COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Operating Leases. The Company leases office space under operating lease agreements scheduled to expire at various dates. The following table represents maturities of lease liabilities:


(Dollars in thousands)	As of December 31, 2023
Within one year	$	12,357
After one year and within two years	12,728
After two years and within three years	12,438
After three years and within four years	12,380
After four years within five years	10,570
After five years	17,367
Total lease payments	77,840
Less: amount representing interest	(7,299)
Total lease liability	$	70,541

Credit-Related Financial Instruments. The Company is a party to credit-related financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments are commitments to extend credit. Such commitments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The Company’s exposure to credit loss is represented by the contractual amount of these commitments. The Company follows the same credit policies in making commitments as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments.

At December 31, 2023, the Company had unfunded commitments to originate $107.6 million in fixed rate loans and $3,394.8 million in variable rate loans, totaling an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $3,502.4 million. For December 31, 2023, the Company’s fixed rate commitments to originate had a weighted-average rate of 8.17%. At December 31, 2023, the Company also had fixed rate commitments to sell loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $13.7 million. At December 31, 2023, 95.1% of the commitments to originate loans are matched with commitments to sell related to conforming single family loans classified as held for sale, respectively.

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer so long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require payment of a fee. The commitments for equity lines of credit may expire without being drawn upon. Therefore, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The amount of collateral obtained, if it is deemed necessary by the Company, is based on management’s credit evaluation of the customer.

In the normal course of business, Axos Clearing LLC.’s (“Axos Clearing”) customer activities involve the execution, settlement, and financing of various customer securities transactions. These activities may expose Axos Clearing to off-balance-

sheet risk in the event the customer or other broker is unable to fulfill its contracted obligations and Axos Clearing has to purchase or sell the financial instrument underlying the contract at a loss. Axos Clearing’s clearing agreements with broker-dealers for which it provides clearing services requires them to indemnify Axos Clearing if customers fail to satisfy their contractual obligation.

Litigation. A consolidated derivative action, In re BofI Holding, Inc., Case No. 15cv2722 GPC (KSC), is pending before the United States District Court for the Southern District of California (the “Derivative Action”). The complaint in the Derivative Action sets forth allegations made in a related employment action, Erhart v. BofI Holding Inc., No. 15cv2287 BAS (NLS) (S.D. Cal.) (the “Employment Action”) brought by a former employee of the Company and was stayed pending resolution of the Employment action. On October 4, 2023, the court hearing the Employment Action entered a final amended judgment awarding damages and attorneys’ fees to the plaintiff. The defendants have filed a Notice of Appeal from the Employment Action judgment and all orders merged therein. On January 2, 2024, the Derivative Action plaintiff filed a Third Amended Complaint. The Derivative Action defendants dispute, and intend to vigorously defend against, the allegations raised in the Third Amended Complaint. The Derivative Action plaintiff seeks damages on behalf of the Company with respect to the Employment Action, and also seeks damages on behalf of the Company in connection with a now settled securities class action that was also based upon allegations made in the Employment Action and settled within available insurance coverage without attribution of wrongdoing to the Company, its management, or its directors.

In view of the inherent difficulty of predicting the outcome of the Derivative Action it is not possible to reasonably predict or estimate the eventual loss or range of loss, if any, related to the Derivative Action.

On October 26, 2022, a jury verdict was reached in the case of MUFG Union Bank, N.A. v. Axos Bank, et al, awarding damages to Union Bank. Judgment on such verdict was initially entered on June 5, 2023, and a corrected judgment was entered on June 20, 2023. The Company filed a Notice of Appeal on July 6, 2023, and the plaintiff filed a Notice of Cross-Appeal on July 20, 2023. Briefs have been submitted and the parties now await the scheduling of oral arguments by the court. The Company recorded a $16 million accrued expense in “Accounts payable and other liabilities” on the condensed consolidated balance sheet and in “General and administrative expense” on the condensed consolidated statement of income as of and for the year ended June 30, 2023, respectively. Given the uncertainty of the appellate process and other factors that are unknown or currently unquantifiable, the Company maintained its accrual at December 31, 2023.