[8-K] Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. Reports Material Event
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Live Oak Bancshares reported it will restate its Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and related notes in its FY2024 Form 10-K and the Q1 and Q2 2025 Form 10-Qs after identifying a classification error between operating and investing cash flows tied to loan participations. Management and the Audit Committee, in consultation with KPMG, determined prior cash flow statements and associated audit reports should no longer be relied upon, and amendments are expected on or about November 17, 2025.
The company stated the misclassification did not affect income statements, balance sheets, equity, cash balances, liquidity measures, loan totals or classifications, credit reserves, regulatory capital ratios, net interest income or margin, net income, returns, asset quality ratios, or other key metrics discussed with investors. Management concluded the error is quantitatively material and identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting for cash flow classification. KPMG’s report on internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024 should no longer be relied upon. The company anticipates remediating the weakness by the 2025 Form 10-K.
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- None.
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- Non‑reliance on previously issued cash flow statements and associated audit reports, with restatements planned.
- Material weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to cash flow classification.
- KPMG’s ICFR report as of December 31, 2024 should no longer be relied upon.
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Material cash flow restatement and control weakness; no P&L/capital impact.
Live Oak Bancshares will restate cash flow statements to correct misclassified loan participation cash flows between operating and investing activities. The company says core performance and capital metrics are unaffected, and total cash balances did not change because reclassifications offset.
Management deemed the issue quantitatively material and identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting specific to cash flow classification. As a result, prior cash flow statements and KPMG's ICFR report as of
Amended reports are expected on or about
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 10, 2025
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Item 4.02. Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.
On November 10, 2025, management and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of Live Oak Bancshares Inc. (the “Company”), in consultation with KPMG LLP (“KPMG”), the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, concluded that the Company will amend its 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “FY2024 Form 10-K”) and the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025, respectively (collectively, the “Q1 and Q2 2025 Form 10-Qs”) to restate the Consolidated Financial Statements for each of the periods included in those filings in order to restate the Statements of Cash Flows and related notes as further described below. The FY 2024 Form 10-K and the Q1 and Q2 2025 Form 10-Qs are collectively referred to herein as the “Prior Filings.”
In preparing the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, an error was identified in the classification of cash flows between operating and investing activities associated with the proceeds received from the sale of loan participations and the related supplemental disclosures of non-cash operating, investing and financing activities related to these loans. The net total of the misclassification had no impact on the Company’s reported cash balances as they offset each other, as highlighted in the table below.
The misclassification did not impact the Consolidated Statements of Income, Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheets, or Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity included within the Prior Filings. Further, management concluded that these misclassifications also had no effect on the Company’s total cash balances, liquidity measures, total loan cash flow activity, total loans or the classification of loans, the allowance for credit losses, total assets, total liabilities, total shareholders’ equity, regulatory capital ratios, net interest income, net interest margin, net income, return on average assets, return on average equity, asset quality ratios or any other key performance metrics, including non-GAAP performance metrics, that the Company routinely discusses with analysts and investors.
However, given the relative size of the misclassification between certain line items in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, management concluded the misclassifications are material. The Company’s management, in consultation with the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, determined on November 10, 2025, that the Company’s previously issued Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows within the Financial Statements included in the Prior Filings and the associated reports of the Company’s current and prior registered accounting firms should no longer be relied upon. The Company intends to amend the Prior Filings on or about November 17, 2025, to present the restated Consolidated Financial Statements to restate the Statements of Cash Flows and related notes.
Though management believes the misclassifications to the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows are qualitatively immaterial, management has concluded they are quantitatively material, and as such management has further concluded that a material weakness exists in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting with respect to the classification of the Company’s participation loan activity cash flows between Operating Activities and Investing Activities in the Company’s Statements of Cash Flows. As such, KPMG’s report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, should no longer be relied upon. The Company anticipates this material weakness to be remediated by the time of the filing of the 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The Company’s Audit Committee has discussed the matters disclosed in this Item 4.02 with its current independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG LLP, and management of the Company has discussed the matters with the Company’s prior independent registered public accounting firm, Forvis Mazars, LLP.
