority and to deliver copies thereof to the
       Company;

(3)    take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
       foregoing which, in the o pinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
       benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
       undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
       attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
       Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
       conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her
       discretion; and

(4)    request and receive from any broker (i) periodic reports detailing the
       undersigned's retail holdings of Capital One's securities held in his or
       her account(s) and, (ii) confirmations of acquisitions or dispositions
       of the company's securi ties, or other derivative instrument based on any
       of the company's equity affected by such broker in or through his or her
       account(s), with no obligation to receive further approval from the
       undersigned for such request(s).

       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully as the undersigned could do if personally


present, with full power of substitution or revocation, and hereby ratifies and
confirms all that such attorneys-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue of this Power of Attorney. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, acting in such capacity at the request of t he
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Act.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file statements or reports under Section
16(a) of the Act with respect to holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 10th day of _November____, 2006.


Name: John A. Kanas

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR POWER OF ATTORNEY

STATE OF _New York_____)

CITY/Parish OF ___Suffolk__)

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged
before me this _10th_ day of ___November____, 2006
by


---John A. Kanas----.


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