SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
KLANE LARRY A

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

(Street)
MCLEAN VA 22102

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP [ COF ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/08/2005
4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock(1) 08/08/2005 M 6,504 A $48.54 66,279 D
Common Stock(1) 08/08/2005 S 6,504 D $84.9 59,775 D
Common Stock(1) 08/08/2005 S 2,160 D $84.2 57,615 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $48.54 08/08/2005 M 6,504 (2) 10/17/2011 Common Stock 6,504 $48.54 19,512 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. This transaction was executed pursuant to a trading plan entered into by the Reporting Person on August 4, 2005 in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
2. This option became exercisable if, among other possible criteria, the Company achieved a cumulative earnings per share of more than $5.03 in four consecutive fiscal quarters prior to December 31, 2004. This criterion was fulfilled on March 31, 2004 and these stock options vested in their entirety on April 22, 2004.
Remarks:
By: Frederick L. Williams (POA on file) 08/09/2005
** 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 Forms 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 opinion 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 securities, 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 the
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 4th  day  of
_August_______, 2005.




Name:  Larry Klane


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR POWER OF ATTORNEY

STATE OF _Virginia_____)

CITY/COUNTY OF ___Fairfax )


The   foregoing   instrument   was   acknowledged
before   me   this   _4th_   day   of   ___August______, 2005
by
   ---Larry Klane----.



Notary Public  Victoria O'Connor
My commission expires __December 31, 2008.