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The following table presents the effect this correction is expected to have on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the periods indicated:
| (Dollars in thousands) | As Previously Reported | Adjustment | As Adjusted | ||||||||||||||
| Selected Cash Flow Data | |||||||||||||||||
| For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale | $ | 422,294 | $ | (137,954) | $ | 284,340 | |||||||||||
| Net cash provided (used) by operating activities | 104,977 | (137,954) | (32,977) | ||||||||||||||
| Investing activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Loan and lease originations and principal collections, net | $ | (524,894) | $ | 137,954 | $ | (386,940) | |||||||||||
| Net cash used by investing activities | (599,264) | 137,954 | (461,310) | ||||||||||||||
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | $ | 135,463 | $ | — | $ | 135,463 | |||||||||||
| Supplemental disclosures of noncash operating, investing, and financing activities | |||||||||||||||||
| Transfer of loans held for sale to loans and leases held for investment | $ | 205,385 | $ | (137,370) | $ | 68,015 | |||||||||||
| Transfer of loans and leases held for investment to loans held for sale | 283,718 | (274,740) | 8,978 | ||||||||||||||
| For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale | $ | 924,481 | $ | (296,882) | $ | 627,599 | |||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 313,146 | (296,882) | 16,264 | ||||||||||||||
| Investing activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Loan and lease originations and principal collections, net | $ | (984,384) | $ | 296,882 | $ | (687,502) | |||||||||||
| Net cash used by investing activities | (1,084,324) | 296,882 | (787,442) | ||||||||||||||
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | $ | 53,955 | $ | — | $ | 53,955 | |||||||||||
| Supplemental disclosures of noncash operating, investing, and financing activities | |||||||||||||||||
| Transfer of loans held for sale to loans and leases held for investment | $ | 408,925 | $ | (295,599) | $ | 113,326 | |||||||||||
| Transfer of loans and leases held for investment to loans held for sale | 610,907 | (591,199) | 19,708 | ||||||||||||||
| For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale | $ | 258,708 | $ | (60,725) | $ | 197,983 | |||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 90,893 | (60,725) | 30,168 | ||||||||||||||
| Investing activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Loan and lease originations and principal collections, net | $ | (228,713) | $ | 60,725 | $ | (167,988) | |||||||||||
| Net cash used by investing activities | (278,698) | 60,725 | (217,973) | ||||||||||||||
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | $ | 14,854 | $ | — | $ | 14,854 | |||||||||||
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| (Dollars in thousands) | As Previously Reported | Adjustment | As Adjusted | ||||||||||||||
| Supplemental disclosures of noncash operating, investing, and financing activities | |||||||||||||||||
| Transfer of loans and leases held for investment to loans held for sale | $ | 63,508 | $ | (60,552) | $ | 2,956 | |||||||||||
| For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale | $ | 577,817 | $ | (115,071) | $ | 462,746 | |||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 174,769 | (115,071) | 59,698 | ||||||||||||||
| Investing activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Loan and lease originations and principal collections, net | $ | (577,457) | $ | 115,071 | $ | (462,386) | |||||||||||
| Net cash used by investing activities | (664,282) | 115,071 | (549,211) | ||||||||||||||
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | $ | 32,909 | $ | — | $ | 32,909 | |||||||||||
| Supplemental disclosures of noncash operating, investing, and financing activities | |||||||||||||||||
| Transfer of loans and leases held for investment to loans held for sale | $ | 178,482 | $ | (114,800) | $ | 63,682 | |||||||||||
| For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale | $ | 1,003,740 | $ | (258,677) | $ | 745,063 | |||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 365,783 | (258,677) | 107,106 | ||||||||||||||
| Investing activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Loan and lease originations and principal collections, net | $ | (1,341,740) | $ | 258,677 | $ | (1,083,063) | |||||||||||
| Net cash used by investing activities | (1,492,878) | 258,677 | (1,234,201) | ||||||||||||||
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | $ | 84,045 | $ | — | $ | 84,045 | |||||||||||
| Supplemental disclosures of noncash operating, investing, and financing activities | |||||||||||||||||
| Transfer of loans and leases held for investment to loans held for sale | $ | 340,121 | $ | (257,770) | $ | 82,351 | |||||||||||
For the Year Ended December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale | $ | 1,431,261 | $ | (390,817) | $ | 1,040,444 | |||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 536,468 | (390,817) | 145,651 | ||||||||||||||
| Investing activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Loan and lease originations and principal collections, net | $ | (1,835,442) | $ | 390,817 | $ | (1,444,625) | |||||||||||
