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The Company maintains its books and records on a legal entity basis for the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP. Because certain international operations are integrated with many of the Company’s domestic operations, estimates and assumptions have been made to assign certain expense items between domestic and foreign operations. 

## Note W 

## Capital One Financial Corporation (Parent Company Only) Condensed Financial Information 

The information presented in Note B, Segments, is prepared from the Company’s internal management information system used in performance evaluation and resource allocation by management, which is maintained on a line of business level through allocations from legal entities. 

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(1) As of December 31, 2002 and 2001, includes $293.9 million and $122.1 million, respectively, of cash invested at the Bank instead of the open market. 

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