COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

3 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

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 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. The following table presents a summary of off-balance sheet commitments.


(dollars in thousands)	September 30, 2024
Commitments to fund loans	$	4,155,531
Commitments to sell loans	$	37,729
Commitments to contribute capital	$	4,514
Standby letters of credit	$	16,472

In addition, the Company has $38.1 million of commitments to contribute capital to LIHTC investments included in “Accounts Payable and Other Liabilities” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 12—“Other Assets” for additional information on LIHTC investments.

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. Since many of the commitments may expire without being drawn upon, 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. For single family loans classified as held for sale, the Company matches unfunded commitments to originate loans with commitments to sell loans. The Company also has standby letters of credit commitments.

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 defendant filed a Notice of Appeal from the Employment Action judgment and all orders merged therein, and the parties have filed opening and responsive briefs. On January 2, 2024, the Derivative Action plaintiff filed a Third Amended Complaint. On March 5, 2024, the court stayed the case until resolution of the appeal in the Employment Action. 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 final outcome of the Employment Action it is not possible to reasonably predict or estimate the eventual loss or range of loss, if any, related thereto.

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 MUFG Union Bank, N.A. 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 to the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division (the “Appellate Division”) on July 6, 2023, and the plaintiff filed a Notice of Cross-Appeal on July 20, 2023. The Appellate Division held oral arguments on the appeal and cross-appeal on March 5, 2024. On March 26, 2024, the Appellate Division entered an order vacating the finding of liability and award of $2.5 million in damages for plaintiff’s breach of contract claim as well as the associated prejudgment interest. In addition, the Appellate Division rejected plaintiff’s cross

appeal. On July 18, 2024, the Appellate Division denied defendants’ motion for leave to appeal and plaintiff’s cross-motion for re-argument or leave to appeal the March 26, 2024 order. On August 19, 2024, the Company and the plaintiff each filed a motion for leave to appeal with the New York Court of Appeals. Oppositions to each motion were filed on September 3, 2024. The Company recorded a $16 million accrued expense in “Accounts payable and other liabilities” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and in “General and administrative expense” on the Consolidated Statement of Income as of and for the fiscal 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 September 30, 2024.