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        WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></p>

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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" align="center"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'ZURICH EX BT'">FORM 8-K<br>
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        CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT<br>
        <br>
        TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE<br>
        <br>
        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934<br>
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        April 21, 2009<br>
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        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)<br>
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        <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0px" align="center"><b><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'ZURICH EX BT'">FBR Capital Markets Corporation</font></b></p>

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        Arlington, VA 22209</font></b></p>

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        election by the University of Chicago&rsquo;s University Board of Trustees to a three-year term as its chairman, Mr. Alper does not intend to stand for reelection to the board of directors of the Company at the Company&rsquo;s annual meeting of shareholders to be held on</font> <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'">June 4</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'ARIAL'">, 2009. Mr. Alper will continue to serve as a director of the Company through the end of his
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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
April 21, 2009
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)
00
1
-
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)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
5
.0
2
Departure of Directors or certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
At the regularly scheduled meeting of the board of directors of FBR Capital Markets Corporation (the "Company") on April 21, 2009, Andrew Alper, a director of the Company, notified the Company that
,
due to his
        election by the University of Chicago's University Board of Trustees to a three-year term as its chairman, Mr. Alper does not intend to stand for reelection to the board of directors of the Company at the Company's annual meeting of shareholders to be held on
June 4
, 2009. Mr. Alper will continue to serve as a director of the Company through the end of his
        current term.
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: April 24, 2009
By:
/s/ Bradley J. Wright
Bradley J. Wright
Executive Vice
President and Chief
Financial
Officer