| Net cash used by investing activities | (2,079,101) | 390,817 | (1,688,284) | ||||||||||||||
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | $ | 26,260 | $ | — | $ | 26,260 | |||||||||||
| Supplemental disclosures of noncash operating, investing, and financing activities | |||||||||||||||||
| Transfer of loans and leases held for investment to loans held for sale | $ | 475,567 | $ | (389,389) | $ | 86,178 | |||||||||||
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| (Dollars in thousands) | As Previously Reported | Adjustment | As Adjusted | ||||||||||||||
For the Year Ended December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale | $ | 1,362,803 | $ | (442,909) | $ | 919,894 | |||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 620,071 | (442,909) | 177,162 | ||||||||||||||
| Investing activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Loan and lease originations and principal collections, net | $ | (1,574,912) | $ | 442,909 | $ | (1,132,003) | |||||||||||
| Net cash used by investing activities | (1,774,922) | 442,909 | (1,332,013) | ||||||||||||||
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | $ | 165,904 | $ | — | $ | 165,904 | |||||||||||
| Supplemental disclosures of noncash operating, investing, and financing activities | |||||||||||||||||
| Transfer of loans and leases held for investment to loans held for sale | $ | 617,189 | $ | (438,707) | $ | 178,482 | |||||||||||
For the Year Ended December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale | $ | 1,067,758 | $ | (425,229) | $ | 642,529 | |||||||||||
| Net cash provided (used) by operating activities | 124,485 | (425,229) | (300,744) | ||||||||||||||
| Investing activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Loan and lease originations and principal collections, net | $ | (1,252,106) | $ | 425,229 | $ | (826,877) | |||||||||||
| Net cash used by investing activities | (1,442,344) | 425,229 | (1,017,115) | ||||||||||||||
| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | $ | 212,886 | $ | — | $ | 212,886 | |||||||||||
| Supplemental disclosures of noncash operating, investing, and financing activities | |||||||||||||||||
| Transfer of loans and leases held for investment to loans held for sale | $ | 468,042 | $ | (421,625) | $ | 46,417 | |||||||||||
Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company’s planned restatement of its consolidated financial statements, the anticipated effects of related changes in the Company’s accounting, any remediation plans with respect to material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting, and any other statements that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements are subject to change, and actual results may materially differ from those set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K due to certain risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause or contribute to changes in such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the risk that the completion and filing of the restated financial statements and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025, will take longer than expected. The foregoing review of important factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements set forth in reports filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statement contained herein. These statements reflect the Company’s position as of the date of this report. The Company expressly disclaims any undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any statements to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations or any change of events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| LIVE OAK BANCSHARES, INC. | ||||||||
Date: November 12, 2025 | By: | /s/ Walter J. Phifer | ||||||
| Walter J. Phifer Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
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FAQ
What did Live Oak Bancshares (LOB) announce in this 8‑K?
The company will restate cash flow statements in its FY2024 10‑K and Q1/Q2 2025 10‑Qs due to a classification error between operating and investing activities.
Which periods are affected for LOB?
The FY2024 Form 10‑K (including comparative periods) and the Q1 and Q2 2025 Form 10‑Qs.
Does the restatement affect LOB’s earnings or capital ratios?
No. The company states no impact to income statements, balance sheets, equity, cash balances, liquidity, regulatory capital ratios, or other key metrics.
What is the nature of LOB’s control issue?
Management identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to classifying participation loan cash flows between operating and investing activities.
When will LOB file the amended reports?
Amendments are expected on or about November 17, 2025.
What is the status of KPMG’s ICFR report for LOB?
KPMG’s report on internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024 should no longer be relied upon.
Are LOB’s prior performance metrics reliable aside from cash flows?
Yes. The company states key performance metrics and totals other than cash flow classification were not impacted.
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