As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 8, 2002 Registration No. 333-72820 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------- AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------- CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) ---------- Delaware 54-171854 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) ---------- 2980 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 1300 Falls Church, Virginia 22042-4525 (Address, including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) ---------- CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION 1999 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (Full title of the plan) ---------- JOHN G. FINNERAN, JR., Esq. Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary 2980 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 1300 Falls Church, Virginia 22042-4525 (703) 205-1030 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ---------- . Part II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Capital One Financial Corporation (the "Registrant") is filing this Registration Statement solely to register additional shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to incentive awards granted or to be granted under the Registrant's 1999 Non-Employee Directors Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). This Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant's earlier Registration Statement Number 333-78635, which relates to 525,000 shares of Common Stock (adjusted for the Registrant's three-for-one stock split effective June 1, 1999) issuable pursuant to incentive awards granted or to be granted under the Plan, and any documents incorporated by reference therein including any such documents subsequently filed by the Registrant. The maximum number of shares that may be issued under the Plan is 825,000. Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. John G. Finneran, Jr., Esq., Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Registrant, who has rendered the opinion attached hereto as Exhibit 5, holds 27,051 shares of Common Stock, vested options to purchase an additional 119,652 shares of Common Stock issued under the Registrant's 1994 Stock Incentive Plan and unvested options to purchase an additional 535,293 shares of Common Stock issued under the Registrant's 1994 Stock Incentive Plan. Item 8. Exhibits. Exhibit Number Description Reference -------- ----------- --------- 4 Rights Agreement, dated as of November 16, Incorporated by reference to the 1995, between Capital One Financial Corporation Registrant's Current Report on Form and First Chicago Trust Company of New York (as 8-K, filed November 16, 1995 successor to Mellon Bank, N.A.) as Rights Agent 4.1 Amendment Number 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as Incorporated by reference to the of April 29, 1999, between Capital One Financial Registrant's Current Report on Form Corporation and First Chicago Trust Company of 8-K, filed May 5, 1999 New York (as successor to Mellon Bank, N.A.) as Rights Agent 4.2 Amendment Number 2 to Rights Agreement, dated as Incorporated by reference to the of October 18, 2001, between Capital One Registrant's Current Report on Form Financial Corporation and EquiServe Trust 8-K, filed November 2, 2001 Company, N.A., as successor to First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights Agent 5 Opinion of Counsel Previously filed 23.1 Consent of Counsel Contained in Exhibit 5 23.2 Consent of Independent Auditors Filed herewith 24 Power of Attorney Previously Filed 2 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Amendment Number 1 to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, on the 8th day of February 2002. CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION By: /s/ John G. Finneran, Jr. ------------------------------------------ John G. Finneran, Jr. Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary 3 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on the 8th day of February, 2002. SIGNATURE TITLE /s/ Richard D. Fairbank* Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer -------------------------------------------- (Principal Executive Officer) Richard D. Fairbank /s/ Nigel W. Morris* Director, President and Chief Operating Officer -------------------------------------------- Nigel W. Morris /s/ David M. Willey* Executive Vice President and Chief Financial -------------------------------------------- Officer David M. Willey (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) /s/ W. Ronald Dietz* Director -------------------------------------------- W. Ronald Dietz /s/ James A. Flick, Jr.* Director -------------------------------------------- James A. Flick, Jr. /s/ Patrick W. Gross* Director -------------------------------------------- Patrick W. Gross /s/ James V. Kimsey* Director -------------------------------------------- James V. Kimsey /s/ Stanley I. Westreich* Director -------------------------------------------- Stanley I. Westreich *By: /s/ John G. Finneran, Jr. ----------------------------------- John G. Finneran, Jr. Attorney-in-fact 4 Exhibit Index ------------- Sequential Exhibit Number Description Page Number -------------- ------------ ----------- 5 Opinion of Counsel Previously filed 23.1 Consent of Counsel Contained in Exhibit 5 23.2 Consent of Independent Auditors 7 24 Power of Attorney Previously filed 5