UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 6, 2008
FBR Capital Markets Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)
Virginia |
| 001-33518 |
| 20-5164223 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
| (Commission file number) |
| (IRS employer identification no.) |
1001 Nineteenth Street North, Arlington, Virginia |
| 22209 | ||
(Address of principal executive offices) |
| (Zip code) | ||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 312-9500
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On October 6, 2008, the Board of Directors of FBR Capital Markets Corporation (the “Company”) approved an increase in the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that the Company is authorized to repurchase to ten million shares. Pursuant to the repurchase authority, on October 7, 2008, the Company on behalf of itself and one of its subsidiaries repurchased a total of 6,565,405 shares of common stock directly from Passport Capital LLC’s Global Master Fund SPC LTD for and on behalf of Portfolio A – Global Strategy (“Passport”). The repurchase from Passport was a privately negotiated transaction at a purchase price of $5.00 per share. After the repurchase from Passport, the Company has a remaining repurchase authority of 3,434,595 shares of common stock. Of the 6,565,405 shares of common stock repurchased by the Company on behalf of itself and its subsidiary, 1,500,000 shares of common stock repurchased on behalf of the subsidiary of the Company may not be retired.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
FBR CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION
Date: October 7, 2008 By: /s/ Bradley J. Wright
Bradley J. Wright
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer