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
 
 

March 24, 2011
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
 
 
 
 
FBR Capital Markets Corporation
 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
 

Virginia
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

         001-33518                                                           20-5164223
         (Commission File Number)                                 (IRS Employer Identification No.)


1001 Nineteenth Street North
Arlington, VA 22209
 (Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)


(703) 312-9500
 (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)



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Item 5.02
 
Departure of Directors or certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 

(d)

By unanimous consent resolution the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of FBR Capital Markets Corporation (the “Company”) acting in accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws elected Reena Aggarwal to the Board effective March 24, 2011.  Ms. Aggarwal’s election fills a vacancy on the Board of the Company and Ms. Aggarwal will stand for reelection as a director nominee at the Company’s annual meeting tentatively scheduled to be held on June 1, 2011.  Ms. Aggarwal’s committee assignments have not been determined at the time of this filing.


     
     


 
 

 



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: March 29, 2011
 
By:
 
/s/ Bradley J. Wright
Bradley J. Wright
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer