{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001299709-23-000305","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"AX","cik":"0001299709","company_name":"Axos Financial, Inc.","filed_at":"2023-11-29T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:28.560284+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-07T20:13:35.449455+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.25,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.25,"confidence":"high","headline":"Axos Financial elects Sara Wardell-Smith as independent director effective Dec 1, 2023","bullets":["Sara Wardell-Smith elected to boards of Axos Financial (NYSE: AX) and Axos Bank, effective December 1, 2023.","She is a former head of Visa's North America commercial business and former EVP at Wells Fargo.","Will receive 4,500 restricted stock units vesting over one year under standard director compensation plan.","Serves as Class II director with term expiring at 2024 Annual Meeting; expected to join board committees.","Board determined she is independent under SEC and NYSE standards."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001299709-23-000305","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001299709-23-000305.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001299709-23-000305.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001299709-23-000305.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1299709/000129970923000305/0001299709-23-000305-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1299709/000129970923000305/ax-20231127.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-07T20:13:35.449455+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"f0fb5af7f9","claim":"Sara Wardell-Smith was elected as Director at Axos Financial, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"On November 27, 2023, the Board of Directors of Axos Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) and Axos Bank (the “Bank”) increased the number of directors and elected Sara Wardell‐Smith as a new director of each of the Board of Directors of the Company and the Bank, effective as of December 1, 2023.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1299709/000129970923000305/0001299709-23-000305-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"elected"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}