West Kara 4

What Happened

• Kara West, Chief Enterprise Risk Officer at Capital One Financial Corp (COF), had 1,756 shares disposed (withheld) to satisfy tax obligations tied to vested restricted stock units (RSUs). The shares were withheld at $207.37 each, for a total value of $364,142 (breakdowns: 616 shares = $127,740; 562 shares = $116,542; 578 shares = $119,860). These are tax-withholding disposals (transaction code F), not open-market sales.

Key Details

• Transaction date: February 15, 2026. Form 4 filed February 18, 2026 (no late-filing flag indicated in the report).
• Prices and amounts: 616 @ $207.37 ($127,740); 562 @ $207.37 ($116,542); 578 @ $207.37 ($119,860); total 1,756 shares for $364,142.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not reported in the excerpt of the filing provided.
• Footnotes: Each disposal represents automatic withholding by the issuer to satisfy tax obligations for RSU vesting from different grant dates—Jan 26, 2023 (F1); Feb 1, 2024 (F2); Feb 4, 2025 (F3)—authorized under the applicable award agreements.
• Transaction code meaning: F = Tax withholding to satisfy tax liability on vested equity awards.

Context

• These were automatic, issuer-authorized withholdings to cover taxes on vested RSUs (a common administrative action), not discretionary open-market sales; such withholdings typically do not signal the insider’s trading intent or market view.