
| Issuer: | Axos Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) | ||||
| Notes Offered: | 7.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2035 (the “Notes”) | ||||
| Aggregate Principal Amount: | $200,000,000 | ||||
| Security Rating*: | BBB (stable) by Kroll Bond Rating Agency | ||||
| Trade Date: | September 16, 2025 | ||||
| Settlement Date: | September 19, 2025 (T+3) | ||||
| Maturity Date (if not previously redeemed): | October 1, 2035 | ||||
| Interest: | From and including the Settlement Date to, but excluding, October 1, 2030, or the date of earlier redemption (the “fixed rate period”) 7.00% per annum, payable semiannually in arrears. From and including October 1, 2030 to, but excluding, the Maturity Date or the date of earlier redemption (the “floating rate period”), a floating rate per annum equal to the then-current Three-Month Term SOFR (as defined in the prospectus supplement under “Description of Subordinated Notes - Interest”), plus a spread of 379 basis points for each quarterly interest period during the floating rate period, payable quarterly in arrears; provided, however, that if the Benchmark rate is less than zero, the Benchmark rate shall be deemed to be zero. | ||||
| Interest Payment Dates: | Fixed rate period: April 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing on April 1, 2026. The last fixed rate interest payment date for the fixed rate period will be October 1, 2030. Floating rate period: January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing on January 1, 2031. | ||||
| Record Dates: | The 15th calendar day of the month immediately preceding the interest payment date month. | ||||
| Day Count Convention: | During the fixed rate period, interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months to, but excluding October 1, 2030. During the floating rate period, interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year on the basis of actual number of days elapsed in each interest period (or any other relevant period). | ||||
| Optional Redemption: | The Company may, at its option, beginning with the interest payment date of October 1, 2030, and on any interest payment date thereafter, redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, from time to time, subject to obtaining the prior approval of the Federal Reserve, to the extent such approval is then required under the rules of the Federal Reserve, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of redemption. Notice of such optional redemption shall be given not less than 10 business days nor more than 60 calendar days prior to the redemption date. | ||||
| Special Redemption: | The Company may redeem the Notes at any time prior to their maturity, including prior to October 1, 2030, in whole, but not in part, subject to obtaining the prior approval of the Federal Reserve to the extent such approval is then required under the rules of the Federal Reserve, upon the occurrence of (i) a “Tax Event” (as defined in the prospectus supplement), (ii) a “Tier 2 Capital Event” (as defined in the prospectus supplement), or (iii) the Company becoming required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in each case at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. | ||||
| Denominations: | $1,000 minimum denominations and $1,000 integral multiples thereof. | ||||
| Use of Proceeds: | The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to repay existing indebtedness, including the redemption in full of the 2030 Notes, of which $160.5 million in principal amount is currently outstanding, to support growth initiatives at the Company's subsidiaries and for general corporate purposes.** | ||||
| Issue Price: | 100% of par | ||||
| Ranking: | The subordinated notes will be the Company’s general unsecured subordinated obligations and will be: •junior in right of payment to any of the Company’s existing and future senior indebtedness; •equal in right of payment with any of the Company’s existing and future subordinated indebtedness; •senior to the Company’s obligations relating to any junior subordinated debt securities issued to the Company’s capital trust subsidiaries; •effectively subordinated to all of the Company’s secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and •structurally subordinated to any existing and future liabilities and obligations of the Company’s subsidiaries, including the deposit liabilities and claims of other creditors of Axos Bank. As of June 30, 2025, Axos Clearing had no outstanding borrowings from other banks and Axos Bank had $21.0 billion of deposits and $60.0 million of Federal Home Loan Bank advances to which the Notes will be structurally subordinated. | ||||
| CUSIP / ISIN Numbers: | 05465CAC4 / US05465CAC47 | ||||
| Joint Book-Running Managers: | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company Raymond James & Associates, Inc. | ||||
| Co-Managers: | B. Riley Securities, Inc. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | ||||