Company: AX
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001299709-25-000174
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Company: Axos Financial, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 For the Chairman of the Audit Committee role, a premium is paid as compensation for additional responsibilities. Mr. Grinberg receives this premium.

(4) For the Chairman of the Compensation Committee role, a premium is paid as compensation for additional responsibilities. Mr. Court receives this premium.

During fiscal year 2025, the Company did not provide perquisites to any non-employee director in an amount that is reportable under applicable SEC rules and regulations. All non-employee directors are entitled to reimbursement for parking, travel and accommodation expenses incurred in connection with attendance at Board and Board committee meetings.

#### Equity Compensation
Each non-employee director is eligible for an annual RSU grant issued from our Amended and Restated 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”), as recommended by our Compensation Committee and approved by the Board. The amounts of the annual non-employee director awards are discretionary from year-to-year. The RSU that the Company awards to non-employee directors fully vest on each anniversary of the date of grant consistent with current market practices recommended by the independent compensation consultant. At vesting, each newly vested RSU is exchanged for a common share of Company common stock.

To directly align the interests of our non-employee directors with the interests of the stockholders, our Board has adopted stock ownership guidelines that require each non-employee director to maintain a minimum ownership interest in the Company. The current ownership guideline requires that a non-employee director acquire and maintain shares with a value of at least five times his or her annual cash

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#### Compensation of Non-Employee Directors
retainer within five years of appointment to the Board. All non-employee directors are either in compliance with this requirement or within the phase-in period.

For fiscal year 2025, Company non-employee directors received the following grants of RSUs, which reflect an additional pro-rata amount to compensate for the period of time served following the one-year term of the fiscal year 2024 RSU grants and the fiscal year 2025 grant made on November 14, 2024. The number of actual RSUs granted is rounded up to the nearest whole RSU.

| Role                                      |     | Dollar-Denominated Grants of RSUs 
 Non-Employee Director             |     |   |         |     | Premium |     |   |         |     | Amount |         |
|:------------------------------------------|:----|:----------------------------------|:----|:--|--------:|:----|:--------|