UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 18, 2021

 

FREEDOM HOLDING CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada

 

001-33034

 

30-0233726

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

77/7 Al Farabi Ave., “Esentai Tower” BC, Floor 7, Almaty, Kazakhstan 050040

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

+7 727 311 10 64

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):

 

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Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common

 

FRHC

 

The Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☐ 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicated by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A of Freedom Holding Corp. (the “Company”) amends the Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 18, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 21, 2021, (the “Original Report”) to correct an inadvertent typo in the year certain restricted stock grants may vest to Askar Tashtitov and Evgeniy Ler, executive officers of the Company. The Original Report reflected a vesting date of May 18, 2023, for 10,600 shares granted to Mr. Tashtitov and 8,000 shares granted to Mr. Ler. The correct date is May 18, 2024. The corrected table is set forth below:

 

 

 

Shares of Common Stock

 

Vesting Date

 

Tashtitov

 

 

Ler

 

May 18, 2023

 

 

14,579

 

 

 

9,379

 

May 18, 2024

 

 

10,600

 

 

 

8,000

 

May 18, 2025

 

 

10,600

 

 

 

8,000

 

May 18, 2026

 

 

10,600

 

 

 

8,000

 

 

Except as described herein, no other disclosures in the Original Report are being amended hereby.

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  FREEDOM HOLDING CORP.

 

 

 

Date: June 21, 2021

By:

/s/ Evgeniy Ler

 

 

Evgeniy Ler

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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